The trial of Maurice Diggins, charged with hate crimes in connection with two assaults in 2018, has been postponed until Wednesday.
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Girlfriend says Bridgton man charged with assaulting couple was high on meth
Michael Holden appeared disoriented to his girlfriend around midday Tuesday, hours before 77-year-old Robert and Margaret Macdonald were assaulted in their lakeside home.
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Lewiston man gets 3 years for beating woman
Kendrick Leonard sits in Androscoggin County Superior Court on Wednesday awaiting sentencing on an assault charge. AUBURN — A Lewiston man was sentenced to serve three years of a six-year prison sentence for beating a woman with stick, breaking her arm and giving here a severe concussion. Kendrick Leonard, 31, of 113 Bartlett St. pleaded […]
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Belgrade man accused of assaulting Wilton resident
WILTON — Police said a Belgrade man is accused of assaulting an acquaintance after he broke into the man’s home late Friday. Wilton police arrested Adam Brunelle, 35, on felony charges of burglary and aggravated assault, Chief Heidi Wilcox said Monday. Brunelle had a grudge against the man and assaulted him, she said. Police received […]
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Lewiston man charged with assault and robbery
AUBURN — A Lewiston man who allegedly slammed a beer bottle into the head of a man he robbed last summer has been charged with assault and robbery. A grand jury Monday indicted Mouamed Mouamed, 21, of 287 Bates St. on charges of elevated aggravated assault and robbery, each a felony punishable by up to […]
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Teens charged with theft, assault of 83-year-old Lewiston shop owner
LEWISTON — A teenager was charged with assault and another teen with theft Wednesday in connection with an incident at Speaker’s Variety that left the store owner with a broken wrist. The boys, both 16, were charged after police consulted with the Androscoggin County District Attorney’s Office about the Nov. 3 assault at the Spruce […]
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Farmington man accused of assault, terrorizing
FARMINGTON — A man accused of hitting a woman with his car door after she complained about his erratic driving near a bus stop on Brickyard Road on Tuesday remained in jail Thursday evening, according to authorities. Alan Eaton, 40, of Farmington was arrested Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of assault and terrorizing, Deputy Chief Shane […]
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Farmington woman accused of assault with knife
FARMINGTON — A local woman is accused of assault with a knife. Detective Marc Bowering arrested Erika Marchetti, 40, of Farmington on Saturday on a felony charge of aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon. She was released on $500 bail from the Franklin County jail later that day. Bowering was conducting an investigation into a […]
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Farmington man accused of assaulting a police officer at the fair's truck pull
FARMINGTON — A local man is accused of assaulting a police officer who tried to get him off the track during a truck-pull contest at the Farmington Fair on Thursday night. Alfred R. McCrillis, 65, of Farmington was arrested on a felony charge of assault on an officer, Deputy Police Chief Shane Cote said. McCrillis […]
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Lewiston police investigate Blake Street assault
A Lewiston firefighter hoses down blood stains Monday evening on Blake Street near Maple Street after a man was assaulted and taken to a hospital. Police said they had a good description of the suspect and were searching for him late Monday. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) [UPDATE: Police charge man in Blake Street beating]