Dr. Liam Funte, who has handled many autopsies in homicide cases, admitted to misconduct in an agreement he signed with the Maine Board of Medical Licensure.
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Maine wardens patrolling for intoxicated boaters over holiday weekend
The Maine Warden Service and partner agencies will try to reduce the number of alcohol- and drug-related incidents and fatalities as boat traffic increases.
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Judge appoints lawyers for Kingfield woman, Rumford man in drunken-driving cases
FARMINGTON — A District Court judge Tuesday appointed attorneys to represent a Kingfield woman and a Rumford man in separate fatal drunken-driving cases. Judge Nancy Carlson appointed Lewiston attorney Jesse Archer to represent Danielle M. Larochelle, 30, of Kingfield, and South Paris attorney Jeffrey Wilson to represent Ethyn Buotte, 18, of Rumford. Larochelle did not […]
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Athens man charged with OUI 10 hours after being charged in another accident
KINGFIELD — After three run-ins with police in 10 hours, an Athens man was being held at the Franklin County Detention Center on Wednesday on charges of drunken driving, criminal mischief and failure to report an accident. The series of events involving Anthony Cobb, 33, began shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday when Franklin County Deputy Brian […]
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Farmington man injured, arrested on OUI charge when car goes into ditch
FARMINGTON — A local man was injured Tuesday when his car landed half in a ditch and half on Porter Hill Road. Dana E. Staples, 65, of Farmington had taken a left turn from Owen Mann Road onto Porter Hill Road and driven a short distance when his tires got into the dirt shoulder of […]
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Farmington man rolls car, charged with OUI
FARMINGTON — A local man was charged with drunken driving after the vehicle he was driving on Whittier Road went into a ditch and rolled over early Thursday. Everard Cooper, 29, of Farmington was unable to get out of the vehicle by himself because it was against a street sign, Bonnie Pomeroy, a secretary for […]
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Massachusetts men injured in Jay accident; driver faces OUI charge
JAY — A Massachusetts man is accused of driving drunk after his vehicle went off icy Route 133 late Friday, hit a snowbank, rolled onto its side and struck a utility pole. Dave A. Nosiglia, 58, of Hingham, Massachusetts, and his passenger, Harold Layland, 61, of Hanson, Massachusetts, suffered minor injuries in the accident reported […]
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North Monmouth man charged with OUI after crash
DALLAS PLANTATION — Police said a North Monmouth man was accused of drunken driving early Sunday when police responded to a report of a crash on Stratton Road. Franklin County Deputy Brian McCormick found a Jeep Wrangler in a snowbank and the driver passed out behind the wheel, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Monday. McCormick arrested […]
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State associate director pleads guilty to OUI
FARMINGTON — An associate director for the Maine Office of Substance Abuse pleaded guilty Tuesday to drunken driving on Sept. 25, 2016, in Avon. Joan M. Smyrski, 62, of Jefferson entered the plea to the misdemeanor charge of operating under the influence. Her attorney, Walter McKee, was by her side in Franklin County Superior Court. […]
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Former Paris Utility District trustee pleads guilty to OUI
PARIS — A former member of the Paris Utility District board of trustees pleaded guilty Thursday morning in Oxford County Superior Court to operating under the influence. Marjorie Risica of 65 Oxford St., Paris, had originally pleaded not guilty to the charge at her June 23 court appearance. Assistant District Attorney Richard Beauchesne said Risica […]