Willie Minor, 58, of Auburn, appears in Androscoggin County Superior Court in Auburn in June 2018. On Thursday, he was back in court picking a jury for his Feb. 12 trial on charges that include gross sexual assault and aggravated sex trafficking. (Sun Journal file photo) AUBURN — A local man accused of sexual assault and […]
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Manafort judge says he fears for jurors' safety
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The judge in Paul Manafort’s financial fraud trial saiys he has received threats and he fears for the “peace and safety” of the jurors deciding the fate of the former Trump campaign chairman. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III revealed his concerns Friday when explaining why he doesn’t intend to make […]
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Canton man acquitted of felony sexual assault, unlawful sexual touching charges
PARIS — An Oxford County jury has acquitted a Canton man of sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2015. Augustus Buck, 44, was found not guilty of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual touching, both felonies. A jury of seven men and three women heard testimony Wednesday and Thursday and announced its verdict Friday. Jeffrey […]
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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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North Pond Hermit accepted into alternative sentencing program
AUGUSTA — Christopher Knight, also known as the North Pond Hermit, will enter a special court program aimed at helping people with mental health and substance abuse problems who commit crimes stay out of jail. The Co-Occurring Disorders Court formally accepted Knight earlier this week, Kennebec and Somerset County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney announced Friday. […]
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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 […]