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Foreign sailors detained in Portland as their employer faced dumping charges sue US government

Jaroslav Hornof, Damir Kordic and Lukas Zak were detained in Maine for 2½ months in 2017 as witnesses against the shipping company they worked for while it faced charges of dumping oily bilge water at sea and falsifying a log book to cover it up.

‘Franky’s Law’ would give animals legal advocates in cruelty cases

A bill that proposes creating a court advocate for the victims in animal cruelty cases would be named for Franky, the Boston terrier-pug mix stolen from his Winter Harbor home and killed last year, if passed into law.

Jury finds ex-customs officer from Houlton guilty of having child porn on computer

A former U.S. customs officer intentionally downloaded child pornography to his computer, a jury found Friday after deliberating for nearly three hours in U.S. District Court in Bangor.

Police did not beat confession out of accused cop killer, judge rules

A Superior Court justice found Friday that police did not beat a confession out of the man accused of slaying Somerset County Deputy Cpl. Eugene Cole, but threw out some statements John D. Williams made to investigators along with his re-enactment of the alleged crime.

Maine woman pleads not guilty to sending Susan Collins threatening mail

The Burlington woman accused of sending a threatening letter to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ Bangor home last fall pleaded not guilty Thursday to one count of mailing threatening communications.

Grand jury indicts Patten man in February credit union robbery

The Penobscot County grand jury Wednesday indicted a Patten man accused of robbing an Eastmill Federal Credit Union branch in February.

Judge will decide soon on blocking Trump administration abortion ‘gag rule’

A federal judge Wednesday did not say how he would rule on a challenge to Trump administration regulations that would limit what federally funded health care providers can tell patients about accessing abortion services.

Mother describes man accused of baby’s death as ‘doting father’

The mother of a 6-month-old boy who died nearly four years ago of a fractured skull described the man accused of causing the baby’s death as “a doting father” when she took the stand Thursday at the Penobscot Judicial Center in Bangor.

Woman accused of sending threatening letter to Collins held without bail

The Burlington woman accused of mailing a threatening letter to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins waived a probable cause hearing on Tuesday and agreed to be held without bail while her case is pending in federal court in Bangor.

Manslaughter trial in baby’s death that sparked father’s rampage to begin Tuesday

The jury-waived trial of a Millinocket man accused of causing the death of his former girlfriend’s child nearly four years ago will begin Tuesday at the Penobscot Judicial Center in Bangor.

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