JAY — Two women are accused of prostitution and drug-related charges after police stopped a vehicle on Route 133 late Wednesday for a vehicle defect. A third person also faces charges. Officer Dylan Rider stopped a vehicle driven by Jesse Gaudette, 28, of Skowhegan at about 10:08 p.m. There were two other passengers in the […]
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Temple man to serve 30 months in heroin-trafficking case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice sentenced a Temple man Thursday to serve 30 months of an eight-year sentence for trafficking in heroin. Guy Stevens, 42, formerly of Farmington, pleaded guilty to a Class B charge of unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs on April 18. The maximum punishment is 10 years in prison and a […]
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UMaine Extension’s ‘Cooking for Crowds’ PARIS — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two opportunities to take “Cooking for Crowds — Food Safety Training for Volunteer Cooks.” The courses are scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, May 3 and 10, at UMaine Extension in Oxford County, 9 Olson Road. The workshop offers up-to-date information on […]
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Two plead not guilty to heroin trafficking
PARIS — Two men accused of dealing heroin pleaded not guilty to a litany of charges Friday morning at Oxford County Superior Court. Joseph “Rasta” Kabamba, 21, of Mexico, and Bilal “B” Mohammed, 25, of Portland were arrested Sept. 23 and charged with two counts each of unlawful trafficking in heroin and three counts each […]
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Rumford woman pleads guilty to trafficking in heroin, fentanyl
PARIS — A Rumford woman pleaded guilty Thursday afternoon in Oxford County Superior Court to two counts of unlawful trafficking in heroin and fentanyl. Jessica Gardner, 33, was sentenced to eight years in prison on each count, with all but two years suspended. She was fined $400 on each count. Assistant Attorney General David Fisher […]
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Maine medical examiner wants more money to handle OD deaths
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine is dealing with so many drug overdose deaths that the state medical examiner is asking for more money to handle the workload. The epidemic of heroin, fentanyl and other opioids is behind a record number of overdose deaths — 378 last year in Maine. The attorney general’s office, which oversees the […]
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Wilton woman accused of selling prescription methadone
Lisa Ellen Miniutti WILTON — Police have charged a local woman with selling prescription methadone pills and having heroin and cocaine at her residence in a mobile home park off Main Street. A Maine Drug Enforcement agent arrested Lisa Ellen Miniutti, 43, on Monday on Class B charges of trafficking in scheduled drugs and possession […]
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Police: Woman in labor demanded an injection of heroin, meth
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Police in New Hampshire say a woman in labor demanded to be injected with heroin and methamphetamine before 911 could be called. Police in Concord arrested 29-year-old Felicia Farruggia this week, about six months after her son was born. The state has custody of him. Police also arrested 37-year-old Rhianna Frenette, […]
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Franklin County men indicted on heroin-trafficking charges
FARMINGTON — Two Franklin County men were indicted Wednesday on charges of buying heroin out of state and selling it in the Farmington area. Mark D. Barrett, 59, of Farmington and Guy E. Stevens, 42, of Temple were each indicted on felony charges of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs-heroin on July 14, 2016, conspiracy to […]
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Oxford County heroin dealer gets 4 years in prison
PARIS — A Massachusetts man was sentenced Wednesday in Oxford County Superior Court to four years in prison for dealing heroin. Jonathan Keefe, 28, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of aggravated trafficking in heroin. He was sentenced by Judge Lance Walker, who also ordered him to pay a $400 fine upon […]