LIVERMORE FALLS — A house on Moose Hill Road was broken into between Monday morning and Tuesday night. Among the items stolen were a small safe and satellite router, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said. Thursday. A couple who lives in the house had left for a couple of days, he said. Officer Dan Chabot […]
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Money stolen from a Livermore Falls church
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating the theft of an undisclosed amount of money and personal items from the First Baptist Church on Church Street. Entry was gained through the back door of the church, and an office was rummaged through, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Thursday. The burglary occurred between 7:40 p.m. Wednesday […]
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Police investigate another copper theft in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police began a seventh investigation into a theft of copper from a house within 20 days on Thursday. An owner of a house on the lower end of Park Street was mowing the lawn and noticed the back door had been damaged, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Thursday. The forced entry […]
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Copper thieves hit fifth house in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — A total of five Livermore Falls homes and one in Jay have had copper piping cut and ripped out from plumbing systems and furnaces since the first report came in July 5. Livermore Falls police received a report Monday morning of copper piping stolen from an apartment building on Pleasant Street, police […]
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Fryeburg police say store burglary suspect linked to car burglaries
FRYEBURG — Acting police Chief Joshua Potvin said Cameron C. Henry, 20, of Fryeburg was charged July 9 with 16 counts of burglary of a motor vehicle. The incidents occurred over the July 4 weekend. Henry was arrested July 7 on one count of felony burglary and misdemeanor charges of theft, criminal mischief and refusing […]
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Jay man charged in Carrabassett Valley break-in
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A Jay man was arrested late Thursday night when police responded to a burglary alarm and found the front door kicked in at a Route 27 residence, police Chief Mark Lopez said. Officer Brad Scolin found the damaged door and and called in Maine State Police Trooper Jed Malcore to assist him. […]
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Copper piping stolen from house
JAY — Police are investigating a burglary at a home on Belleview Drive where copper piping was cut and ripped from the plumbing system and the furnace in the basement. The homeowner reported the break-in Friday morning. It occurred between late Thursday and early Friday. More than $3,000 of damage was done to the house, […]
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New Vineyard mill burglarized
NEW VINEYARD — A Franklin County deputy is investigating a burglary at Maine Wood Turning mill on Route 27, believed to have occurred over the holiday weekend, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Thursday. The mill was broken into and a number of tools were taken, he said. Deputy Colt Sleaster is investigating. dperry@sunjournal.com
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Kitchen set, lawn mower stolen from Wilton home
WILTON — Police are investigating a forced entry into a vacant home where a kitchen table and chairs were stolen, police Chief Heidi Wilcox said Thursday. Also stolen were some costume jewelry, clothing, and a push lawn mower from the garage, Wilcox said. A woman who mows the lawn at the house on Chandler Street […]
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High court denies Lewiston man’s appeal for new trial
The state’s highest court has denied a new trial to a Lewiston man convicted of stabbing his former girlfriend nearly two dozen times. In May, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments in Portland in the case of Cleveland Cruthirds, 27, who was found guilty last year of elevated aggravated assault, burglary and violation […]