BANGOR (AP) — A federal trial is beginning this week to determine whether a chemical company responsible for dumping mercury from a closed plant in Orrington will be required to clean contamination from along the banks of the Penobscot River and the mouth of Penobscot Bay. The trial scheduled to start Tuesday in U.S. District […]
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Jury deadlocked on one defendant in Bangor triple murder trial
BANGOR — Jurors in the triple murder trial are deadlocked on one or more counts involving at least one defendant but have reached verdicts on other charges after deliberating more than 40 hours over four days, Justice William Anderson said about 5:45 p.m. at the Penobscot Judicial Center. Anderson referred to a note sent out […]
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Defendant stripped of attorney rights gets 7 years
PORTLAND — A Maine man who was stripped of his right to a court-appointed lawyer for his robbery trial was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in jail. Joshua Nisbet, 37, of Scarborough, was given a 14-year sentence, half of which will be suspended. Justice Thomas Warren ruled in March that Nisbet “forfeited” his right to […]
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Father: Kristina Lowe said she was driving
PARIS — Kristina Lowe’s father was arrested late Tuesday, charged with contempt of court after he failed to show up to testify at her double manslaughter trial in Oxford County Superior Court. State Police Trooper Adam Fillebrown arrested Earl Lowe, 43, at his home on Mt. Mica Road in South Paris at 9:30 p.m. on […]
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Closing arguments underway in Bangor triple-murder trial
BANGOR — A prosecutor told jurors Tuesday in the triple murder trial of Nicholas Sexton and Randall Daluz that they did not need to know exactly when or how the victims died the night of Aug. 12, 2012, to find Sexton and Daluz guilty of murder and arson. “You don’t have to be unanimous in […]
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Sexton says co-defendant shot 1 victim accidentally, 2 others on purpose
Sexton, 33, of Warwick, Rhode Island, and Randall Daluz, 36, of Brockton, Massachusetts, known by the nickname “Ricky” or “Money,” have been charged with three counts of murder and one count of arson in connection with the deaths. Investigators have described the slayings as a drug deal gone bad. Sexton and Daluz have pleaded not […]
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Defense begins case in Bangor triple-murder trial
BANGOR (AP) — The defense is beginning its case in the trial of two men prosecutors say killed three people and burning their bodies after a Bangor drug dispute. One of the defendants, Nicholas Sexton of Warwick, Rhode Island, is expected to be called to the stand to testify in his own defense Monday. After […]
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Lowe trial to start Wednesday
PARIS — A short time after midnight on Jan. 7, 2012, 18-year-old Kristina Lowe was driving east on Route 219 in West Paris and lost control of her car. She crashed her 10-year-old Subaru into a stand of trees, killing her backseat passengers, Rebecca Mason and Logan Dam. Mason was 16; Dam was 19. Lowe […]
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Trial starts for Texas man accused of killing four in Maryland
WASHINGTON — A year ago, when Maryland became the 18th state to abolish the death penalty, it changed the stakes for an accused killer sitting in the Prince George’s County, Md. jail. Darrell Bellard, 47, might have been the first defendant sent to the state’s death row in more than a decade. Instead, prosecutors are […]
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Sabattus man gets 15 years in prison for assaults on preteen
AUBURN — A Sabattus man who pleaded guilty to nearly a dozen counts of gross sexual assault over several years against a preteen girl was sentenced Wednesday to serve 15 years in prison. A reproving Androscoggin County Superior Court judge sentenced Michael Gagnier, 34, of 20 High St. to 25 years in prison, with 10 […]