FARMINGTON — A Salem Township man remained jailed Friday, accused of driving down an embankment toward children who had thrown his protest signs into the Carrabassett River in Kingfield, according to law enforcement officials. James O’Brien, 68, was arrested Thursday on misdemeanor charges of violation of condition of release, reckless conduct, criminal mischief and driving […]
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Police: Panel clears officer who shot Lovell man
PARIS — A statewide panel has cleared a sheriff’s deputy any wrongdoing in a shooting in Lovell last month, Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant said Monday. Gallant said Monday a panel of former and current police authorities from across the state found Cpl. George Cayer’s action’s justifiable and the department’s policies instructing officers on how to […]
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Massachusetts woman accused of pointing gun at Avon man
AVON — A Massachusetts woman is accused of pointing a shotgun at her boyfriend and beating his truck with the butt of her gun while he was seated inside it at his residence on Duck Scout Road, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. Franklin County deputies arrested Diane Bouley, 47, of Erving, Mass., on […]
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Paris driver charged with endangering bicyclist
PARIS — Police said a local man is charged with reckless conduct after he swerved his vehicle toward a teenage bicyclist on Paris Hill Road on Saturday. Paul Ventrice, 57, of High Street, was read charges of felony reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and driving to endanger, a misdemeanor, in Oxford County court Monday afternoon. […]
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Phillips man indicted in assault, hit-and-run
FARMINGTON — A Phillips man was indicted Wednesday on charges in a physical assault on a woman and using his vehicle to ram the rear of another vehicle she and others were riding in. John Pillsbury, 49, of Phillips was charged with domestic violence reckless conduct with a weapon, reckless conduct with a weapon and […]
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Phillips man charged with assault, reckless conduct
PHILLIPS — A local man is accused of assaulting a woman Monday and ramming the back of a vehicle she was riding in with his vehicle at about 50 miles per hour, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Monday. John Pillsbury, 49, of Phillips appeared in District Court on Monday on two felony charges — domestic […]
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Man pleads guilty to causing truck crash
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man pleaded guilty Friday to grabbing the steering wheel of a truck he was a passenger in and causing it to crash on Route 2 in Wilton in March. Michael Dalot, 59, pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to a misdemeanor charge of reckless conduct. He was arrested on a […]