FARMINGTON — Police said a Phillips man was charged Wednesday with breaking into a garage on East Madrid Road in Madrid Township in January. Franklin County Cpl. Nate Reid and Lt. David St. Laurent arrested Aaron J. Barker, 32, on a felony charge of burglary, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Thursday. The arrest comes after […]
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Jay boy charged with break-ins at mill building
JAY — Police said a 12-year-old Jay boy was charged Tuesday with breaking into a building at the Otis Falls Mill twice. The investigation began Sunday night after a report of a burglary at the mill. Police were called there again late Monday night and discovered the same building had been entered, Detective Richard Caton […]
TV, jewelry stolen in Livermore Falls burglary
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating a second home burglary within a couple of weeks on upper Park Street. It was reported at noon Monday. A window was broken to gain entry, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Tuesday. Among the items taken were a television, jewelry and some change, he said. A resident heard […]
Jay police investigating forced entry into Otis mill complex
JAY — Police are investigating a forced entry into the Otis Falls Mill on Mill Street that was reported late Sunday. A representative at the mill reported the burglary at 10:07 p.m., Detective Richard Caton IV said. Officer Michael Mejia responded to the mill complex owned by Otis Ventures LLC. The mill was formerly a […]
Police investigating Livermore Falls break-in
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating a break-in at an upper Park Street home that was reported Wednesday. A brick was thrown through a window in a back door to gain entry, damaging a wall, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Thursday. The break-in was believed to have happened within the past three weeks while […]
Fryeburg man charged after series of burglaries
FRYEBURG — Police said a local man is charged with burglarizing six homes in East Fryeburg last fall and setting fire to one of them. Dylan Thorner, 19, of 1302 Bridgton Road in Fryeburg, was arrested at his home Tuesday, Lt. Michael McAllister said Wednesday. The arrest followed what police termed an extensive investigation of […]
Prescription meds, money reported stolen in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating a Friday break-in at a Globe Street residence where prescription medications and an undisclosed amount of cash were reported stolen, police said. The homeowner reported the burglary late Friday night, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Monday. The owner had left the residence, off Souther Road, during the afternoon […]
Carthage home entered through window
CARTHAGE — The owner of a house on Virgin Drive flagged down a Franklin County sheriff’s deputy Sunday to report a window had been pried open to get inside, Sheriff Scott Nichols said Monday. Nothing was taken, but the bed appeared to have been slept in, Nichols said. dperry@sunjournal.com
Two Rumford residents arrested for stealing medications from blind man in wheelchair
RUMFORD — Two Waldo Street residents were arrested Friday night and charged with stealing prescription drugs from a blind, wheelchair-using man, police said. Detective Sgt. James Bernard of the Rumford Police Department said that Waldo Street residents Daniel Keirstad, 25, and Jennifer Malchisky, 31, were arrested and charged with Class A robbery, Class B burglary […]
Two charged in Rangeley burglary
RANGELEY — Two teenagers are accused of breaking into a house on Loon Lake Road and breaking a bed, police Chief Dennis Leahy said Thursday. Officer Ron Wood charged David Batchelder, 18, of Rangeley and a 17-year-old girl from Industry, with felony burglary and one misdemeanor count each of criminal trespass and criminal mischief, he […]