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Credit cards, CDs taken from unlocked vehicle at UMF

by Staff Report February 28, 2017March 8, 2017

FARMINGTON — Police said eight credit cards and 12 CDs were taken from a vehicle parked in a South Street driveway between 11 p.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday. An employee at the University of Maine at Farmington told campus police early Tuesday morning that someone had taken the items, along with the owner’s manual […]

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Chief: UMF M-16s for emergency use only

by Ann Bryant, Staff Writer April 24, 2015

FARMINGTON — Seven M-16 rifles remain safely stored at the University of Maine at Farmington Campus Police Department as they have since arriving there two years ago. “They have never left the station,” UMF police Chief Brock Caton said. “They are here for emergency situations only. Fortunately, the department has not had to use them.” […]

Street, traffic signs disappear in Farmington

by Ann Bryant, Staff Writer November 9, 2014

FARMINGTON — Several street and traffic control signs have been stolen throughout the downtown area this fall, according to Farmington police Deputy Chief Shane Cote. It happens every year but there have been more this fall, he said. It costs the town a lot of money to replace them. “We’re not pointing fingers,” Cote said […]

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Farmington man indicted in $14,000 theft from Aramark dining service

by Ann Bryant, Staff Writer October 16, 2014

FARMINGTON — A Franklin County Grand Jury indicted a Farmington man, a former Aramark employee, Tuesday on a charge he took over $14,000 from Aramark’s petty cash fund. Aramark Higher Education is the contracted dining services for the University of Maine at Farmington. Matthew M. Black, 31, was indicted for felony theft by unauthorized taking […]