EUSTIS — A Skowhegan woman and two Somerset County juveniles face charges connected to the theft of camping equipment Tuesday night from a campsite off Flagstaff Road. Franklin County Deputy Brian McCormick, who was assisted by Sgt. Matthew Brann, responded to a report of theft, and was provided a description of a car and a […]
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Game wardens charge Fayette, Jay, Livermore males in deer slayings
FARMINGTON — Four teens have been charged with shooting four deer and leaving them to die in Franklin and Androscoggin counties in April, Maine Warden Service Cpl. John MacDonald said in a news release Wednesday. Wardens charged Zachary Black, 19, of Jay, Kyle Elliott, 19, of Fayette, and two 17-year-old males from Livermore with one […]
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RSU 9 directors require student to serve 30-days in-school suspension
FARMINGTON — A Mt. Blue Middle School student suspended three days before school closed for the year, will be required to serve the remaining seven days and an additional 23 days when classes resume. Regional School Unit 9 directors held an expulsion hearing Tuesday for one of two eighth-graders accused of distributing marijuana on school […]
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Jay man sentenced to three years in prison in sexual touching case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County judge sentenced a Jay man Friday to three years in prison with all but one year suspended and four years of probation for sexually touching a 14-year-old girl. Shawn Burnell, 21, pleaded guilty in October to a felony charge of unlawful sexual contact and a misdemeanor charge of criminal restraint. […]
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Experts say children sexually abusing children is not that rare
HARRINGTON — The 11-year-old boy in this Washington County town accused of gross sexual assault is perhaps the youngest person in Maine history to be charged with this serious crime, according to Maine law enforcement officials. The accused boy and his alleged victim, an 8-year-old boy, were both students at Harrington Elementary School, where outraged […]