HEBRON — Author Mac Smith of Stockton Springs addressed the Hebron Historical Society recently about his book, “Mainers on the Titanic.” He has spent nearly a decade investigating numerous sources to learn about those passengers with Maine connections. From many of the 1912 newspaper accounts of the sinking, as well as libraries and family descendants, […]
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Woman charged with murdering daughter loses bid to have state prosecutors taken off case
The state’s highest court ruled Tuesday that state attorneys may continue to prosecute the case of a woman accused of beating her 10-year-old daughter to death. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court dismissed the appeal filed on behalf of Sharon Carrillo. Carrillo and her husband, Julio Carrillo, 51, are accused of beating 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy to […]
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Maine Senate president seeks probe of DHHS response to abuse reports before girl’s death
Revelations about the beating death of a Stockton Springs girl are increasing pressure on the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to disclose how it responded to reports that 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy was being abused by her mother and stepfather. Senate President Mike Thibodeau, R-Winterport, called Thursday night for Gov. Paul LePage to mount […]
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Stockton Springs couple makes court appearance
Former neighbors of the couple accused in the brutal slaying of the woman’s 10-year-old daughter in Stockton Springs say they routinely heard loud fighting and yelling in the family’s apartment in Bangor. An employee in the building contacted the state Department of Health and Human Services to report potential abuse, one neighbor said. Others remembered […]
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Neighbors recount loud arguments, calls to police before child’s slaying
Sharon and Julio Carrillo of Stockton Springs are ordered held on $500,000 bail each in the death of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy, whose treatment is described by a prosecutor as ‘torture.’ A judge set bail at $500,000 each for a mother and stepfather accused of brutally murdering a 10-year-old girl in Stockton Springs. The couple appeared […]
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Ten-year-old Stockton Springs girl was beaten daily before her death, police say
The 10-year-old girl who died in Stockton Springs on Sunday was beaten and abused for months by the two adults now charged with her murder, according to court records filed by police. Since October, Marissa Kennedy was beaten multiple times each day by her mother, Sharon Carrillo, 33, and Julio Carrillo, 51, the girl’s stepfather, […]
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2 dead, 3 hurt in crash in Stockton Springs
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Police have released the names of the two people who died in a weekend car crash in Stockton Springs. The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office says two vehicles struck head-on on U.S. Route 1 about a mile south the Penobscot Narrows Bridge just before 5 p.m. Saturday. Forty-four-year-old Denise Shuck, the driver of […]
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1 dead, 3 hurt in Stockton Springs crash
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Police say one person has died and three others have been hurt in a three-vehicle crash in Stockton Springs. The victim of the crash at about 3:30 p.m. Monday on U.S. Route 1 was identified by authorities as 79-year-old Philip Grindle. He was the driver of one of the vehicles and was […]
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One dead, three hurt in Stockton Springs crash
STOCKTON SPRINGS (AP) — Police say one person has died and three others have been hurt in a three-vehicle crash in Stockton Springs. The victim of the crash at about 3:30 p.m. Monday on U.S. Route 1 was identified by authorities as 79-year-old Philip Grindle. He was the driver of one of the vehicles and […]
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Man’s body pulled from Penobscot River
STOCKTON SPRINGS (AP) — Authorities say a man’s body has been pulled from the Penobscot River in Stockton Springs. The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department said someone spotted the body at about 11 a.m. Sunday. It was pulled from the water with the help of the fire department. There was no identification on the body. The […]