PARIS — An Oxford County Sheriff’s deputy was fired Wednesday following an internal probe into a 2016 incident in which the deputy is alleged to have shot off the tip of his finger with his service weapon after spending most of St. Patrick’s Day drinking while off-duty. Deputy Stephen Witham, the only deputy trained to handle the […]
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Oxford County detective placed on leave
PARIS — Longtime Oxford County Sheriff’s Department employee Joshua Wyman has been placed on paid administrative leave. Sheriff Wayne Gallant said Friday that he was not sure when the leave started, but said it has been at least “several weeks.” A spokesman for the Teamsters union, which represents the deputies, confirmed that timeframe but declined […]
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Rumford to vote on police coverage June 1
RUMFORD — Acting on the town attorney’s advice, the Board of Selectmen voted Monday evening to have the issue of police coverage decided at the annual town meeting June 1, not at the polls June 9. “We figured out, after looking at every option, that the best option would be through secret ballot and absentee […]
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Bethel man killed in wood chipper accident
BETHEL — A local business owner and musician was killed Sunday in what police described as a freak accident as he attempted to clean a wood chipper. Sam Chapman, 60, who owned Sam Chapman’s Tree Services on Mason Street, was cleaning the interior of a wood chipper on Elm Street when a metal protective shield […]