Mary Wright thought she heard the news wrong.
“Four kids killed in one month?” she asked her husband.
A former school nurse, Wright was stunned. From late May through the end of…
Mary Wright thought she heard the news wrong.
“Four kids killed in one month?” she asked her husband.
A former school nurse, Wright was stunned. From late May through the end of…
PORTLAND — A woman’s appeal of her murder conviction was…
A memorandum, regarding Marissa Kennedy was released by Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeanne M. Lambrew on Feb. 21. The memorandum can…
BELFAST — A woman formerly of Stockton Springs has been sentenced to 48 years in prison in Waldo County Superior Court Feb. 21, following her December 18 conviction…
BELFAST — A woman, formerly of Stockton Springs, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday, Feb. 21 in Waldo County Superior Court for the Feb. 2018 murder of her then-ten-year old daughter Marissa…
BELFAST — A woman set to be sentenced Friday morning for the depraved indifference murder of her then-10-year-old daughter has had her sentencing postponed after local courthouses were closed due…
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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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…
BELFAST — The trial of Sharon Carrillo continued Friday, Dec. 13, after state prosecutors Assistant Attorneys General Leane Zainea and Donald Macomber rested their…
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…
BELFAST — Day five of the trial against Sharon Carrillo began with jurors watching the interview Maine State Police Detective Jason Andrews. The interview was…
BELFAST — During the second half of day four of the trial against Sharon Carrillo, more images were displayed for jurors and spectators. With Maine State Police…
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 — While the first half of the third day of Sharon Carillo’s trial focused on police interviews held the day 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy died, the afternoon focus was on procedure and…
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…
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…
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…
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 Department of Health and Human Services has been ordered by Justice Robert Murray to produce all records they have for Marissa Kennedy and her three…
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. …
BELFAST — Lawyers for Sharon Carrillo filed two motions with the court July 31, a Motion in Limine and a Motion for Return of Property.
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BELFAST — The stepfather of a 10-year-old girl killed in her Stockton Springs home in February 2018 is expected to plead guilty to depraved indifference murder in…
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…
The annulment hearing for Sharon Carrillo, 33, and Julio Carrillo, 51, on Jan. 3 in Wiscasset was continued, according to Sharon Carrillo’s attorney, Christopher MacLean of Camden. The Carrillos…
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…
BELFAST — Prosecutors in the case of the State against Sharon Carrillo and Julio Carrillo are requesting the two to be tried together, albeit with separate juries,…
AUGUSTA — Governor Paul LePage signed…
BELFAST — Out of the five bills proposed by Governor Paul LePage as a result of the deaths of two Maine children in Dec. 2017, and Feb. 2018, all but two were “…
AUGUSTA — Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Commissioner Ricker Hamilton appeared before the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee (GOC) for the first time July 10,…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Supreme Court decided July 3 that the two assistant attorney generals prosecuting Sharon and Julio Carrillo for their role in the February beating death of 10-year-old Marissa…
AUGUSTA — Governor Paul LePage has issued a response to a subpoena from the Government Oversight Committee (GOC) requesting the presence of Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS…
AUGUSTA — Governor Paul LePage released an 11-page Department of Health and Human Services …
WISCASSET — A Stockton Springs woman accused of beating her 10-year-old daughter to death in February gave birth to a healthy baby boy May 24, almost exactly three months since her Feb. 26 arrest…
AUGUSTA — Governor Paul LePage has issued a response to the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Supreme Court, often referred to as the Maine Law Court, has decided to hear the appeal filed by Sharon Carrillo’s lawyer in an effort to have state prosecutors…
AUGUSTA — A state …
BELFAST — Attorneys for Sharon Carrillo filed a notice of appeal in Waldo County Unified Court April 23, the same day they filed requests for copies of court transcripts from the two court…
BELFAST — The judge in the case of the State v. Sharon Carrillo has decided that the prosecutors in charge of trying the case will not be disqualified, nor will they be subject to a protective…
BELFAST — A husband and wife accused of beating their 10-year-old daughter to death over the span of several months were arraigned in Waldo County Superior Court April 2.
Sharon…
Lawyers assigned to represent Sharon Carrillo have alleged that state prosecutors committed professional and prosecutorial misconduct after sending a letter “purporting to be a subpoena…
AUGUSTA — Maine Children’s Trust, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting efforts that prevent child abuse and neglect, recorded an increase in donations after being named as the beneficiary of any…
BELFAST — The mother and stepfather accused of beating the woman’s 10-year-old daughter to death over the course of several months were formally indicted by a Waldo County Grand Jury March 15.…
The public defender of accused indifference murderer Sharon Carrillo, 33, has said he intends to file for a significant reduction in his client’s current $500,000 cash bail, citing a…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Joint Legislative Government Oversight Committee (GOC) voted March…
AUGUSTA — Maine State Senate President Mike Thibodeau, R-Waldo, said he is glad to see that Governor Paul LePage is taking a personal interest in the case of murdered 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy,…
BELFAST — It was an evening of mixed emotions as more than 100 people gathered in Belfast’s Town Square March 3, for a remembrance ceremony for Marissa Kennedy, the little girl allegedly slain by…