BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Police have arrested two New York men for the shooting of two people, one fatally, at an apartment house in Bangor. Police received reports of multiple shots fired on Center Street at around 3:30 a.m. Friday. One man died from gunshot wounds and another person was taken to the hospital. It’s […]
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Texas man charged with 6 counts of murder
A Texas man was formally charged with six counts of capital murder Thursday in the killing of a group of people in Anderson County that included a former Farmington man and his daughter. William Mitchell Hudson, 33, is accused of shooting two of the victims inside a travel camper and another four in the woods […]
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Farmington community in shock, mourning over Texas slayings
Coverage: Texas man charged with six counts of murder | Warrant: Texas murder suspect was drinking with Johnson family | 2 former Farmington residents among 6 killed in Texas FARMINGTON — People in the area were in shock and mourning Tuesday after learning that two former residents, Carl Johnson and his daughter, Hannah Johnson, and four other people — […]
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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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Former Turner man is subject of Crime Watch Daily episode
Police are still searching for “Butch” Knight, with alleged sightings coming in from across the country. Watch part 2 of Andrea Isom’s investigation here. Posted by Crime Watch Daily on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 FARMINGTON — The television show “Crime Watch Daily” aired an episode Tuesday highlighting an investigation into the murder of former Turner resident […]
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Judge rules Lewiston murder defendant doesn’t have to undergo evaluation
AUBURN — A judge said Wednesday that a Lewiston man charged with murder in the death of his infant son does not have to undergo a mental health evaluation that was sought by prosecutors. Androscoggin County Superior Court Justice MaryGay Kennedy ruled following a closed-door conference that if additional information should be brought to her […]
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Rumford man sentenced for not taking medication
PARIS — A Rumford man who shot a man at a Richmond gas station in 2000 has pleaded guilty to violating conditions of his release for failing to take court-ordered medication. An Oxford County Superior Court judge revoked 60 days of Stanley Janiszcak’s probation Friday morning after he admitted to allegations that he had stopped taking […]
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Former Turner man wanted on murder warrant seen in Rangeley
LEWISTON — Authorities are continuing to search the Rangeley area for a former Turner man who is wanted on a Michigan murder warrant in the strangulation death of his wife. Harold “Butch” Knight, 66, is suspected of killing his wife, Sara Lee Porter-Knight, 48, at their Fennville, Mich., home, authorities said. Authorities discovered her body […]
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Wilton man pleads not guilty to murder, ordered to psychiatric center for observation
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man pleaded not guilty Friday to killing his grandmother, Joanne Goudreau, 67, on Dec. 20 at the home they shared on Weld Road in Wilton. Dana Craney, 22, is accused of bludgeoning his grandmother to death with a hammer while she slept, dragging her body into the backyard behind the trailer […]
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Wilton man indicted on murder charge
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County grand jury Friday indicted a Wilton man who is accused of bludgeoning his grandmother, Joanne Goodreau, 67, to death with a hammer Dec. 20 at their home in Wilton. Dana Craney, 22, was indicted on a charge of murder. A conviction on the charge carries a sentence of 25 years […]