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Sentenced to 48 years in Dec. for depraved indifference murder of daughter
PORTLAND — Lawyers for Sharon Kennedy (formerly Sharon Carrillo) are asking for her sentence or conviction in the Feb. 2018, beating death of her daughter to be…
Defense attorneys plan to appeal
BELFAST — After five hours of deliberation, the jury in the case against Sharon Carrillo announced that they had reached the verdict of guilty.
The trial against Sharon Carrillo began Dec.…
BELFAST — Day 9 of the trial against Sharon Carrillo began with Justice Robert Murray giving the jury instructions for their deliberations.
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Defense attorney and prosecutor spend combined 90-plus minutes delivering their arguments
BELFAST — News media filled the courtroom during the afternoon session of day eight of the trial against Sharon Carrillo, with reporters anticipating closing…
BELFAST — A Maine Department of Health and Human Services caseworker was the first witness called to the stand by Sharon Carrillo’s defense attorneys Dec. 17 in a…
BELFAST — A former member of the Bangor Police Department and current deputy at the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office was the first witness called to the stand in day…
BELFAST — The first part of the sixth day of the trial against Sharon Carrillo for the depraved indifference murder of her 10-year-old daughter, Marissa Kennedy, was…
Sharon Carrillo trial, Day six
BELFAST — The trial of Sharon Carrillo continued Friday, Dec. 13, after state prosecutors Assistant Attorneys General Leane Zainea and Donald Macomber rested their…
Attorneys for accused say she added no facts to interrogation
BELFAST — The second portion of the fifth day of the trial against Sharon Carrillo was largely spent with her attorney, Chris MacLean, cross-examining Maine State…
Day Four of murder trial; two jurors fall ill
BELFAST — The fourth day of the trial against Sharon Carrillo began with a brief interview with Nicole Denis, who works with the Maine State Police Criminal Crimes…
BELFAST — Day three of the trial of Sharon Carrillo began with the continuation of the recorded interviews between her and Maine State Police Detectives Scott…
Waldo County Superior Court, Belfast
BELFAST — The trial of Sharon Carrillo continued Monday, Dec. 9, with a social worker the first witness called for the day. Carrillo is on trial for the murder of…
First witnesses called to testify in Waldo County courthouse
BELFAST — The trial of Sharon Carrillo officially began in Waldo County Superior Court Dec. 6, with the 12 jurors and two alternates seated just yesterday.
Carrillo is on trial for the…
Mother of Marissa Kennedy found competent to continue
BELFAST — The trial of Sharon Carrillo is set to begin Friday at 8:30 a.m. after a jury was seated this afternoon, Dec. 5. Carrillo was also found competent to continue to trial, something that…
Her competency called into question
BELFAST — The trial of Sharon Carrillo, who is charged with participating in the depraved indifference murder of her daughter Marissa Kennedy, is scheduled to begin at the end of this week, though…
BELFAST — The six phones sought by Sharon Carillo and her attorneys in several court motions have been examined following the issuance of a search warrant by Justice Valerie Stanfill Aug. 14. …
Child’s mother, Sharon Carrillo, to be tried in December
BELFAST — The man accused of the beating death of his then-10-year-old daughter was sentenced to 55 years in prison in Waldo County Unified Court Aug. 28 after pleading guilty in the same court…
BELFAST — A man who pleaded guilty to a charge of knowing and intentional murder in relation to the February 2018 beating death of his 10-year-old stepdaughter at the start of the week is due to…
Julio Carrillo to be tried first in Aug., followed by Sharon in Dec.
BELFAST — A mother and stepfather accused of murder in relation to the February 2018 death of the woman’s 10-year-old daughter, are going to be tried separately,…
Governor Janet Mills signed LD 821, a Resolve To Review Caseloads for Child Welfare Caseworkers, sponsored by Rep. Colleen Madigan, of Waterville, and passed unanimously by the Legislature, which…
‘poor work/life balance, a risk of secondary trauma, concerns for workers safety in the field
AUGUSTA — The Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability has released its findings in the second part of an investigation into the deaths of 10-year-…
BELFAST — State prosecutors assigned to the case of the State v. Sharon and Julio Carrillo have filed several motions with Waldo County Unified Court after…
BELFAST — The lawyers representing Sharon Carrillo have filed two motions with Waldo County Unified Court Feb. 8, including a Motion to Suppress Evidence, and a…
Both Carrillos remain in jail following alleged late February murder of Marissa Kennedy
Sharon Carrillo will appear in Wiscasset District Court Jan. 3, for a hearing about a petition filed by her attorney to annul her marriage to co-defendant Julio…
Investigators say Office of Child and Family Services failed to follow policies, procedures
AUGUSTA — The first phase of the official investigation into the deaths of two Maine children at the hands of their caretakers has concluded, with the …
Prosecutor contains ‘rage’ before judge after Sharon Carrillo attorneys question integrity
BELFAST — It was a tense day in Waldo County Superior Court April 12, as Sharon Carrillo and her lawyers Chris MacLean and Laura Shaw came before Justice Robert Murray to argue for the…
asks other communities to join, raise child abuse awareness
SEARSPORT — Searsport school staff and students are planning to wear blue on Wednesday, March 7, to both raise awareness about child abuse, and in remembrance of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy, who…
BELFAST — A Stockton Springs couple accused of battering the woman’s 10-year-old daughter to death appeared in Waldo County Superior Court for the first time Feb. 28.
Sharon…
Child found deceased by first responders around 2:30 p.m., Feb. 25
BANGOR — Maine State Police say the mother and stepfather of a 10-year-old Stockton Springs girl were arrested just after 5 p.m and both were charged with murder.
The charges stem from the…
