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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Dixfield police report increase in scam calls
DIXFIELD — The Police Department responded to 31 calls for service from Feb. 23 to March 6, including some phone scams, Chief Jeff Howe said Friday morning. “We’ve been getting buried with fraudulent phone calls, ranging from IRS scams to fake winnings scams,” he said. He attributed the volume to tax return season. The IRS […]
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Ex-worker at Somerset DA’s office under investigation
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — A former legal secretary and front desk clerk at the Somerset County district attorney’s office is under investigation by state police for allegedly stealing cash from fines, fees and restitution paid by defendants. District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said the investigation is ongoing and that no charges have been brought. The employee has […]
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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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Ex-office manager for UMF’s dining service pleads guilty to theft
FARMINGTON — A former office manager for Aramark Higher Education, the University of Maine at Farmington’s contracted dining service, faces paying back a maximum $14,363 in restitution for stealing money from the service’s petty cash. Matthew Martyn Black, 31, of Farmington pleaded guilty Thursday in Franklin County Superior Court to a felony charge of theft by […]
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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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Lewiston woman admits to welfare fraud
AUBURN — A Lewiston woman who claimed her daughter was living with her so she could collect welfare was sentenced Friday to spend three months in jail. Prosecutors said Jessica Jordan, 36, of 75 Summer St. lied on state documents to indicate her now-16-year-old daughter had lived with her from August 2013 to February 2014, […]
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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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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, […]