A Maine Superior Court judge has ordered Republican Gov. Paul LePage to release about $1.4 million in campaign funds for candidates running under the state’s clean elections law. The order Thursday by Justice William Stokes would provide public funding for the campaigns of about 174 candidates for the Legislature and one candidate running in the […]
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Farmington woman found not competent to stand trial in child abuse case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County court ruled that a Farmington woman accused of hurting a young child is not competent to stand trial and dismissed the charges Thursday. Justice William Stokes ordered the commissioner of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to begin proceedings to determine if the woman should be involuntarily committed […]
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Judge finds man who held Verso employees hostage didn’t violate probation
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice found Friday that the state did not prove that a Norridgewock man serving time for terrorizing and holding Verso Paper Corp. employees hostage at the Jay mill in March 2012 violated his probation in prison. Francis G. Smith III, 53, formerly of Norridgewock, was accused of making a threatening […]
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Maine lawmaker proposes cold case unit
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine lawmaker wants the state to establish a new law enforcement unit to re-examine unsolved major criminal cases. State Rep. Stephen Stanley’s bill would create a four-person unit in the state Attorney General’s office to work exclusively on cold cases, with a prosecutor, police detectives and a crime laboratory worker. The […]