FARMINGTON — A Franklin County Superior Court jury found a former Farmington man guilty Tuesday of having unlawful sexual contact with a girl under age 12 in 2014. It took the jury about 30 minutes to convict Ross Adams, 52, 0f Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, of felony unlawful sexual contact. The incidents occurred between July 4 […]
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Massachusetts man sentenced to four years for burning bulldozer in Franklin County
FARMINGTON — A Massachusetts man was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for starting a fire that destroyed a bulldozer in November 2017 while it was parked in Sandy River Plantation. Michael Mark Stanley, 23, of Gardner, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to a felony count of arson prior to sentencing. A […]
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Concord Coach Lines admits mistake after employee tells passengers they have to be citizens to ride
Concord Coach Lines, a popular bus service that serves much of northern New England, has apologized after video surfaced of an employee falsely telling passengers in Bangor that they needed to be U.S. citizens to ride. The unidentified employee was captured in video taken by passenger Alec Larson on May 28, according to News Center […]
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Clarinetist’s ex-girlfriend faked a music school’s rejection; court rules she owes him $350,000
Eric Abramovitz was 7 years old when he first learned to play the clarinet. By the time he was 20, the Montreal native had become an award-winning clarinetist, studying with some of Canada’s most elite teachers and performing a solo with Quebec’s finest symphony orchestra. During his second year studying at McGill University, he decided […]
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Wilton man pleads guilty, sentenced in strangulation case
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man accused of choking a woman until she passed out during a sexual encounter in February was sentenced Thursday to serve 30 months of an eight-year sentence. Steven E. Pare, 50, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of aggravated assault and misdemeanor charges of domestic violence assault and unlawful sexual touching […]
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Law Court to hear state appeal in vacated sexual abuse conviction
FARMINGTON — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday, June 12, in the state’s appeal of a ruling that overturned a Madrid Township man’s conviction of sexual abuse of a minor. Arguments are scheduled for 10:40 am. at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta. A Franklin County jury found John Fahnley, 63, […]
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Judge sets bail for suspected drug dealer from Wilton
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice Friday set bail for a Wilton man charged with drug possession at $50,000 cash or $100,000 worth of real estate. Dennis J. Ayala, 55, was arrested Tuesday on charges of unlawful possession of a drug containing fentanyl powder and violating bail conditions. Maine State Police, Wilton police and the […]
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This 30-year-old went to court to fight eviction from his parents’ house
Michael Rotondo refuses to move out of his parents’ house. So much so that the 30-year-old argued for a half-hour with a judge in Upstate New York on Tuesday, saying that while he knew his parents wanted him out of their split-level ranch, he was entitled — as a family member — to six months’ […]
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Jay man sentenced in heroin case
FARMINGTON — A Jay man was sentenced Tuesday to serve 10 months of a four-year jail sentence after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic in heroin, according to Franklin County court documents. Jeremiah Dean Paulton, 35, formerly of Wilton, was arrested Aug. 31, 2017, on a felony conspiracy charge and indicted in November after […]
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Former Phillips man pleads guilty to sexually abusing children
FARMINGTON — A former Phillips man pleaded guilty Monday to sexually molesting two girls under age 14. Michael Harriman, 28, pleaded guilty to two felony charges of unlawful sexual contact in separate cases in Franklin County Superior Court. A conviction is punishable by a up to 10 years in prison and $20,000 fine. The state […]