STRONG — Franklin County deputies are investigating the theft of five guns from an unoccupied house on the dead-end Chandler Road. The long guns are believed to have been stolen within the past four months, sheriff’s Lt. David St. Laurent said Tuesday. The burglary was reported April 28. The house was entered and the person […]
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Deputies’ pay increased for extra patrols
FARMINGTON – Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to increase the deputy rate of pay for all grant-funded special enforcement details from $30 to $35 an hour. They also voted to allow the lieutenants to participate in operating under the influence and seat belt enforcement details funded by state grants. Currently, deputies are paid a flat […]
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Franklin County board OKs buying new police dog, digital equipment
FARMINGTON — Franklin County Cpl. Nate Bean will be getting a new police dog. His current dog, Diesel, is 9 years old and is nearing the end of his career, Lt. David Rackliffe told commissioners Tuesday. Bean and Rackliffe tested a 12-month-old Dutch Shepherd named Bain, and they liked what they saw, Rackliffe said. Commissioners […]
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Franklin County accepts $147,008 in drug forfeiture money
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to accept $147,008 in drug forfeiture money and to disburse a total of $50,402.80 to two other law enforcement agencies that assisted the Sheriff’s Department with a drug bust last year. The Sheriff’s Department will keep the $93,606.20 for startup equipment and training cost at the jail and […]
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New Sharon man accused of putting knife to woman’s throat
FARMINGTON — A New Sharon man faces charges after he was accused of putting a knife to a woman’s throat and choking her Sunday night, according to a police affidavit filed in a Farmington court. Timothy Hutchinson, 29, was arrested Monday and appeared Wednesday in court on felony charges of aggravated assault and terrorizing with […]
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Franklin County sheriff, deputies helping older residents
CHESTERVILLE — Lois Seamon opened the door to her home Wednesday to greet Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr., who had arrived to bring in firewood for her. The 84-year-old said she would have carried it in herself, but not with so much snow on the ground. Nichols, a distant relative, left to go to […]
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Former Farmington man accused of sexually assaulting child
FARMINGTON — Franklin County deputies charged a former Farmington man Monday with sexually assaulting a child less than 18 years old five years ago in Franklin County, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Tuesday. Shawn Flagg, 39, of Stetson, was arrested on a felony charge of gross sexual assault, he said. Deputies received a referral from […]
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Chesterville man faces several charges following fight at party
CHESTERVILLE — Police said a local man faces nine charges for assaulting his girlfriend and others, including police, at a party at 134 Vienna Road on Thursday night. Franklin County deputies responded at 9:30 p.m. to a report of assault at the residence. When they arrived, they encountered two couples who had been consuming alcohol […]
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Franklin County sheriff’s office renovations finished
FARMINGTON — Franklin County sheriff’s detectives are settling into their newly created offices, where dispatchers handled 911 emergency calls until late April. The three detectives have separate work spaces that interconnect. A new interview room was built where the dispatch supervisor’s office was located. The building was too small to house the deputies and dispatchers, […]
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Montana man charged after fire destroys New Sharon mobile home
NEW SHARON — A fire that destroyed an abandoned mobile home on Farmington Falls Road on Nov. 25 was started by a Montana man living there without permission, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. Bryan G. Meyers, 29, had been living in the home next to Tuttle’s Auto without permission all summer, according Nichols’ […]