AUBURN — It took a jury more than seven hours to convict Phillip Audet of a felony assault charge in the stabbing of his uncle last year in Poland. The jury of six men and six women acquitted Audet, 30, of the most serious of the charges from a grand jury indictment, elevated aggravated assault, […]
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Poland stabbing trial starts
AUBURN — Prosecutors say a Poland man stabbed his uncle in a drunken rage after knocking over a refrigerator, then fled in his uncle’s car last summer. The defendant’s attorney says his client was acting in self-defense. The trial of Phillip Audet, 30, got underway Tuesday as opposing lawyers outlined their respective cases for a […]
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Sudanese man agrees to assault plea in knife attack on wife
AUBURN — A Sudanese man who was sentenced Wednesday to serve two years in prison for stabbing his estranged wife told the judge he only wanted to return to his native country as soon as possible. Deng Mirac, 43, of Lewiston entered a no-contest plea to a charge of aggravated assault in Androscoggin County Superior […]
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Auburn man decides against guilty plea
AUBURN — A city man who police say tried to strangle his girlfriend with an electrical cord was expected to plead guilty Friday to related charges but apparently changed his mind. Mack Williams Jr., 31, of 712 Washington St. North was indicted on charges of attempted murder and two counts each of aggravated assault and […]
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Sabattus woman’s trial gets underway
AUBURN — A jury trial got underway Monday for the wife of a Sabattus man who is serving 15 years of a 25-year prison sentence for raping a preteen girl over a period of three years. Christal Natasha Gagnier, 26, faces two felonies and a misdemeanor in connection with the actions of her husband, Michael. […]