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Aroostook County Man Sentenced on Federal Drug Charges Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced an Aroostook County man was sentenced in federal court on two separate charges. In one case the charges stem from an international drug trafficking scheme.   Taylor Lovely, 34, of Presque Isle was sentenced to 158 months in prison and five years of supervised release. According to court records, Lovely pleaded guilty to charges for conspiring to distribute, and possessing with intent to d...

Bangor woman charged with threatening to kill Susan Collins found incompetent to stand trial Katrina Preble allegedly left voicemail messages at Collins offices, including one threatening to shoot her in the face Author: Beth Brogan (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 10:34 PM EDT May 18, 2021 Updated: 10:34 PM EDT May 18, 2021 Katrina F. Preble was charged in federal court with two counts of making interstate threats. Prosecutors said Preble called Co...

In  McEwen v. Nra of Am. & Infocision, No. 2:20-cv-00153-LEN, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXISUnited (D. Me. April 14, 2021) the Plaintiff alleged that the NRA continued calling him after he asked for calls to stop. This is true although his phone number was on the National DNC and–he alleged–that he had never provided consent to receive calls from the organization to begin with. While you might expect the NRA to argue that “autodialers don’t robocall people, people do” the co-defendant that s...

Caribou Woman Sentenced on Federal Drug Charge A 46-year-old Caribou woman was sentenced Monday for conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.  Angela Doody received five years in prison and three years of supervised release. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker. Doody had pleaded guilty in February of this year. Court records show a drug trafficking organization distributed large quantities of meth in northern Maine betwee...

Hancock man sentenced to federal prison on drug charge BANGOR — A Hancock man was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to 4.5 years in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a substance containing fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced. U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker also sentenced William Smeal, 34, to four years of supervised release. Smeal pleaded guilty on Jan. 21, 2020. According to court records, on Feb. 13, 2019, law enforcem...

Judge rejects bid to keep CMP from starting work on transmission corridor CMP says construction of the 145-mile corridor will likely begin sometime in January. Share A federal judge has denied a motion for a preliminary injunction that would have prevented Central Maine Power Co. from beginning construction on a 145-mile transmission line project to bring hydropower from Quebec to the New England power grid. U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker issued his 49-page ruling Wednesday afternoon, rej...

Read Article A federal judge has denied a motion for a preliminary injunction that would have prevented Central Maine Power Co. from beginning construction on a 145-mile transmission line project to bring hydropower from Quebec to the New England power grid. U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker issued his 49-page ruling Wednesday afternoon, rejecting the civil action filed by plaintiffs Sierra Club Maine, the Natural Resources Council of Maine, and the Appalachian Mountain Club. The groups file...

Judge denies motion that sought to stop CMP from beginning work on hydropower corridor U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker ruled against environmental groups that claimed a review of the project by the Army Corps of Engineers was flawed. Author: Beth Brogan (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 6:03 PM EST December 17, 2020 Updated: 6:03 PM EST December 17, 2020 MAINE, USA — A federal court judge has denied a motion by three environmental groups that s...