MEXICO — The Mexico Police Department will hold its monthly neighborhood watch meeting 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said Monday. Hodsdon said that the idea for the program came from reserve police Officer Cam Barrieau, following an increase in the town’s thefts and burglaries. “He proposed the idea of a neighborhood […]
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Jurors hear victim’s blood found on defendant’s pants
AUBURN — Jurors learned Friday that Romeo Parent’s blood was found on a pair of jeans worn by William True. True, 21, of Lewiston, is the second man to be tried for murder in Parent’s death. Michael McNaughton, 27, was convicted by a jury in July. True’s trial in Androscoggin County Superior Court entered its […]
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Sex crimes increase significantly in Mexico and Rumford
MEXICO — Sex crimes have more than doubled from last year and are nearly as high in neighboring Rumford. Additionally, the call volume to date in both towns is up by more than 320 apiece. As of Wednesday morning, Mexico police Chief Roy Hodsdon said he had investigated 24 gross sexual assaults, compared to 11 […]
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D. Bowen: Communities have gone downhill
I would like to take this time to speak about the recent chaos taking place in the Mexico/Rumford community. That once great community has completely turned upside down. I am ashamed to say I was born there. That was a place where people could raise their children with security, knowing they were safe within the […]
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RUMFORD — Incidents under investigation • Aug. 9, 8:27 a.m. — Report of a theft on Gilbert Avenue of a child’s trike and Big Wheel valued at $200. • Aug. 4, 4:03 p.m. — A Cumberland Street resident reported a lawnmower valued at $100 was stolen from the basement. It is under investigation. • Aug. […]
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Kennebec County sheriff’s department looking for man who robbed Manchester Rite Aid
MANCHESTER — Police are looking for a man they say robbed the Manchester Rite Aid just after noon on Sunday. A man wearing a New York Yankees baseball cap, gym shorts, sunglasses and a black hooded sweatshirt over a T-shirt that appeared to have a skull on it approached the pharmacist and claimed he had […]
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Lovell man indicted on dozens of sex charges
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County grand jury indicted a Lovell man Monday on 36 sex charges involving three boys under age 15 Jonathan M. Clark, 28, formerly of Chesterville, was indicted on 29 felony counts of gross sexual assault, four felony counts of unlawful sexual contact and one each of felony counts of sexual exploitation […]
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Armed robber hits Big Apple store in Bethel
BETHEL — Police say a masked man with a firearm robbed the Big Apple Store on Railroad Street in Bethel early Saturday morning. A man in a hooded sweatshirt entered the store at about 4:45 a.m. brandishing a firearm and demanded items from the male clerk, said Lt. Tom Harriman of the Oxford County Sheriff’s […]
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King calls cybersecurity legislation U.S. counterpunch to online crooks
U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said a bill passed by the Select Committee on Intelligence would be the nation’s “counterpunch” against cybercriminals who steal intellectual property online. “For years, the United States has been taking punches from cybercriminals across the globe intent on stealing intellectual property — essentially our ideas — and Americans in manufacturing […]
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Franklin County deputies to get improved Tasers
FARMINGTON — Deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department will be getting new Tasers to help fight crime. County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to accept the recommendation of Chief Deputy Steven Lowell to go with the Taser Assurance Plan to buy 15 digital Taser X26Ps with holsters and download cables. The company will give the […]