LEWISTON — Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a robbery and the attack of an employee at The Vault on Saturday. Interim Deputy Chief Adam Higgins said in a release that Arthur Bush, 46, of 45 Shawmut St. has been charged with aggravated assault and robbery. He was located Monday at Pine and Horton […]
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The Vault, high-end wine and beer shop on Lisbon Street, robbed
LEWISTON — Police are investigating a robbery at The Vault on Saturday afternoon. Lt. Adam Higgins said a call came in to police reporting the robbery at 2:53 p.m. The high-end wine shop at 84 Lisbon St., adjacent to Dufresne Plaza and across the street from the District Court building, was open at the time. […]
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Auburn man pleads guilty to robbing convenience stores on Christmas Day
LEWISTON — An Auburn man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lewiston District Court to robbing convenience stores in Greene and Lewiston on Christmas Day. Tyler Barnard, 25, was arrested Christmas morning, along with Stanley W. Laurinaitis, 27, of Sabattus. They were each charged with two counts of robbery and two counts of theft by unauthorized taking. […]
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Livermore Falls woman pleads guilty to Jay robbery
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice found a Livermore Falls woman guilty Monday of being the getaway driver and helping plan the robbery of a 75-year-old Jay man on June 28, 2015. Amanda Cote, 39, pleaded guilty to felony robbery, burglary and hindering apprehension or prosecution under the Alford doctrine, her attorney Peter Kaynor said. It […]
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Lewiston man sentenced to 13 years in Jay robbery case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice sentenced Daniel J. Leet of Lewiston Wednesday to serve 45 months of a 13-year prison sentence for robbing a 75-year-old Jay man in June 2015. Justice William Stokes also sentenced Leet to 45 months on a theft charge and 364 days on a misdemeanor criminal restraint charge. Both sentences […]
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Lewiston man pleads guilty to robbing Jay man, 75
FARMINGTON — A Lewiston man pleaded guilty Wednesday to binding a 75-year-old Jay man’s hands behind his back and making him lie face down on his bed while he and another defendant robbed him in June 2015. Daniel J. Leet, 34, who has been held in jail on $25,000 cash bail since July 2015, pleaded […]
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Wilton man indicted on robbery, escape charges
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man was indicted Thursday on a slew of charges stemming from his escape from a police van March 1, according to court records. Derek Cook, 31, was indicted on felony charges of robbery, escape, burglary, theft by unauthorized taking, eluding an officer and assault on an officer. He was also indicted […]
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Police seeking suspect in Lewiston CVS robbery
LEWISTON — Police were searching for a possibly armed suspect Wednesday night after a robbery was reported at CVS on Sabattus Street. Witnesses reported that shortly before 9 p.m., a lone man went to the store pharmacy, claimed to have a weapon and demanded drugs. Minutes later, police had shut down the store where they […]
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Conway, N.H., man arrested in connection with Fryeburg robbery
FRYEBURG — A Conway, N.H., man was arrested Sunday on charges of robbing a local convenience store, according to news release by the Fryeburg Police Department. John Chilafoe, 36, was arrested without incident at his Conway home by Fryeburg and Conway police officers. According to police, Chilafoe entered the On the Run convenience store at 496 […]
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Charge elevated in robbery case in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — A local man accused of robbing a resident at gunpoint Monday and leading police on an approximate 36-mile, low-speed pursuit through three counties now faces an elevated charge of robbery. Robert T. Judd, 37, of Livermore Falls is charged with a Class A robbery with a dangerous weapon, Police Chief Ernest Steward […]