AUBURN — A jury heard a Lewiston man charged with murder speak in court for the first time Thursday. The jury also got a glimpse of 26-year-old Michael McNaughton’s bare torso in a videotaped interview in which police took photographs of scratches to his face, neck, arms and hands and asked him to surrender his […]
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Witness tells jury Lewiston man confessed to strangling 20-year-old
AUBURN — Nathan Morton testified Thursday that Michael McNaughton told him he stabbed Romeo Parent in the back of the neck with a screwdriver and strangled him seven times with a homemade garrote because he wouldn’t die. Morton, 25, of Greene is the state’s star witness in McNaughton’s murder trial in Androscoggin County Superior Court. […]
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Judge rules most of Lewiston man’s statements admissible at murder trial
AUBURN — A judge ruled Monday she’ll allow most of the statements made to police by a Lewiston man to be used at his murder trial scheduled to get underway next week. An attorney for the defendant has filed a motion seeking reconsideration of that order. Meanwhile, prosecutors are asking the judge to force the […]
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Greene man to serve 10 years for part in murder
AUBURN — A Greene man agreed Wednesday to serve 10 years in prison for his role in the 2013 strangulation of 20-year-old Romeo Parent of Lewiston. Nathan Morton, 25, reached an agreement with prosecutors for a sentence of 20 years with half of that time suspended, plus four years of probation for conspiracy to commit […]
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Greene man expected to admit guilt in connection with Lewiston man’s slaying
AUBURN — A Greene man charged with murder and other crimes in connection with last year’s strangulation death of 20-year-old Romeo Parent is expected to plead guilty next week to some of those charges. Assistant Attorney General Deborah Cashman said Tuesday that she and George Hess, a Lewiston attorney representing Nathan Morton, 25, had reached […]
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High court judge denies bail to Greene murder defendant
AUBURN — A member of the state’s highest court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling that denied bail to a Greene man facing a murder charge in the spring slaying of Romeo Parent of Lewiston. Nathan Morton, 24, had appealed a trial court ruling to a single justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. […]
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High court mulls possible bail for murder defendant
AUBURN — A member of the state’s top court is expected to rule within a week whether a Greene man charged with murder will be allowed bail. Nathan Morton, 24, was charged in the April 9 slaying of Romeo Parent, 20, of Lewiston. Police said Morton drove Parent and co-defendant Michael McNaughton, 26, of Lewiston […]
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Murder suspect’s bail review ends abruptly
AUBURN — An appeal to review bail for Nathan Morton, charged with killing Romeo Parent in April, was abruptly halted after 30 minutes Friday and continued to Nov. 18 to give the defense time to read witness statements presented by the state. Morton, 24, of Greene is being held without bail at the Androscoggin County […]
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Judge denies bail to Greene man charged with murder
AUBURN — A judge on Tuesday denied bail to a Greene man who is charged with murder in the April slaying of Romeo Parent. Nathan Morton, 24, was in Androscoggin County Superior Court for a hearing. His attorney, George Hess, argued that Morton could be released from Androscoggin County Jail to live at his parents’ […]