The case offers competing narratives that fascinate and repulse Mainers, pitting the memory of a defenseless child against a man with no previous record of crime or violent behavior who insists he was wrongly accused by law enforcement.
ROCKLAND — The criminal trial of a former contractor accused of bilking scores of customers for nearly $500,000 is likely to be held in June or July in Bath.
Dennis Dechaine was convicted in the horrific 1988 slaying of the 12-year-old Bowdoin girl but has been granted a chance to test evidence with modern DNA techniques. Some believe the profile of the late Richard Evonitz might emerge.
ROCKLAND — A state judge has set the scope of evidence that can be presented at a yet-to-be-scheduled court hearing for Dennis Dechaine who wants a new trial for the
ROCKLAND — Another hearing has been scheduled to try to resolve the criminal cases against a former contractor accused of bilking scores of customers for nearly $500,000.