Adrian Covington appealed the Aroostook County Superior Court’s June 2022 decision to revoke his $20,000 cash bail because he had committed new crimes while out on bail.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld convicted killer Bobby Nightingale’s life sentences in the 2019 slayings of two Castle Hill men.
The sheriff’s office asked in November for the partial dismissal largely because Lena Gerber of Mars Hill waited too long to file her claim.
Steve A. Plummer, 53, of Fort Fairfield received the sentencing Nov. 28 at Caribou Superior Court. He was convicted of unlawful sexual touching and domestic violence assault during a bench trial in Caribou Oct. 5 and 6.
In a six-week period from October to mid-November, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Houlton sector had 53 encounters that resulted in 27 people who will be federally prosecuted
Caribou officials appeared in court Friday and asked a judge to order John Barretto to reimburse the city for cleaning up the remains of the structure.
Susan Kochanowski, 35, was arrested in March and faces felony charges for murder and arson related to a fire that destroyed an apartment building at 7 Water St., displacing over a dozen residents and killing 30-year-old Jason Donahue.
Christopher Coty, 43, was the ninth person involved in the drug conspiracy to be sentenced. Eight of the remaining 12 defendants pleaded guilty, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The investigation led Presque Isle police to the residence of Gregory Upshaw, 30. Upshaw was taken into custody and taken to the Presque Isle Police Department. He has been charged with aggravated reckless conduct, aggravated false public alarm, terrorizing and creating a police standoff.
Police departments throughout Aroostook County are dealing with more mental health and substance use calls than ever. The lack of social workers and facilities in northern Maine is one reason.
