A New Sharon woman who was killed by her domestic partner last week is one of three victims of domestic violence homicide in the same family.
The bodies of Jessica and Robert Dapolito were discovered by police Monday morning, when they stopped by the couple s home for a well-being check. Autopsies revealed that Robert had shot Jessica first, and then turned the gun on himself. Now, WGME-TV reports, there s a family history of this kind of violence.
Jessica Dapolito s mother, Michelle Masse, was killed by her husband two years ago. 60-year-old Thomas Masse of Temple shot his wife, Michelle, and then fatally shot himself. Police say they went to the couple s home, just outside Farmington, when Thomas Masse called authorities to report that he planned to kill himself.
The coalition draws on 20 grassroots organizations to back specific pieces of legislation in Maine. Author: Chris Costa (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 1:13 PM EST January 15, 2021 Updated: 1:17 PM EST January 15, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine A new coalition of 20 grassroots organizations in Maine have formed an alliance to back specific pieces of legislation in the state relating to climate change, racial injustice, the COVID-19 pandemic, housing, and unemployment.
The Renew Maine Alliance includes state representatives Rebecca Millett (D - Cape Elizabeth) and Seth Berry (D - Bowdoinham), and Penobscot Nation ambassador Maulian Dana.
Renew Maine is backing a range of specific legislation submitted in the legislature this year, including bonds for housing and solar energy development, tribal sovereignty legislation, and a bill creating a consumer-owned utility.
Maine supreme court upholds 40-year prison sentence in domestic violence murder
Anthony S. Leng shot and killed his longtime partner, Sokha Khuon, at their home in Portland in 2018.
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The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday upheld the 40-year prison sentence of a man convicted of murder in the 2018 shooting death of his domestic partner at their home in Portland.
Anthony Leng sits in court in Portland in January 2018. Leng pleaded guilty in 2019 to murdering Sokha Khuon, his longtime domestic partner, at their Portland home on Jan. 7, 2018.
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If you or someone you know is being affected by domestic violence, help is available through the state’s toll-free hotline at 1-866-834-4357.
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Crime continues to decrease in Maine for the eighth consecutive year, dropping -6.6% during 2019, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety, in a Dec. 28 news release.
The department released the annual
The total decline during the past eight years is -56.1%. Crime dropped -9.3 in 2018, -8.2% in 2017, -8.7% in 2016, -7.1% in 2015, -13% in 2014, -8.3% in 2013, and -1.5% in 2012.
The 18,468 crimes reported in 2019 represent a crime rate of 14 offenses per 1,000 people in Maine. That number compares to the national crime rate of 25 offenses per 1,000 population for 2018.
The total number of both adults and juveniles summoned or cited by police decreased for 2019.
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Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Monday, December 28, 2020
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - The number of crimes reported has decreased the eighth consecutive year in Maine, even though violent crimes grew 3.1%, the state’s Department of Safety reported Monday.
All told, reported crimes dropped 6.6% in 2019, and the continuing decline “speaks volumes to the hard work of our professional law enforcement officers, our partners and, of course, the communities we serve,” Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck said in a statement.
But law enforcement officials are committed to doing even better.