Dozens rally and testify in support of a bill to fund nonprofit groups that provide support services. It would be the first state funding increase for the programs since 2000.
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Auburn man tries to fire attorney — again — before trial
Willie Minor, 58, of Auburn, appears in Androscoggin County Superior Court in Auburn in June 2018. On Thursday, he was back in court picking a jury for his Feb. 12 trial on charges that include gross sexual assault and aggravated sex trafficking. (Sun Journal file photo) AUBURN — A local man accused of sexual assault and […]
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Strong man accused of sexually assaulting girl
UPDATE: Sexual assault suspect found dead in Franklin County Jail cell FARMINGTON — A Strong man is accused of sexually assaulting a girl and possessing sexually explicit photos of girls. Stephen Tripp, 35, of Strong, was arrested Friday on felony charges of gross sexual assault and possessing sexually explicit material, according to an affidavit filed in a […]
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Poland man charged with sexually assaulting teen
AUBURN — Police said a Poland man is charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at his home on North Raymond Road. Henry Cressey Jr., 41, was arrested Tuesday at 981 Minot Ave. in Auburn on charges of gross sexual assault, unlawful sexual contact and sexual abuse of a minor. William Gagne, chief deputy […]
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Lewiston sex offender back in prison for drug use
AUBURN — A Lewiston sex offender and false accuser of a Syracuse basketball coach is back in prison after admitting in court Tuesday that he used cocaine in June. Zachary Tomaselli, 30, appeared in Androscoggin County Superior Court, admitting he violated terms of his probation. He was sentenced to nine months and one day in prison. […]
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Connie Chung: I, too, was sexually assaulted – and it’s seared into my memory forever
Dear Christine Blasey Ford, I, too, was sexually assaulted – not 36 years ago but about 50 years ago. I have kept my dirty little secret to myself. Silence for five decades. The molester was our trusted family doctor. What made this monster even more reprehensible was that he was the very doctor who delivered […]
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Why survivors don't report sexual assaults
During Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination process to the Supreme Court, two (and possibly more) women have come forward to talk about a sexual assault that happened many decades ago and naming Kavanaugh as the offender. That has raised many questions about the motivation of the accusers, the truthfulness of their accounts and why they would […]
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Teacher at Freeport school charged with sexual assault of student
LISBON — Police have charged a teacher at a private religious school in Freeport with gross sexual assault. On Friday, the Lisbon Police Department investigated a report that Derek Michael Boyce, 37, a teacher at Pine Tree Academy in Freeport, a Seventh-Day Adventist Christian school, was having a sexual relationship with a teenage female student […]
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Bill Cosby sentenced 3 to 10 years for sexual assault
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — His Hollywood career and good-guy image in ruins, Bill Cosby was led off to prison in handcuffs Tuesday at age 81, sentenced to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his gated estate. The punishment made him the first celebrity of the #MeToo era […]
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In TV interview, Kavanaugh denies sexually assaulting anyone
WASHINGTON (AP) — Brett Kavanaugh says he won’t let “false accusations drive me out of this process” as he, President Donald Trump and top Republicans mount an aggressive drive to rally the public and GOP senators behind his shaky Supreme Court nomination. Trump and Republican leaders accused Democrats on Monday of a smear campaign by […]