FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice sentenced a Phillips woman Monday to six months of a three-year sentence for stealing $30,000 from Grant’s Kennebago Camps in Stetson Township. Following her release from the Department of Corrections, Deborah Lynn Vitrano, 36, will serve three years on probation and is required to pay restitution. Vitrano pleaded guilty […]
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Phillips woman pleads guilty to stealing from Franklin County camp owners
FARMINGTON — A Phillips woman pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $10,000 from Grant’s Kennebago Camps in Stetson Township and forging the owner’s name on checks. Deborah Lynn Vitrano, 35, entered pleas to two felony counts of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and forgery while standing next to her attorney, Curtis Rice, in […]
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Franklin County women indicted on theft, forgery charges
FARMINGTON — Two women from Jay and Phillips were formerly charged Thursday in separate cases involving theft of more than $10,000 each from a business and a road association. A Franklin County grand jury indicted Bobbie J. Dawes, 45, of Jay on a felony charge of theft by unauthorized taking and a misdemeanor charge of […]
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Phillips woman accused of stealing from Grant's Camps
STETSON TOWNSHIP — A Phillips woman is accused of stealing more than $10,000 from Grant’s Camps on Kennebago Lake in Penobscot County. The owners of the camp reported on Wednesday that Deborah Vitrano, 35, manager of the business, had been making out unauthorized checks and making unauthorized withdrawals from the business account since November 2016, […]
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Former Lewiston used car dealer pleads guilty to misdemeanor forgery
AUBURN — A former Lewiston used car dealer pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to five counts of misdemeanor forgery and was ordered to pay $5,000 in fines. Danny Pulkkinen, 61, of Turner, who previously owned U-Turn Auto Sales on Lisbon Street, pleaded guilty to five counts of Class D forgery. The misdemeanor crime is punishable by […]
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Kingfield man accused of stealing more than $76,000 from relative
FARMINGTON — A Kingfield man is accused of forging a 90-year-old relative’s signature on several documents and using them to take more than $76,000 from that person’s bank account, police said. Brent T. Adams, 42, was arrested Tuesday on charges of theft by deception and forgery, both Class B felonies, along with a probation violation, […]
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Woodstock woman accused of forging lodging invoices
FARMINGTON — A Woodstock woman is accused of forging lodging invoices and charging them to the consulting firm she worked for, which in turn requested reimbursement from the Maine Department of Transportation. Sheila E. Curtis, 50, of 11 Concord Pond Road, was indicted Jan. 21 on one felony count each of theft by deception and […]
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Phillips man accused of stealing checks, forging them
FARMINGTON — Police say a Phillips man stole checks from a 94-year-old woman’s checkbook, forged the woman’s name on them and cashed them. Franklin County Deputy Colt Bernhardt arrested Brent Adams, 41, on felony charges of two counts of theft and two counts of forgery, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Thursday. The older woman […]
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Former Lewiston car dealer from Turner denies charges
AUBURN — A former Lewiston used car dealer pleaded not guilty Thursday to a slew of charges related to his business. , 59, of Turner owned U-Turn Auto Sales on Lisbon Street in Lewiston. He was indicted last month by an Androscoggin County grand jury on 15 counts of aggravated forgery and one of aggravated […]
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Canaan man charged with cashing $12,000 in stolen checks
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — A Canaan man is facing charges after cashing stolen checks to the tune of about $12,000. Matthew Reilly is charged with forging business checks from Kennebec Metals recycling in Skowhegan and cashing them at stores in Athens, Anson, Clinton and Augusta, as well as the Skowhegan Walmart and Bangor Savings Bank. He […]