John Hansen said drug addiction gripped him despite his loving upbringing.
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Turner man admits to being felon with ammunition
Clifford Clark was found asleep in his car in the garage of an unknown Lewiston home last summer.
West Paris man sent to prison for bank robbery, gun possession
The defendant robbed a Buckfield bank in 2019 and illegally sold guns a year later.
Auburn man appeals attempted murder conviction
The attorney for Germaine Page told the state’s highest court that the judge should have allowed at trial only some of the late evidence produced by prosecutors.
Maine’s chief U.S. District judge announces retirement
Jon Levy, who has presided over Maine’s federal courts since 2014, will retire next year.
Mothers plan to appeal 2nd dismissal of wrongful death suit in teens’ killings
U.S. District Judge Jon Levy once again rules that Biddeford officers are not at fault for the 2012 murders of Derrick Thompson, 19, and Alivia Welch, 18, citing qualified immunity for police.
Federal court overturns Auburn man’s gun conviction
Willie R. Minor has twice been convicted of a federal gun possession charge and twice his conviction has been vacated.
Former Sabattus man back in jail; seeks drug treatment
A judge denied a request by Scott A. Estes, who was convicted of two federal gun crimes, to be on house arrest.
Lewiston woman gets 4 years for meth distribution
Shawna Burch’s attorney said her parents were alcoholics who abused her, and she “grew up without any sense of safety or belonging.”
Otisfield man admits to sex crimes with kids
Travis Kimball faces up to 30 years in prison on each of the two crimes to which he pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court.