JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — In the woods south of Atlanta, John and Yvette DeMaria are with about a dozen camouflage-wearing, heavily armed Americans huffing and puffing as they scramble to navigate the sprawling piece of property where they train, one weekend a month, to ward off enemies — foreign or domestic. The DeMarias are with […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
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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LePage approves funds for domestic violence electronic monitoring program
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage approved funding Thursday for a pilot program that will use electronic monitors to track those convicted of domestic violence crimes. “The programs are part of a pilot project that will research the use of electronic devices on offenders as a way to increase compliance, reduce recidivism and maintain public safety,” […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Police peacefully end standoff in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A domestic-related standoff was diffused peacefully Monday afternoon when police responded to a third-party report of a 23-year-old man threatening suicide with a rifle on Clover Mill Road, police Chief Jack Peck said. Farmington police, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department and members of the Maine State Police Tactical Team responded to the situation […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley, The Franklin Journal
Callie, the survivor, joins the flock
Callie is making herself right at home in the goose flock. She is the only survivor of an apparent irresponsible small farm owner who lived in a rural Franklin County town. All of Callie’s sisters and brothers, a small flock of chickens and several other small animals were abandoned, as I’ve been told, to fend […]