RANGELEY — A local man was indicted by a federal grand jury last week on a charge of distributing fentanyl. Steven Butler, 24, was charged following an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Maine State Police and the Rangeley Police Department. In a […]
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Lewiston man gets five years for credit union robbery
On Jan 25, Brent Roaix gave a handwritten note to a teller at Rainbow Federal Credit Union on Main Street in Lewiston demanding money and stating that he was armed. A Lewiston man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to five years in prison for robbing a Lewiston credit union earlier this year. Brent Roaix, […]
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Animal cruelty charge against Greene man to be dropped
Michael Herrmann LEWISTON — A felony charge against a Greene man accused of using martial arts to subdue and strangle a pair of cats in March will be dropped in 18 months if he complies with conditions of the dismissal. Michael Herrmann, 47, appeared in 8th District Court in Lewiston on Monday where he agreed […]
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Jay man accused of threatening to burn neighbor's house down
JAY — A local man is accused of telling a police officer Tuesday that if his neighbor reported his loud music to police, he would burn his house down, Police Chief Richard Caton IV said Wednesday. Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier responded to a report of loud music on Bridge Street just after 6 p.m. and was […]
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Rumford man sentenced for trafficking pills
PARIS — A Rumford man was sentenced Sept. 15 at Oxford County Superior Court for aggravated trafficking in a scheduled drug. Lonzel Warner, 48, was one of three people arrested May 4 on the charge. The others were David Huston, 45, of Rumford and Marie Weston, 25, of Rumford. The charges stemmed from an investigation into […]
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Waterford man sentenced for assaulting woman, police officer
PARIS — A Waterford man was sentenced Friday at Oxford County Superior Court to 18 months in prison for assaulting a woman and a police officer twice in two months. Justin Stanton, 33, was arrested in November 2016 on charges of felony aggravated assault, assault on an officer, domestic violence assault, refusing to submit to […]
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Electric wheelchair stolen from double amputee
LEWISTON — After a $12,000 wheelchair was stolen from a man recently, another Lewiston resident had her electric wheelchair stolen Sunday evening. Mary Ann Thompson, a double amputee, said her wheelchair was stolen from behind her apartment on Bartlett Street. Lewiston Police Sgt. Dave St. Pierre said Thompson filed a report Monday morning. Thompson said she […]
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'Nasty' opossum gets into Lisbon St. business, evades police
Police got a call at 7:10 a.m. Friday that an opossum got into the hallway at 223 Lisbon St., Lewiston Police Lt. David St. Pierre said. LEWISTON — A suspect in a break-in wasn’t just playing possum when it was spotted in a Lisbon Street business Friday morning. Police got a call at 7:10 a.m. that […]
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Winthrop man admits to gun charge
A Winthrop man Thursday pleaded guilty to a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Jonathan Bowers, 29, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to the charge and now awaits sentencing. According to court records, on April 9, 2016, Bowers had a 9 mm pistol at a car repair shop in Chelsea. […]
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Suspect's dad says there are 'so many unanswered questions' in slayings
Orion Krause right, stands with his attorney Edward Wayland at Krause’s arraignment in Ayer District Court in Ayer, Mass., Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Krause, of Rockport, Maine, was ordered held without bail at Bridgewater State Hospital pending a competency hearing at his arraignment on murder charges Monday in Ayer. ROCKPORT (AP) — The father of […]