Scott Dolan

Portland Press Herald

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Published
February 24, 2015

Chief justice says fewer Mainers awaiting trial should be held in jail

Leigh Saufley says there is bipartisan support for her initiative to reduce the number of people awaiting trial in jail who do not pose a risk.
Published
February 21, 2015

Up for a challenge: Maine governor vs. attorney general

The state’s Republican chief executive says the top law officer – Democrat Janet Mills – is playing politics. She says her intent is to keep Maine ‘out of court as best I can.’
Published
February 20, 2015

Ten accused in plot for Maine addicts to buy guns for Connecticut cocaine ring

The handguns were purchased from pawnshops in Bangor and Brewer, and the straw purchasers were compensated with money and drugs, police allege.
Published
February 19, 2015

Man charged in Biddeford killings was changed by stroke, psychologist testifies

The court hearing is held to determine the mental competency of James Pak, a Biddeford landlord accused of killing two people in a dispute over parking in December 2012.
Published
February 10, 2015

Maine’s members of Congress reserve judgment on Obama’s plan to combat Islamic State

All four say they are awaiting details of the military operation the president envisions.
Published
February 10, 2015

Wife of Windham man fatally shot by police files wrongful-death lawsuit

Vicki McKenney, who witnessed the shooting of her armed, suicidal husband, is seeking $2 million in the case filed in Cumberland County Superior Court.
Published
February 6, 2015

Attorney general asks Maine’s highest court not to take action on governor’s questions

The governor has asked the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to weigh in on whether he needs permission from Janet Mills to hire outside legal counsel in some cases.
Published
February 4, 2015

New York man accused of smuggling oxycodone to Maine

Rafael Brito, 28, of the Bronx, who was carrying about $12,000 worth of the drug when he was arrested in Augusta, was in the habit of making the trip weekly, police say.
Published
January 29, 2015

Using medical pot could make parent unfit, Maine’s highest court rules

The state’s marijuana law protects patients in custody cases, but that can be superseded when the drug impairs caring for a child, justices rule in a York County case.
Published
January 29, 2015

Judge dismisses lawsuit by pregnant worker stabbed at Riverview

The worker, Jamie Hill-Spotswood, argued that the state failed to act to protect her after she told a supervisor she felt unsafe, but the judge said her attacker was to blame, not the state.