FARMINGTON — A convicted sex offender from Madrid Township is accused of sexually abusing a girl under age 14. John A. Wilber, 61, was arrested on a Class B felony charge of unlawful sexual contact, Franklin County Lt. David St. Laurent said Friday. A conviction on the charge is punishable by up to 20 years […]
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Topless Cleaning lady charged with shoplifting underwear
BANGOR — In a misstep that would seem to run counter to her business model, a woman who offers a semi-nude cleaning service was arrested and accused of stealing underwear. Police in Bangor say the woman is the owner-operator of a business called Topless Cleaning. She was charged with shoplifting undergarments from a local business. […]
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Former USPS clerk Amanda Wentzell pleads guilty to stealing gift card
TEMPLE — A former clerk at the Temple post office pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing and spending a prepaid $100 gift card that had been mailed to a Temple resident. Amanda K. Wentzell, 26, of Augusta pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor. According to a written statement from Assistant U.S. Attorney F. Todd […]
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Farmington man charged with assault, burning ex-girlfriend’s clothes
PARIS — Bail was set Monday for a Farmington man accused of assaulting his former girlfriend and burning some of her clothes in the driveway of a home on Webber Brook Road in Oxford over the weekend, according to officials. Leslie Raymond Everett Jr., 39, was arrested Saturday on a felony charge of eluding an […]
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Missing Lewiston man is wanted on sex assault charges
LEWISTON — A local man reported missing in Knox County earlier this week is wanted on charges that he sexually assaulted a child over a period of months, police said Friday. Kevin C. Mitchell, 44, is named in warrants charging him with four counts of gross sexual assault and three counts of unlawful sexual contact. […]
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Defendant forced to take meds ruled competent for trial in Gardiner slaying
AUGUSTA (AP) — The first person in Maine to be forced to take psychiatric medication in an effort to restore his mental capacity has been ruled competent to stand trial. The Kennebec Journal (http://bit.ly/2pLp0jf ) reported that a judge ruled this week after 27-year-old Leroy Smith III was required to take medication under a 2015 […]
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Three Rumford residents arrested in May 2 drug bust
RUMFORD — Three local people were charged Tuesday with aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, according to a news release from the Rumford Police Department. Charged were: • Lonzel Warner, 48, of Waldo Street, two counts of aggravated trafficking in a scheduled drug; • David Huston, 45, of Waldo Street, one count of aggravated trafficking in […]
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Monmouth man pleads guilty to pharmacy robberies
AUBURN — A judge said Thursday she sympathized with a Monmouth man who pleaded guilty to robbing a CVS pharmacy in Lewiston and a Hannaford pharmacy in China. Troy J. Severance, 37, said he was addicted to painkillers for a decade after being prescribed them by a doctor for a medical problem. Justice Joyce Wheeler […]
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Greene man appears in court on animal cruelty charge
LEWISTON — A Greene man accused of using his martial arts skills to subdue and strangle a pair of cats appeared in court Wednesday. Michael Herrmann, 47, has been charged with aggravated cruelty to animals, a Class C felony, punishable by up to five years in prison. The charge stems from a March 23 incident […]
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Lewiston man to appear in court on arson charges
AUBURN — A Lewiston man accused of setting fires in a Lisbon Street apartment is expected to appear in court today on related charges. Christopher Violette, 32, of 333 Lisbon St. was indicted this week by an Androscoggin County grand jury on two arson charges, each punishable by up to 30 years in prison. He […]