Maher said he understood the charges and sentences.
Because he hasn’t been indicted by a grand jury on the charges, he wasn’t asked to enter a plea Wednesday.
Assistant Attorney General Megan Elam appears at a Zoom videoconference Wednesday in 8th District Court in Lewiston for the case of Patrick J. Maher of Turner. Maher is charged with murder in the deaths of a Turner couple last week.
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Mayer was taken into custody Friday in the killings of Troy Varney, 52, and Dulsie Varney, 48, at their home on Knight Farm Road.
Authorities were responded to the Varney home about 1:30 a.m. Friday.