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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Ex-girlfriend’s testimony key to murder conviction
DOVER, N.H. — Defense lawyers and prosecutors stressed one thing throughout the trial of a 31-year-old man convicted of raping and killing a University of New Hampshire student: The key was the truthfulness of the defendant’s ex-girlfriend. The jury Friday decided that Kathryn McDonough, the star witness in Seth Mazzaglia’s murder trial, was telling the […]
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Biddeford landlord accused of killing 2 teen tenants enters insanity plea
ALFRED (AP) — A Biddeford man charged with killing two teenagers in an apartment at his home is entering a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. The Press Herald (http://bit.ly/SKFNhW ) reported Tuesday that 75-year-old James Pak entered his plea at a hearing in York County Superior Court in Alfred. Pak originally pleaded […]
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Las Vegas cop killers had anti-government views, were kicked off Nevada ranch of Cliven Bundy
LAS VEGAS — A husband and wife who went on a deadly shooting rampage in Las Vegas harbored anti-government beliefs and left a swastika and a “Don’t tread on me” flag on the body of one of the two police officers they killed, authorities said Monday. Jerad and Amanda Miller had been kicked off a […]
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Still no verdict in triple murder trial
BANGOR — Jurors in Maine are going home without a verdict for the second straight day in the trial of two men charged in the drug-related killings of three people whose bodies were discovered in a burning car in Bangor in 2012. Jurors are more than 20 hours into deliberations that began Wednesday in the […]
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Convicted murderer denied parole
WARREN — A Maine man convicted of killing an 18-year-old woman more than 40 years ago has lost a bid for parole. Michael Boucher is one of only four prisoners in Maine who are eligible for parole, which was eliminated in Maine in 1979. His bid for parole was rejected after a hearing Thursday at […]
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Man convicted in Litchfield murder in 1973 seeks parole
WARREN (AP) — A Maine man convicted of killing an 18-year-old woman more than 40 years ago is scheduled to appear before the state parole board this week to seek his freedom. Michael Boucher was convicted of murder in 1991 of the 1973 slaying of Debra Dill. Authorities say he picked her at random, rammed […]
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Auburn man faces attempted murder charge
AUBURN — An Androscoggin County grand jury indicted 30-year-old Mack Williams Jr. on five felony charges Wednesday, including on attempted murder of his girlfriend, Jill Weisman, in March. Williams also was indicted on charges of aggravated assault and terrorizing Weisman and aggravated assault and terrorizing his roommate, Christopher Spence, 32, all stemming from an altercation […]
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Richmond body: Gardiner man charged in dad’s murder
GARDINER — The son of a 56-year-old Gardiner man whose remains were found in Richmond on Monday morning has been charged with murder in connection with his death. Maine State Police late Tuesday afternoon charged Leroy Smith III, 24, with murdering his father, Leroy Smith II, Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public […]
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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 […]