LEWISTON — Kimberly (Kim) Sue Dobbie died on July 15, 2018 from injuries sustained in a homicide in Lewiston. She was 48 years old. Kim is survived by her 11-year-old twin sons, Cole and Dylan, by her mother, Sue Dobbie of Ayer, formerly of Harvard, Massachusetts; and by her brother Christopher of Baltimore, Maryland. She is […]
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Boys charged in Litchfield death were former schoolmates
AUGUSTA — Three teenagers charged in the stabbing and strangling death of Kimberly Mironovas in Litchfield all attended the same school district in Ashland, Massachusetts, and shared troubled family backgrounds. But the woman’s 15-year-old son, Lukas, who is charged with her murder, has not been a student at Ashland Public Schools since the 2009-2010 school […]
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Pair arrested in New York in Cherryfield murder case
A former Lewiston resident is one of two people arrested Wednesday morning in connection with a homicide in Cherryfield last week. New York City Police arrested 37-year-old Carine Reeves and 19-year-old Quaneysha Greeley on 141st St. in the Laurelton section of Queens at about 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to a news release from the Maine […]
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Woman charged with killing estranged husband in Acton
ACTON — A 46-year-old woman was charged with murder after her estranged husband was injured outside his home and died Wednesday.Kandee Weyland was also charged with violating a protection order, and was being held at the York County Jail, state police spokesman Stephen McCausland said in a news release.Authorities said 42-year-old Scott Weyland suffered injuries […]
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Family, police still seek clues in unsolved 1990 homicide
PORTLAND — Norway resident Kyle Sampson visited 64 Pine St. in the West End for the first time Monday afternoon. It was not a social visit. He wants to know who killed his father in the block between Brackett and West streets 25 years ago on Nov. 13, 1990. “This is a murder — it […]
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Man charged in Wilton slaying is the son of a convicted killer
LEWISTON — Dana Craney Jr., a man charged in the death of his grandmother in Wilton, is also the son of a man who was convicted of murder in 1993. In 1990, the gunshot-riddled body of Leon Michaud, a 73-year-old used furniture dealer and auctioneer, was found in a culvert off a rural Auburn road by […]
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Jurors hear victim’s blood found on defendant’s pants
AUBURN — Jurors learned Friday that Romeo Parent’s blood was found on a pair of jeans worn by William True. True, 21, of Lewiston, is the second man to be tried for murder in Parent’s death. Michael McNaughton, 27, was convicted by a jury in July. True’s trial in Androscoggin County Superior Court entered its […]
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Police identify victim in Portland homicide
PORTLAND — The victim of a Friday night homicide at a Brighton Avenue apartment was a 23-year-old man who did not reside there, police said Saturday. An autopsy conducted on Saturday showed that Richard Lobor of Portland died from a single gunshot wound. Responding officers arrived at the 214 Brighton Ave. residence a little after […]
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Man dead in Portland shooting
PORTLAND (AP) — Police are investigating a shooting that killed a man in Portland. Police were called to an apartment complex on Brighton Avenue Friday night for a report of shots fired. Authorities found one man dead and believe the shooter either ran away or fled in a vehicle. Police continue to search for the […]
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Witnesses offer conflicting testimony in McNaughton murder trial
AUBURN — State prosecutors called five more witnesses to the stand Monday, two of whom said Michael McNaughton told them he killed Romeo Parent in April of 2013. But witnesses also offered conflicting testimony about a screwdriver that may be central to the case. McNaughton, 26, is one of two men facing murder charges in […]