PARIS — A father and son at the center of a home-based methamphetamine manufacturing operation, whose criminal activity roped in a network of friends and family before being dismantled last year, were handed prison sentences Friday.  David and Mico Thompson, originally from Albany Township, appeared in Oxford County Superior Court and were handed sentences a state […]

PARIS — A judge has ordered an Albany Township man to pay $1.2 million to a woman he assaulted during a home invasion four years ago.  The decision closes a civil suit brought against defendant Benjamin Howard, who was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated assault charges in December 2011.  In a […]

PARIS — Police said a West Paris man who pleaded guilty last November to choking his then-girlfriend was charged Monday with sexually assaulting a juvenile girl. Richard Ryan Hunt, 20, was arrested by the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office on Monday night at his residence and charged with gross sexual assault, a Class A crime carrying a […]

PARIS — Police said a Rumford man was arrested over the weekend for hitting a man in the head with a baseball bat during an argument over drug money in Rumford. James Calder, 30, made an initial appearance in 11th District Court on Monday afternoon on charges of felony aggravated assault and reckless conduct with a […]

PARIS — A Hartford man has been charged with felony assault after police said he choked and beat a woman after she asked him to change the toilet paper.  Gary N. Gross, 66, made an initial court appearance in Oxford County Superior Court Monday morning after being arrested over the weekend on charges of aggravated assault, […]

PARIS — A Mexico man who pleaded guilty two months ago to having sex with a minor was arrested over the weekend on a charge of stealing marijuana plants.  Izaak J. Blood, 20, appeared in Oxford County Superior Court on Monday afternoon to face charges of felony burglary, theft and violation of release. He was not […]

PARIS — The following arrests were booked at the Oxford County Jail:    * Samuel Walker Barber, 26, of West Paris, failure to appear, 4:42 p.m., Feb. 3, in Paris by Oxford County Sheriff’s Office.  * Dustin Matthew Brett, 21, of North Conway, N.H., failure to appear, 5:37 p.m., Feb. 4,  Fryeburg by Fryeburg Police Department.  […]

PARIS — A Greenwood man faces aggravated felony drug trafficking charges after reportedly acting as a middle man for trafficking prescription drugs.  Tony J. Merrill, 33, of Snowmaking Pond Lane, made an initial appearance in Oxford County Superior Court on a single count of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs. He did not enter a plea and […]