ROCKLAND (AP) — A former Maine State Prison inmate accused of killing a fellow prisoner who used a wheelchair has pleaded no contest to an aggravated assault charge. John Thibeault had faced a manslaughter charge in the April 2009 death of 64-year-old Sheldon Weinstein. The cause of death was ruled blunt force trauma. The 34-year-old […]
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Teen driver killed on way to school
TOPSFIELD — An 18-year-old Brookton Plantation man driving to school was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer Wednesday morning. Dylan Porter was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred at about 7:10 a.m. on U.S. Route 1 about two miles north of Route 6, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office reported. Porter […]
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Inmate expected to plead to lesser charge in prison death
ROCKLAND — A former Maine State Prison inmate is expected to plead guilty Thursday to a lesser charge in connection with the death of another prisoner nearly five years ago. A hearing is scheduled for Jan. 9 in Knox County Superior Court in the case against 34-year-old John E. Thibeault who was indicted in July […]
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Judge continues hearing despite plea
BANGOR — An emotional David Coon pleaded guilty Thursday at the Penobscot Judicial Center to manslaughter in the May asphyxiation death of his girlfriend, Sherry Clifford, but the judge declined to accept his plea and continued the hearing after Coon denied touching Clifford’s throat. Dr. Mark Flomenbaum, deputy chief medical examiner, determined that Clifford’s death […]
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Woman crushed to death by Boston drawbridge
BOSTON (AP) — A woman walking across a Boston drawbridge was crushed to death Tuesday after an operator raising the bridge for a boat to pass heard her screams and lowered it, accidentally trapping her between the two plates, investigators said. The woman was crossing the bridge around noon when a bridge operator, not aware […]
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Portland activists play dead
PORTLAND — Passers-by Monday on Middle Street looked toward the ground, where a handful of protesters lay motionless, covered in sheets that looked bloodied. They covered their faces with placards that bore the names of Yemeni wedding party members who were killed by a U.S. drone strike in December. One protester held aloft a model […]
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The killing of Romeo Parent
AUBURN — Nothing about the slaying of Romeo Parent was simple. In early April, police began to hear rumblings that harm may have come to the 20-year-old Lewiston man. For days, they searched, following up leads and questioning potential witnesses. On April 12, a Maine State Police diver descended into the frigid waters of Jug […]
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Auburn woman inundated with offers to help scatter son’s ashes
AUBURN — After sharing her story of guilt and loss following the suicide of her oldest son, Hallie Twomey has been inundated with offers. “I am honored to be able to help in Scattering CJ next week while I’m in Phoenix.” “I live in Poole, Dorset, in the UK. It’s a beautiful seaside town situated […]
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Rare Powassan virus, spread by ticks, claims life of Rockland-area artist
Marilyn Ruth Snow visited her local hospital on Nov. 9 with a tiny, stubborn tick embedded in her shoulder blade. Two days later, the active and healthy 73-year-old, a Rockland area watercolor artist better known as Lyn, would speak her last coherent words with her family. “After that she became delirious and she was in […]
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Police: Bangor pedestrian dragged before death
BANGOR (AP) — Police said the person found dead in a Bangor supermarket parking lot over the weekend appears to have been struck by a vehicle elsewhere in the city and dragged. Officers found the victim near the entrance to a Hannaford store at about 8 p.m. Saturday. The person’s name has not been made […]