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 […]
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Police looking for suspects in Biddeford double homicide
BIDDEFORD — Maine State Police say the shooter or shooters responsible for a Sunday night double homicide in Biddeford remain at large. Lt. Brian McDonough with the Maine State Police told reporters at a Monday afternoon news conference at the 19 Western Ave. location of the crime that investigators are searching for four individuals — […]
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Family: 92-year-old man feared he’d be victimized
WATERVILLE — A 92-year-old whose death was declared a homicide by state police had feared a violent end, a family member said. The death of Aurele Fecteau, whose body was discovered in his home on Friday, was declared to be a homicide over the weekend, based on the medical examiner’s findings. Lorraine Fecteau, the victim’s […]
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Waterville death deemed a homicide
WATERVILLE — Someone took the life of a nonagenarian found deceased Friday afternoon in his Brooklyn Avenue home, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. “That determination was made by the State Medical Examiner’s Office Saturday, but no other information on the autopsy is being released at this time,” McCausland […]
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Sister of victim testifies in Bangor triple-murder trial
BANGOR — A reluctant witness took the stand Tuesday in a triple murder trial and told jurors she had been scared to tell police she had seen the men accused of killing her sister and boyfriend handle guns but was testifying about it because “my sister and Dan deserve some rest.” Katelyn Lugdon, 19, testified […]
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Jury selection begins Monday in triple homicide police called drug deal gone bad
Police investigate a vehicle that burned before dawn off Target Industrial Circle in Bangor in August 2012. After the fire was extinguished, three bodies were found inside the parked car. BANGOR — Jury selection is set to begin Monday morning at the Penobscot Judicial Center in one of the Queen City’s most gruesome homicide cases, in […]