FARMINGTON — Testimony on day two of the murder trial of James “Ted” Sweeney on Tuesday focused on his jealous behavior in the months leading up to the death of his former longtime girlfriend at the home they shared in Jay. Sweeney, 58, is accused of killing Wendy Douglass, 51, with a softball bat while she […]
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N.Y. man convicted in drug-related murder
AUGUSTA — Aubrey N. Armstrong was complicit in the drug-related killing and robbery of Joseph Marceau of Augusta, but there wasn’t enough evidence to convict him of personally carrying out the murder. That was the finding Wednesday of a judge who cleared 29-year-old Armstrong of Far Rockaway, New York, of a murder charge but convicted […]
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Neuropsychologist: Man's murder confession in Maine cold case isn't credible
BANGOR (AP) — A neuropsychologist has testified that a confession from a man accused of killing a 16-year-old girl more than three decades ago in Maine isn’t credible. Dr. Robert Riley took the stand Wednesday in the trial of 57-year-old Phillip Scott Fournier, who faces a murder charge in the 1980 killing of Joyce McLain […]
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Jury finds Robert Burton guilty of murder in shooting death of ex-girlfriend
Murder defendant Robert Burton, right, confers with attorney Zachary Brandmeir before closing arguments Wednesday at the Penobscot Judicial Center in Bangor. BANGOR — Robert Burton has been found guilty of murder in the June 2015 shooting death of Stephanie Gebo inside her home in Parkman. The jury reached its verdict just before noontime Thursday after […]
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Jury finds man guilty of MDI identity-theft murder
ELLSWORTH — After deliberating for 90 minutes late Friday afternoon, a jury found William Morse guilty of murdering a man whose identity and money he stole over the ensuing year. Morse, 45, was accused of shooting 60-year-old Richard Bellittieri in July 2012 and then of spending $180,000 of Bellittieri’s funds over the next 12 months. […]
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Prosecutor: Murder suspect spent $175,000 of victim’s money
ELLSWORTH — As the murder trial of William Morse got underway Wednesday in Hancock County Unified Criminal Court, a prosecutor boiled down Morse’s motive to one word: greed. In his opening statement to the jury, Assistant Attorney General Donald Macomber referred to the Pink Floyd song “Money” and quoted fictional character Gordon Gekko from the […]
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Auburn mother accused of killing child told social worker: ‘I don’t want Loh to have another mother’
BANGOR — Less than 24 hours after she allegedly smothered her nearly 2 ½-year-old daughter, Leanna Norris told a mental health worker that she decided to kill Loh Melody Grenda after the girl’s father ended their relationship, according to testimony Wednesday at the Penobscot Judicial Center. “I don’t think I can live without him,” Norris, […]
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More witnesses say McNaughton confessed to killing Romeo Parent
Robert Mayer, 24, of Oxford said he had been staying in a Lewiston apartment in April 2013 when McNaughton, 26, of Lewiston came to his apartment with a mutual friend. McNaughton told Mayer he “murdered this kid for snitching,” Mayer said. Another witness, Stephen Demings of Auburn, said in Androscoggin County Superior Court on the […]