AUBURN — A transient who had been taken in by a Pierce Street couple, later robbing them and bludgeoning one of them during a home invasion, was sentenced Wednesday to serve more than three years in prison. Michael Hodgkins, 26, was in Androscoggin County Superior Court, where he pleaded guilty to robbery and aggravated assault. […]
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Man sentenced to 4½ years in prison for Chesterville home invasion
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice sentenced a Hallowell man Friday to serve 4½ years in prison for a home invasion last year in Chesterville while a teenage girl was home alone. Stephen Dingus, 32, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of burglary in Franklin County Superior Court. In a plea agreement, state prosecutors dismissed […]
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Home invasion suspect’s surrender terms: Mountain Dew, chocolate milk
BUXTON — Police say a home invasion suspect was coaxed into surrendering after several days in the woods with a promise that he wouldn’t be harmed — and that he’d be provided chocolate milk and Mountain Dew. Police say 30-year-old Michael Crockett Jr. of Buxton was thirsty and hungry — and covered with mosquito bites […]
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Police arrest 3 accused in Casco home invasions
CASCO — Police arrested three people in two states Tuesday for their alleged involvement in two armed home invasions in Casco early Tuesday morning. Shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday, Massachusetts State Police, acting on information from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, stopped a vehicle on Interstate 90 in Sturbridge, Mass., according to a release from […]
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Sheriff’s deputies seek masked man in report of Corinna home invasion
CORINNA — Penobscot County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a report of a robbery Friday night at a home on Renewal Street. A masked man entered the woman’s residence about 8 p.m., brandished a weapon and demanded money and drugs, Deputy Stephen Marko said Saturday. The man made off with a small amount of cash. The […]
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Police following all leads in home invasion case
JAY — Police are following all leads in a home invasion on Macomber Hill Road on Nov. 16, Jay police Chief Larry White Sr. said Friday. A woman reported three masked men broke into her mobile home at 12:22 a.m. and when they discovered she made a phone call to report it, they fled and […]
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Man’s bail set at $20,000 cash in Chesterville home invasion
FARMINGTON — A judge Friday set bail at $20,000 cash for an Augusta man charged in a Nov. 11 home invasion in Chesterville. Stephen Dingus, 31, was arrested Nov. 14 in Augusta on a warrant after a search by several police departments, including the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department. He is charged with one count of […]
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Attorney for woman in Jay home invasion counters police statement
JAY — An attorney for a woman who reported a home invasion early Saturday on Macomber Hill Road said Thursday that she never said she would stop cooperating with investigators involved in the case. Jay police Chief Larry White Sr. said Wednesday there were inconsistencies in the woman’s statements and she had stopped cooperating with […]
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Woman who reported Jay home invasion hires attorney
JAY — Police say a woman who reported a home invasion and truck fire early Saturday at her home on Macomber Hill Road has stopped cooperating with investigators and hired an attorney, police Chief Larry White Sr. said Wednesday. The woman, who has not been named, reported at 12:22 a.m. that three masked men forced […]
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Police searching for truck, intruders in Jay home invasion
JAY — Police continued Monday to look for an older model, red Dodge pickup truck involved in a home invasion and truck fire early Saturday on Macomber Hill Road. A woman who was home alone told police three men wearing ski masks and gloves forced their way through the front door of the mobile home […]