MEXICO — The Mexico Police Department will host a fundraiser softball game between the Mexico Explorers and a group of former Boston Red Sox players at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the River Valley Recreation Park, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Hodsdon said that the game was originally scheduled for July 25, but had […]
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Cutting crime with curfews: Police say method makes a difference
MEXICO — Cars were being broken into late at night. Garages and their contents vandalized. Property was being damaged and destroyed. Constant vandalism went on late at night. Officials in the small Western Maine town could not stop crime from going on after hours. Then came the tipping point. In August 2014, a popular Thai […]
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Mexico police arrest one, seek 2nd resident in connection with Middle Ave. burglary
MEXICO — A local woman was arrested Tuesday evening and charged with breaking into a home and stealing a wallet, Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said Wednesday afternoon. An arrest warrant was issued for a second person in the case, he said. Nicole Belskis, 31, of Chase Avenue, is charged with one count of burglary, two […]
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Mexico residents charged with theft of Wal-Mart merchandise
MEXICO — Two Mexico residents were arrested July 24 on charges of stealing $2,200 worth of merchandise from Wal-Mart and fleeing in a cab, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said Thursday evening. Hodsdon said that at 10:45 a.m. July 24, he received a call from a Wal-Mart employee, reporting that a male and female had “just […]
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Mexico board approves curfew, sex offender ordinances
MEXICO — The Planning Board voted Thursday evening to approve a curfew ordinance and a sex offender ordinance drafted by police Chief Roy Hodsdon. Hodsdon told planners last month that the town has no ordinance restricting where sex offenders can reside. “Most towns will have an ordinance that states sex offenders can’t live within a […]
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Mexico police chief proposes sex offender ordinance
MEXICO — In an effort to make the town safer, the Planning Board worked with Mexico police Chief Roy Hodsdon on Thursday evening to draft a sex offender ordinance that would restrict where sex offenders could reside. Hodsdon told the Planning Board that the town has no such ordinance. “Most towns will have an ordinance […]
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Mexico Planning Board, police chief review curfew ordinances
MEXICO — The Planning Board’s attempts to institute an after-hours curfew ordinance continued Thursday evening at the Mexico Town Office as the board and the Mexico police chief reviewed ordinances from two other towns. The issue was brought before the board by Planning Board Chairman Dan Casey during a 2014 meeting. Police Chief Roy Hodsdon […]
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Mexico police chief warns of phone scam
MEXICO — Police Chief Roy Hodsdon warned residents Thursday about an ongoing telephone scam in which people impersonate the IRS and demand money. Hodsdon said a resident recently received a call from individuals claiming to be from the IRS. “They told the resident that they owed a lot of money in back taxes, and that […]
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Mexico police to host monthly neighborhood watch meeting on Jan. 21
MEXICO — The Mexico Police Department will hold its monthly neighborhood watch meeting 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said Monday. Hodsdon said that the idea for the program came from reserve police Officer Cam Barrieau, following an increase in the town’s thefts and burglaries. “He proposed the idea of a neighborhood […]
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Mexico Police Department receives grants for body, WatchGuard cameras
MEXICO — The Mexico Police Department received several grants in the past month, including one that provided the department with new body cameras, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Hodsdon said the department received a grant through the Maine Emergency Management Agency that gave him access to nine new body cameras. Each officer will wear one. […]