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The punishment handed down Dec. 28 in a Newport woman’s death – and the media coverage – minimize the abuse and turn it on the victim.

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A change-of-plea hearing is scheduled Tuesday for a Maine man charged with murder in the strangulation death of his wife. Frederick Allen Jr. previously pleaded not guilty after being charged in January 2020 after police found his wife's body in their home in Newport.

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A change-of-plea hearing is scheduled Tuesday for a Maine man...

Frederick Allen Jr. of Newport, Maine, will serve 12 years in prison for strangling his wife Anielka Allen to death in January 2020.

A Newport man has been ordered to serve 12 years in prison in the 2020 killing of Anielka Allen.

A Newport man has been ordered to serve 12 years in prison in the 2020 killing of Anielka Allen.

A Newport man has been ordered to serve 12 years in prison in the 2020 killing of Anielka Allen.

Homicides in Maine decreased slightly in 2020 Maine State Police reported 20 cases of murder or manslaughter last year, slightly lower than in recent years, except 2018. Share The statewide number of homicides in Maine decreased slightly in 2020 compared to recent years, with 20 reported cases of murder or manslaughter by year’s end, the Maine State Police said. Six of those deaths involved domestic violence, including an alleged double murder in Waldo in October, according to an annual repo...

Maine homicides hold steady in 2020 despite rising numbers nationwide Contributed • January 1, 2021 By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Twenty-two people died in homicides in Maine in 2020, including three who were killed in a Washington County shooting spree. That is the same number of homicide victims in 2019 and one fewer than in 2018. By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Twenty-two people died in homicides in Maine in 2020, including three who were killed in a Washingto...