FARMINGTON – A Wilton man pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court on Monday to stabbing two men on April 28 in Farmington. Ryan A. Brann, 39, entered the pleas to Class A charge and Class B charge of aggravated assault. He also pleaded no contest to a Class B count of aggravated assault against […]
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Wilton man charged in drug case
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man was indicted Wednesday in a case in which a Farmington woman overdosed twice in two days in July on what she told police she believed was heroin. Jeremiah Dean Paulton, 35, was officially charged on a Class C count of conspiracy to commit trafficking. A conviction on the charge is […]
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Police still 'chasing leads' in Auburn robbery
AUBURN — Police said they are “still chasing leads” in a case in which a Park Avenue woman was tied up at her home when she apparently interrupted a robbery last month. Deputy Chief Jason Moen wrote in an email this week that police had no new information to release on the Oct. 12 incident in […]
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Farmington man indicted on marijuana, hashish charges
Christopher Walker (Franklin County Detention Center) FARMINGTON — A local man accused of selling marijuana and hashish this past spring and summer was indicted Wednesday on drug charges. Christopher Lee Walker, 39, of Farmington was officially charged on two counts of unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs and one count of unlawful possession of a scheduled […]
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Police capture man sought after Buckfield standoff
SUMNER — After a morning-long search that started with a standoff Thursday night, police Friday arrested a Buckfield man on multiple domestic violence charges. Jason Merriam, 36, led police on a chase through the woods of Buckfield and Sumner on Friday morning as they were staged near a home at 23 Tucker Road, where […]
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Winthrop teenager to be treated as adult in double murder case
Andrew Balcer, left, sits with his attorney Walter McKee during a hearing Oct. 26 at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta. On Thursday, a judge ruled he should be tried as an adult on charges that he murdered both his parents last year in their Winthrop home. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — The Winthrop teenager […]
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Auburn man charged after SUV crash
Auburn firefighters survey the damage to an SUV that crashed into the building at the corner of Charles Street and Western Promenade in Auburn late Friday afternoon. The occupants fled the scene and according to police reports, the driver was apprehended shortly afterward and they were looking for the other two occupants. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) […]
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Wilton woman in Lewiston court for stolen flip flops and other charges
LEWISTON — A Wilton woman who police said entered the home of a young girl, took her flip-flops and made her watch as she used the bathroom appeared in court this week on related charges. Chrystal Rose, 36, was charged in a complaint with felony burglary and half a dozen misdemeanors stemming from events on […]
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Farmington man pleads not guilty to selling cocaine
FARMINGTON — A local man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to selling cocaine in the Franklin County area. Robert A. Hunter Jr., 48, of Farmington entered the plea to a Class A charge of aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs in Franklin County Unified Court. He also denied two criminal forfeiture violations. A conviction on the drug […]
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Androscoggin sheriff warns of scammer posing as a police lieutenant
Sheriff Eric Samson of the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said a man has been calling local residents and identifying himself as Lt. Vance Berry in an attempt to scam people out of money. In a news release, Samson said the man has been calling people and telling them they missed jury duty and a warrant […]