INDUSTRY — Dawson Tolman, 17, of Wilton is recovering “spectacularly” from a fall off a cliff on Little Pico Ridge last week, his mother Dawn Tolman said Tuesday. He had a broken foot and facial lacerations but just two days after the fall he was back to his old self, she said. “He fell about 30 […]
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Man gets 10 years for attempted murder for pushing wife off Camden cliff
ROCKLAND (AP) — A former Maine resident who bashed his wife on the head with a rock and pushed her off an 800-foot cliff will serve 10 years in prison under a sentenced imposed Thursday. Charles Black, 71, faced a maximum of 30 years in prison after a Maine jury convicted him of six felonies, […]
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Man injured in 60-foot fall from cliff in Acadia
BAR HARBOR (AP) — Maine officials say a 22-year-old man was seriously injured when he fell 60 feet while climbing a cliff at Acadia National Park. Park authorities said the man was free climbing without ropes or a helmet when he fell off the south wall of Champlain Mountain near the Precipice Trail on Sunday […]
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Ex-teacher, 71, convicted of pushing wife off Camden cliff
ROCKLAND — A 71-year-old man faces up to 30 years in prison after a jury convicted him of trying to kill his wife by pushing her off Maiden Cliff in Camden in order to have her money and be with his former high school girlfriend. The 11-woman, one-man Knox County jury deliberated for 90 minutes […]
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Prosecutors make case in Maine cliff push trial
ROCKLAND (AP) — Prosecutors are continuing to present their case in the trial of a man accused of pushing his then-wife off a cliff in a Maine state park. Charles Black is charged with attempted murder, two counts of elevated aggravated assault and three counts of aggravated assault. Police say Black hit Lisa Zahn in […]
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Jury selected in cliff case
ROCKLAND — A jury of two men and 13 women, three of whom will serve as alternates, will decide over the next two weeks whether a former Camden man tried to kill his wife by allegedly shoving her off a cliff three years ago. The jury selection process in the trial of Charles Black unfolded […]
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Camden man accused of pushing wife off cliff loses appeal
ROCKLAND (AP) — A Maine man accused of trying to kill his wife by beating her with a rock and pushing her off a cliff has lost his bid to have the charges dismissed based on the way prosecutors obtained his medical records. The lawyer for Charles Black contends prosecutors failed to follow proper procedures. […]