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Police: Woodstock suspects confessed to burglaries

PARIS — Two Oxford County suspects charged in a burglary spree that terrorized several small communities for weeks confessed to stealing from 11 homes, according to a police affidavit.  Oxford County Sheriff’s Detective Joshua Wyman wrote that police became suspicious of the suspects, Ashley Howard, 20, of Bryant Pond, and Corey Douzart, 32, of Gilead, after […]

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Woodstock couple arrested in burglary spree

WOODSTOCK — A couple believed to be behind a spree of smash-and-grab burglaries that have plagued several rural communities and sent homeowners into panic were taken into custody Monday afternoon, according to police.  Suspects Corey Douzart, originally from Louisiana, and Ashley Howard, 20, of Woodstock, were arrested without incident at a mobile home on Cushman Road. […]

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Fire consumes McWain Road house in Waterford

WATERFORD — Firefighters from Waterford and surrounding towns were called to a house fire on McWain Hill Road just before 2 p.m. Friday. According to a witness at the scene, there were as many as five people in the single-family house at the time the fire started and all got out safely. The house at […]

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Authorities search for suspects in Woodstock burglaries

PARIS — A search for suspects wanted in a rash of burglaries in Woodstock and Greenwood is underway, police said Wednesday.  Oxford County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Hart Daley said the department did not release a description of the suspects because it might cause them to flee the area.  There were at least seven reported break-ins in […]

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Defibrillators provided to Oxford County deputies

PARIS — Police hope new defibrillators will help them save more lives in areas with limited medical access.  In a news release Monday, the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office announced it received 18 new Automatic Electronic Defibrillators — or AEDs — through a grant from MCD Public Health and the Maine Cardiovascular Health Council. According to Chief Deputy Hart […]

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Oxford County Sheriff’s Office calls

PARIS — Oxford County sheriff’s deputies responded to 198 calls June 16-20, including: * At 9:54 p.m. June 20, Deputy Nathan Bowie investigated a complaint of someone using a chain saw after 9:30 p.m. in West Paris. Bowie said he found the operator on Allen Road, who told him they had to remove a fallen tree […]

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Oxford County log

PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 249 calls from June 8 to 16, including the following. * At 8:57 a.m. June 16, Deputy Danielle Welch responded to a complaint about a farmer on Jim Warren Road in Buckfield whose pigs keep escaping from their pens. Welch said she issued the owner a […]