AUBURN — Middle School Assistant Principal Kevin Shaw was fined $1,500 and handed a 210-day license suspension Wednesday, two weeks after he was convicted of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident. Shaw, 48, of Minot was also ordered to serve four days of alternative sentencing, which typically involves community service. On […]
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Former UMF police officer pleads guilty to OUI
FARMINGTON — A former University of Maine at Farmington police officer pleaded guilty Monday to driving drunk Oct. 15 on Center Bridge in Farmington. Christopher Chase, 43, of Wilton entered a plea to a misdemeanor charge of operating under the influence of alcohol at the Franklin County Courthouse. A conviction on the charge carries a […]
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Phillips man's dog dies in crash
PHILLIPS — Police say a local man whose vehicle struck a pole Thursday on Wheeler Hill Road faces a drunken-driving charge. The man’s dog died in the crash. David Crowley, 73, of Phillips was heading toward Route 142 when his vehicle went off the road and struck a utility pole and snapped it, Trooper Keith […]
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Farmington man, Jay girl charged alcohol-related case
FARMINGTON — A local man is accused of furnishing a place for minors to consume alcohol. Three teenagers also face alcohol-related charges. Police received a driving complaint about 11:14 p.m. Friday on Fairbanks Road. The car was parked at a residence on Box Shop Hill Road, Deputy Police Chief Shane Cote said. Police discovered underage […]
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Oxford woman pleads guilty to OUI, hitting bicyclist with car
PARIS — An Oxford woman pleaded guilty Wednesday in Oxford County Superior Court to operating under the influence and assault for hitting a bicyclist in July. Kerstin Thorne, 38, was fined $500 for OUI and $300 for assault. Her license was suspended for 150 days as part of the plea agreement. According to an affidavit […]
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Rangeley man pleads guilty in crash that claimed Wilton man's life
FARMINGTON — A Rangeley man was sentenced Tuesday to serve two years of a nine-year sentence for driving drunk, which resulted in the death of another driver. Rusty LeRoy Knox, 35, of East Wilton, a self-employed logger, husband of his school sweetheart and the father of four, died at the scene on Lambert Hill Road […]
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Commission dropped the ball
Four out of five members of the Maine Liquor and Lottery Commission have rather strange priorities, or perhaps they need a good dose of reality. It is just amazing that those people, in such a responsible position, would put commerce ahead of safety and littering in backing the continued sales of nips. Perhaps they should […]
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Franklin County ups deputies' pay for grant details
FARMINGTON — Franklin County deputies will earn more if they work special details for the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety or Operation Stonegarden programs, which are funded by federal grants. County commissioners voted July 11 to raise the hourly rate from $35 to $50. The billing rate for the grants will be $61.82 an hour to cover the cost of […]
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Maine liquor regulators urge a ban on nips
AUGUSTA — Banning small liquor bottles known as nips will reduce littering, make it harder to drive while drinking and cause “no significant loss of revenues” for the state, according to state alcohol regulators. In a formal recommendation to commissioners, the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations recently offered a full-throated defense of Gov. […]
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Regulators tie popularity of nips to spike in drunk driving
AUGUSTA — Tiny liquor bottles known as “nips” may be causing a spike in drinking and driving in Maine because they’re so easy to chug and chuck, a state official said. State liquor regulators eyeing a possible ban on the 50-milliliter bottles said there’s been a spike in convictions for operating under the influence that […]