Remember Laudrinah Kubeloso. Last year, we lost one of our own to domestic violence. Refugee and immigrant victims and survivors are affected by gender-based violence. They share the risks of all women in the United States to gender-based violence, although they experience increased vulnerabilities and isolation to its effects because of the cultural context in […]
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‘New attitude:’ More immigrant women questioning culturally tolerated domestic violence
LEWISTON — Last fall, Laudrinha Kubeloso was 32, four months pregnant and quietly planning to talk with someone about her boyfriend beating her up. Her appointment was for Friday. She didn’t make it. That Tuesday, Kubeloso, an immigrant from Angola, was run down from behind while walking home from her afternoon English language class. Police […]
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Ribbons raise domestic violence awareness
NORWAY — Purple bows are once again adorning bridges in Oxford, Franklin and Androscoggin counties, prompting people to ask questions and start discussions about their meaning. That’s exactly what the folks at Safe Voices were hoping would happen when they first came up with the idea. Three years ago, the purple mesh ribbons first went up […]
Posted inFranklin
Three men indicted on domestic violence charges against women, child
FARMINGTON — Three Franklin County men were indicted Thursday in separate domestic violence cases against women and a child. A Franklin County grand jury indicted Paul E. Pitcher, 29, of Eustis, on a felony charge of domestic violence assault on a child younger than 6 years old and misdemeanor charges of domestic violence assault and […]
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Carthage man faces charges after he is accused of strangling wife
CARTHAGE — A 73-year-old man is accused of strangling his wife and terrorizing her Friday, according to Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. The woman escaped the residence and fled to Rumford Police Department to make the report, Nichols said in a release. She told police her husband, Robert Carver, of Carthage, “was very intoxicated […]
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Former Lewiston man to serve 30 months in domestic violence case
FARMINGTON – A former Lewiston man who assaulted and threatened his girlfriend in 2013 was sentenced Thursday to serve six years in prison with all but 30 months suspended, his attorney Thomas J. Carey said Friday. Upon his release Brandon Knox, 27, will be on probation for two years. He has been in custody for […]
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Casco man charged with pointing loaded gun at girlfriend
CASCO — A 26-year-old man prohibited by law from possessing a firearm was arrested Sunday night and charged with threatening his girlfriend by pointing a loaded gun at her face. Jeffrey E. Smith Jr. of Casco was arrested in the bathroom of his home and charged with domestic violence criminal threatening with a firearm, theft […]
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Funerals held for 3 homicide victims –? mother and her children –? in Garland
BANGOR (AP) — Memorial services have been held for a mother and her two children who were killed in their home in Garland. An Ellsworth funeral home handled the services Monday for 36-year-old Christina Sargent, 10-year-old Duwayne Coke and 8-year-old Destiny Sargent. Charged in the killings is Keith Coleman of Garland, Christina Sargent’s boyfriend. Court […]
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Massachusetts woman accused of pointing gun at Avon man
AVON — A Massachusetts woman is accused of pointing a shotgun at her boyfriend and beating his truck with the butt of her gun while he was seated inside it at his residence on Duck Scout Road, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. Franklin County deputies arrested Diane Bouley, 47, of Erving, Mass., on […]