FARMINGTON — A Franklin County grand jury indicted a Wilton man on charges that he set his vehicle on fire, filed a false public report and collected the insurance money. Jesse Herrin, 24, was indicted on charges of arson, theft by insurance deception and filing a false public report. Investigator Edward Hastings IV from the […]
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Lewiston woman indicted on arson charge
AUBURN — A Lewiston woman was indicted on an arson charge Wednesday in a late November fire at her home. Wendy Bryce, 41, of 24 Orange St., is accused of setting a fire to her porch Nov. 30, according to the Androscoggin County grand jury indictment. The afternoon of the blaze, Bryce told a Sun […]
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Paris man accused of attempted murder, arson
NORWAY — A 21-year-old Paris man was charged Friday with two counts of aggravated attempted murder, arson and burglary for a predawn fire in a Norway home Dec. 5. Andrew J. Freeman of 32 High St., Apt. 2, was charged at the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn by Maine Fire Marshal investigator Danny Young. Officials […]
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Woman, 64, sentenced in arson
PARIS — A woman who admitted to burning down several buildings belonging to a former friend will serve no jail time for her role in the arson. Joann Farris, 64, received three years, all suspended, and will be on probation for four years. She was ordered to pay restitution to the landowner, George Sprague, for […]
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Wilton man charged in arson case
FARMINGTON — A state fire investigator charged a Wilton man on Monday in reporting a vehicle stolen in July 2009. It was found burned days later off the Ridge Road on the Chesterville, Fayette line and insurance money was collected, the investigator said Tuesday. Jesse Herrin, 24, was arrested on charges of arson, theft by […]
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Lewiston woman charged with arson
LEWISTON — A local woman has been charged with arson in a Wednesday afternoon fire at her Orange Street home. The State Fire Marshal’s Office said Wendy Bryce, 41, of 24 Orange St., set the fire in the area of the porch. No motive was given. Fire damage was confined to the outside of the […]
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Livermore Falls house fire ruled intentional
LIVERMORE FALLS — A fire that started in the basement of a house on Green Street on Friday afternoon was intentionally set, state fire investigator Edward Hastings IV said Tuesday. “The primary suspect is undergoing medical treatment,” Hastings, an investigator for the Maine Office of the State Fire Marshal, said. He plans to file his […]
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Woman, 65, faces arson charges for 15 fires
ALFRED — A 65-year-old Maine woman is suspected of setting a string of fires in York and Cumberland counties. Carol Field of Standish is due to appear in York County Superior Court in Alfred Tuesday to answer two arson charges. One of the fires she’s charged with setting was at the Raymond Hill Baptist Church […]
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Teen charged in arson case
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police charged a 16-year-old boy on an arson charge on Saturday night in connection with a fire that was started in a garage earlier that evening at 33 Bemis St., police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Monday. A joint investigation between police and fire officials determined the fire was intentionally set in […]
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Suspicious fire in Livermore Falls causes minimal damage to garage
LIVERMORE FALLS — Authorities believe a fire that caused minor damage to a garage at 33 Bemis St. on Saturday night was arson, Fire Chief Gerry Pineau said. Firefighters and police conducted a joint investigation and consulted with a state fire investigator, he said. About 30 firefighters from Livermore Falls, Livermore and Jay and about […]