FARMINGTON — A Jay man accused of killing his girlfriend July 11 while she slept at her Jay home pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of intentional or knowing murder. James “Ted” Sweeney, 57, who is deaf, signed not guilty to an American Sign Language interpreter who spoke his answer out loud during an […]
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Camden Hills graduate accused of killing four described as kind musician
BOSTON (AP) — A recent college graduate accused of killing his mother, grandparents and a caregiver was described Monday as a good friend and talented jazz musician who showed no signs that he was troubled. Orion Krause, who was charged in the slayings, was ordered Monday to be sent to Bridgewater State Hospital pending a […]
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Jury selection, trial scheduled in Wilton murder case
FARMINGTON – A former Wilton man accused of fatally shooting a New Sharon man June 1, 2016, in Wilton is scheduled to select a jury Sept. 8 for a trial scheduled in late September, according to court documents. Timothy Danforth, 25, now of Farmington, is accused of shooting to death Michael Reis, 24, outside Danforth’s […]
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Bucksport man suspected in Kansas man's murder arrested in California
TESCOTT, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says a suspect in the shooting death of a Kansas man was arrested in California after he reportedly stabbed a person on an Amtrak train. The KBI said in a news release Monday that 34-year-old Robert Colson, of Bucksport, Maine, was arrested Saturday in Martinez, California. […]
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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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911 transcript: Madison shooter promised not to hurt victim's girlfriend
MADISON (AP) — A Maine woman who fled to safety amid a deadly rampage says her boyfriend’s father promised not to hurt her as he killed his wife, his son and a neighbor. In a newly released 911 transcript obtained by the Morning Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2vxMWpK ), an unidentified woman told a dispatcher that she and […]
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Jay man turns himself in; police charge him with girlfriend's murder
JAY — A local man was charged in the death of his girlfriend Tuesday, after he turned himself in to the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office in Auburn, state police said. James E. Sweeney, 56, was charged with murder in the death of Wendy Douglass, 51, at her home at 5 Jewell St., Lt. Brian McDonough […]
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Farmington man arrested in Brunswick 1979 killing of child
A Farmington man was arrested Friday in connection with the death of his young son, nearly 38 years ago in Brunswick. The arrest followed the indictment of 62-year-old Burton “Ben” Hagar on murder charges by a Cumberland County grand jury. Hagar, who now lives in Farmington, was arrested just before noon at his home on […]
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Lifetree to examine murder mystery
LEWISTON — An unsolved murder mystery will be examined at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 23, at Lifetree Cafe, 1919 Lisbon Road. The program, “An Unsolved Mystery: Living with Life’s Unanswered Questions,” will feature a filmed interview with Gary McMahan, an eye witness to an actual unsolved killing that occurred on the plains of northeastern Colorado. […]