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Jay business added to growing number of burglaries

JAY — Police are investigating a burglary at Al’s Tire Center on Route 133 that was reported Sunday morning. A small amount of change was taken from a cash box, Detective Michael Mejia said. There was no sign of forced entry. “There is definitely a pattern going on here,” Mejia said. The town of Jay’s […]

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Jay recycling building burglarized; money missing

JAY — Police are investigating a break-in at the recycling building at the Transfer Station on Route 4 that occurred late Wednesday or early Thursday. A steel door was pried open and broken to get inside, Sgt. Russell Adams said. A small amount of cash was taken, he said. Town employees discovered the missing money […]

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Two Madison men accused of burglarizing Kingfield business

KINGFIELD — Two Madison men are accused of breaking into Kingfield Wood Products late Saturday and rummaging through items. Jonathan Maginnis, 24, and Dylan Ricker, 24, were each arrested Sunday on a felony charge of burglary, State Police Trooper Andrew Hardy said Monday night. A conviction on the charge is punishable by a maximum 10 […]

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Livermore Falls residence broken into, safe damaged

LIVERMORE FALLS — Police on Monday were investigating a break-in at a residence on Haines Corner Road where a safe was broken into and a small amount of cash and other items were taken. Most of the change from a piggy bank was stolen, leaving only a few pennies behind, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. […]

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Livermore Falls woman pleads guilty to Jay robbery

FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice found a Livermore Falls woman guilty Monday of being the getaway driver and helping plan the robbery of a 75-year-old Jay man on June 28, 2015. Amanda Cote, 39, pleaded guilty to felony robbery, burglary and hindering apprehension or prosecution under the Alford doctrine, her attorney Peter Kaynor said. It […]

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Peru man accused of being fugitive from justice

RANGELEY — A Peru man wanted on several warrants and burglary of a Carthage store was arrested Monday after a local resident reported seeing a truck that was reported stolen, Lt. David St. Laurent of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Chief Deputy Steven Lowell arrested Matthew Haines, 23, without incident on a complaint of […]

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N.H. man sought in Carthage store burglary

CARTHAGE — Franklin County sheriff’s deputies are looking for a New Hampshire man they say burglarized Bradbury’s Market on Carthage Road this week. The door was smashed in and a passer-by reported it at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. The burglary is believed to have happened after 11 p.m. Tuesday. There were items taken and the suspect […]

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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 […]

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Two handguns, cash stolen from Livermore Falls residence

LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating the theft of two handguns and cash from a residence on Strickland Loop Road, which is off Route 106, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Thursday. There was no forced entry that the homeowner could see, he said. The burglary was reported at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Police believe it […]