Cops & Courts - Portland Press Herald (2024)

The driver of one vehicle has been charged with manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol.

A judge lowered an Auburn man's bail because she couldn't find an attorney to represent him for weeks. The deadly violence and fire that followed his release has led to recriminations.

Joshua Hermance, 23, is charged with leaving the scene after crashing the boat-carrying pickup he was driving into a garage on Route 160.

Police are searching for Justin Larrabee, who was indicted in 2023 in connection with defacing the Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Augusta, after they say he threatened his parents with a gun Friday.

Joshua Decker pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of enticing a minor and possessing child sexual abuse material.

Court records reveal that Daryl Walsh, 39, made threats and appeared to be in the process of building a bomb when his mother reported him to police.

A New York state trooper shot Paul Gosselin, 63, during an incident Tuesday, officials said.

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said that at least 2 suspects used heavy equipment onsite to cause several hundred thousand dollars in damage.

Tyler Croston of Westbrook pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.

Daryl Walsh is facing charges for terrorizing, criminal use of explosives and violation of a protection order after police say he threatened a former domestic partner and a member of the judiciary.

Alexzander Goodwin, 19, pleaded guilty to assault and drug-trafficking charges in a holiday incident a year ago that injured a Westbrook High School student, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.

Joseph Eaton pleaded guilty in Sagadahoc County Superior Court to the nearly 20 charges he faced for killing Cynthia and David Eaton, and Bob and Patti Eger in April 2023.

A former Atlanta resident took $99,571 from the unidentified business over 2 years.

Joseph Eaton, who faces four counts of murder and one count of aggravated attempted murder, will appear in Sagadahoc County Superior Court on Monday afternoon.

Randal Hennessey said he shot Douglas Michaud in 2021 because he was afraid for his life – but his testimony doesn't align with that of other witnesses who described Hennessey as confrontational and threatening.

Christian Crawford, 54, was arrested Tuesday night at the Shaw's on Auburn Street.

Brian Woodbury apparently struggled with Leein Hinkley at Woodbury's friend's home June 15 before explosions and a blaze destroyed the house.

Police ask neighbors around 77 Grant St. to check their property for damage from gunfire and review any security camera footage.

Oxford police reserve officer Joseph Correia was in surgery Tuesday night after he was hit by a car on Crockett Ridge Road in Norway, according to Maine State Police.

The judge said he plans to announce his decision in about 3 weeks.

In the second day of the former mayor's eviction trial, his landlord took the stand, giving Ethan Strimling's attorney a chance to ask him about his history of rent control violations with the city.

When he was found in his Litchfield home on May 18, Gerald Marin had been dead more than a week, police say in the criminal complaint charging Shari Allimah with murder.

Randal J. Hennessey, 33, is accusing of killing his landlord Douglas 'Doug' Michaud Jr. in 2021 on their building's front porch.

If convicted, prosecutors said they will request a life sentence for Randal J. Hennessey. He doesn't dispute shooting Douglas Michaud Jr. at least 6 times on their apartment building's front porch in 2021.

The former South Portland High School student has pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal solicitation for murder.

Maine has been quietly sending people found not criminally responsible for their crimes to a controversial, for-profit facility in South Carolina where they say they are not getting mental health treatment.

Matthew Cote, 23, is pleading not guilty and not criminally responsible to two counts of murder and one count of arson in the June 2021 slayings.

The worker would be hired by the city in the hopes of connecting people with substance use disorder with help.

The jury deliberated for more than nine hours following a two-week trial in U.S. District Court in Portland.

The AG said Portland police were justified when they shot and killed Kyle Desmarais, 42, in December after he got out of his car and fired at two 2 officers.

The governor says the judge had the authority to appoint an attorney to represent an indigent defendant.

Dr. Merideth Norris is facing 16 counts of illegal distribution of a controlled substance. The jury will return Friday morning.

Police found Patrick Hargis and Robert Hargis, of Hiram, hiding in the wall of a house in Limington less than a mile from the scene of the accident.

Police were called to a residence on Tuesday night and arrested 71-year-old Carl Hiebert.

Federal agents say the alleged operation is near a day care and a middle school.

Dr. Merideth Norris is facing 16 counts of illegal distribution of controlled substances for writing prescriptions that prosecutors say put her patients in danger.

Police say Leein Hinkley threatened a woman and her boyfriend before setting a fire that burned her home early Saturday; Hinkley died in a shootout with police.

Robert Card's battalion commander said his team did all it could to respond to warnings about Card's failing mental health last year and that his medical providers and police should have taken more responsibility.

The Maine Fraternal Order of Police and the Maine State Troopers Association released a joint statement Sunday blaming District Court Judge Sarah Churchill for gunman and arsonist Leein Hinkley's actions Saturday.

'I think we are fighting a cultural battle here,' the head of the office says.

David Roy, 61, of Berlin, New Hampshire, was killed Saturday evening when a vehicle drove onto Route 26 in the path of Roy's motorcycle.

Leein Amos Hinkley, 42, was shot and killed Saturday morning during a standoff stemming from an overnight assault and arson, said local and state police Saturday afternoon.

Neither the 13 children on the bus nor the driver were injured, police say.

The woman was driving while impaired when she hit a utility pole on Powell Road about 11 a.m. Friday, police say.

Leein Amos Hinkley, 43, was shot dead by police during the hourslong standoff on Russell Avenue in Auburn early Saturday morning.

In a plea deal with prosecutors, a murder charge against Daniel Lafrenier was dropped to manslaughter in exchange for his guilty plea.

Zacheriah Adams, 33, of Jay, was arrested after police laid down spike mats, causing the pickup truck he was driving to stop.

Police have linked Timothy Riley of Westbrook and Kyle Allman of Hollis to robberies at a Waterboro bank Wednesday and a Buxton store last week.

Kimberly Sylvester will be on probation for a year and pay $500 in restitution.

The incident will be investigated by the Office of the Maine Attorney General, which is standard protocol for all police shootings.