FARMINGTON — A Franklin County grand jury indicted a Jay man Tuesday on felony charges of unlawful sexual contact and criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, and a misdemeanor charge of criminal restraint. Shawn Burnell, 21, was charged on July 26 after Farmington police investigated an incident that occurred on July 20 on a beach […]
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Posted inOxford Hills, The Franklin Journal
Lowe sentencing in manslaughter case Wednesday
PARIS — A 21-year old Oxford woman found to be responsible for the deaths of two West Paris teens in a high-speed car crash two years ago will be sentenced Wednesday. Prosecutors are asking a judge to order Oxford resident Kristina Lowe to five years behind bars following a jury’s conviction on two counts of […]
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Poland man says stabbing was self-defense
LEWISTON — A Poland man accused of stabbing his uncle remained in jail Monday in lieu of $40,000 after appearing in court and claiming he acted in self-defense. Phillip Audet, 29, was in 8th District Court Monday afternoon. He was arrested Sunday evening and charged with elevated aggravated assault and violating condition of release. He […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Bail hearing scheduled for Rumford official in child pornography case
PARIS — A Rumford man arrested in March on a child pornography charge is set to appear in court next month. Jeremy Vashaw, 41, of Somerset Street in Rumford, is scheduled to appear in Oxford County Superior Court on July 8 in a hearing to amend bail conditions. Vashaw is charged with one count of dissemination […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Police investigate bomb threat at Oxford Walmart
OXFORD — Police are investigating a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of the Oxford Walmart late Saturday night. According to Oxford police Lt. Michael Ward, approximately 50 shoppers and employees were evacuated from the building after the threat was called in near 11:30 p.m. The store, located on Route 26, is open from 6 […]
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Wisconsin man convicted of drunken-driving homicide that killed Rumford woman in 2011
DARLINGTON, Wis. — A Shullsburg, Wis., man was convicted of three felonies in Lafayette County Circuit Court on Tuesday in Darlington for a 2011 crash that killed a 21-year-old Rumford woman. In a report published Thursday in the Wisconsin State Journal, a jury found Kyle Monahan, 24, guilty of homicide by intoxicated use of a […]
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Jay man sentenced to serve five years in sex case
FARMINGTON — A Jay man was sentenced Friday to serve five years of a 10-year sentence at the Maine Department of Corrections on a felony charge of unlawful sexual contact against a child under age 12 in August 2010. The sentence for Ralph O. Metcalf, 34, includes 12 years probation due to the age of […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Fryeburg man accused of assault with tea kettle
FRYEBURG — A Fryeburg man was arrested early Monday morning after reportedly assaulting another man with a tea kettle. Chad A. Stevens, 38, of Smith Street, appeared in 11th District Court on Monday afternoon and pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge. He was released on personal recognizance bail. Fryeburg police Chief Phil Weymouth said […]
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Lewiston police acknowledge evidence error, pledge to correct
LEWISTON — On Friday, Lewiston police acknowledged that three witness statements it collected in the Cleveland Cruthirds attempted murder case had been lost, and then pledged to address procedural errors. Lewiston police Lt. Michael McGonagle said “it is inappropriate for the police and prosecution to comment on the specifics of any case while still in […]