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Worcester police say several officers were attacked during a melee at a beer garden

https://www.centralmaine.com/2019/10/26/police-officers-attacked-during-fights-at-beer-garden/

A 78-year-old Louisiana woman has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for trying to kill her former attorney

https://www.centralmaine.com/2019/10/26/woman-78-gets-22-years-for-attempted-murder-of-lawyer/

A roundup of cases closed June 6-12, 2019, at courts in Augusta and Waterville.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2019/06/16/kennebec-county-courts-june-6-12-2019/

A judge says such incidents are cause for concern but the man at the center of the legal filing is now getting mental health treatment.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/12/21/state-official-wont-be-held-in-contempt-for-keeping-mentally-ill-man-in-jail/

A rollover on Maquoit Road leaves a young passenger with head injuries and sparks a scuffle with police.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/12/19/woman-charged-after-5-year-old-sustains-injuries-in-crash-teen-accused-of-fighting-officers/

Sarah Branch says her mentally ill client's ordeal of having to spend nearly a month in jail before receiving court-ordered treatment is an example of a larger problem.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/12/17/attorney-files-motion-for-contempt-against-maine-dhhs-commissioner/

WEST BATH — A former Bath Bus Services driver who Bath police say posted inappropriate photos of students online was indicted Tuesday by a Sagadahoc County grand jury on two counts. 51-year-old...

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/12/13/former-bath-school-bus-driver-indicted-for-allegedly-taking-explicit-photos-of-students/

According to court records, Michael Rickett tried to sell the device to an undercover agent.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/12/13/saco-man-charged-with-possession-of-a-military-grade-ied/

Augusta area police reports for Dec. 11, 2018.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/12/11/kennebec-journal-police-log-for-dec-11/

Police, drug agents and sheriff's officials searched a Corinth home Wednesday, seizing drugs, guns and cash.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/12/06/two-men-arrested-in-connection-with-crack-cocaine-heroin-sales-in-corinth/

Jermaine Blunt pleaded guilty Wednesday at the Capital Judicial Center.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/12/05/new-york-man-sentenced-to-60-months-for-dealing-drugs-near-waterville-youth-rec-center/

Judge Tom Nale set Lance K. Wallace's bail at $25,000.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/12/05/city-man-charged-with-choking-former-girlfriend/

MDEA and state police charged three people with trafficking heroin and crack cocaine during a traffic stop Saturday on Interstate 95.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/12/04/officials-seize-drugs-worth-3000-in-newport-arrests/

Darren J. Potter must register as a sex offender and verify his whereabouts with law enforcement for 25 years.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/29/palmyra-man-gets-18-months-jail-for-sexual-assault-of-a-child/

The defendant, from Hancock County, remains free on bail.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/28/mistrial-declared-in-augusta-sexual-assault-case/

Nathan Kane, 35, is arrested after the incident in a parking lot at the Topsham Fair Mall on Tuesday afternoon.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/27/harpswell-man-charged-with-threatening-another-man-with-a-knife/

Nancie Atwell, who was honored in 2015 for her work at the school she founded in Edgecomb, said in court that a previously undiagnosed mental illness contributed to her compulsion to shoplift.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/27/midcoast-teacher-who-won-1-million-prize-sentenced-to-community-service-for-shoplifting/

The program, which its founder calls the Church of Safe Injection, is violating a state law that prohibits people from distributing hypodermic needles, police say.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/26/lewiston-police-tell-mobile-needle-exchange-program-to-halt-needle-distribution/

George A. Walker is accused of trafficking drugs in central Maine.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/19/bronx-ny-man-arrested-in-nh-on-augusta-drug-charges/

Seth Carey's defense attorney argues that his client needs treatment for mental illness.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/14/maine-bar-prosecutor-seeks-disbarment-for-suspended-lawyer/

Animal Control Officer Paul Frye said he has received a couple dozen chicken complaints since he started in August.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/08/augusta-police-bystanders-wrangle-chicken-at-large/

Police arrest a teenager and charge him with elevated aggravated assault.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/07/auburn-man-hospitalized-after-stabbing-during-domestic-situation/

Davian Torres Rodriguez sentenced on Monday to 40 months on charges of unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/05/nh-man-to-serve-time-for-selling-fentanyl-crack-cocaine-in-wilton/

Police say Stephen Tripp possessed sexually explicit photos of girls on his cellphone, according to an affidavit filed in court in Farmington.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/05/strong-man-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-girl/

State police say Anthony Hodge, 19, was distracted by his phone when he rear-ended another vehicle in Hampden.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/02/gorham-man-charged-in-fiery-i-95-accident/

Christopher Tracy's apparent overdose June 5 led to claims that he had gone to New Hampshire twice, bought fentanyl there and brought it back to Maine.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/01/farmington-man-pleads-guilty-in-drug-importation-case/

Ronald Hinkley's image was captured on the homeowner's video camera.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/01/north-monmouth-man-sentenced-in-burglary-and-theft/

