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Maine Yankee wins $81.69M lawsuit against federal government
WISCASSET, Maine — The U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday affirmed an earlier court decision requiring the federal government to pay $81.69 million in damages to the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co. for the U.S. Department of Energy’s failure to remove high-level radioactive waste from the decommissioned nuclear reactor site ...
Aroostook County Superior Court, Caribou, cases April 1-30, 2012
on May 22, 2012, at 5:33 p.m.
Cases April 1-30, 2012 Dylan Bois, 21, St. David, operating vehicle while license suspended or revoked, filed, defendant paying court costs, $350. Paula Brann, 42, Fort Kent, harassment, filed, defendant paying court costs, $250. Latania Bryant, 39, Detroit, Mich., operating vehicle while under influence of intoxicants, $700, jail 48 hours, ...
Company threatens to sue Rockland in dispute over payment for sewer project
ROCKLAND, Maine — The construction company performing a $2.5 million downtown sewer upgrade project has informed Rockland that it will sue the city, claiming the firm has not been paid for additional work that was needed. The lawsuit on behalf of Harold Warren Construction of Chelsea was served on the ...
Presque Isle District Court, cases March 1-31, 2012
on May 22, 2012, at 5:13 p.m.
Cases March 1-31, 2012 Damian Argraves, 21, Mapleton, sale, use of drug paraphernalia, $300. Damian Lee Argraves, 21, Westfield, operating vehicle while under influence of intoxicants, $500, jail 48 hours, license suspended 90 days. Steven Berthiaume, 32, Connor Township, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, $200, jail 48 hours. Heather ...
Aroostook County Superior Court, cases April 1-30, 2012
on May 22, 2012, at 4:54 p.m.
Cases April 1-30, 2012 Lacey A. Malone, 25, Houlton, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, prison 364 days, all but 30 days suspended, probation one year. Clayton C. Michaud, 20, Houlton, domestic violence assault, prison three months; violating condition of release, jail 30 days; domestic violence assault, jail three months; ...
Caribou District Court, cases April 1-30, 2012
on May 22, 2012, at 4:54 p.m.
Cases April 1-30, 2012 Jennifer Albair, 37, Caribou, operating vehicle while license suspended or revoked, dismissed. Marlene M. Askinazi, 56, Caribou, operating vehicle while under influence of intoxicants, $600, jail 72 hours, license suspended 90 days. Ryan M. Beal, 26, Cherryfield, violating snowmobile noise level limits, $100. Brandin P. Bouchard, ...
10 arrested in cocaine, oxycodone distribution ring
BANGOR, Maine — Nine of 10 people charged in connection with a cocaine and oxycodone distribution ring allegedly operating in central Maine were arraigned Tuesday in U.S. District Court. They are among 16 people indicted May 17 by a federal grand jury on charges related to the distribution of cocaine ...
Bradley man pleads guilty to sex charges as trial is about to begin
BANGOR, Maine — A Bradley man who was scheduled to go on trial Tuesday before a jury at the Penobscot Judicial Center pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful sexual contact instead. Timothy Damien, 44, was indicted by the Penobscot County grand jury more than a year ago on five ...
Welfare fraud trial begins for Rumford woman
By Tony Reaves, Sun Journal on May 22, 2012, at 11:32 a.m.
PARIS, Maine — The trial of a Rumford woman accused of welfare fraud began Monday in Oxford County Superior Court. State investigators say Amy L. Knowlton, 30, unlawfully took more than $10,000 in food stamps, MaineCare and TANF benefits by failing to report her husband’s earnings as a fisherman off ...
Biddeford man accused of killing friend in drunken crash released on bail
The Associated Press on May 22, 2012, at 8:55 a.m.
ALFRED, Maine — A Biddeford man has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and drunken driving charges in connection with a crash that took the life of his friend. Patrick Beatson, 19, was released on $1,000 bail at his arraignment Monday. Authorities say the Beatson was behind the wheel of a ...
