AUBURN — Three men were arrested Saturday in connection with a home-invasion robbery Saturday afternoon on Hampshire Street, according to Deputy Chief Jason Moen of the Auburn Police Department. Officers responded to a house on Hampshire Street 12:30 p.m. Saturday, after receiving reports of a home invasion. According to police, the alleged victims reported that two masked […]
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Lisbon man fails in bid for new trial on attempted murder conviction
AUBURN — A Lisbon man convicted of trying to murder local police in a 2008 high-speed chase lost his bid for a new trial when a judge denied his petition to overturn all but one of his convictions on related criminal charges at his 2010 trial. Bartolo Ford, 57, was convicted by a jury of […]
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Double overdose investigated in Auburn
AUBURN — Police were at a Mill Street apartment house early Thursday night after a pair of people were found unresponsive on the second floor. The situation was being investigated as a possible double overdose. One neighbor said one of the victims was face down on the floor when the situation was discovered at about […]
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Police: Watch for students, school buses
AUBURN — Police stepped up speeding enforcement in school zones over the past week, reminding drivers to slow down and preparing to make it safer for children walking to schools and bus stops. Signs reminding drivers to stop for children in crosswalks, with the message “Stop For Me, It’s the Law,” have been placed in […]
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Rumford police unveil web-based crime map
RUMFORD — The Rumford Police Department continues to increase its presence in web-based, interactive social media. Thanks to the efforts of Sgt. Doug Maifeld, the department has long had a website and Facebook page. Now it has a new tool that residents can use for free in order to track crime in town and possibly […]
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Jay man charged with Circle K robbery
GREENE — Police arrested a Jay man in the Circle K robbery last month, and investigators didn’t have to go very far. Police said Thomas John Mulkern, 29, of 6 Jewell St., was already in the Androscoggin County Jail on charges involving a scuffle with Auburn police on the day of the heist. In that […]
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Police evaluation, ordinances on Dixfield board agenda
DIXFIELD — Selectmen will meet with the president of the Maine Chiefs of Police Association at 5:30 p.m. Monday to ask questions about the association’s evaluation of the Police Department. In November 2013, selectmen voted to pay the association $6,000 to evaluate the department. The association is made up of active and retired police chiefs, […]