The 33-year-old woman charged this year in the murder of her child gave birth Wednesday to a boy, her father said. Joseph Kennedy said he received a call notifying him that Sharon Carrillo gave birth to a healthy boy weighing 7 pounds. Sharon and her husband, Julio Carrillo Jr., 51, are charged with the depraved […]
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Luc Tieman sentenced to 55 years for murdering his wife, Valerie
SKOWHEGAN — A former Fairfield man was sentenced to 55 years in prison Friday for the August 2016 murder of his wife and burying her body in a shallow grave behind his parents’ home in Fairfield. A jury of seven men and five women deliberated for less than an hour April 9 before finding Luc Tieman, 34, […]
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Accused killer John Williams may have ‘snuck up’ on Cpl. Cole
AUGUSTA — Cpl. Eugene Cole of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office was shot and killed during the early morning hours of April 25 while on patrol in Norridgewock, just minutes after apparently stopping to check on John D. Williams, who had duffel bags and a bulletproof vest after being dropped off at a driveway around […]
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Luc Tieman murder conviction followed ‘unbelievable’ stories, jurors say
SKOWHEGAN — Rose Gray said she looked over at Luc Tieman at the defendant’s table as the jury entered the courtroom April 9, ready to deliver its verdict on whether the 34-year-old had murdered his wife intentionally. Tieman – accused of shooting Valerie Tieman and burying her in a grave filled with love notes, a […]
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Luc Tieman found guilty by jury of murdering his wife
SKOWHEGAN — Luc Tieman was quickly found guilty Monday of murdering his wife after a jury deliberated for less than an hour. Earlier in an unusual twist, Tieman personally delivered his own closing remarks to the trial jury Monday, adamantly denying that he killed “my beautiful wife.” Tieman, speaking to the jury of seven men […]
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Psych evaluation scheduled for Jay man accused of killing girlfriend
FARMINGTON — A Jay man accused of killing his girlfriend last summer at her home in Jay is scheduled Tuesday to undergo a forensic evaluation for competency, criminal responsibility and other mental conditions, according to a court document. Dr. Robert Riley, a consultant neuro-psychologist for State Forensic Services is scheduled to conduct the examination. James […]
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Lisbon man fails in bid for new trial on attempted murder conviction
AUBURN — A Lisbon man convicted of trying to murder local police in a 2008 high-speed chase lost his bid for a new trial when a judge denied his petition to overturn all but one of his convictions on related criminal charges at his 2010 trial. Bartolo Ford, 57, was convicted by a jury of […]
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Ten-year-old Stockton Springs girl was beaten daily before her death, police say
The 10-year-old girl who died in Stockton Springs on Sunday was beaten and abused for months by the two adults now charged with her murder, according to court records filed by police. Since October, Marissa Kennedy was beaten multiple times each day by her mother, Sharon Carrillo, 33, and Julio Carrillo, 51, the girl’s stepfather, […]
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'Doubts will linger' about teen girl's 1980 death, says defense lawyer in closing arguments
BANGOR (AP) — A defense lawyer told a judge on Monday that “doubts will linger” regardless of whether she convicts or acquits a 57-year-old man in the death of a teenage girl in 1980. Jeffrey Silverstein accused prosecutors of trying to fit a “square peg into a round hole” in its case against Phillip Scott […]
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Former Wilton man to be retried on murder charge
FARMINGTON — A former Wilton man accused of fatally shooting a New Sharon man June 1, 2016, in Wilton will be retried on a murder charge in April at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta. Justice William Stokes declared a mistrial Oct. 2, 2017, after a Franklin County jury was unable to reach a unanimous […]