FARMINGTON — A Massachusetts man, the third co-defendant in an arson case, was arrested on Wednesday by the Gardner Police Department in Massachusetts, according to a release from the Maine Department of Public Safety. Michael Stanley, 23, of Gardner, faces a charge of arson in Maine. Stanley, along with Devon Clark, 18, of Rangeley and […]
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Rangeley man charged with torching bulldozer, stealing excavator
SANDY RIVER PLANTATION — A Rangeley man is accused of burning a bulldozer and stealing an excavator, both owned by Cousineau Inc. of Wilton. Devon Clark, 18, was charged Tuesday by a state fire investigator with Class A arson. The charge carries up to 30 years in prison and a $50,000 fine. Clark was being […]
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Fryeburg resident gets suspended sentence for 2015 burglary
PARIS — A Fryeburg resident was sentenced May 5 to two years in prison with all but four months suspended for breaking into a vacant house in 2015 and setting fire to it. Fryeburg police said Stanley Vladyka, 46, broke into 55 Ice House Road and set fire to the stairwell. He was arrested July […]
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Farmington store fire ruled arson; public’s help sought
FARMINGTON — A fire that heavily damaged the Falls General Store and the apartment above it last week has been ruled an arson, Sgt. Joel Davis of the Maine Office of State Fire Marshal said Tuesday. State fire investigators, Farmington firefighters and police set up a checkpoint on Tuesday night on Croswell Street handing drivers fliers […]
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Poland, Scarborough arson investigation continues
POLAND — Fire officials continued Wednesday to investigate a pair of Sunday night fires that destroyed six tractor-trailer cabs and damaged two others in what has been called “likely coordinated arson.” Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said the State Fire Marshal’s Office was analyzing evidence taken from the fires at R.C. Moore […]
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‘Likely coordinated arson’ in Poland, Scarborough
R.C. Moore President Kelly Moore surveys the damage to several of his trucks that were destroyed in what police are calling arson at two of his companies locations, including this one in Poland. POLAND — An R.C. Moore truck driver was sleeping in his parked rig at the company’s Ginn Road, Scarborough, location Sunday night […]
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Lisbon Street tenant charged with arson
LEWISTON — Police charged a 24-year-old Lewiston man with arson, after a Sunday night fire that investigators say started in his Lisbon Street apartment and left more than 15 people homeless. Christopher Violette told police he’d been “planning on throwing himself into the fire but decided against it,” according to a police affidavit. Firefighters had […]
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Farmington man pleads not guilty to burning Jay man's truck
FARMINGTON — A local man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to intentionally setting fire to a Jay man’s truck on Keep Road last year. Michael A. Davis, 21, of Farmington was indicted in January on two counts of Class A arson. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. Jay Fire Chief Michael Booker previously said the […]
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Farmington man indicted on arson charges
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County grand jury indicted a local man Wednesday on charges of setting fire to a Jay man’s vehicle last year. Michael A. Davis, 21, of Farmington was indicted on two counts of Class A arson for the Feb. 4, 2016, incident in Jay. Jay Fire Chief Michael Booker said Thursday that […]
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Wilton, Nebraska men sentenced in Franklin County arson, burglary cases
FARMINGTON — A Mexico woman told two men Tuesday who were involved with burning her family’s camp in Carthage last year that after they have served their time in prison, they should get themselves together and lead productive lives. Andrea Casey told D’Kota Rowe, 21, of Wilton and Einer Bonilla, 22, formerly of Nebraska, to […]