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Transient breaks in, raids fridge

RUMFORD — A local homeless man who broke into a house last weekend and ate the owners’ food pleaded guilty this week and was sentenced to two days in jail, officials said. Bernard Sanabria, 23, was arrested Sunday morning on burglary and theft charges, appeared in 11th District Court in Paris on Monday and pleaded […]

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Baseball bat assault in Rumford injures man

RUMFORD — Police are investigating a reported baseball bat assault on Waldo Street on Thursday night, Chief Stacy Carter said Friday morning. Sgt. Tracey Higley responded to the report of an injured man at about 9 p.m. A Med-Care ambulance took the victim to Rumford Hospital. Carter said the man had a head wound that “was […]

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Rumford man charged with felony crimes in theft case

RUMFORD — A local man was arrested on multiple felony charges early in the morning on Christmas Eve and booked at the Oxford County Jail in Paris, police said. Rumford police Cpl. Lawrence Winson charged Michael A. Roy, 33, of 9 Isthmus Road with theft of a firearm, forgery, theft and possession of a firearm […]

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Two Rumford police officers honored for saving lives

RUMFORD — Two Rumford police officers recently were recognized at the 15th annual Maine Association of Police Awards Banquet. For their work in preventing attempted suicides last year, Cpl. Donald Miller won the Heroism Award and Cpl. Lawrence Winson won a Meritorious Award, Paul D. Gaspar, executive director of the association, said Thursday evening in […]