Maine trial or error? Defendants finally going to face juries
Facing 10,000 more court cases than normal, Maine courts are gearing up for the return of jury trials after more than a year s hiatus under the pandemic.
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Henry Grenier, center, one of the Superior Court marshals, steps through the lawyers’ room last Monday on his way to the courtroom at the Androscoggin County Courthouse. Defense attorney Jeffrey Dolley and Assistant District Attorney Katherine Hudson-MacRae wait to be called into the judge’s chambers to talk about upcoming in-person trials.
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Even as COVID-19 case rates in Androscoggin County continue to lead the state and rank among the highest per capita nationally, that county’s courthouse is poised to launch its first jury trials in more than a year.
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LEWISTON A Palmyra man claimed to have 21 pounds of uranium and a lithium bomb in the stolen car in which he was parked in Auburn before leading police on a high-speed pursuit to New Hampshire last weekend, prosecutors said.
Aaron Chadbourne sits Friday in Androscoggin County Jail during a hearing on charges stemming from a police pursuit from Auburn to New Hampshire last weekend.
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He faces four charges stemming from the Feb. 20 police pursuit including: eluding an officer, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison; and three misdemeanors, driving to endanger, failing to stop for an officer and operating after suspension.