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Oxford County Jail inmate death investigated

PARIS — Corrections officials are investigating the death of an Oxford County Jail inmate who died four days after suffering self-inflicted injuries at the lockup. According to his obituary, 47-year-old Scott A. Britton of South Paris died July 10 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. The cause of death was not immediately available Friday. Oxford County […]

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Lewiston man gets three years in Auburn Big Apple robbery with fake gun

AUBURN — A Lewiston man who robbed a Main Street Big Apple store in December was sentenced Thursday to serve three years in prison. Scott Britton, 21, of 81 Horton St. pleaded guilty to felony robbery in Androscoggin County Superior Court. Active-Retired Justice Robert Clifford approved the sentence worked out between prosecutors and defense of […]

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Lewiston men charged in Big Apple robbery

Hayden Hodgkins (Submitted photo) Scott Britton (Submitted photo) AUBURN — Two Lewiston men accused of holding up a Big Apple store in December were charged this week with robbery. An Androscoggin County grand jury indicted Scott A. Britton, 21, of 81 Horton St. and Hayden Hodgkins, 21, of 641 Sabattus St. on Tuesday on a […]

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S. Britton: An apology for car burglaries

I want to apologize for the part I took in car burglaries in Auburn last fall. I let drinking turn me into what I didn’t want to be. I am not blaming the alcohol because I should have known that what I was doing was wrong. I know forgiveness is going to be impossible for […]