The justices rule unanimously that the city acted appropriately when it changed zoning to allow a technology business in the historic Williston-West parish house.
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Androscoggin County Sgt. Martin Fournier removes the chain around the waist of Daniel Roberts at 8th District Court in Lewiston in 2015. His lawyer had requested that he be allowed to take notes. The waist chain was removed, but his hands and legs remained cuffed. He was in court for a post-conviction review.
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AUBURN A judge has denied a new trial for a Sabattus man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend in 2005.
Daniel Roberts, 51, was sentenced to 55 years in prison after a three-week jury trial in 2007.
Roberts petitioned Androscoggin County Superior Court for a new trial in 2019 based on what he claimed was new evidence derived from new DNA extraction techniques. It showed 29-year-old Melissa Mendoza, the shooting victim, may have handled the Smith and Wesson .38-caliber revolver Roberts claimed she was holding before he shot her in self-defense in his garage.