FARMINGTON — A Texas teenager accused of stealing about $13,000 from a lockbox at a Jay residence in April 2015 was released into his mother’s custody Thursday. The boy was 17 when the money was reported missing and turned 18 less than two months later. He was being held at a Maine detention center since […]
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Kingfield man accused of stealing more than $76,000 from relative
FARMINGTON — A Kingfield man is accused of forging a 90-year-old relative’s signature on several documents and using them to take more than $76,000 from that person’s bank account, police said. Brent T. Adams, 42, was arrested Tuesday on charges of theft by deception and forgery, both Class B felonies, along with a probation violation, […]
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Texas teenager accused of stealing cash from Jay home
JAY — A Texas teenager is accused of burglarizing a home on Knoll Circle in Jay and stealing a large amount of cash while the homeowners were away on vacation in April 2015, Detective Michael Mejia said Wednesday. The teenager, of Sweeny, Texas, formerly of Jay, was 17 at the time the burglary occurred, Mejia […]
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Former employee accused of stealing $3,504 from C.N. Brown
JAY — A former employee of C.N. Brown has been charged with stealing $3,504 from the Main Street fuel company, according to police. Corey Dorr, 26, of Wilton was arrested Thursday on a felony charge of theft, Detective Michael Mejia said Friday. A conviction carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $5,000 […]
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Mechanic Falls, Greene residents arrested on theft, drug charges
MEXICO — A Mechanic Falls man and a Greene woman were arrested over the weekend on charges of stealing two cellphones from Wal-Mart, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said Monday morning. Hodsdon said Shaun Bennett, 34, of Mechanic Falls was arrested Friday on two counts of theft, unlawful trafficking in heroin and unlawful possession of heroin. […]
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Brownfield man seeks justice for shooting incident
PARIS — A Brownfield man seeking compensation for pain and suffering from a 2010 shooting at his residence on Moore Road was told by a judge in Oxford County Superior Court on Tuesday that his behavior could lead to a mistrial. A civil trial in the matter of James Walsh v. Keith Brain began this week. […]
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Norway store clerk charged with theft
NORWAY — Local police said the manager of the Cumberland Farms store on Main Street has been charged with stealing cash and money orders from the business. Laura Lavalley, 46, of 1098 State Route 121 in Otisfield, admitted to police that she had taken the money to pay for her son’s student loan and her rent, […]
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Lisbon woman pleads guilty, sentenced in Rangeley case
FARMINGTON — A Lisbon woman was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison, with all but two years suspended, for luring a disabled man away from his Rangeley residence in April while she stole guns and medical marijuana. Danielle Nelson, 26, pleaded guilty to felony burglary and theft charges in Franklin County Unified Court. Charges […]
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Turner woman to serve one year in Lewiston home invasion
AUBURN — A Turner woman was sentenced Friday to serve one year of an eight-year prison sentence for her role in a 2013 Lewiston home invasion in which she and another woman posed as city workers conducting a survey as a ploy to rob an apartment dweller. Her four co-defendants, including two women, had already […]
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Otisfield man arrested on burglary, theft charges
OTISFIELD — A monthlong investigation into burglaries occurring at homes and camps on Saturday Pond Road led the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office to arrest an Otisfield man Tuesday afternoon. Detective Josh Wyman arrested Martin D. Lerman, 44, of Otisfield on three charges of burglary and four charges of theft. As of Thursday, Lerman remained at the […]