Guns

A jury in Burlington rejected Jason Eaton's insanity defense today and found him guilty of attempting to kill three Palestinian men in 2023.

A forensic psychiatrist hired by state prosecutors said on Thursday that while Eaton has struggled with mental health issues, he doesn’t have a psychotic disorder — which meant he didn’t meet the legal standard for insanity. Eaton’s attorneys pushed back on the expert’s methodology during cross-examination.

Jason Eaton told his attorneys he was the overwatcher of a Jewish house in his neighborhood and that intelligence agencies ordered him to shoot three Palestinian college students in 2023, according to an audio recording played in court on Wednesday.

The trial of Jason Eaton, the man accused of shooting and wounding three Palestinian college students in November 2023, began in Burlington on Monday. Eaton’s attorneys are expected to argue that he was legally insane at the time of the shooting.

An after-action report called for strengthening security and response planning

Two years after Governor Maura Healey blocked the gun range from going forward, a committee of scientists from the National Academies is conducting an environmental review of the project.

As investigations into the shooting of 25-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero continue, Daniel Boucher is sharing his story of watching the moments after shots were fired from his front porch.

The FBI and the Maine Attorney General's Office are investigating the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old Colombian man by federal law enforcement in Biddeford Monday morning. And, according to Maine Sen. Angus King's office, the victim may not have been the target of the federal arrest warrant.

In a motion filed Wednesday, Teresa Youngblut’s defense team wrote that federal agents were attempting to detain her and her companion, Felix Bauckholt, for “alien smuggling,” despite knowing that Bauckholt — a German national — had a valid visa.

Rep. Steve Stafstrom (D-Bridgeport) is concerned that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a case challenging Connecticut’s assault weapon ban that followed the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012.