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Auburn man arrested in Wednesday night’s fatal stabbing
AUBURN — Police Thursday night arrested an Auburn man on a charge of murder in connection with a fatal stabbing the night before. Bryan W. Peabody, 25, was arrested at about 6 p.m. after he was taken to the Auburn police station by family members for questioning. Peabody was located Thursday afternoon after Auburn and … → Read More
South China man leads Auburn police on chase through city
LEWISTON — A South China man who police said led them on a car and foot chase after fleeing a crash in Auburn on Saturday night appeared in court Tuesday in handcuffs. Robert Conklin Jr., 43, was charged with eight crimes, including eluding an officer, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. … → Read More
Seth Carey files appeal of license suspension
PORTLAND — Suspended Auburn attorney and recent unsuccessful candidate for district attorney Seth Carey is appealing a judge’s order for a three-year suspension for several bar rules violations. Carey, representing himself, filed Thursday at the office of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court notice of his appeal of his suspension and a judge’s ruling that he … → Read More
Seth Carey files appeal of license suspension
Carey, representing himself, filed Thursday at the office of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court notice of his appeal of his suspension and a judge’s ruling that he violated Maine bar rules. → Read More
Massachusetts man pleads guilty in Lewiston apartment building shooting
AUBURN — A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to two felonies stemming from an early morning shooting last summer in the stairwell of a downtown Lewiston apartment building. James L. Crump, 41, of Dorchester admitted Thursday in Androscoggin County Superior Court to illegal possession of a firearm and reckless conduct, both Class C felonies and … → Read More
Lewiston man goes to prison for street incident
AUBURN — A Lewiston man accused of punching, kicking and stomping a man who was unconscious admitted to a related charge Thursday. Omar Omar, 23, of 169 Bartlett St. pleaded guilty in Androscoggin County Superior Court to a felony charge of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, punishable by up to five years in prison. … → Read More
Lewiston man who offered to pimp for undercover cop charged
AUBURN — A Lewiston man who police said offered his services as pimp to an undercover officer was charged with a felony this week. A grand jury on Monday indicted Martin Gerding, 36, of 153 Horton St. with aggravated sex trafficking, a Class B crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Gerding had … → Read More
Lawyers fund seeks to help clients left high and dry
LEWISTON — Clients of a former Brunswick lawyer who allegedly embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars of their money are likely to be reimbursed, at least in part, by a statewide lawyers fund aimed at bolstering public confidence in the legal profession, according to a lawyer at the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar. … → Read More
Lisbon couple sues biker and group for Toy Run crash
AUBURN — A Lisbon couple is suing the family of a 25-year-old Windsor man who died while participating in the 2017 Toy Run on Interstate 95 from injuries authorities say he sustained in the crash he reportedly caused. That crash on the highway’s northbound lanes in Augusta also injured Torri A. McGraw and Trevor T. … → Read More
Boston man denies drug charges in Lewiston-Auburn pot raid
PORTLAND — A Boston man denied a federal charge Thursday in connection with what investigators who rounded up more than a dozen suspects called a major drug operation in the Twin Cities that sold surplus medical marijuana out of state and to non-patients. Yehudi Pardo, 33, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to a … → Read More
Restorative justice comes to the Twin Cities
AUBURN — Three years ago, Seth Levy was representing a young man charged with vandalism at a local high school. The Brunswick defense attorney approached the prosecutor and judge in the case and proposed taking a different approach to handling the $20,000 crime. The assistant district attorney was resistant, Levy recalled. Unfamiliar with the process,… → Read More