PARIS — Police say they charged a Waterford man with felony assault for choking his girlfriend following an argument. Brennden A. Rader made an initial appearance in Oxford County Unified Court on Monday afternoon on a felony charge of aggravated assault and a misdemeanor count of domestic violence assault. According to police, on July 8, Rader, […]
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Maine calls for more screening for domestic violence
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage, who ran away from home at age 11 to escape abuse, says he will ask legislators to make ankle bracelets a condition of bail for people charged with domestic violence. “If you’re bailed out for domestic violence, you wear a monitor,” LePage said. He said a monitor also should be […]
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Paris man charged with drug trafficking denied bail
PARIS — A local man accused of selling a powerful synthetic opiate that is sometimes mixed with heroin or sold as heroin was denied bail Wednesday afternoon in 11th District Court. Troy W. Masterman, 40, of 292 Christian Ridge Road is charged with trafficking in fentanyl, a painkiller 30 to 50 times more potent than […]
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Domestic violence not a private matter
It is not surprising that hearing stories of trauma, devastation and unfathomable violence is commonplace when you work at a domestic violence resource center. But every day, because of the news and social media, hearing about domestic violence in our local communities is common for everyone else, too. However, what many of us don’t know […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
New Sharon man sentenced for terrorizing
FARMINGTON – A Franklin County judge sentenced a New Sharon man to four years in prison, with all but one year suspended, after he pleaded guilty Friday to threatening to kill his girlfriend with a knife March 15. Timothy Hutchinson, 29, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of domestic violence terrorizing with a dangerous weapon […]
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Bail set at $250,000 cash for Carthage man accused of attempted murder
FARMINGTON – A Franklin County judge set bail at $250,000 cash Wednesday for a Carthage man accused of cutting his 44-year-old girlfriend’s throat with a knife and repeatedly telling her to die, according to a police affidavit. Bennie T. Bowie Jr., 47, is also accused of punching the woman and repeatedly slamming her head on […]
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Wanted Carthage man picked up in Wells
FARMINGTON — A Carthage man accused of assaulting a woman early Sunday was taken into custody Tuesday in Wells, according to a post on the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department Facebook page. Bennie Bowie II, 47, was picked up by the Wells Police Department on a Franklin County warrant charging domestic violence aggravated assault. Bowie is […]
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Say ‘no’ to domestic and sexual violence
Remember Laudrinah Kubeloso. Last year, we lost one of our own to domestic violence. Refugee and immigrant victims and survivors are affected by gender-based violence. They share the risks of all women in the United States to gender-based violence, although they experience increased vulnerabilities and isolation to its effects because of the cultural context in […]
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‘New attitude:’ More immigrant women questioning culturally tolerated domestic violence
LEWISTON — Last fall, Laudrinha Kubeloso was 32, four months pregnant and quietly planning to talk with someone about her boyfriend beating her up. Her appointment was for Friday. She didn’t make it. That Tuesday, Kubeloso, an immigrant from Angola, was run down from behind while walking home from her afternoon English language class. Police […]