MEXICO – The Police Department responded to 129 incidents over the past three weeks, including the following:

* Oct. 20: A resident reported receiving a phone call from a company stating that they would reward the resident with $9,000 if they sent some money.

“This is a new phone scam, and I’ve been advising those who receive the call to hang up when they get it,” Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said.

* Oct. 17 at 12:37 p.m.: A Granite Street resident reported someone stole a UPS package from their front steps. Police have suspects and are investigating.

* Oct. 15: A Roxbury Road resident reported being scammed out of a substantial amount of money after attempting to purchase a dog online. Hodsdon said the resident visited a website to buy dogs and was told to send a certain amount of money.

“After they sent the money, they would receive a call from someone else saying that they needed to send more money for the dog to be sent,” Hodsdon said. “After looking into the website, it was determined that it was a scam.”

Hodsdon he, the resident and the FBI are working to track down those responsible for the scam.

* Oct. 12 at 10:35 a.m.: Doris Amburg of Farmington was pulling into the Circle K parking lot in her 2005 Dodge car when her foot missed the brake pedal and hit the gas pedal instead. Hodsdon said the car hit the front of the Circle K building and caused minor damage to a section underneath the front window. The car was damaged, he said.

* Oct. 11 at 4:01 p.m.: A Roxbury Road resident reported that between 2 and 8 a.m., someone slashed two of his vehicle’s tires. Hodsdon estimated damage at $280.

* Oct. 11 at 12:11 p.m.: Police responded to a two-vehicle accident in front of the Mexico One Stop on Harlow Hill. Hodsdon said Muriel Slade of Mexico was driving her 2009 Subaru car north on Roxbury Road and hit a moped parked in front of the Mexico One Stop.

“The owner of the moped was inside the building at the time, so she was not injured,” Hodsdon said. “However, the moped did receive a substantial amount of damage.”

Hodsdon said that Slade was having a medical issue at the time of the accident and was transported to the Rumford Hospital.

* Oct. 11 at 1:12 a.m.: A resident reported a man being assaulted at the intersection of Main Street and Roxbury Road. Police found a man lying on the street and bleeding from the head.

“The (man) was taken to the hospital and found that he had sustained multiple injuries to the head,” Hodsdon said. “We have suspects, and as soon as we’re done our investigation, we’ll be arresting the suspects on charges of aggravated assault.”

* Oct. 9 at 3:27 p.m.: A resident reported that two children were being assaulted at the Mexico Wal-Mart. Hodsdon said the case is under investigation.

* Sept. 27 at 6:27 p.m.: Police responded to an assault on Holman Avenue. Officers found a 13-year-old had been assaulted by an adult and sustained multiple fractures to his jaw. Police arrested James Sturgill, 33, of Mexico on an aggravated assault charge.

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