AUGUSTA — A 34-year-old male inmate was found dead early this morning at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility after a routine check by corrections officers. “At approximately 3:45 a.m. during a routine check of inmates at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility, a 34-year-old male was discovered to be unresponsive,” Kennebec County Sheriff’s Lt. Chris Read […]
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Inmate found dead in Augusta jail
AUGUSTA — A 34-year-old male inmate was found dead early Tuesday morning at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility during a routine check by corrections officers. “At approximately 3:45 a.m. during a routine check of inmates at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility, a 34-year-old male was discovered to be unresponsive,” Kennebec County Sheriff’s Lt. Chris Read […]
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Inmate dies at Maine State Prison
A Maine State Prison inmate who was serving a sentence for murdering his mother died Monday at the facility in Warren. Joseph Fitzpatrick, commissioner of the Maine Department of Corrections, announced the death of 51-year-old Andrew Leighton, formerly of Falmouth, late Monday afternoon. Leighton was serving a 27-year sentence for murder that began on Jan. […]
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Inmate from Lewiston dies in prison
WARREN — A 28-year-old inmate at the Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren died Sunday, the Maine Department of Corrections announced Sunday evening. Dana R. Bartlett of Lewiston died shortly before 6 p.m. at the facility known as the prison farm. A suspected cause of death was not released. The Corrections Department said that, consistent with its policy and Maine Attorney […]
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Autopsy planned on inmate who died at Maine State Prison
WARREN (AP) — Authorities in Maine say a 57-year-old inmate has died at the state prison in Warren. The state Department of Corrections confirmed the death of Gregory E. Leeman on Sunday. Maine Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland says Leeman was found unresponsive in his cell and died at the prison. The death does not […]
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Police recapture Maine inmate who walked away during work release
PORTLAND (AP) — Police in Maine have recaptured an inmate who escaped while at a work release job. Authorities say Cumberland County Jail inmate Larry Paul Goodwin walked away from his work release job in Portland around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and Westbrook police apprehended Goodwin Tuesday evening at […]
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Wilton man faces more than 12 charges after escape, chase in Franklin County
WILTON — A Wilton man remained in jail Tuesday night, charged with escaping from a police van, assaulting an officer, breaking into a woman’s home and assaulting her, taking her vehicle and crashing it into a tree, police said. Derek Cook, 31, of Wilton is being held at the Franklin County jail in Farmington on […]
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Inmate at Windham sues after getting pepper-sprayed
PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine prison inmate who was pepper-sprayed while restrained and then not allowed to wash his face for more than 20 minutes has sued the guard who sprayed him. Paul Schlosser III, serving a seven-year sentence for robbery at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, filed suit this week against the guard, […]
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Maine inmate gets life for killing fellow prisoner
ROCKLAND (AP) — A Maine State Prison inmate already serving a 40-year sentence for killing an ex-girlfriend has pleaded no contest to using an electric guitar to fatally beat another prisoner to death last year. Guy Hunnewell had previously pleaded insanity in connection with the June death of with the 57-year-old Alan Powell, but changed […]
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Ex-inmate pleads no contest in prison death
ROCKLAND (AP) — A former Maine State Prison inmate accused of killing a fellow prisoner who used a wheelchair has pleaded no contest to an aggravated assault charge. John Thibeault had faced a manslaughter charge in the April 2009 death of 64-year-old Sheldon Weinstein. The cause of death was ruled blunt force trauma. The 34-year-old […]