JAY — Two brothers, including one who is wanted in Massachusetts, are accused of assaulting two teenagers early Thursday on Hidden Circle, Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier said Friday. The 17-year-olds, a boy and a girl, told police that Benjamin York, 23, of Jay provided them with alcohol at his residence on Hidden Circle before York and […]
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Winthrop man had more than 9 grams of heroin, prosecutor says
AUGUSTA — A 23-year-old Winthrop man appeared in court Monday on a charge of dealing heroin, a day after state police arrested him at The Big Apple store parking lot on Stone Street. Benjamin York was arrested Sunday and held overnight at the Kennebec County jail on $150,000 bail. Wearing a padded anti-suicide smock, he […]
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Discarded stove ashes start fire in Jay
JAY — A container of ashes from a wood stove beside a door started a house fire at 23 Maxwell Road on Wednesday afternoon. Benjamin York and his son live at the home owned by Byron Johnson, Assistant Chief Mike Booker of the Fire Department said. A door and part of a wall in the […]
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Jay man pleads guilty to assaulting Wilton man in June
FARMINGTON — A Jay man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony charge of assault with a dangerous weapon for beating a Wilton man June 30. A charge of aggravated assault was dismissed in the plea agreement. Judge Susan Oram delayed sentencing for Benjamin York, 19, for two years. During that time, he will need to […]
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Three men indicted in Wilton beating
FARMINGTON — Three men accused of beating a Wilton man on June 30 were indicted by a Franklin County grand jury Wednesday. Juan Colon, 19, of Livermore Falls, and Kahner Dee, 19, and Benjamin York, 19, both of Jay, were each indicted on a charge of felony aggravated assault. Colon is accused of hitting Jason […]
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Second man wanted in beating turns himself in
WILTON — A Livermore Falls man accused of beating a Wilton man in the head with a homemade club June 30 turned himself in early Wednesday. Wilton police issued an arrest warrant for Juan Colon, 23, on a charge of felony aggravated assault on July 3. Police Chief Heidi Wilcox said Colon turned himself in […]
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Two arraigned in Wilton assault
WILTON — Two men remained in a Farmington jail Wednesday night, hours after they were arraigned on charges stemming from a fight that put one of them in a hospital over the weekend. Jason White, 43, of Wilton and Benjamin E. York, 18, of Jay appeared in a Farmington court a day after they were […]