WILTON — A High Street resident awoke Tuesday morning to find two tires on her vehicle slashed, Wilton police officer Courtney Krause said. The vehicle, parked in her driveway, had holes in the two driver’s side tires. It appears the damage was done by a knife, she said. The vandalism occurred between 8 p.m. Monday […]

WILTON — A local teenager was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital on Tuesday evening after he ran into the side of a car and his foot was run over, police said. Three teens were walking in the middle of the road on Village View at approximately 5:30 p.m. when a car driven by Jacob Shrewsbury, […]

WILTON — An Academy Hill School student wants a particular job for the summer: a full-time patrol position with the Wilton Police Department. The 11-year-old, Haleigh Chase, apparently downloaded a formal department application, filled it out completely and took it to the Police Department, Chief Heidi Wilcox said Thursday. In the application, Chase wrote that […]

WILTON — The Board of Selectmen unanimously confirmed the hiring of a full-time police officer for the Wilton Police Department Tuesday. Courtney Krause, a reserve officer with the department since 2012, will begin her new duties on June 11, police Chief Heidi Wilcox said. Krause has demonstrated good relations with the public, especially children involved […]

WILTON — A local driver who failed to yield for a loaded pulp truck at Routes 2 and 4 on Burgess Hill on Monday morning was lucky, Wilton police officer Andrew Hardy said. Travis Pinkham, 29, of Wilton was driving a Ford Focus north on Route 4 and Marc Gagne, 29, of Berlin, N.H., was […]

WILTON — A greater police presence on town roads has resulted in an 11 percent decrease in the number of crashes in 2012, based on a five-year average. Police Chief Heidi Wilcox recently updated the Board of Selectmen on the statistics the department received from the Maine Traffic Safety Division.  “This decrease is substantial and […]

WILTON — A local police sergeant was commended Tuesday by the chief of police and selectmen for saving the life of a 15-month-old child in September. Paramedics said the boy would not have survived if Sgt. Chad Abbott had not acted promptly and competently, Chief Heidi Wilcox told the board during her quarterly report. Abbott […]

WILTON — Police are investigating a burglary in which firearms and jewelry were taken from a home on U.S. Route 2 West. While the homeowner was away for a few days, someone broke into the house and stole two handguns and a rifle, police Chief Heidi Wilcox said. The firearms are valued at $2,000 and […]