Notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been convicted of drug trafficking in a U.S. trial that could keep him in prison for life.
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Sabattus man gets 15 years in prison for assaults on preteen
AUBURN — A Sabattus man who pleaded guilty to nearly a dozen counts of gross sexual assault over several years against a preteen girl was sentenced Wednesday to serve 15 years in prison. A reproving Androscoggin County Superior Court judge sentenced Michael Gagnier, 34, of 20 High St. to 25 years in prison, with 10 […]
Wisconsin man convicted of drunken-driving homicide that killed Rumford woman in 2011
DARLINGTON, Wis. — A Shullsburg, Wis., man was convicted of three felonies in Lafayette County Circuit Court on Tuesday in Darlington for a 2011 crash that killed a 21-year-old Rumford woman. In a report published Thursday in the Wisconsin State Journal, a jury found Kyle Monahan, 24, guilty of homicide by intoxicated use of a […]
Turner man convicted in Zumba prostitution case
ALFRED (AP) — A Turner man has been found guilty of being a client of a fitness instructor who used her Zumba dance studio in Kennebunk as a front for prostitution. Donald Fortin was convicted Thursday by a York County Superior Court jury of a misdemeanor charge of engaging a prostitute. The Portland Press Herald […]
Lisbon man seeks new trial in attempted murder case involving Auburn cop
PORTLAND — A Lisbon man is hoping the state’s highest court will vacate his conviction for trying to kill Auburn police by ramming a dump truck into a cruiser during a high-speed chase in 2008. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court, acting as the law court, heard oral arguments on the case Tuesday. Bartolo Ford was […]