ROCKLAND (AP) — A former Maine resident who bashed his wife on the head with a rock and pushed her off an 800-foot cliff will serve 10 years in prison under a sentenced imposed Thursday. Charles Black, 71, faced a maximum of 30 years in prison after a Maine jury convicted him of six felonies, […]
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Ex-teacher, 71, convicted of pushing wife off Camden cliff
ROCKLAND — A 71-year-old man faces up to 30 years in prison after a jury convicted him of trying to kill his wife by pushing her off Maiden Cliff in Camden in order to have her money and be with his former high school girlfriend. The 11-woman, one-man Knox County jury deliberated for 90 minutes […]
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Prosecutors make case in Maine cliff push trial
ROCKLAND (AP) — Prosecutors are continuing to present their case in the trial of a man accused of pushing his then-wife off a cliff in a Maine state park. Charles Black is charged with attempted murder, two counts of elevated aggravated assault and three counts of aggravated assault. Police say Black hit Lisa Zahn in […]
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Lewiston woman in critical condition after third-story fall
LEWISTON — Police said a woman was in critical condition Tuesday night at Massachusetts General Hospital with injuries from an apparent fall from a third-story apartment window on Lisbon Street on Monday night. Samantha Watson, 27, was found outside 393 Lisbon St. by police responding to a call for a woman with severe head injuries. […]
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Ryan refutes Belichick’s push claim
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Rex Ryan pushed back at Bill Belichick. The New York coach vehemently denied the New England coach’s claim that the Jets used similar push techniques on field goals against the Patriots on Sunday. “That’s not true!” Ryan said Wednesday. During a conference call Tuesday with Boston reporters, Belichick was asked […]