JAY — A Livermore Falls man is accused of driving drunk Wednesday morning after the vehicle he was operating went off Main Street, crashed into a building, bounced off and hit the retaining wall in front of St. Rose Parish Hall. Christopher Martin, 33, was issued a summons on misdemeanor charges of operating under the […]
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Hi-Point handguns missing from Jay residences
JAY — Police are investigating unrelated reports of Hi-Point handguns being stolen from two residences. Detective Michael Mejia said Monday there was no forced entry to the houses. A .40-caliber handgun was reported missing Jan. 14 on Warren Hill Road. A 9 mm handgun was reported missing from a Granite Heights residence on Friday. There […]
Jay woman pleads not guilty to impersonating police officer on Facebook
JAY – A local woman pleaded not guilty Monday to impersonating a Jay police officer and setting up a fake Facebook page using a photo of the Police Department’s cruiser from its Facebook page. Andrea Berard, 36, of Jay was arrested Friday night on misdemeanor charges of false public alarm or report, unsworn falsification, impersonating […]
Police investigate burglary at Jay Rent-A-Tool
JAY — Police are investigating a break-in at Jay Rent-A-Tool on Main Street that occurred between late Sunday afternoon and early Monday morning, Detective Michael Mejia said Tuesday. Officer Dylan Rider found a damaged door and a damaged safe, said Mejia, who assisted him. The safe was entered. Nothing appeared to be missing. The burglary […]
Jay police investigating home invasion
JAY — Police are investigating a report of a home invasion late Saturday on Morse Hill Road off Route 17 in North Jay. The 54-year-old homeowner reported to police that a male wearing a mask to conceal his face came into his mobile home brandishing a handgun and ordered him to put a blanket over his […]
Jay man accused of supplying heroin, fentanyl in overdose
JAY — Police charged a local man Wednesday with supplying a mix of heroin and fentanyl to man who overdosed on it in February, Detective Michael Mejia said Thursday. Cameron Rose, 20, of Jay was arrested on a warrant charging felony aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs, he said. A conviction carries a penalty of up […]
Texas teen to be tried as juvenile in Jay theft case
FARMINGTON — A Texas teenager accused of stealing about $13,000 from a lockbox at a Jay residence in April 2015 was released into his mother’s custody Thursday. The boy was 17 when the money was reported missing and turned 18 less than two months later. He was being held at a Maine detention center since […]
New Portland man accused of spitting on officer
JAY — A New Portland man remained at the Franklin County jail Friday evening on charges of spitting blood on an officer and resisting arrest. Todd P. Sullivan, 23, formerly of Jay, was arrested Thursday outside a residence he was barred from, Detective Michael Mejia said. Sullivan, who was bloodied, was walking on the street […]
Jay man pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting girl
FARMINGTON — Dwight Stanley of Jay pleaded not guilty Friday to sexually assaulting a girl under age 16 between Oct. 1, 2014, and June 30, 2015, and threatening to murder her and/or a family member. Stanley, 52, pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to two felony counts of gross sexual assault and one […]
Jay man charged with unlawful sexual contact
JAY — A local man has been charged with sexually molesting a girl under the age of 12, according to police. Detective Michael Mejia arrested Terry L. Greenleaf, 50, of Jay on Friday on a felony charge of unlawful sexual contact, he said. Mejia said the Police Department learned of allegations of child abuse last […]