Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. leads Josette Billian of Wilton through a series of drills during a basic handgun training course at Wilton Fish and Game Association on Oct. 20. (Dee Menear/Franklin Journal) WILTON — Fourteen people, each carrying a handgun, arrived at the Wilton Fish and Game Association on a recent Saturday morning. […]
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Fifty rounds later: mastering handgun safety
WILTON — On a recent Saturday morning fourteen people, each carrying a handgun, arrived at the Wilton Fish and Game Association. A few people in the group were apprehensive of the weapon they carried and some were well-rehearsed in how to handle a firearm. Most, like Carol Lehto of North Anson, fell in between the […]
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Brunswick man gets 2 1/2 years for lying while buying gun
A Brunswick man who gave a false name to a Lewiston pawn shop while trying to buy a handgun was sentenced Tuesday in federal court. Evan Lewis, 28, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland to 2 1/2 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for having provided false information when […]
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Auburn man denies Poland robbery charge
AUBURN — A local man pleaded not guilty Friday to robbing a 19-year-old man at his home in Poland last year. Jordin Small, 19, of 66 Constellation Drive entered his plea in Androscoggin County Superior Court to a charge of robbery, a Class A felony, punishable by up to 30 years in prison. A grand […]
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Pistol rounds set off after truck catches fire
BETHEL — A full magazine of live handgun ammunition was expended Monday evening when the vehicle it was in caught fire. At about 6 p.m., Oxford County Sheriff’s Deputy Sullivan Rizzo responded to the scene of a vehicle fire on Intervale Road. Rizzo, speaking Monday, said he arrived on the scene to find a 2003 Ford […]