FARMINGTON — School resource officer Bridgette Gilbert presented the Regional School Unit 9 board Tuesday night a pamphlet listing state laws and the possible consequences for students who violate them and school rules. She developed the pamphlet for the district’s Safe Schools Committee that is being organized. It’s based on one created by University of […]
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Maine’s DHHS Commissioner urges AG action on welfare drug-test law
AUGUSTA — Maine’s commissioner for the state Department of Health and Human Services said Monday she is still waiting on the state’s top lawyer before moving forward on a law that’s nearly three years old. A federal law passed in 1996 prohibits distributing Temporary Assistance for Needy Families to individuals who have been previously convicted […]
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Avon man pleads guilty in one of Franklin County’s largest drug busts
FARMINGTON — An Avon man pleaded guilty Friday to trafficking in oxycodone, hydrocodone and marijuana. Daryl “Poochie” Searles, 57, was arrested April 18 at his home at 148 Avon Valley Road. He also admitted Friday in Franklin County Superior Court to criminal forfeiture involving $144,008 in cash and seven guns seized during the April bust by […]
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Westbrook police arrest two for drug trafficking, forgery
WESTBROOK (AP) — Police in Maine say they’ve arrested two New York men after seizing crack, heroin, a loaded weapon and money from a motel room. Westbrook Police Chief Janine Roberts said a bail violation investigation lead them to a Westbrook motel room on Sunday, Nov. 23rd. Roberts said that during the investigation the Maine […]
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Documentary on America’s opioid war filmed in Bangor, Portland
When Sebastian Walker traveled to Maine in August to document the drug abuse epidemic, he already knew some sobering statistics. The state has one of the worst rates of opiate addiction in the country. Health care providers in Maine write prescriptions for a commonly abused type of painkiller at the highest rate in the nation. But […]
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Boston man sentenced to federal prison for role in Twin Cities’ cocaine ring
LEWISTON — One of two men who have pleaded guilty to federal charges in a cocaine ring operating in the Twin Cities from early 2012 until June 2013 has been sentenced. Brian Wilkerson, 36, of Dorchester, Mass., was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to 15 years in federal prison and eight years of supervised […]
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Rumford man pleads not guilty to robbing, kidnapping man at knifepoint
PARIS — A Rumford man accused of kidnapping a man and trying to force him to take money out of an ATM pleaded not guilty to the charges Friday. Randall J. Chapman, 37, of 48 Essex Ave. entered the plea via video monitor from Oxford County Jail to Oxford County Superior Court Justice Robert Clifford. Chapman […]
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Ex-York Hospital nurse charged with stealing drugs
YORK (AP) — A former nurse at York Hospital has been charged with stealing narcotic drugs from the hospital for her personal use. Police say 45-year-old Nicolle Dauphinee of Kennebunkport was summoned to court next month to face a charge of stealing drugs. Authorities say Dauphinee stole hydromorphone, a narcotic painkiller, intended for patients, and […]
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Daryl ‘Poochie’ Searles indicted on drug trafficking charges
FARMINGTON — An Avon man was indicted Monday on drug trafficking charges from an April bust at which hundreds of prescription pills, marijuana and $144,008 were seized. A Franklin County grand jury indicted Daryl “Poochie” Searles, 56, of 148 Avon Valley Road on three counts of felony aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs and one felony […]
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Officials investigate suspected meth lab
MERRILL — Maine agents have responded to a suspected methamphetamine lab near Houlton. The Maine Department of Public Safety says that the Maine Drug Enforcement agents issued a search warrant at a home in Merrill on Wednesday night after a months-long investigation. Agents conducted an undercover purchase of meth from the home prior to delivering […]