PARIS — An Oxford County jury has acquitted a Canton man of sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2015. Augustus Buck, 44, was found not guilty of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual touching, both felonies. A jury of seven men and three women heard testimony Wednesday and Thursday and announced its verdict Friday. Jeffrey […]
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Second Bean brother pleads guilty to federal firearms charge
PORTLAND — The second of two brothers facing federal firearms charges stemming from a November 2015 hunting incident in Paris pleaded guilty Wednesday before a U.S. District Court judge. Stephen Bean, 55, of West Paris and Paris, pleaded guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, before Judge D. Brock Hornby. Bean […]
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Lisbon Falls woman charged with trafficking cocaine
AUBURN — A 64-year-old Lisbon Falls woman has been indicted on charges of aggravated trafficking in cocaine and violating bail conditions. Lana Raubeson of 42 Edgecomb Road was indicted by an Androscoggin County grand jury on Tuesday. She was arrested by Maine State Police Trooper Adam Fillebrown at her home on Aug. 18 when Fillebrown […]
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Police: Woodstock suspects confessed to burglaries
PARIS — Two Oxford County suspects charged in a burglary spree that terrorized several small communities for weeks confessed to stealing from 11 homes, according to a police affidavit. Oxford County Sheriff’s Detective Joshua Wyman wrote that police became suspicious of the suspects, Ashley Howard, 20, of Bryant Pond, and Corey Douzart, 32, of Gilead, after […]
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Auburn man charged with felony burglary, theft
AUBURN — Auburn police have charged Ryan Laflamme, 35, of Auburn with two felony counts of burglary, two charges of theft, operating after suspension and failure to stop for police on Thursday. According to a written statement by Deputy Chief Jason Moen, at approximately 11 a.m., Auburn police responded to a report of a burglary […]
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Police: Panel clears officer who shot Lovell man
PARIS — A statewide panel has cleared a sheriff’s deputy any wrongdoing in a shooting in Lovell last month, Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant said Monday. Gallant said Monday a panel of former and current police authorities from across the state found Cpl. George Cayer’s action’s justifiable and the department’s policies instructing officers on how to […]
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Gray-New Gloucester High School evacuated for bomb search
NEW GLOUCESTER — A handwritten note found in the girls’ bathroom prompted an evacuation of Gray-New Gloucester High School on Monday. According to a news release from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were alerted to a bomb threat written on a note that the staff discovered around 1:50 p.m. The school was evacuated. Bomb […]
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Lewiston woman admits to welfare fraud
AUBURN — A Lewiston woman who claimed her daughter was living with her so she could collect welfare was sentenced Friday to spend three months in jail. Prosecutors said Jessica Jordan, 36, of 75 Summer St. lied on state documents to indicate her now-16-year-old daughter had lived with her from August 2013 to February 2014, […]
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Mexico man indicted on burglary charges involving marijuana, property theft
PARIS — A grand jury has indicted a Mexico man on felony burglary charges after police said he broke into the same house in Rumford on three occasions to steal marijuana. Michael E. Child, 51, of Swett Avenue was indicted on three felony counts of burglary and misdemeanor charges of theft and criminal mischief by an […]
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Farmington man indicted on aggravated assault charge
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County grand jury indicted a Farmington man Tuesday on a charge that he attempted to strangle someone during a domestic incident on Sept. 13. Kenneth W. Imlay, 36, was indicted on a felony charge of aggravated assault and misdemeanor charges of obstructing the reporting of a crime and criminal mischief. Imlay […]