RUMFORD — Two vehicles sustained extensive damage Wednesday morning in a collision at Franklin Street and Rumford Avenue, police Chief Stacy Carter said. There were no injuries, he said. Carter said David S. Clifford, 55, of Bethel was driving a 2002 Dodge south on Route 2 and Allen T. White, 57, of Rumford was driving […]
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Matriarch of Monroe family charged in marijuana operation goes on trial Monday
BANGOR — The matriarch of a Monroe family accused of running a large scale marijuana operation out of their home from November 2006 to November 2011 will go on trial Monday in U.S. District Court. Darlene Ford , 58, has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to manufacture 100 or more marijuana plants, maintaining a drug-involved […]
Lisbon man seeks new trial in attempted murder case involving Auburn cop
PORTLAND — A Lisbon man is hoping the state’s highest court will vacate his conviction for trying to kill Auburn police by ramming a dump truck into a cruiser during a high-speed chase in 2008. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court, acting as the law court, heard oral arguments on the case Tuesday. Bartolo Ford was […]
Pistol rounds set off after truck catches fire
BETHEL — A full magazine of live handgun ammunition was expended Monday evening when the vehicle it was in caught fire. At about 6 p.m., Oxford County Sheriff’s Deputy Sullivan Rizzo responded to the scene of a vehicle fire on Intervale Road. Rizzo, speaking Monday, said he arrived on the scene to find a 2003 Ford […]