AUGUSTA — A judge is allowing a mental health patient supervised visits in the Augusta area several months after he was found not criminally responsible due to a mental illness in the sexual assault and killing of his mother-in-law. The Kennebec Journal reports Justice Joyce Wheeler ruled Friday that Paul Orchard can go into the […]
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Peru man found not criminally responsible in death of mother-in-law
PERU — A judge Monday found Paul Orchard, 35, of Peru not criminally responsible for the sexual assault and strangulation death of his mother-in-law in October 2014. Court Clerk Michelle Howe said Active-Retired Justice Robert Clifford made the decision following testimony from the State Forensic Service and the Attorney General’s Office. Sarah Glynn, Orchard’s attorney, […]
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Peru man pleads not guilty in strangulation death of mother-in-law
PARIS — A Peru man accused of strangling his mother-in-law to death during a sexual assault last October pleaded not guilty to murder charges Tuesday. The attorney for Paul Orchard, 33, entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to one charge of depraved indifference murder and one charge of felony murder. […]
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Murder suspect’s arraignment continued
PARIS — The arraignment for a Peru man accused of killing his mother-in-law has been continued until later this month to give time for a mental health examination. Paul Orchard, 33, was admitted to Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta in early December for a mental examination by the State Forensic Service, according to his defense attorney, […]
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Slaying suspect awaiting psychiatric evaluation
PARIS — A Peru man accused of killing his mother-in-law in front of his six-year-old daughter has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine if he is competent to stand trial, according to his attorney. Paul Orchard, 33, remains at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset pending an opening at Riverview Psychiatric Center in […]
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Peru man appears in court Tuesday on murder charges
RUMFORD — A man charged with killing his mother-in-law was ordered Tuesday to have no contact with his 6-year-old daughter, who police say witnessed the sexual assault and slaying of her grandmother. Paul Orchard, 33, of Peru has been charged with two counts of murder in the strangling death of Paula Nuttall, 57, who died […]