NEW YORK (AP) — An undercover police detective accused of punching out an SUV window during a motorcycle rally that descended into violence was unmasked Wednesday in a courtroom where he was confronted with serious assault charges. But Detective Wojciech Braszczok’s lawyer insisted he would be exonerated by the very video prosecutors say incriminates him […]
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Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Chesterville man indicted in sex case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County grand jury indicted a Chesterville man on sex charges involving a child under the age of 18. Jeffrey Mitchell, 40, was indicted on one felony count of unlawful sexual contact and one misdemeanor count of unlawful sexual touching. Franklin County Sheriff’s Detective Ken Charles arrested Mitchell, 39, in July. He […]
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Success story: The psychologist of crime
LEWISTON — Last winter, Amy Blaisdell-Pechmanova, 28, was enrolled in the Citizen Police Academy and interning with Lewiston police. Today, she’s the Lewiston Police Department’s new crime analyst. She smiled when acknowledging that she’s often asked whether her job is like “CSI.” No, she’s not out there with gloves and cameras, analyzing bodies and crime evidence, […]
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Increased violence at Maine’s psych hospital prompts reform
AUGUSTA — Of the 92 people in state custody who were found “not criminally responsible” for crimes, 18 have been charged with at least one count of murder. That’s more than 20 percent of the state’s so-called “NCR” population, while less than 2 percent of those serving time in Maine prisons have been convicted of […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Mexico men given reduced charges in cocaine dealing case
PARIS — Two Mexico men indicted in April on drug trafficking charges stemming from undercover cocaine sales plead guilty to lesser charges in Oxford County Superior Court Tuesday. Daniel Allen, 55, of Swett Street and Darren Joudrey, 51, of Roxbury Road, were arrested with two other men in January after a yearlong investigation into cocaine trafficking in the Mexico area […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Fryeburg man accused of assault with tea kettle
FRYEBURG — A Fryeburg man was arrested early Monday morning after reportedly assaulting another man with a tea kettle. Chad A. Stevens, 38, of Smith Street, appeared in 11th District Court on Monday afternoon and pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge. He was released on personal recognizance bail. Fryeburg police Chief Phil Weymouth said […]
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Police investigate Lewiston stabbing
LEWISTON — One person was stabbed late Tuesday night and police were investigating at the intersection of Blake and Birch streets. A male stabbing victim was taken to Central Maine Medical Center, said Lt. David St. Pierre of the Lewiston Police Department. He did not know the victim’s condition. Blake and Birch streets were cordoned […]
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Feds may cut funds for Riverview Psychiatric Center
AUGUSTA — The Riverview Psychiatric Center could see more than half of its operating budget stripped away by the federal government for failing to meet guidelines. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services cited overcrowding and inadequate staffing for its threat to withhold $20 million by Sept. 2. Gov. Paul LePage blamed lawmakers for failing […]
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Police recover goods stolen from storage units
LEWISTON — The boxes just kept coming and coming. Boxes stuffed with G.I. Joes, Barbie dolls and other old toys still inside their original boxes. These are collectors items and Glenn Davis never expected to see them again. “I’m pretty happy,” the Sabattus man said. Davis and his wife, Jacqueline, were at the Lewiston police […]
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Dover-Foxcroft man faces meth charges
CHARLESTON, Maine (AP) — A Dover-Foxcroft man has been arrested on drug charges after police found what they say were chemicals used in the manufacture of methamphetamine in the pickup truck he was driving. The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency says 33-year-old Joel Frigon had been under investigation for several weeks after police were told he […]