FARMINGTON — A Miami truck driver was about three-quarters of the way through a sharp curve during an ice storm Tuesday evening when the truck filled with water began to slide, he said Wednesday. Jimmy Jimenez Rojas said he thought a large snowbank would stop the tractor-trailer, but it plowed through, shearing off the porch […]
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Turner man accused of sexually abusing girl
LIVERMORE FALLS — A Turner man remains jailed on a charge of sexually abusing a child under age 16 last week, police said. Isaac Bryant, 28, was arrested Saturday on a felony charge of unlawful sexual contact and taken to the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn. Officer Stephen E. Gould investigated a complaint from parents reporting the abuse […]
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Livermore Falls man died from crash injuries
LIVERMORE — The state medical examiner has determined that the death of a Livermore Falls man early Sunday morning was the result of injuries he sustained in a car accident, and not from a medical condition. According to a statement from Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, Tuesday’s autopsy of 40-year-old […]
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Franklin County rescinds order for sheriff to reimburse county, shoes returned
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to rescind an order to have Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. reimburse the county $170.37 for a mailing he sent to residents of the county’s unorganized territory. Commissioners took issue with Nichols on Dec. 20 for sending the mailing and buying four pairs of nonslip shoes, one pair each […]
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Franklin County arrest log
• Randi Sencabaugh, 32, Jay, violation condition of release, Dec. 28, $500 cash bail, Jay Police Department. • Leo Valcourt, 22, Jay, warrant, Dec. 30, released on personal recognizance, Jay Police Department. • Theodore Hastings, 57, Wilton, domestic violence criminal mischief, obstructing report of a crime, Dec. 30, $500 cash bail, Farmington Police Department. • George Newcomb, 26, […]
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State associate director pleads guilty to OUI
FARMINGTON — An associate director for the Maine Office of Substance Abuse pleaded guilty Tuesday to drunken driving on Sept. 25, 2016, in Avon. Joan M. Smyrski, 62, of Jefferson entered the plea to the misdemeanor charge of operating under the influence. Her attorney, Walter McKee, was by her side in Franklin County Superior Court. […]
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Driver charged, two injured in Farmington crash
FARMINGTON — Police said a Chelsea man fell asleep while driving on Routes 2 and 4 on Tuesday afternoon and his car hit two others. Erik Dodge, 21, was charged with failure to retain control of a motor vehicle, Farmington officer Ryan Rosie said. Dodge was driving east in front of Hight Chevrolet when his 2005 […]
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Tractor-trailer loaded with water plows into Farmington house
FARMINGTON — Police said speed, icy roads and driver inexperience may have caused a tractor-trailer to plow into a house on Route 4 on Tuesday evening. The driver, Jimmy Robert Jimenez Roja, 27, of Miami, Florida, suffered lacerations to his hands, arms and face and was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital by NorthStar ambulance, Sgt. […]
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Farmington crash sends 6 to hospital
FARMINGTON — A Temple woman and a family of five from Massachusetts were injured in a two-vehicle accident Sunday morning on Route 4, according to police. The crash occurred around 11 a.m. Nadene Pillsbury, 56, of Temple was driving a 1997 Jeep north on Route 4 at about 11:06 a.m., according to Farmington police officer […]
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Electrical issue blamed for Farmington mobile home fire
FARMINGTON — An electrical issue in a wall sparked a fire that significantly damaged a mobile home at 129 Poverty Lane early Tuesday morning, Farmington Fire and Rescue Lt. Tim “TD” Hardy said. Roger Begin, who was living in the home owned by Alan Archibald, was able to get out of the home safely, Hardy said. The […]