Courts and Crime

Judge Awards $1.1 M To Woman Who Says Prison Guard Assaulted Her

By • Sep 27, 2018

A federal judge has awarded $1.1 million to a woman who says she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a former Maine State Prison guard.

Judge: Candidate For District Attorney In Western Maine Violated Bar Rules

By • Sep 25, 2018

A Superior Court judge has ruled that a Republican candidate for district attorney in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties has violated several Maine bar rules, including unlawful conduct. Seth Carey will now face a hearing to consider whether any sanctions should be imposed, including possible disbarment.

Husband Who Says He Was Wrongly Accused Wins $375,000

By • Sep 25, 2018

PORTLAND, Maine - A Maine man cleared of sexually assaulting his wife has reached a $375,000 settlement in his lawsuit against more than a dozen defendants.

Judge Rules DA Candidate Violated Several Bar Rules

By • Sep 25, 2018
Maine Public staff

PORTLAND, Maine - A judge has ruled a Republican candidate for district attorney in Maine violated several state bar rules, including unlawful conduct stemming from unwanted sexual advances.

Lobster Boat Captain Charged In Crew Deaths To Plead Guilty

By • Sep 20, 2018

PORTLAND, Maine - A lobster boat captain charged in the death of two crew members is pleading guilty and facing four years in jail.

Convicted Murderer On The Lam For 5 Days Is In Custody

By • Sep 18, 2018
Maine Department of Corrections

A prisoner who walked away from the Mountain View Correctional Center in Charleston last Thursday has been taken into custody.  The Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office says Arnold Nash was found in the Charleston area at about 7 o'clock Tuesday morning.

Officials: Convicted Murderer Escapes From Maine Prison

By • Sep 14, 2018

CHARLESTON, Maine - Maine corrections officials say a convicted murderer serving a 45-year sentence has escaped from prison.

Maine Sheriff: Many Inmates Belong In Treatment Programs, Not Jail

By • Sep 11, 2018
Maine Public staff

Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce runs a jail. But in a recent Portland Press Herald op-ed, Joyce writes that too many people are behind bars.  And many of them, he says, are the wrong people.

Maine’s Midcoast, Hit Hard By Opioid Crisis, Wants Its Own Drug Court

By Lauren Abbate - Bangor Daily News • Sep 10, 2018
Lauren Abbate / Bangor Daily News

Maine’s judicial branch is eyeing the midcoast as the future location of an expanded drug court that would offer an array of services to criminal defendants struggling with addiction.

Augusta Police Warn Of 'Highly Lethal' Heroin In Area

By • Sep 6, 2018
DedMityay / AP Photo

The Augusta Police Department says there is a highly lethal heroin supply that has surfaced in surrounding communities.

Lawsuit: Wholesale Owner Embezzled $1.5 Million In Lobsters

By • Sep 6, 2018

SACO, Maine - A Maine lobster wholesaler is suing one of its owners, claiming he embezzled nearly $1.5 million worth of lobsters.

Court Date For Woman In Baseball Field Death Pushed Back

By • Sep 5, 2018

ALFRED, Maine - The court case of a woman charged with driving onto a baseball field and hitting and killing a man has been pushed back.

Suspects In Break-In That Resulted In Death Of Dog Surrender

By • Sep 4, 2018

WINTER HARBOR, Maine - Police in Maine say the two men who allegedly broke into a Winter Harbor home and killed a dog have turned themselves in to police.

Attorney Says Man Accused Of Killing Deputy Was Beaten During Arrest

By • Aug 31, 2018
Marina Villeneuve / AP Photo

The lawyer for John Williams – the man accused of killing Somerset County Deputy Corporal Eugene Cole this April – is asking a judge to suppress Williams’ confession. Williams was the subject of a four-day long manhunt following the discovery of Corporal Cole’s body near a house in Norridgewock, and, according to his attorney, he was badly beaten while in custody.

Man Fined For Illegally Soliciting Medical Pot Investors

By • Aug 30, 2018

PORTLAND, Maine - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says a Kittery man has agreed to pay nearly $400,000 in fines and interest for illegally soliciting investors for a medical cannabis operation on Craigslist.
 
The Portland Press Herald reports that the commission says Richard J. Greenlaw raised about $500,000 from at least 59 investors across the country by offering securities in 20 cannabis-related businesses on the website although he was not registered with the SEC.
 

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