SKOWHEGAN — A Farmington man has been indicted by a Somerset County grand jury on 16 counts of rape of a child, some alleging compulsion and threats. Joseph L. Magee, 40, of Lamkin Lane remains at Franklin County jail on $100,000 cash bail. A jail intake officer in Farmington said Magee is being held on […]
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Paris man charged with selling heroin outside store
PARIS — A Paris man is free on $750 cash bail after being charged with selling heroin outside the Save-A-Lot food store on Main Street. Brandon Jeselskis, 24, was charged with unlawful trafficking in heroin, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. An agent with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency wrote in […]
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Tense times in downtown Lewiston in wake of killing
Anti-immigrant sentiments run high after Knox Street brawl kills Lewiston man. Editor’s note: This story contains hate speech and crude language, and could be disturbing to readers. LEWISTON — Immediately after last week’s fatal brawl near Kennedy Park, the comments started rolling in. On Facebook. On Twitter. Posted to news stories online. “They are a […]
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Two people wounded, one by gunshot, in fight on Southport Island
A 24-year-old woman suffered a gunshot wound to an arm on Church Street on Southport Island on Thursday night. Police made one arrest. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a shooting at 3 Church St. at 10:48 p.m. The woman was taken by LifeFlight helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in […]
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Man arrested in Maine for robbing Gronkowski's home arraigned
WRENTHAM, Mass. (AP) — One of three men charged in connection with a robbery at the home of New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski while he was away at the Super Bowl has been held on $100,000 bail. The Sun Chronicle reports that 26-year-old Shane Denn, wearing a Patriots T-shirt, pleaded not guilty Wednesday. […]
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Fryeburg police ask for information about hit-and-run
The impact threw a 43-year-old pedestrian into a ditch. (Fryeburg Police Department) Fryeburg police are asking for help with information about a hit-and-run incident in which a pedestrian was injured Wednesday. A 43-year-old man was walking on River Street toward East Conway Road about 10:50 a.m. when he was struck by an oncoming vehicle. The […]
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Video: Maine man charged after leading police on chase in tractor
BREWER (WGME) — A man was charged after police say he led them on a chase in a tractor. Police say they spotted a farm tractor moving erratically on North Main Street in Brewer Tuesday morning. Several officers joined the chase, and the driver made it about three miles — nearly into the next town […]
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Farmington man’s guilty verdict overturned
Wesley M. Villacci (2018 submitted photo) FARMINGTON — Maine’s highest court has overturned the domestic violence assault conviction of a 23-year-old Farmington man after finding a Franklin County court erred when giving instructions to the jury. Wesley M. Villacci, 23, was convicted in a 2017 trial of felony domestic violence assault and violating conditions of […]
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Livermore Falls house stripped of copper, electrical wires
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating a burglary at a house on Leeds Road, where all of the copper pipes, joints and electrical wiring were stolen. The burglary, reported Monday, occurred within the past five weeks, based on when the owner was last there, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Tuesday. Two other vacant buildings have also had copper […]
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Massachusetts man sentenced to four years for burning bulldozer in Franklin County
FARMINGTON — A Massachusetts man was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for starting a fire that destroyed a bulldozer in November 2017 while it was parked in Sandy River Plantation. Michael Mark Stanley, 23, of Gardner, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to a felony count of arson prior to sentencing. A […]