AUGUSTA — A science teacher at Gardiner Area High School has been charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl, allegedly plying her with alcohol at a home before assaulting her. John M. Glowa Jr., 43, of Readfield, faces two counts of gross sexual assault and one of furnishing liquor to a minor. He was expected […]
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Phillips man to serve another four years
FARMINGTON — A Phillips man has been ordered to serve the four remaining years of a suspended eight-year sentence related to a burglary and theft of firearms when he lived in Lisbon in 2010. Michael R. Harriman, 27, admitted Monday in Franklin County Superior Court to violating his probation Sept. 1, 2017. Harriman had been […]
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Phillips man indicted in sexual assault against third child
FARMINGTON — A Phillips man who was indicted in November on sexual assault charges against two children under age 14, was indicted again Thursday on a sexual assault charge against a third child. Michael R. Harriman, 27, was indicted on a Class A charge of gross sexual assault against a child under age 14, a […]
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Ex-priest who was fired from Cheverus and went to prison now faces new sex charges in Maine
A former Jesuit priest who taught and coached at Cheverus High School for nearly two decades before being fired in 1998 is scheduled to be arraigned in Portland on charges he sexually assaulted a minor in Freeport nearly 20 years ago. A grand jury indictment dated Nov. 9 and obtained by the Press Herald on […]
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Two Franklin County men indicted in sex cases
FARMINGTON — Two men were indicted Wednesday on sexual assault charges. Michael R. Harriman, 27, of Phillips was formally charged Wednesday with two Class A counts of gross sexual assault against two children under age 15. He was arrested Sept. 1, after Maine State Police Detective Michael Chavez of the Major Crimes Unit-South observed interviews with […]
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#MeToo. Maine too.
When “Julie” was 4 years old, living in western Maine, her uncle heard her mother say over a CB radio that she’d be heading to the bar that night, leaving her young children home alone. As soon as her mother left, Julie’s uncle came over to the house, put a pillow over her face and […]
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Thomas Johnston named as Newry sex assault suspect
Read the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office report on the rape investigation… PARIS — Thomas Johnston was identified by authorities Thursday as the sole suspect in a sexual assault in Newry last month. The assault, which was reported very early April 2 by a woman who was being treated at Bridgton Hospital, occurred at a home […]
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Legislature considers bill to strengthen sex assault laws
AUGUSTA — State lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it easier for victims to report sexual offenses and increase convictions for crimes that now go unpunished, according to its sponsor. Supporters of LD 654 testified before the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee earlier this month that the bill would tighten up laws surrounding […]
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Don’t dismiss Trump’s words
As a woman who endured 13 years of sexual assault, I was shocked, saddened, sickened, confused and even outraged by the words of Donald Trump — words that he has repeatedly tried to passively dismiss as “locker room talk.” His words hit me like a ton of bricks and caused tears to sting my eyes […]
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Norway Police Department seeking suspect in July sexual assault
NORWAY — The Norway Police Department is seeking help identifying a suspect in a sexual assault in July. A Facebook post by the Police Department describes the suspect as having “blond shoulder-length dreadlocks, blue eyes, very bad teeth, and very bad skin.” Detective Gary Hill said the assault happened July 23 during the annual FUDAfest […]