Residents of Androscoggin and Oxford counties have been reporting phone calls from scammers posing as deputies or as recently incarcerated family members.
Maine Crime
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Oxford County arrest log: Nov. 1, 2024
• Destiny S. Annance, 23, of 13 Pine Lane, Oxford, on charges of violation of condition of release and disorderly conduct, 10:11 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, at 150 Congress St., Rumford, by Rumford Police Department. • Kenneth J. Armstrong, 34, of 45 Granite St., Mexico, on a charge of failure to appear after bailed, 6:05 […]
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Toxic cannabis is being shopped to Maine dispensaries, with little to stop it from reaching consumers
Toxic pesticides were found in cannabis grown at licensed grow houses and offered to medical dispensaries. Under current regulations, no one can stop it from hitting the shelves but the budtender behind the counter.
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Man accused of Owl’s Head child death challenges cause of death
Prosecutors believe the child’s lacerated liver suggests that Aziayh Scott stomped him to death. Scott’s defense attorney says the toddler might have actually died from improper CPR.
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‘Gray market weed’: Illegal grow house operators and their tainted product take refuge in Maine’s legal market
With a little paperwork and scant oversight, investigators say illegal grow houses tied to Chinese organized crime are increasingly shifting to the medical market, avoiding oversight in the process.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine Crime, News
New York man’s bail set at $25,000 cash in Jay shooting
Christian Meyers, 21, of Manhattan is charged with elevated aggravated assault, receiving stolen property, reckless conduct with a firearm and sexual abuse of a minor.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
New Jersey man guilty in postal robberies and burglaries in central Maine
Lance Funderburk and an accomplice from Auburn burgled post offices in Paris and North Monmouth, investigators say.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine Crime, News
Two guns reported missing from Richardson Avenue home in Livermore Falls
There was no sign of forced entry or fingerprints on a window, Police Chief Abe Haroon said.
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Update: New York man accused of shooting Jay resident in the leg
Christian Meyers, 21, of Manhattan, New York, was charged with, among other crimes, elevated aggravated assault.
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Bowdoin man admits to stealing border agent’s items
Items recovered include a duty pistol and badge, prosecutors say.