Prosecutors believe the child’s lacerated liver suggests that Aziayh Scott stomped him to death. Scott’s defense attorney says the toddler might have actually died from improper CPR.
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Man charged with 3-year-old Edgecomb girl’s death blames her mother
Tyler Witham-Jordan was charged last fall with one count of murder in connection with the death of Makinzlee Handrahan.
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Details emerge in manslaughter case involving death of Owls Head toddler
In a hearing to reconsider Aziayh Scott’s bail, prosecutors said Scott made numerous calls to his girlfriend from jail, asking her to tell police that he didn’t kill her 2-year-old son.
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‘The system’s messed up’: Family of Portland shooting victim frustrated with pace of justice after 2 years in court
Four men were charged in connection with the death of Darry Coffin, setting off a tangled web of criminal cases that has made closure elusive.
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Maine’s supreme court orders judge to reconsider man’s petition for new trial in 2010 killing
A judge ruled against Ernest Weidul’s petition for post-conviction review in 2022, but the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that the judge didn’t see all of Weidul’s evidence in person and therefore he didn’t have a fair hearing.
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Trial rescheduled for Standish man accused of killing girlfriend in 2021
Brandon Libby’s jury trial originally set for Tuesday was rescheduled because of a death in his lawyer’s family.
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Man pleads not guilty in 15-year-old Portland cold case
Shane Hall, 36, is charged with murder in connection with the death of Frank Williams in 2008.
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Bridgton man pleads not guilty to killing partner
Eric Knight pleaded not guilty to depraved indifference murder in the death of Benita Preo at his arraignment Monday afternoon.
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Standish murder suspect argues police waited too long to read him his rights
Brandon Libby is accused of killing his girlfriend in 2021. His attorneys say prosecutors shouldn’t be allowed to use statements Libby made to police before he was read his Miranda rights.
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Westbrook man was strangled, stabbed with glass bottle
A newly unsealed affidavit details a police investigation into the death of Clarence James Pearson, who was found dead in his apartment on Mechanic Street on Nov. 28.