OXFORD — On Sunday, March 5, officers from the Oxford Police Department were called to the intersection of King Street and Cash Lane for a report of a suspicious vehicle in the roadway with a male operator, later identified as Chester Beauchesne, 44, of Bridgton, passed out in the driver’s seat., according to Oxford Chief […]
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Man charged with theft of tools
OXFORD — On Monday, Feb. 27, Officers from the Oxford Police Department were advised of a theft of tools involving a Joshua Lovell of Oxford, according to Oxford Police Detective Brandon J. Correia. Officers received credible information with regard to Lovell’s current whereabouts. Lovell had been avoiding law enforcement contact and had an active arrest […]
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OXFORD — On Friday, March 3, according to Oxford Police Detective Brandon Correia, the Oxford Police Department received information with regard to possible drug activity/trafficking involving Philip Fiore, 33, and Kayla Fogg, 36, at a residence in Oxford. This information included a child coming in direct contact with a controlled substance within the residence. […]
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Discipline and drive at Oxford PD
OXFORD — What do you do when you are a “go-getter” and not content to go with the flow? If you are Dominick Carll, 25, you graduate early from high school, go into the military (because you are still too young to go into law enforcement which is what you really want to do) go […]
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New Oxford police chief reports increasing demand for law enforcement
OXFORD — After close to two months on the job, Chief Rickie Jack of the Oxford police department says that the town’s force is close to being fully staffed and in good shape to meet growing demand from the community for law enforcement. Jack took over leadership of the department following former Chief Michael Ward’s […]
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Oxford mobile home fire under investigation
An occupant of the home barricaded themselves in a bedroom when firefighters arrived.
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Injured drivers, passengers identified in Oxford head-on collision
OXFORD — Police identified the three people injured Wednesday night in a head-on collision on Skeetfield Road. Oxford police officer Zac Bisson said that shortly before 5 p.m., Isabella Iadarola, 15, of Oxford was traveling north on Skeetfield Road in a 2004 Dodge Caravan, while Jason Tobin, 29, of Otisfield was traveling south in a […]
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Sobriety checkpoint planned in Oxford
OXFORD — A sobriety checkpoint will take place in town Friday, March 21, police Chief Jonathan Tibbetts said Tuesday. The four-hour operation will take place at an unannounced time and an unannounced location and with the assistance of officers from Norway and Paris police departments and Maine State Police. The operation is sponsored through a […]
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Oxford man arrested on heroin trafficking charges
OXFORD — A local man faces multiple charges after police searched his vehicle Friday night and found heroin, marijuana and a loaded firearm, police Chief Jon Tibbetts said. Brock P. Leach, 37, of Oxford, was arrested after police found heroin packaged for sale, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a loaded 9 mm handgun in his car, which […]
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Police investigate bomb threat at Oxford Walmart
OXFORD — Police are investigating a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of Walmart late Saturday night. According to Oxford police Lt. Michael Ward, approximately 50 shoppers and employees left the store on Route 26 after the threat was called in around 11:30 p.m. The store is open from 6 a.m. to midnight. Police searched […]