MEXICO — Carleton Avenue resident Robert Hamm isn’t asking for much when he posts his 50 feet of land as off-limits to all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles. It’s a matter of respect for him and the law that allows him to deny use of his property to off-road traffic. Hamm, 70, a Colorado native and retired […]
Mexico police Chief Roy Hodsdon
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Mexico police to summon ATV riders caught on closed trails
MEXICO — Police Chief Roy Hodsdon has been trying to spread the word that anyone caught riding an all-terrain vehicle in town will be summoned, because all trails remain closed. And because the trails are closed, town public access roads are also closed. “It’s important to remember that all local trails are closed to ATVs […]
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Update: Police release photos of suspect in Mexico crutch theft
UPDATE: Police say stolen crutches returned to Rumford woman MEXICO — Laura Chesley of Rumford sat at a desk Thursday afternoon inside Praise Assembly of God Church on Congress Street in Rumford. She was shredding rotisserie-cooked chicken while two women prepared food for the church’s “Passover Last Meal” play that evening and Passover Supper for the […]
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Former Lewiston convicted felon charged with stealing laptop from Bethel student
MEXICO — A Mexico man who gained national notoriety in October 2007 by jumping off a third-story balcony in Lewiston only to be tackled by Sun Journal photographer Russ Dillingham is back behind bars in Paris. Norman Thompson, 42, of 9 Oxford St., was arrested Tuesday by Oxford County Lt. Chancey Libby on charges of […]
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Mexico police log
MEXICO — Among the incidents the Police Department recently responded to were: * A report at 2:45 p.m. on March 8 of unknown youths damaging a railing at the Mexico Recreation Center beside the Police Department. Police Chief Roy Hodson said the youths damaged and broke a railing hook by shaking the railing. Police responded […]
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Bethel woman charged with domestic assault in Mexico
MEXICO — A Bethel woman suffered minor abrasions late Tuesday night when she was pushed through a glass storm door after attempting to assault a couple at a Chase Avenue home, Mexico police Chief Roy Hodsdon said Wednesday morning. Jennifer Fligg, 36, was charged with domestic assault and arrested by officer Rob Drouin, Hodsdon said. […]
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Sex crimes increase significantly in Mexico and Rumford
MEXICO — Sex crimes have more than doubled from last year and are nearly as high in neighboring Rumford. Additionally, the call volume to date in both towns is up by more than 320 apiece. As of Wednesday morning, Mexico police Chief Roy Hodsdon said he had investigated 24 gross sexual assaults, compared to 11 […]
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Dixfield board hears proposal to share police chief with Mexico
DIXFIELD — Selectmen may decide next month whether to share a police chief with Mexico. Dixfield will lose its longtime police chief, Richard A. Pickett, to retirement in either late January or early February. That’s why selectmen sat in on Monday night’s joint Mexico and Rumford selectmen meeting in Mexico to hear proposals for Oxford […]
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Rumford, Mexico ask about details of police coverage proposals
MEXICO — Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant answered selectmen’s questions Monday night about the costs, wages and benefits of having his department provide full-time coverage for Mexico and Rumford. Gallant’s proposed $1.32 million contract for the first year would provide 12 deputies for both towns, he said. The second year would cost $1.18 million and […]