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Five arrested in connection to Kingfield meth lab

KINGFIELD – Five people have been arrested in connection to manufacturing methamphetamine in a laboratory at a mobile home at 8 Winter Hill Road that was destroyed by fire on Feb. 8. All five are accused of making the drug in a so-called “one-pot” lab or “Shake’N Bake” lab, Maine Drug Enforcement Supervisor Special Agent […]

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Brunswick police charge 13-year-old boy with arson

BRUNSWICK — Police say a 13 year-old Brunswick youth has been charged with arson in connection with a brush fire that burned approximately two acres of blueberry fields. Police say three 13-year-old boys were allegedly involved in the incident Tuesday, but charges were only filed against the boy believed to have started the blaze. That […]

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Wilton man indicted on arson charge

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 […]