4 months ago

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.

4 months ago

‘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.

4 months ago

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.

4 months ago

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.

4 months ago

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.

4 months ago

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.

4 months ago

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.

4 months ago

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.

4 months ago

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.

4 months ago

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.