Brent Roaix, convicted of robbing Rainbow Federal Credit Union in Lewiston on two separate occasions, makes an appeal to the judge before his sentencing Friday in Androscoggin County Superior Court in Auburn to the 2014 robbery. His attorney, Randall Bates, sits to his left. AUBURN — A Lewiston man who twice robbed the same credit […]
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Lewiston man sentenced to 13 years in wine shop robbery
LEWISTON — A judge on Monday sentenced a local man to serve 13 years in prison for severely beating a clerk with bottles and robbing her last year at an upscale Lisbon Street wine shop. Arthur Bush, 47, of 45 Shawmut St. appeared in 8th District Court where Judge Rick Lawrence sentenced Bush to 23 […]
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Former Waterford man sentenced to 8 years for sex assault
PARIS — A former Waterford man was sentenced Thursday at Oxford County Superior Court to 14 years in prison, with all but eight years suspended, for sexually abusing a child for more than 10 years. Keith Mooney, 43, pleaded guilty to a single count of Class A gross sexual assault. Mooney was arrested in August […]
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New Sharon woman’s sentencing on contempt conviction continued to Friday
FARMINGTON — A New Sharon woman, convicted on a contempt of court charge on Nov. 16 for violating a 2010 order banning her from having animals, had her sentencing hearing continued Tuesday to Friday. Carol Murphy, 72, told Justice William Stokes, again, that the first case in 2004, which ended in 2005 with a jury […]
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Industry man to serve 3 years in prison for fatal hit-and-run
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice sentenced an Industry man to seven years in prison with all but three years suspended Monday for driving drunk and killing Taylor Gaboury of Wilton on New Year’s Day in Farmington. Upon his release from prison, Tommy Clark, 26, will be on probation for three years. Clark pleaded guilty […]
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Livermore Falls man gets 1 1/2 years in jail for threatening woman with knife
AUBURN — A Livermore Falls man was sentenced Friday to spend 18 months behind bars after he admitted to charges of attacking and threatening his neighbor with a knife. Robert Valles, 49, of 118 Main St. pleaded guilty to felony domestic violence criminal threatening plus three misdemeanor charges in an April 23, 2014, attack on […]
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Lewiston woman admits to welfare fraud
AUBURN — A Lewiston woman who claimed her daughter was living with her so she could collect welfare was sentenced Friday to spend three months in jail. Prosecutors said Jessica Jordan, 36, of 75 Summer St. lied on state documents to indicate her now-16-year-old daughter had lived with her from August 2013 to February 2014, […]
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Jay man sentenced to three years in prison in sexual touching case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County judge sentenced a Jay man Friday to three years in prison with all but one year suspended and four years of probation for sexually touching a 14-year-old girl. Shawn Burnell, 21, pleaded guilty in October to a felony charge of unlawful sexual contact and a misdemeanor charge of criminal restraint. […]
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Oxford woman sentenced to 18 months in double manslaughter
The sentence was stayed pending appeal to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Defense attorney James Howaniec was unsure whether the defense team would appeal the sentence. “My client has a certain level of relief,” Howaniec said. “An 18-month sentence is something she could survive.” In a packed Oxford County Superior courtroom, friends and family of […]
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Lowe sentencing in manslaughter case Wednesday
PARIS — A 21-year old Oxford woman found to be responsible for the deaths of two West Paris teens in a high-speed car crash two years ago will be sentenced Wednesday. Prosecutors are asking a judge to order Oxford resident Kristina Lowe to five years behind bars following a jury’s conviction on two counts of […]