AUBURN — A Lewiston man who repeatedly stabbed a police officer who was trying to arrest him last year was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison, after pleading guilty to related charges. Jonathan Order, 29, of 113 College St. had threatened to kill Lewiston police officers who were sent to his apartment on Sept. […]
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Lewiston man accused of stabbing cop fires lawyers
AUBURN — A Lewiston man scheduled for trial next month on an aggravated attempted murder charge in the stabbing of a police officer nearly a year ago recently fired his attorneys. Androscoggin County Superior Court Justice MaryGay Kennedy on Friday accepted the withdrawal of attorneys Jeffrey Dolley and James Howaniec and promised Jonathan Order, 28, […]
Judge denies change of venue for attempted murder trial
Jonathan Order appeared in the Androscoggin Superior Court in Auburn on Tuesday morning for a hearing on suppression of evidence and a motion of change the location of his attempted murder trial. AUBURN — The trial of Jonathan Order, who was charged with aggravated attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a Lewiston police officer last year, […]
Lewiston man seeks new venue for attempted murder trial
AUBURN — A Lewiston man charged with aggravated attempted murder in the September stabbing of a police officer is seeking to have his trial moved out of Androscoggin County. Jonathan Order, 28, of 113 College St. filed a motion to change the location because pretrial publicity from local newspaper and television stations repeated information contained […]
Lewiston man denies guilt in police stabbing
AUBURN — A Lewiston man charged with aggravated attempted murder in the stabbing of a police officer in September denied that and a dozen other related charges Wednesday. Jonathan Order, 28, of 113 College St. pleaded not guilty in Androscoggin County Superior Court to nine felony charges and four misdemeanors. He was indicted Tuesday by […]
Lewiston woman says boyfriend tried to kill her before stabbing officer
LEWISTON — You can still see the marks on Lisa Gemme’s neck, where she says her boyfriend choked her Sunday night. “He’s done it many times, like five times,” Gemme said. “And I just forgave him.” She says she was afraid Jonathan Order was going to kill her outside a club in Sabattus, after she […]