Ruth Higginbotham, 29, also faces a pending theft charge from Walmart in Skowhegan and has been convicted of thefts, violating condition of release and a drug charge.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/31/police-skowhegan-woman-tried-to-leave-augusta-walmart-with-1500-in-stolen-merchandise/

The victim at an Elm Street residence said he recognized the robber after pulling down his bandanna.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/31/police-gun-wielding-waterville-man-robbed-another-man-in-apartment/

Melissa Couture is scheduled to be sentenced later for the 2017 incident, which also involved a high-speed chase and possession of heroin.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/31/livermore-falls-woman-pleads-guilty-in-incident-in-which-she-dragged-policeman-with-suv/

Ryan Cunningham was sentenced to serve nine months of a three-year prison sentence and three years of probation.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/31/farmington-man-pleads-guilty-after-punching-ex-girlfriend-hitting-her-with-frying-pan-pot/

Ross Adams, 52, of Martha's Vineyard, convicted in June of felony unlawful sexual contact of 7-year-old girl in Maine and Massachusetts.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/29/mass-man-to-spend-10-years-in-prison-for-sexual-abuse/

Police say Nicolas Blanchard, 20, of Scarborough was charged with aggravated assault after he stabbed a 15-year-old student over a $20 debt.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/29/police-say-teenager-stabbed-by-acquaintance-at-scarborough-soccer-game/

Andre Fields is already serving a sentence in state prison on drug charges.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/29/bronx-man-pleads-guilty-to-drug-charges-in-federal-court/

Nicholas Norton of Medway, Massachusetts, was convicted of the assault and criminal restraint of a fellow student in his dorm room.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/26/former-une-student-sentenced-to-45-days-in-jail-for-domestic-violence-assault/

The attorney general's office had sought unedited video taken in September of a jailhouse interview with Andrea Balcer, who admits having murdering her parents in 2016 at their Winthrop home.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/26/judge-maine-ag-erred-in-subpoena-to-newspaper-for-video-interview-of-admitted-killer/

Christopher Kruse, 50, entered pleas in U.S. District Court in Bangor and faces a minimum of five years in prison.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/26/former-skowhegan-planning-board-member-pleads-guilty-to-child-porn-charges/

James Sweeney waives a jury trial and pleads not criminally responsible to a murder charge in the death of Wendy Douglass in July 2017.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/25/former-jay-man-accused-of-killing-girlfriend-enters-insanity-plea/

Mark Pignatello is involved in a multi-state crime ring that covers Maine and five other Northeastern states, according to the Newport police chief.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/25/new-york-man-arrested-in-newport-charged-with-forgery-fraud/

Ian Robertson, 38, will serve 20 days in jail and a one-year probation for following the woman and their child after a four-year relationship ended.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/24/hope-man-sentenced-for-stalking-woman-by-putting-tracking-device-on-her-car/

Tammy Peaslee and Joshua Martinez are being held in lieu of $25,000 cash bail each.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/24/2-arrested-in-drug-raid-at-belgrade-residence/

Reports of high speed chases, car burglaries and auto thefts have been taken from Franklin, Somerset and Penobscot counties.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/22/crime-spree-tracked-from-vermont-to-three-central-maine-counties/

Authorities say 28-year-old Kenneth John Dubuc also has ties to the Scarborough area.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/17/cumberland-sheriffs-office-seeks-help-locating-gray-man-wanted-for-stalking/

After the state's switch to the Spillman computer-aided dispatch program, the Kennebec County Sheriff's Office and the Gardiner Police Department face the decision of buying it or seeking dispatc...

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/16/state-changes-dispatch-software-in-call-centers-causing-stir-for-contracting-towns/

Justin Berube, 22, faces two counts of the charge, which is punishable by up to 30 years in prison and a $50,000 fine.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/16/saco-man-charged-with-gross-sexual-assault-on-a-child-under-14/

In a five-page letter, the assistant jail administrator pleads with county commissioners to hire more corrections officers.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/16/franklin-county-jail-administration-laments-staffing-shortages/

The man appeared to threaten police officers with a weapon when they responded to a report of a domestic disturbance.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/16/man-shot-by-officer-is-expected-to-live-bangor-police-say/

Kennebec County law enforcement agencies helped investigate the case, according to the U.S. Attorney.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/15/two-newport-men-sentenced-for-conspiracy-to-distribute-heroin-in-central-maine/

Police said Scott Allen Bailey, 49, broke windows and hit another man in the head with a baseball bat Sunday afternoon in Skowhegan.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/08/police-norridgewock-man-used-baseball-bat-to-beat-another-man/

Police say Carol Sharrow, 51, hit and killed a man when she drove onto the field during a youth baseball game at Goodall Park in June.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/10/05/sanford-woman-who-drove-on-ballfield-indicted-on-manslaughter-and-assault-charges/