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Lincoln man pleads guilty, sentenced for mother’s killing

5 years ago in Local

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LINCOLN, Maine (WGAN) A Maine man will spend 24 years behind bars for the killing of his mother.

According to our info partners at CBS 13 news, 46-year-old Adam Groves of Lincoln was sentenced Monday for the killing of 63-year-old Pauline Taylor during a confrontation in August of 2020.

Groves, who admitted to shooting his mother, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and apologized for the killing in court.

Groves was given four years probation and must pay restitution to the victim’s compensation fund.

 

 

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