FARMINGTON — Two local residents are accused of breaking into a Phillips’ residence July 11 and stealing several items including video games, a TV, sound system and laptop, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. wrote in a release. After acquiring leads in the investigation into the Dodge Road burglary, Deputy Derrick Doucette and Chief Deputy […]
burglary
Posted inFranklin
Leeds man accused of breaking into C.N. Brown in Jay
JAY — A Leeds man is accused of breaking into C.N. Brown on Main Street late Tuesday night. An alarm went off at the business at 11:40 p.m. When police Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier arrived he could see the cash register was knocked over and when he checked the building it was locked up, Chief Richard […]
advertisement
Posted inUncategorized
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 […]
Posted inFranklin
Jay police following lead in attempted burglary
JAY — Police are following a lead on a potential suspect who attempted to break into a residence on East Dixfield Road, also known as Route 17, on Tuesday night while a resident was home. The resident called 911 at 8:16 p.m. while the suspect was trying to get in, Detective Michael Mejia said Wednesday. […]
Posted inFranklin
Oquossoc man charged in break-in and theft of alcohol
RANGELEY — Police charged a local man Tuesday in a break-in at a residence at 125 Carry Road in Oquossoc while the owners were out of state. Rangeley police received a burglary complaint at 10:18 a.m. Saturday after residents reported that their alarm company saw a man enter their property and steal alcohol, Police Chief […]
Posted inFranklin
Livermore Post Office burglarized
LIVERMORE — An Androscoggin County sheriff’s deputy is investigating a burglary at the Livermore Post Office at 5 Bear Mountain Road, Chief Deputy William Gagne said. The break-in occurred between Saturday afternoon and early Monday morning, and it appears that more than one suspect is involved, he said. The post office was entered, and an […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Wilton man pleads not guilty to escape, robbery
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man denied Tuesday that he assaulted a deputy, escaped from a jail van, forced his way into a Wilton home and assaulted a resident before stealing her Jeep on March 1, 2016. Derek Cook, 31, pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to 11 charges on which he was indicted […]
Posted inFranklin
Two teens charged in Chesterville store burglary
CHESTERVILLE — Two teenagers are accused of breaking into the Chesterville Corner Store between Friday night and early Saturday and stealing $1,200 worth of beer, cigarettes and lottery tickets, according to Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. A baseball bat was used to forcibly enter the Dutch Gap Road store and caused $1,000 in damage to the […]
Posted inFranklin
Teenagers deny breaking into, vandalizing Rangeley school
FARMINGTON — Two 17-year-old boys from Rangeley and Avon on Thursday denied breaking into the Rangeley Lakes Regional School in early August and damaging musical instruments, desks, file cabinets and other items. The teens appeared separately before Judge Evert Fowle in Juvenile Court in the District Court building. They each sat beside defense attorney Linda Sparks and […]
Posted inFranklin
Burglar takes more than $400 from Jay library
JAY — The Jay-Niles Memorial Library has fallen prey to a burglar that netted more than $400, mostly in raffle proceeds that were to go toward the children’s summer reading program. The burglary, reported Friday, has joined a list of burglaries that continues to grow. The break-in is believed to have occurred either late Sept. 28 or […]