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PublishedJanuary 8, 2021
Federal judge orders Maine pandemic supply company to return customer’s deposit
Portland-based Noble Partners was accused of keeping a Florida company's $108,000 deposit after failing to fulfill an order for medical supplies in May.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2020
Feds aim to seize 12 Franklin County properties in connection with Farmington pot raid
Most of the dozen properties are believed to be owned by Lucas J. Sirois of Rangeley, who ran marijuana businesses in Farmington.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2020
Federal judge denies Lewiston man bail on gun charge
Sabree Lamar Branch is a convicted felon who pleaded guilty to having a gun.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2020
Maine families say Supreme Court ruling boosts their case in religious school funding suit
The decision in a Montana case could affect a federal appeals court case in Boston involving 3 Maine families who are seeking school district tuition payments toward the cost of educating their children in religious schools.
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PublishedJune 18, 2020
Maine Family Planning weighs appeal in lawsuit over federal ‘gag rule’
A federal judge last week dismissed the nonprofit's legal challenge of a Trump administration rule that puts new restrictions on abortion providers that receive Title X family planning grants.
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PublishedMay 13, 2020
Lisbon man appears in federal court on gun charges
Federal agents say the former licensed firearms dealer was selling guns without a license.
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PublishedMay 9, 2020
Federal judge rules against Orrington church that challenged Mills
U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen denies Calvary Chapel's motion for a temporary restraining order that would have allowed it to hold an in-church service Sunday.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2020
Biddeford man charged with hate crimes set to stand trial in federal court
Maurice Diggins is accused of attacking black men and breaking their jaws outside a Portland bar and at a Biddeford gas station in April 2018. His nephew, Dusty Leo of Biddeford, pleaded guilty in the assaults.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2020
Portland tax preparer sentenced to prison for filing false returns
Ashraf Eldeknawey pleaded guilty last year to helping prepare and file 11 false tax returns.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2019
Court orders new trial on 1 charge in man’s bizarre cyanide-suicide case
The former Windham man must still serve a 25-year sentence on other charges after being convicted of causing an English man's suicide.
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