DIXFIELD — Police Chief Jeff Howe said officers are making progress in determining those responsible for an “alarming” number of burglaries of late. “We have been experiencing a rash of burglaries in our town, and it has become quite alarming,” he said Thursday afternoon. “We have been working these cases diligently and tirelessly.” He said […]
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DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Police Department responded to 58 calls for service from May 1 to 16. Among them were the folowing: Charges * At 4:22 p.m. May 8, Jason Hyde, 36, of Dixfield, was arrested on an active non-compliance contempt order for failure to pay $1,378.88 in unpaid child support. He was taken to […]
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Dixfield police report increase in scam calls
DIXFIELD — The Police Department responded to 31 calls for service from Feb. 23 to March 6, including some phone scams, Chief Jeff Howe said Friday morning. “We’ve been getting buried with fraudulent phone calls, ranging from IRS scams to fake winnings scams,” he said. He attributed the volume to tax return season. The IRS […]
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Dixfield board hears proposal to share police chief with Mexico
DIXFIELD — Selectmen may decide next month whether to share a police chief with Mexico. Dixfield will lose its longtime police chief, Richard A. Pickett, to retirement in either late January or early February. That’s why selectmen sat in on Monday night’s joint Mexico and Rumford selectmen meeting in Mexico to hear proposals for Oxford […]
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Four injured in 3 motorcycle accidents in 4 hours in Rumford, Dixfield and Mexico
RUMFORD — Two people were taken to Rumford Hospital by ambulances early Saturday evening after a motorcycle ran into the back of a car stopped on Route 2 to make a left turn onto Route 232, police said. Thomas Rackliff, 52, of Berlin, N.H., suffered a possible compound fracture of a leg, and head and […]
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Dixfield police log
DIXFIELD — The following arrests were logged by the Police Department: Charges * Natasha Kaufmann, 19, Dixfield, warrant charging failure to appear in South Paris District Court on charges of consuming liquor by a minor and theft, 7:45 p.m. May 18 on Main Street. She was taken to Oxford County Jail in Paris. * Sherry […]
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Weld driver charged after police chase
DIXFIELD — Police said a Weld man is scheduled to appear Friday in 11th District Court in Paris on several charges related to a police chase Wednesday night. Cody D. Austin, 21, of 511 West Side Road, is charged with felony attempting to elude an officer, operating under the influence, driving to endanger and speeding […]
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Mexico man arrested on several charges following officer’s call for help
MEXICO — A Mexico man was arrested Saturday after dispatchers in Paris received a call for help from a female officer and sent several officers to her assistance. Rodney Daoust, 56, was still being booked into Oxford County Jail in Paris on Saturday evening on charges of disorderly conduct, refusing to submit to arrest or […]
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Dixfield police Chief to run for Maine House of Representatives
DIXFIELD — Police Chief Richard “Dick” Pickett announced he is running for the Maine House of Representatives in District 93. Pickett, a Republican, will run as a clean election candidate against Democrat Mac Gill, a selectman from Dixfield. Rep. Sheryl Briggs, D-Mexico, will leave office this year after reaching her term limit. District 93 serves […]
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Rumford police end half-hour standoff, take suicidal woman into custody
RUMFORD — A local woman threatening to kill herself with a knife just after noon Thursday in a Maine Avenue apartment caused a short standoff with police before she was taken into custody, police said. The woman had a small, self-inflicted abrasion on her wrist, Rumford police Chief Stacy Carter said. She was taken by […]