Violent offender objects to prosecutor whom he assaulted
ROCKLAND, Maine — A 47-year-old Owls Head man with a lengthy record of violence was back in court Monday after he was arrested for threatening to kill a group of people Saturday night in downtown Rockland. In court on Monday afternoon, Steven E. Clarke initially objected to the presence of ...
Aroostook County Superior Court, Caribou, cases March 1-31, 2012
on May 21, 2012, at 5:05 p.m.
Cases March 1-31, 2012 Kyle S. Anderson, 26, Stockholm, theft by receiving stolen property, dismissed. Tyler D. Anderson, 30, Mapleton, domestic violence, criminal threatening, jail 85 days; domestic violence, assault, prison three years, all but 85 days suspended, probation two years. Roger Belanger, 71, Fort Kent, hunting from stand or ...
Caribou District Court cases March 1-31, 2012
on May 21, 2012, at 3:57 p.m.
Cases March 1-31, 2012 Kathleen Banks, 43, Van Buren, failing to register vehicle, filed, defendant paying court costs, $200. Gerald P. Bellomo, 30, Caribou, operating vehicle without license, filed, defendant paying court costs, $50. Dwayne M. Bouchard, 54, Perham, possessing marijuana, $350. Ryan Bradstreet, 20, Presque Isle, operating vehicle while ...
Cases March 1-31, 2012, Aroostook County Superior Court, Houlton
on May 21, 2012, at 3:35 p.m.
Cases March 1-31, 2012 Robert R. Anderson, 61, Oakfield, assault, jail 180 days, all but 15 days suspended, probation one year; violating condition of release, $300, jail 180 days, all suspended, administrative release sentence one year. Joshua Clark, 28, Linneus, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, prison 30 months, all ...
Rockland District Court cases May 11-18, 2012
on May 21, 2012, at 12:24 p.m.
Cases May 11-18, 2012 Glenn Barrs, 52, Rockland, violating protective order, jail seven days. Robert Bell, 30, Tenants Harbor, sale, use of drug paraphernalia, $500, possessing marijuana, $550. Dana R. Benner, 51, South Thomaston, operating vehicle while under influence of intoxicants, $500, jail 48 hours, license suspended 90 days. Daniel ...
Knox County Superior Court cases May 11-18, 2012
on May 21, 2012, at 12:09 p.m.
Cases May 11-18, 2012 Tiffanie Amaro, 29, Brooks, unlawful furnishing scheduled drug, $400; trafficking in prison contraband, prison one year, all but 30 days suspended, probation one year. Michael Beal, 26, Rockland, obstructing report of crime, jail 60 days; criminal trespass, jail 60 days; assault, jail 60 days; violating condition ...
Stetson man found guilty of setting fire to field, trying to reignite as fire crews fought flames
NEWPORT, Maine — A Stetson man charged after setting fire to his farm field and then trying to reignite the fire as firefighters were attempting to douse it was found guilty on May 18 in Newport District Court. James Pimental of Wolfsboro Road was found guilty of burning without a ...
Maine receives more than $1.1 million in Vioxx settlement
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine has received more than $1.1 million in a nationwide federal court settlement with the manufacturer of the painkiller Vioxx over its failure to disclose potential adverse effects, according to the the Maine Attorney General’s Office. The drug company Merck paid state and the federal governments a ...
Ex-Bangor mom who starved daughter drops request to be freed from supervision
The Associated Press on May 18, 2012, at 4:59 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — A woman who starved her 5-year-old daughter to death in 1993 in Bangor, Maine, has dropped her request to be freed from state supervision. Tonia Kigas Porter, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was committed to a state psychiatric hospital in 1995. Since 2010, she has lived ...
Knox County jury convicts pair in connection with Warren disturbance
ROCKLAND, Maine — A Knox County jury convicted two people Wednesday in connection with an incident in Warren last fall in which one of them tried to bite a police officer and grabbed for his gun. The jury convicted Dalton Malmstrom II, 41, of Sanford of criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, ...
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Harvard student asked to leave bar for ‘bad behavior,’ not drunkenness
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