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Cumberland County DA outlines $2.5M assault‑kit grant, flags restitution and caseload strains
Summary
District Attorney Jackie Sartorius told the Finance Committee the office won a three‑year federal sexual‑assault‑kit grant of about $2.5 million to pay for testing, a full‑time prosecutor and an investigator, but warned the office lacks a dedicated restitution position and is juggling record caseloads and limited prosecutor staffing.
District Attorney Jackie Sartorius told the Cumberland County Finance Committee that her office will receive a three‑year federal grant worth roughly $2.5 million to test sexual‑assault evidence kits, add a full‑time prosecutor and hire an investigator to support prosecutions and prevention efforts.
Sartorius described the award as a long‑sought resource and said testing kits is critical: "We are finally the only county in the state of Maine that is gonna be doing this work," she said, noting other jurisdictions’…
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