The murder trial of Dylan Ketcham, 23, began, for the second time, on Wednesday at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta. His first trial was declared a mistrial in September.
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Man who stabbed Turner couple to death in 2021 granted supervised time in Augusta
Patrick Maher was found not criminally responsible for stabbing Troy and Dulsie Varney to death in 2021.
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Tensions high during Lincolnville man’s appearance on murder charge
Matthew Pendelton, 47, is accused of killing Kevin Curit, also of Lincolnville.
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Judge hears motions before Lewiston man’s murder trial
AUBURN — A judge on Friday heard arguments in the case of a Lewiston man charged with murder who is seeking to introduce at trial his girlfriend as an alternative suspect in the fatal shooting of the mother of his child. Jaquille Jakeem Coleman, 28, is charged with the intentional or knowing murder of 19-year-old […]
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Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court reviewing man’s murder conviction a 2nd time
This is not the first time the court has considered an appeal from Marcus Asante, whose overturned murder conviction in 2020 was the first in Maine since 2004.
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Auburn man appeals Alaska murder and sex assault convictions and sentences
Steven H. Downs, 48, filed notice of his appeal Monday with the Alaska Court of Appeals in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Portland man accused of killing girlfriend in hit-and-run in Acadia pleads not guilty
Raymond Lester is charged with murder in the death of Nicole Mokeme, who was killed while hosting a retreat in Acadia National Park last June.
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Grandmother testifies mother mistreated toddler because ‘he looked too much like his father’
Sherry Johnson testified at her daughter’s murder trial Thursday about the day they brought 3-year-old Maddox Williams to the hospital. She noticed bruising and said her daughter would often call Maddox ‘ugly.’
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Teenager describes abuse of 3-year-old at mother’s trial on murder charge
Six witnesses testified on the first day of Jessica Trefethen’s trial in the 2021 death of her son Maddox Williams of Stockton Springs.
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Gardiner man on trial for murder shot former friend, attacked another with machete, prosecutor says
A defense attorney for Dylan Ketcham said he had been threatened and feared for his life.