Brian Morin, 30, charged with three counts of arson Brian Morin, now 34, was charged with three counts of arson in a fire that destroyed two vacant apartment buildings on Bartlett Street and damaged an occupied building on Horton Street on May 6, 2013. He pleaded guilty in 2014 to the three felony charges and […]
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Lewiston boy admits to felony in 2013 fire, arson charges dismissed
LEWISTON — A local teen facing four felony arson charges admitted Monday to felony aggravated criminal mischief, bringing to a close the prosecution of two men and two boys charged in a series of three unrelated fires over a one-week span in 2013 that left many homeless and many more fearful. The fires destroyed nine […]
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Judge sets hearing on confession of Lewiston teen charged with arson
LEWISTON — A teenage boy who faces four felony arson charges in downtown apartment building fires is seeking to have a judge throw out his confession. A hearing on his motion is expected to be held in 8th District Court in January, according to a judge’s order released Tuesday. Abdi Ibrahim, 14, is being held […]
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Lewiston fires: Ibrahim found competent to stand trial for arson
LEWISTON — Abdi Ibrahim, the teen facing four charges of arson in a spree of downtown fires last year, has been found competent to stand trial. In January, the case against the now 14-year-old was suspended after District Court Justice John Beliveau found the state had not met its burden proving the Lewiston boy was […]
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Lewiston man charged in last year’s downtown fires to serve up to seven years
AUBURN — A Lewiston man pleaded guilty Friday to three counts of arson and agreed to serve up to seven years in prison for setting fires that burned several Lewiston apartment buildings last year. Brian Morin, 30, is one of the two remaining defendants charged in a spate of downtown fires. He was charged with […]
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Three of four defendants charged in Lewiston fires still facing trial
LEWISTON — More than seven months after a rash of fires that destroyed 10 downtown apartment buildings within a week, displacing more than 100 people, three of four people charged with arson still face trial. A judge determined in August that one of the defendants wasn’t competent to stand trial and likely wouldn’t become competent. […]
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Lewiston boy charged with arson awaits competency hearing
Fires in Lewiston: Complete coverage of how the city battled a string of fires and worked to recover. LEWISTON — A 13-year-old boy charged with arson in a fire that destroyed four downtown apartment buildings and displaced roughly 100 people this past spring is expected to challenge his competency to stand trial. Prosecutors filed a motion […]
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Judge releases Lewiston boy charged in fires
LEWISTON — A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a 13-year-old boy charged with four counts of arson in a May 3 fire that burned four downtown apartment buildings and left nearly 100 people homeless. Abdi Ibrahim of Lewiston was in 8th District Court for a juvenile detention hearing. Because he is charged with […]
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On tape, boy tells officer, mother he set Lewiston blaze
Fires in Lewiston: Complete coverage of how the city battled a string of fires and worked to recover. LEWISTON — A then-12-year-old city boy confessed to police and again to his mother in a videotape shown in court on Monday that he set a fire on the back porch of 109 Blake St. on April 29. […]