SKOWHEGAN — Police are searching for a man who allegedly broke into a Mount Pleasant Avenue home early Wednesday morning. According to Skowhegan Police Chief Ted Blais, a homeowner came downstairs to go to work shortly before 5 a.m. to find a man standing in his living room. The intruder threatened to stab the resident […]
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Transient sentenced for home invasion, robbery and assault
AUBURN — A transient who had been taken in by a Pierce Street couple, later robbing them and bludgeoning one of them during a home invasion, was sentenced Wednesday to serve more than three years in prison. Michael Hodgkins, 26, was in Androscoggin County Superior Court, where he pleaded guilty to robbery and aggravated assault. […]
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Jay man pleads guilty to robbery, sentenced to four years
FARMINGTON — A Jay man pleaded guilty Friday in Franklin County Superior Court to robbing the Franklin Savings Bank in Jay on July 25. Active-Retired Judge Robert Clifford sentenced Alan Lewis, 40, to four years in prison with all but six months suspended, followed by three years probation. Lewis has been held in jail on […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Rumford man pleads not guilty to robbing, kidnapping man at knifepoint
PARIS — A Rumford man accused of kidnapping a man and trying to force him to take money out of an ATM pleaded not guilty to the charges Friday. Randall J. Chapman, 37, of 48 Essex Ave. entered the plea via video monitor from Oxford County Jail to Oxford County Superior Court Justice Robert Clifford. Chapman […]
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Gardiner man gets 3 years for robbing pharmacy twice
BANGOR (AP) — A Gardiner man who robbed the same Augusta pharmacy twice in three days last year has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison. In addition to three years and a month behind bars, Ryan McLaughlin was also sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to three years of […]
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Police surround Camden drugstore; hostage released
CAMDEN — Police were outside the Camden Rite Aid on Monday night into Tuesday morning as a robbery was in progress, according to authorities. A woman who said she works at the Rite Aid said a man walked in just before the 8 p.m. closing time and ordered everyone to get out. He was holding […]
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Police investigating armed robbery in Bethel
BETHEL — Police are investigating an armed robbery at a convenience store Saturday night. According to a release sent from Oxford County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Hart Daley, the robbery took place shortly before midnight Saturday at the Circle K on Mayville Road. Daley said the Oxford County Sheriff’s Department was assisted by officers from […]
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Gardinder pharmacy robbery suspect found hiding in woods
GARDINER (AP) — A man suspected of robbing a Gardiner pharmacy of prescription medications has been captured after an hours-long manhunt in the woods. Jesse Mansir, of Gardiner, was captured at about 7 p.m. Thursday with the help of dog teams about nine hours after someone robbed the Rite-Aid pharmacy in town. Police Chief James […]
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Purse stolen from locked vehicle in Strong
STRONG — While an owner of a vehicle parked on the side of Route 4 was tubing down the Sandy River on Sunday, someone smashed a window and stole a pocketbook, Franklin County Lt. David Rackliffe said. A rock was used to break a passenger window to get into the vehicle and steal the purse, […]
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Jay man’s bail lowered in bank robbery case
FARMINGTON — A District Court judge lowered bail Monday from $75,000 to $10,000 cash for a man accused of robbing the Franklin Savings Bank on Friday. Jay police arrested Alan J. Lewis, 39, of Jay on a felony charge of robbery and a misdemeanor charge of operating without a license within 90 minutes of the […]