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Man pleads not guilty in couple’s death

BANGOR, Maine — Nathaneal Nightingale, 31, of Burlington, entered not guilty pleas on Wednesday to two counts of intentional or knowing murder in the shooting deaths of a Webster Plantation couple … more

By Nok-Noi Ricker
BDN Staff | 3/18/10 | 405 views

Acquittal in shooting spurs hope, wariness

ROCKLAND, Maine — For Edwin Vance Bunker, the end of his trial means the knot in his stomach has finally come undone. more

By Heather Steeves
BDN Staff | 3/15/10 | 4599 views

Woman admits she destroyed house involved in drug case

SORRENTO, Maine — A woman has admitted in federal court to destroying a house that police seized from her mother in a 2004 drug sting. more

By Bill Trotter
BDN Staff | 3/13/10 | 7981 views

Daughter of slain woman wants killer 'to get life'

DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — Michael Toby, 54, of Dover-Foxcroft was so down on life that he was suicidal before and up to the day he killed his sister a year and a half ago, his defense attorney said Friday in Piscataquis County Superior Court. more

By Diana Bowley
BDN Staff | 3/13/10 | 3475 views

Anziani in court to face murder charge

BANGOR, Maine — Accused child murderer Edgard Anziani made a brief court appearance Friday morning to formally face charges that he killed his girlfriend’s 15-month-old son last month. The … more

By Eric Russell
BDN Staff | 3/12/10 | 6049 views

Court upholds wind farm law

The state's highest court on Thursday dealt the Friends of Lincoln Lakes a major legal defeat by reaffirming state approval of a $130 million industrial wind site intended for northern Penobscot County. more

By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 3/12/10 | 2665 views

Taped interview played during murder suspect's trial

DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — Michael Toby told police in a 2008 taped interview that he felt he "was at a point of no return" after he had struck his elder sister over the head repeatedly with a stick, so he then strangled and suffocated her. more

By Diana Bowley
BDN Staff | 3/12/10 | 1758 views

Jury to resume deliberations in lobsterman shooting case

ROCKLAND, Maine — Jury deliberations in the shooting trial of a Matinicus man and his daughter will resume today. more

By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff | 3/11/10 | 3401 views

Matinicus lobsterman testifies in own defense

ROCKLAND, Maine — The Matinicus lobsterman charged with shooting a fellow fisherman on the town dock last summer took the stand in his own defense late Wednesday to describe how rising tensions … more

By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff | 3/11/10 | 2672 views

Suspect fails to show for trial

ELLSWORTH, Maine — An Old Town man who was supposed to go on trial Monday for allegedly separately stealing and crashing two sport-utility vehicles has had a warrant issued for his arrest. Brent … more

By Bill Trotter
BDN Staff | 3/11/10 | 5217 views