• Ryan F. Bergeron, 30, of 7 King St., Norway, on charges of operating vehicle without license, illegal attachment of plates and operating under the influence, 12:56 p.m. Tuesday in Norway by Norway Police Department. • Shawn T. Brown, 37, of 50 Island Road, Fryeburg, on a probation violation, 1:50 a.m. Wednesday in Fryeburg by […]
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Oxford County police log
• Ernst S. Anduze, 40, of Portland on charges of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, burglary, aggravated criminal trespass and aggravated assault, 10:22 p.m. Sunday in Norway by Oxford Police Department. • Dawn M. Clark, 36, of 202 Maine St., Norway, on charges of disorderly conduct and domestic violence assault, 12:49 p.m. Saturday at […]
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Officials: Restoring Oxford County Jail to full service makes sense
Prospects are promising, but a lack of dedicated state funding and a long-standing tax cap could get in the way.
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Oxford jail seeks another full-time officer
PARIS — Jail Administrator Dana Dillingham asked the Oxford County commissioners Tuesday to add a full-time, armed corrections officer to the jail’s staff. “We’re at the point, in 2019, where it’s long overdue,” Dillingham said. “Obviously, there are contract negotiations that would have to be done, but it’s absolutely necessary.” Dillingham said Oxford County is […]
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Plan to restore Oxford County Jail to full-service ‘feasible’
At an Oxford County Commissioners Meeting on Tuesday, Oxford County Sheriff Christopher Wainwright said running the Oxford County Jail as a full service jail would be “feasible.”
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Dillingham appointed Oxford County Jail administrator
PARIS — Oxford County commissioners voted 3-0 to appoint Dana Dillingham as jail administrator, replacing Ed Quinn, who is retiring at the end of May. County Administrator Scott Cole said commissioners held an executive session May 11, and following a brief discussion, agreed to hire Dillingham. Dillingham, 46, lives in Oxford and has worked at […]
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Mexico woman pleads guilty to drunken driving
PARIS — A Mexico woman with two prior convictions for drunken driving was sentenced to 30 days at Oxford County Jail after pleading guilty Wednesday to a third charge. Wanda McAlister, 49, was arrested in October 2015 after she drove too fast while turning from Roxbury Road to Harlow Hill Road and crashed into the […]
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Oxford County court system rollout needs patch
PARIS — A few weeks ago, Oxford County Jail Administrator Edward Quinn found himself in a bind. As he relayed it to Oxford County commissioners on Tuesday, new Unified Court Docket procedures required him to simultaneously transport prisoners from across the state to courthouses in Rumford and Paris so they could appear before a judge. He was supposed […]
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Early projection of returning Oxford County Jail to full-time status: $1.3 million
PARIS — Returning control of the Oxford County Jail to the county may run taxpayers an additional $1.3 million annually, though the impact will depend on how lawmakers respond to the looming system crisis, officials from the Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Oxford County officials have begun early forecasts on the financial impact of transitioning the jail […]