FARMINGTON — Two women accused in August 2014 of hurting children were indicted Friday by a Franklin County grand jury. Jessica LaPlante, 40, of Eustis was indicted on a felony charge of assault. She is accused of burning her 4-year-old daughter on the legs with an electric wood-burning engraving tool because she was “being bad,” […]
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Wales hunter faces possible bail revocation
AUBURN — A Wales man awaiting trial on a manslaughter charge is being held without bail pending a hearing on accusations that he drank alcohol and shot guns in violation of bail conditions. Christopher Austin, 43, is facing charges of manslaughter and discharging a firearm near a dwelling, stemming from a hunting accident on Nov. […]
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Livermore Falls man gets 1 1/2 years in jail for threatening woman with knife
AUBURN — A Livermore Falls man was sentenced Friday to spend 18 months behind bars after he admitted to charges of attacking and threatening his neighbor with a knife. Robert Valles, 49, of 118 Main St. pleaded guilty to felony domestic violence criminal threatening plus three misdemeanor charges in an April 23, 2014, attack on […]
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Convicted sex offender charged with gross sexual assault
PARIS — A homeless man with ties to the area was arrested after police said he assaulted a local woman Sunday evening. Scott A. Britton, 43, with no listed residence, was arrested by Paris police Officer Raymond Paar around midnight Sunday on Main Street in connection with an incident at a Main Street apartment earlier in […]
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Paris man charged with assault
PARIS — A South Paris man has been charged with felony assault after allegedly attacking two women at their home in Otisfield. Robert L. Sanborn Jr., 35, of Elm Hill Road, was arrested by the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday and taken to the Oxford County Jail in Paris. He has been charged with felony […]
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Paris man charged with assaulting woman
PARIS — Police said a local man is charged with blocking a woman’s windpipe and striking her in the face at a residence on Alpine Street. Christopher John Bradbury, 44, was arrested at the home Wednesday morning after police received a complaint from a neighbor about a loud fight, according to Paris police Lt. Jeffrey Lange. […]
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Norway man arrested on charges of assaulting girlfriend
PARIS — Police said a Norway man wanted in Texas has been charged with choking and striking his girlfriend. Jason Scott Taylor, 40, who was residing at a Maple Street apartment complex, was arrested by Norway police Officer Stephen Cronce around midnight Tuesday on a felony charge of aggravated assault and misdemeanor domestic violence assault. According […]
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Jay man sentenced to three years in prison in sexual touching case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County judge sentenced a Jay man Friday to three years in prison with all but one year suspended and four years of probation for sexually touching a 14-year-old girl. Shawn Burnell, 21, pleaded guilty in October to a felony charge of unlawful sexual contact and a misdemeanor charge of criminal restraint. […]
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Transient sentenced for home invasion, robbery and assault
AUBURN — A transient who had been taken in by a Pierce Street couple, later robbing them and bludgeoning one of them during a home invasion, was sentenced Wednesday to serve more than three years in prison. Michael Hodgkins, 26, was in Androscoggin County Superior Court, where he pleaded guilty to robbery and aggravated assault. […]
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Kennebunk man indicted in Rangeley Plantation assault case
FARMINGTON — A Kennebunk man accused of striking and trying to strangle a woman while the two were on a wilderness camping trip in August in northern Franklin County was indicted Wednesday by a grand jury. Daniel A. Kelley, 42, was indicted on a felony charge of aggravated assault in the Aug. 9 incident at […]