PARIS — An Oxford County Superior Court jury Tuesday afternoon found a Kennebunk man not guilty of assaulting and threatening his former girlfriend during a camping trip in Rangeley Plantation in 2014. The unanimous verdict for Daniel Kelley, 43, came after less than two hours of deliberation and at the end of the second day of […]
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Jury picked in Auburn man’s road rage trial
AUBURN — The trial of local man accused of racially charged road rage is expected to get underway later this month after Thursday’s jury selection. Adam Getchell, 32, faces two felony charges and two misdemeanors stemming from a 2013 incident. Fourteen jurors, including two alternates, were picked for the case Thursday afternoon. A two-day trial […]
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Lewiston man charged in son’s death seeks to have statements thrown out
AUBURN — A Lewiston man charged with manslaughter in his baby son’s death is seeking to have statements he made to police kept from trial. Sean St. Amand, 28, filed motions through his attorney, George Hess, to bar prosecutors from using statements St. Amand made to police on Oct. 20 during an interrogation. Hess wrote […]
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Defense admits Tsarnaev carried out Boston Marathon bombing
BOSTON — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev went on trial for his life Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing with his own lawyer bluntly telling the jury he committed the crime. But she argued that he had fallen under the influence of his older brother. “It WAS him,” Judy Clarke, one of the nation’s foremost death-penalty defense attorneys, […]
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Jurors hear victim’s blood found on defendant’s pants
AUBURN — Jurors learned Friday that Romeo Parent’s blood was found on a pair of jeans worn by William True. True, 21, of Lewiston, is the second man to be tried for murder in Parent’s death. Michael McNaughton, 27, was convicted by a jury in July. True’s trial in Androscoggin County Superior Court entered its […]
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Lewiston murder suspect headed to trial unless plea deal made
AUBURN — A 21-year-old Lewiston man is expected to go to trial for murder unless he and prosecutors can reach agreement on that charge and others by Nov. 10. William True, charged in the 2013 stabbing and strangulation death of 21-year-old Romeo Parent, is scheduled for a plea hearing in Androscoggin County Superior Court on […]
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Prosecutors make case in Maine cliff push trial
ROCKLAND (AP) — Prosecutors are continuing to present their case in the trial of a man accused of pushing his then-wife off a cliff in a Maine state park. Charles Black is charged with attempted murder, two counts of elevated aggravated assault and three counts of aggravated assault. Police say Black hit Lisa Zahn in […]
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Witnesses offer conflicting testimony in McNaughton murder trial
AUBURN — State prosecutors called five more witnesses to the stand Monday, two of whom said Michael McNaughton told them he killed Romeo Parent in April of 2013. But witnesses also offered conflicting testimony about a screwdriver that may be central to the case. McNaughton, 26, is one of two men facing murder charges in […]
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Man stripped of lawyer right appeals
PORTLAND — A Maine man sentenced to seven years in jail after a judge stripped him of his right to a court-appointed lawyer is appealing his conviction to the state’s highest court. Maine Supreme Judicial Court officials say Monday that Joshua Nisbet of Scarborough is appealing. An official says it will be months before the […]
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Ex-Maine basketball star on trial for child porn
BANGOR — Testimony in the trial a former Maine college basketball star who faces child pornography charges has concluded. Closing arguments are expected at a later date. Dana Wilson of Brewer, who’s a well-known disc jockey at school dances and former member of the Maine Sports Hall of Fame, stood trial Monday before a judge […]