A tipline set up 26 years ago to combat online child exploitation is ‘enormously valuable’ but hasn’t lived up to its potential.
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7-year-old Skowhegan boy severely injured when large boulder crushes his arm
The boy, who suffered a severe injury, was rushed to Redington-Fairview General Hospital and then by LifeFlight to a Portland hospital, according to Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam.
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Musk’s job cuts decimated Twitter team tackling child sexual abuse
Last week, Musk tweeted that ‘removing child exploitation is priority #1.’ The team now has fewer than 10 specialists to review and escalate reports of child sexual exploitation.
Posted inFranklin
Former Farmington man sentenced for sexually abusing child
FARMINGTON — A Massachusetts man was sentenced Monday to 17 years in prison, with all but 10 years suspended, for sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl in Maine and Massachusetts. A Franklin County jury convicted Ross Adams, 52, of Martha’s Vineyard of felony unlawful sexual contact against a child under age 12 in June. The incidents occurred […]
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Brewer man charged with abusing Jay girl
FARMINGTON — A Brewer man is being held at the Franklin County jail on a charge of sexually abusing a girl in Jay in January 2017. Adam B. Carrick, 36, was arrested Sunday in Hancock County on a Jay Police Department warrant issued in August. He is charged with unlawful sexual contact of a girl under […]
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Massachusetts man convicted of sexual abuse of child to remain in custody
FARMINGTON — A Massachusetts man convicted in June of sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl in 2014 will remain held without bail pending a hearing on a motion for a new trial. Justice Robert Mullen said Wednesday that he reserved the right to reconsider his decision following review of a forensic evaluation. A Franklin County jury […]
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Oakland boy, 8, died when he shot himself with father’s shotgun
OAKLAND — An 8-year-old boy found dead at a home on Church Street Tuesday was handling his father’s shotgun when the gun fired and he died of a gunshot wound to the head, officials said Wednesday. Parker Stevens is the son of Wade and Sara Stevens and was going into the fourth grade at Williams […]
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Woman charged with murdering daughter loses bid to have state prosecutors taken off case
The state’s highest court ruled Tuesday that state attorneys may continue to prosecute the case of a woman accused of beating her 10-year-old daughter to death. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court dismissed the appeal filed on behalf of Sharon Carrillo. Carrillo and her husband, Julio Carrillo, 51, are accused of beating 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy to […]
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Ten-year-old Stockton Springs girl was beaten daily before her death, police say
The 10-year-old girl who died in Stockton Springs on Sunday was beaten and abused for months by the two adults now charged with her murder, according to court records filed by police. Since October, Marissa Kennedy was beaten multiple times each day by her mother, Sharon Carrillo, 33, and Julio Carrillo, 51, the girl’s stepfather, […]
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Greene man accused of sex crimes against child
GREENE — A local man faces multiple counts charging that he sexually abused his girlfriend’s 6-year-old daughter. Roger E. Hamel, 45, is charged with 15 counts, including charges of unlawful sexual contact, sexual misconduct with a child, unlawful sexual touching and sexual aggression against a child. Police charge that the sexual offenses occurred between early […]