FARMINGTON — A Phillips woman who stole money from Grant’s Kennebago Camps in Stetson Township was ordered Wednesday to repay a total of $30,000 to the owner and an insurance company. Deborah Lynn Vitrano, 35, the former manager and bookkeeper for the business, pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $10,000 and forging owner John Blunt’s […]
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Franklin County to continue cost-sharing with Androscoggin, Oxford counties
FARMINGTON – Franklin County commissioners agreed Tuesday, after reviewing costs and hearing from the district attorney, that the county should remain in a cost-sharing agreement with Androscoggin and Oxford counties for a restitution specialist . Franklin and Oxford each pay 25 percent of the full-time position and Androscoggin County pays 50 percent. The specialist works out […]
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Ex-office manager to repay $14,363 stolen from UMF contractor
FARMINGTON — An ex-office manager for Aramark Higher Education, the University of Maine at Farmington’s dining service provider, agreed Thursday to pay $14,363 in restitution for money he stole from the company over nine months. Matthew Martyn Black, 31, of Farmington, pleaded guilty Jan. 29 to a felony charge of theft. He initially contested repaying […]
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‘We’re not getting anywhere’: A judge’s day enforcing victim restitution orders
BANGOR — Steven Bell stood before a judge at Penobscot Judicial Center, answering questions about the $1,083 he owes in restitution for a theft that happened nine years ago. It was 2:30 p.m. Aug. 20, and until 4 p.m., District Court Judge Gregory Campbell would be hearing from criminal offenders who had been brought back […]
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Chief judge: Restitution system ‘is imperfect and we know it’
It was a typical Monday morning for Charles LaVerdiere, chief judge for Maine District Courts: He presided at Waterville District Court, facing 125 people who needed to be arraigned between 8:30 and 11:30 a.m. One by one, LaVerdiere informed each defendant of the charges for crimes ranging from simple theft to shoplifting, to OUIs, to […]
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Helping crime victims: Maine’s system for restitution is a failure
The members of American Legion Post56 in York feel that they were abused twice: once by the con man who ripped them off for $50,000 and once by the legal system they say let the con man off easy. He ended up sentenced to five years with all but six months suspended and is being […]
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Veterans’ group victimized by $50K fraud, and then by justice system
For 10 years, members of the York American Legion Post 56 met in the rented basement of a southern Maine retail plaza. They entered at the end of the mall past a video rental store and a five-and-dime joint, recalled the post’s adjutant, Pete Doe. At meetings, they’d chat about dreams for a true home: […]