FARMINGTON — A girl testified Monday that former Farmington resident Ross Adams had sexual contact with her several times in 2014, but she did not confront him because she feared his anger. The trial of Adams, 52, of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, opened Monday in Franklin County Superior Court before a 12-member jury. Adams was indicted […]
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Mistrial declared on first day of sex trafficking trial
AUBURN — A judge declared a mistrial on the first day in a case that appeared doomed earlier Monday when a local man accused of sexual assault and sex trafficking tried to fire his lawyer shortly before the trial was to begin. Justice Robert Clifford ended the day — and the short-lived trial — when he granted […]
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Jury deciding Bill Cosby's fate in sex-assault case
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case began deliberating Wednesday in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, weighing charges he drugged and molested a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home 14 years ago. The seven men and five women got the case after receiving final instructions from […]
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Neuropsychologist: Man's murder confession in Maine cold case isn't credible
BANGOR (AP) — A neuropsychologist has testified that a confession from a man accused of killing a 16-year-old girl more than three decades ago in Maine isn’t credible. Dr. Robert Riley took the stand Wednesday in the trial of 57-year-old Phillip Scott Fournier, who faces a murder charge in the 1980 killing of Joyce McLain […]
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Jay man accepts plea agreement, ends trial
FARMINGTON — A Jay man pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating a court order that he possess no firearms. The plea by William Bowie, 57, ended a jury trial after more than four hours of testimony at Farmington Unified Court. The trial for Bowie and his wife, Jacqueline Bowie, 56, had been expected to last three […]
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Jan Kippax goes to trial in failure of care lawsuit
AUGUSTA — Oral surgeon Jan Kippax was in court Tuesday defending himself against a civil claim that he failed to comply with the standards of care when treating a Minot man whose jaw became infected after tooth extractions. The embattled Lewiston doctor also is facing questioning before the Maine Board of Dental Practice in its […]
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State witnesses take stand on second day of Wilton murder trial
FARMINGTON — A 19-year-old man testified Tuesday that when he went to a Wilton golf course to meet up with Robert Danforth and his son, Timothy Danforth, the evening of May 31, 2016, he had a pair of brass knuckles in his pocket. The state called Zachary Uhlman, 19, of Wilton, Gary Brosius, 24, of […]
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Defendant, forced to take meds, ruled competent to stand trial
AUGUSTA (AP) — A trial is set to get underway soon for the first person in Maine to be forced to take psychiatric medication to restore his mental capacity. Jury selection is slated for Thursday in the trial of 27-year-old Leroy Smith III, who’s charged with killing his father and dismembering the body. If a […]
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Deadlock in Bill Cosby trial; jury told to keep at it
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial have told a judge they’re deadlocked on charges the comedian drugged and molested a woman in 2004. The panel deliberated about 30 hours over four days before telling Judge Steven O’Neill on Thursday they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict on any of the charges. […]
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Sanford man to stand trial for scaring woman to death
ALFRED (AP) — A man accused of causing a Maine woman’s fatal heart attack by frightening her during a 2015 attempted burglary is due to stand trial. Jury selection was getting underway Monday for Carlton Young, who’s pleaded not guilty to felony murder. He’s accused in the death of 62-year-old Connie Loucks, who suffered a […]