AUBURN — Two men denied robbery charges Friday stemming from a Dec. 11 home invasion in Poland. Adam Douglas McIntosh, 32, of Freeport and Terry L. Small, 47, of 9 Callahan Circle, Mechanic Falls, pleaded not guilty in Androscoggin County Superior Court. Both were brought to the courtroom from Androscoggin County Jail. Small also pleaded […]
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Police: robbery suspect claimed to have grenade
LEWISTON — A man accused of robbing Rite Aid on Sabattus Street on Wednesday told a clerk that he had a hand grenade, according to a police report. Investigators said 39-year-old Wil Chabot was wearing a white sheet over his head, with holes cut out for his eyes, when he approached the pharmacy clerk and […]
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Transient held in Lewiston Rite Aid robbery
LEWISTON — Police on Wednesday arrested a transient and recovered narcotics stolen during an early-morning robbery at the Rite Aid pharmacy on Sabattus Street. Lt. Mark Cornelio said the first report of a holdup came in at 8:38 a.m. about a man dressed in blue and wearing a mask. “A lone male went in, demanded […]
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Oxford teen gets nine months in jail for store robbery
AUBURN — An Oxford man will serve less than a year in jail for his part in the 2013 robbery of The Big Apple store in Poland. Cote Hall, 19, was sentenced Wednesday to eight years, but seven years and three months of that sentence were suspended, leaving just nine months of jail time, according […]
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Pooch thief faces a year in jail
PARIS — A Norway man faces up to a year in prison for a burglary last year in Hebron that included the theft of the family’s golden retriever. Timothy Scott Robbins, 28, of 816 Crockett Ridge Road, pleaded guilty to felony burglary and theft charges in Oxford County Superior Court on Friday afternoon in a deal […]
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Auburn man held on high bail on robbery and attempted robbery charges
LEWISTON — A judge on Monday raised the cash bail of an Auburn man to $50,000 during his first appearance in court on charges of robbery and attempted robbery at a local store and credit union. Andrew Franco, 37, was arrested on Friday and appeared in 8th District Court on Monday afternoon. A judge increased […]
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Second knifepoint store robbery in less than 2 weeks in Auburn
AUBURN — Police are searching for a man who robbed an Auburn store Sunday night at knifepoint, the second such robbery in Lewiston-Auburn in less than two weeks. At about 8:40 p.m. Sunday, a man walked into Gowell’s Variety at 121 Hampshire St. in Auburn, waved a knife at the clerk and made off with […]
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VIDEO: Lisbon Street store robbed at knifepoint
LEWISTON — Police were searching Friday for a man who robbed a Lisbon Street convenience store Tuesday evening while wielding a knife with a foot-long blade. Officers are examining security camera footage of the robbery and following all leads, Lewiston police spokesman Lt. Michael McGonagle said. Liza McPherson, the clerk who was at the scene, […]
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Six arrested in connection with Poland home invasion
POLAND — Six people have been arrested following an investigation into a home invasion at 76 Page Road. According to a news release from Lt. Glenn Holt of the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department, the invasion that took place on Thursday at 9:19 p.m. appears to have been drug related and not a random act. Holt […]
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Wiring stolen from the Buckfield Fire-Rescue Station
BUCKFIELD — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of electrical wiring stripped from the walls of the $1 million fire and rescue station under construction. More than 100 feet of wiring was reported missing last Thursday after a worker entered the station, which is in front the Town Office on Turner Street. Police […]