Maine — A resident of the Granite Bay Group Home is facing charges after she allegedly started a fire in the kitchen early Monday, police said. Danielle Jenness, 20, was arrested and charged with arson and aggravated criminal mischief, according to Detective Sgt. Dana Thompson of the Gorham Police Department. She is being held at […]
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Court questions competence of arson suspect
AUBURN — A 42-year-old Lewiston woman accused of setting a fire that engulfed the porch of her Orange Street home last December may not be competent to face an arson charge. A pair of experts testified in Androscoggin County Superior Court on Tuesday that Wendy Bryce has mild retardation and has a poor grasp of […]
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No suspects in Denver bar killings, arson
DENVER (AP) — Denver police said they have no suspects in the killings of five people whose bodies were found at a neighborhood bar after it was set on fire early Wednesday, apparently to cover up the slayings. Police chief Robert White said there’s nothing to indicate the deaths at Fero’s Bar & Grill were […]
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Jay woman pleads guilty in arson case
FARMINGTON — A Jay woman accused of setting fire to her mobile home on BJ’s Lane in Jay twice in August 2011, pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated criminal mischief in Franklin County Superior Court. Amanda Morey, 29, entered an Alford plea in the case. This type of plea means the court will find a person […]
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Standish grandmother gets 4 years in arson case
PORTLAND (AP) — A Standish grandmother has been sentenced to four years in jail for setting a string of fires in York and Cumberland counties. Carol Field was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty last week to six counts of arson. Prosecutors said the 66-year-old Field admitted to setting 18 fires in York and Cumberland counties, […]
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Maine grandmother admits to string of arsons
PORTLAND (AP) — A Standish grandmother charged with starting a string of fires across southern Maine has pleaded guilty to six counts of arson. Sixty-six-year-old Carol Field entered her plea Thursday and faces sentencing at a later date. Her defense attorney says she’s likely to serve two years behind bars. Prosecutors say Field admitted to […]
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Fayette teen charged in Mt. Vernon fire
FAYETTE – A 17-year-old local boy is accused of intentionally setting a fire on July 20 that destroyed a vacant house at 1173 Pond Road in Mt. Vernon, Sgt. Ken Grimes of the Maine Office of the State Fire Marshal said Friday. The Fayette juvenile was issued a summons charging him with arson and was […]
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N.H. man accused of setting sub fire to stay in jail
PORTLAND — A civilian shipyard worker accused of setting a fire that caused $400 million in damage to a nuclear-powered submarine will remain in jail after a magistrate ruled Wednesday that the defendant is too great a risk to society and a Navy officer described a harrowing scene inside the burning vessel. Casey James Fury, […]
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Man gets 5 years for $1.2M arson fire
PORTLAND — A 22-year-old Maine man is going to prison for five years for starting a fire that destroyed a plumbing and heating business in Freeport, according to The Portland Press Herald. Christopher Veysey II was sentenced Monday in District Court in Portland after pleading guilty to one count of arson and six counts of […]
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Drugs driving crime rates up in Maine
Crime in Maine is up. So is the cost of fighting crime as Maine grapples with technology-savvy crooks and increased investigative costs, according to Public Safety Commissioner John Morris. The Department of Public Safety released 2011 crime statistics on Tuesday, reporting a 5.4 percent increase in crime compared to 2010. That’s the biggest single-year jump […]