FARMINGTON — A former Jay man was found guilty Friday of knowingly causing the death of his former girlfriend, Wendy Douglass, by striking her in the head with a bat at least three times on July 11, 2017. James E. “Ted” Sweeney, who is deaf, had pleaded not criminally responsible by reason of insanity in October 2018 […]
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Former priest found guilty of sexually abusing a boy in Maine in 1980s
ALFRED — A former Boston priest was found guilty Thursday of sexually abusing a boy during trips to Maine in the 1980s. Ronald Paquin, 76, was convicted of 11 of 24 counts of gross sexual misconduct. He was found not guilty of similar charges related to a second boy. Now grown men, both accusers testified […]
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Farmington man pleads guilty to selling cocaine, Xanax
FARMINGTON — A local man pleaded guilty Monday to selling cocaine and anti-anxiety medication from his downtown apartment in January. Judge Susan Oram sentenced Omer Havtan, 21, to serve one year of a six-year sentence, followed by three years of probation on the cocaine charge, and a one-year sentence on the charge of selling Xanax pills. […]
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New Sharon man sentenced to five years in sexual abuse of girl
FARMINGTON — A New Sharon man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Franklin County Superior Court to sexually abusing a girl in December 2017. Benjamin E. Savage, 25, was sentenced to serve three years of a five-year prison sentence, followed by three years of probation, according to court documents. He pleaded guilty to a felony charge of […]
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Farmington man pleads guilty to importing fentanyl
FARMINGTON — A local man pleaded guilty Tuesday to going to New Hampshire and bringing back fentanyl in June. Christopher Tracy, 25, of Farmington pleaded guilty to a felony charge of illegal importation of scheduled drugs and a violation of release conditions in a separate case at Franklin County Superior Court. Tracy waived indictment before […]
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Livermore Falls man pleads guilty to possessing heroin in Jay
FARMINGTON — A Livermore Falls man pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing heroin May 29 in Jay. Ricky M. Fetterhoff, 54, entered the plea to the felony charge in Franklin County Superior Court. Three other drug charges, including unlawful possession of crack cocaine and two counts of unlawful possession of prescription drugs, were dismissed in a plea agreement. […]
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Jay man pleads guilty to assaulting teenager
FARMINGTON — A Jay man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Franklin County Superior Court to assaulting a 17-year-old this month in Jay. Tashiel Johnson, 21, was given credit for time served and fined $300. When he said it would be hard for him to pay the fine because he is trying to get his high school […]
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Chesterville selectman pleads guilty in bad check case
FARMINGTON — A Chesterville selectman pleaded guilty Tuesday to writing a bogus check and was ordered to pay a $150 fine, according to a court document. Tiffany Estabrook, 40, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Farmington District Court to negotiating a worthless instrument. She was accused of writing a $260 check to C.N. Brown, according to the […]
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Former Farmington man convicted in sex case
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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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 […]