UPDATE: Police identify Lewiston man as victim in fatal hit and run LEWISTON — Police are searching for the driver of a vehicle in a fatal hit-and-run accident on Pleasant Street early Sunday morning. The man, who has not been identified, was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, where he died from his injuries, […]
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Jay man pleads guilty in road-rage incident
FARMINGTON — A Jay man pleaded guilty Friday to pointing a loaded handgun at two women in a vehicle in December 2016 while his young child was in the back seat of the truck. Jacob Couture, 27, was sentenced to 364 days in jail with all of it suspended and one year of probation, Andrews […]
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Greene man accused of sex crimes against child
GREENE — A local man faces multiple counts charging that he sexually abused his girlfriend’s 6-year-old daughter. Roger E. Hamel, 45, is charged with 15 counts, including charges of unlawful sexual contact, sexual misconduct with a child, unlawful sexual touching and sexual aggression against a child. Police charge that the sexual offenses occurred between early […]
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Farmington man sentenced for burning truck
FARMINGTON — A local man was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison, all suspended, and three years of probation for burning a truck on Keep Road in Jay in February 2016 that belonged to his former girlfriend’s new boyfriend. Michael Davis, 22, of Farmington pleaded guilty to arson in Franklin County Superior Court. The […]
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Former Maine priest pleads not guilty to sex assault charges
A former Jesuit priest and longtime Cheverus High School teacher pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he sexually abused a 9-year-old boy at a Freeport church nearly 20 years ago. James Francis Talbot, 80, has been held at Cumberland County Jail in Portland since Wednesday, when he was extradited from Missouri. He appeared Friday […]
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Suspect in Timothy Davison's killing appears in Pennsylvania for charges
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man sentenced to life in prison for a West Virginia slaying is in Pennsylvania to face charges in an interstate killing that police say was a case of mistaken identity. The Public Opinion reports John Wayne Strawser is accused of chasing down and killing 28-year-old Timothy Davison along Interstate 81 in January […]
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Fryeburg man charged in hit-and-run
FRYEBURG — A local man was arrested Thursday, a day after his truck went off Lovewell Pond Road and struck an SUV, pushing it into a garage and moving it off its foundation, Police Chief Joshua Potvin said in a news release. Nelson Brown, 65, of Fryeburg was charged with aggravated criminal mischief and leaving […]
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Phillips man pleads guilty to assaulting partner
FARMINGTON — A Phillips man pleaded guilty Thursday to hitting his domestic partner’s head against a wall and choking her Feb. 4 at a residence they shared in Wilton. Joel Thompson, 43, entered guilty pleas to a Class B charge of aggravated assault and a Class D charge of domestic violence assault in Franklin County […]
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Lisbon police say Big Apple robbery suspect had a knife
LISBON — Police on Thursday continued to look for a knife-wielding man who stole an undisclosed amount of money from the the Big Apple on Lisbon Street on Wednesday night. The lone male entered the store at about 10:50 p.m., showed a knife and demanded money from the two employees there, according to police. The […]
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Big Apple robbed in Lisbon Falls
UPDATE: Lisbon police say Big Apple robbery suspect had a knife LISBON FALLS — A man armed with a knife robbed the Big Apple store on Lisbon Street late Wednesday before fleeing with cash from the register. Police were searching for a suspect wearing black who reportedly fled on foot after robbing the store at about […]