• In September 2006, former Norway Community Development Director Deborah Wyman admitted stealing $117,592 from town coffers between 1992 and 2006. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with all but two years suspended, and ordered to repay the money in monthly installments.

• In January 2006, former Moontide Water Festival President Matthew Plante of Rumford admitted stealing between $5,000 and $6,000 in 2004. Plante repaid $6,244 and spent five days in jail.

• In December 2004, former SAD 43 Athletic Director Timothy J. McInnis of Rumford admitted embezzling more than $86,000 from the district. He was ordered to repay $86,841.89 to the district and got two years in prison. The sentence was suspended.

• In February 2004, Viola M. Whitman of West Paris agreed to repay $30,000 to Tri-Town Ambulance after she was accused of embezzling $81,900 the year before.

• In January 2003, former Norlands bookkeeper Armour L. Goodman of Dixfield admitted stealing more than $30,000 from the Livermore historical group. He was ordered to repay $33,853.71 to Norlands after serving a nine-month sentence.

n In June 2000, former Paris police Chief Steve Cobbett pleaded guilty to theft by deception for billing $1,250 in repairs to his personal vehicles to the town. He repaid the money. The plea agreement called for a $400 fine and his resignation, which was submitted May 30, 2000.

• In June 1998, former Hanover Town Clerk Carrilee M. Pitcher admitted stealing $29,192 in town funds over a 2-year period. She was sentenced to a year in jail but the sentence was suspended. Pitcher repaid the money, was placed on probation and fined $1,500.

• In June 1998, former Greenwood Town Manager Elizabeth Lavalette admitted stealing more than $20,000 from the town to pay the Internal Revenue Service and a lawyer. She was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $5,000.