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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Rumford police log
RUMFORD — The Police Department responded to 96 calls in the past week. Among them were the following: * At 3:02 p.m. April 22, a Franklin Street resident reported someone entered her apartment and took prescription medications while she was away. Cpl. Donald Miller is investigating. * At 10:14 p.m. April 24, James Curato, 61, […]
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Buckfield man charged with OUI after truck crashes into home
BUCKFIELD — A Buckfield man is under arrest after he allegedly drove his truck off the road and into a home early Sunday morning. According to WMTW, the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office said a truck driven by 21-year-old Devvyn Pinard of Buckfield left Turner Street and hit the porch of the home at 75 Turner […]
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Driver allegedly under influence of drugs or alcohol when his car struck school bus in West Bath
WEST BATH — Officials suspect a Phippsburg man was under the influence of alcohol or drugs when his car struck a school bus carrying seven students just after noon Wednesday on State Road in West Bath. A Ford passenger car driven by Philip Wallace, 30, apparently crossed the center line and struck the bus, operated […]
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New Jersey man indicted on manslaughter charges in fatal Bethel accident
PARIS — A grand jury has indicted a New Jersey man on manslaughter charges for his involvement in a crash in Bethel last summer that left a New Hampshire man dead. An Oxford County grand jury indicted 53-year-old Steven Thomas of Ravin Road in Califon, N.J., on charges of manslaughter, aggravated assault and two counts of […]
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Mexico man jailed on drunken driving charges after crash injures two
RUMFORD — A Peru man remained behind bars Tuesday night in Paris on several charges stemming from a car accident early Monday evening. Jason M. Jonitis, 27, is charged with operating under the influence, disorderly conduct, driving to endanger, improper passing, and two counts of terrorizing, Rumford police Sgt. Douglas Maifeld said Tuesday afternoon. He […]
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Franklin County deputy injured when Greene man attacks him in Kingfield
KINGFIELD — A Franklin County deputy was injured early Sunday when a Greene man slammed him to the ground, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Monday. Deputy Andrew Morgan was grabbed from behind while processing Tyler Poland’s father, Daniel Poland, on a charge of drunken driving, Nichols said. Tyler Poland, 28, was arrested on a felony […]
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Wilton man injured in crash faces drunken driving charge
JAY — A Wilton man suffered facial injuries early Friday when his vehicle went off Route 4 and into a ditch near Carousel Crafts in North Jay, acting police Chief Richard Caton IV said. Sgt. Troy Young arrested the driver, Alex Nichols, 22, on a charge of operating under the influence of alcohol, Caton said. […]
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Rumford, Mexico police announce OUI patrols
RUMFORD — Area law enforcement officers will step up patrols to stop drivers from operating under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Rumford and Mexico police will conduct high-visibility enforcement details between now and Sept. 1 as part of the Drive Sober Maine campaign. “We will be aggressively enforcing those laws,” Rumford police Chief Stacy […]
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Paris police to hold OUI checkpoint Saturday
PARIS — The Paris Police Department, with assistance from the Oxford Police Department and The Oxford County Sheriff’s Department, will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on Route 26 in Paris on Saturday, July 26, between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. The operation is part of the ongoing initiative, “Drive Sober, Maine!” which is funded by a […]