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Jury deadlocked on one defendant in Bangor triple murder trial

BANGOR — Jurors in the triple murder trial are deadlocked on one or more counts involving at least one defendant but have reached verdicts on other charges after deliberating more than 40 hours over four days, Justice William Anderson said about 5:45 p.m. at the Penobscot Judicial Center. Anderson referred to a note sent out […]

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Jury resumes deliberations in Bangor triple-murder trial

BANGOR (AP) — A Maine jury is back to work in the trial of two men charged with killing three people and burning their bodies in a car in Bangor in 2012. Jurors in the trial of Randall Daluz of Brockton, Massachusetts, and Nicholas Sexton of Warwick, Rhode Island, deliberated for three full days, surpassing […]

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Still no verdict in triple murder trial

BANGOR — Jurors in Maine are going home without a verdict for the second straight day in the trial of two men charged in the drug-related killings of three people whose bodies were discovered in a burning car in Bangor in 2012. Jurors are more than 20 hours into deliberations that began Wednesday in the […]

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Closing arguments underway in Bangor triple-murder trial

BANGOR — A prosecutor told jurors Tuesday in the triple murder trial of Nicholas Sexton and Randall Daluz that they did not need to know exactly when or how the victims died the night of Aug. 12, 2012, to find Sexton and Daluz guilty of murder and arson. “You don’t have to be unanimous in […]

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Sexton says co-defendant shot 1 victim accidentally, 2 others on purpose

Sexton, 33, of Warwick, Rhode Island, and Randall Daluz, 36, of Brockton, Massachusetts, known by the nickname “Ricky” or “Money,” have been charged with three counts of murder and one count of arson in connection with the deaths. Investigators have described the slayings as a drug deal gone bad. Sexton and Daluz have pleaded not […]

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Defense begins case in Bangor triple-murder trial

BANGOR (AP) — The defense is beginning its case in the trial of two men prosecutors say killed three people and burning their bodies after a Bangor drug dispute. One of the defendants, Nicholas Sexton of Warwick, Rhode Island, is expected to be called to the stand to testify in his own defense Monday. After […]

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Sister of victim testifies in Bangor triple-murder trial

BANGOR — A reluctant witness took the stand Tuesday in a triple murder trial and told jurors she had been scared to tell police she had seen the men accused of killing her sister and boyfriend handle guns but was testifying about it because “my sister and Dan deserve some rest.” Katelyn Lugdon, 19, testified […]

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Jury selection underway in Bangor car fire deaths case

BANGOR — Jury selection is underway in the trial of two men accused of killing three Maine residents whose bodies were found in a burning car in Bangor.Jury selection in the trial of 36-year-old Randall Daluz and 33-year-old Nicholas Sexton began Monday. They have been charged with three counts of murder and one count of […]

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Jury selection begins Monday in triple homicide police called drug deal gone bad

Police investigate a vehicle that burned before dawn off Target Industrial Circle in Bangor in August 2012. After the fire was extinguished, three bodies were found inside the parked car. BANGOR — Jury selection is set to begin Monday morning at the Penobscot Judicial Center in one of the Queen City’s most gruesome homicide cases, in […]

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Bangor triple slaying suspects seek separate trials

 BANGOR — The two men accused of killing three Penobscot County residents in 2012 then setting the car in which they were shot on fire most likely will be tried together in front of one jury in late April. Although Superior Court Justice William Anderson has not yet ruled on a defense motion to try […]