MEXICO — Three local residents were arrested Monday morning on charges of stealing a firearm from a home, Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said Tuesday afternoon. Hodsdon said a resident reported the firearm stolen at 2 a.m. “Officer Caroline Casey investigated the case and began gathering suspects very quickly,” Hodsdon said. “The victim said that a […]
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Oxford County Sheriff’s Office calls
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 273 calls from July 13 to 19. Among them were: * At 7:24 p.m. July 19, an unknown cellphone caller made a 911 hang-up call, telling police that a male was injured in a dirt-bike crash in the area of Valley Road. Deputy Richard Murray checked […]
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Police: Woodstock suspects confessed to burglaries
PARIS — Two Oxford County suspects charged in a burglary spree that terrorized several small communities for weeks confessed to stealing from 11 homes, according to a police affidavit. Oxford County Sheriff’s Detective Joshua Wyman wrote that police became suspicious of the suspects, Ashley Howard, 20, of Bryant Pond, and Corey Douzart, 32, of Gilead, after […]
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Woodstock couple arrested in burglary spree
WOODSTOCK — A couple believed to be behind a spree of smash-and-grab burglaries that have plagued several rural communities and sent homeowners into panic were taken into custody Monday afternoon, according to police. Suspects Corey Douzart, originally from Louisiana, and Ashley Howard, 20, of Woodstock, were arrested without incident at a mobile home on Cushman Road. […]
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Fire consumes McWain Road house in Waterford
WATERFORD — Firefighters from Waterford and surrounding towns were called to a house fire on McWain Hill Road just before 2 p.m. Friday. According to a witness at the scene, there were as many as five people in the single-family house at the time the fire started and all got out safely. The house at […]
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Authorities search for suspects in Woodstock burglaries
PARIS — A search for suspects wanted in a rash of burglaries in Woodstock and Greenwood is underway, police said Wednesday. Oxford County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Hart Daley said the department did not release a description of the suspects because it might cause them to flee the area. There were at least seven reported break-ins in […]
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Oxford County deputies investigate many Woodstock burglaries
WOODSTOCK — Oxford County deputies are investigating numerous residential burglaries that occurred last week in town. * At 9:22 a.m. July 11, Deputy Andrew Whitney took a report of theft. He said the complainant did not want any specific information distributed to the public. The theft is under investigation. There are no leads at this […]
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Oxford County Sheriff’s office investigating Fourth of July car burglaries in Hiram
HIRAM — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating burglaries of a dozen cars of at Hiram Dam over the July Fourth weekend. Sheriff’s Sgt. Timothy Ontengco said Tuesday that 12 cars were burglarized and items inside taken by an unknown number of thieves. In most cases, the vehicles were locked and in one of three […]
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Defibrillators provided to Oxford County deputies
PARIS — Police hope new defibrillators will help them save more lives in areas with limited medical access. In a news release Monday, the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office announced it received 18 new Automatic Electronic Defibrillators — or AEDs — through a grant from MCD Public Health and the Maine Cardiovascular Health Council. According to Chief Deputy Hart […]
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Oxford County Sheriff’s Office calls
PARIS — Oxford County sheriff’s deputies responded to 198 calls June 16-20, including: * At 9:54 p.m. June 20, Deputy Nathan Bowie investigated a complaint of someone using a chain saw after 9:30 p.m. in West Paris. Bowie said he found the operator on Allen Road, who told him they had to remove a fallen tree […]