BUCKFIELD — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of electrical wiring stripped from the walls of the $1 million fire and rescue station under construction. More than 100 feet of wiring was reported missing last Thursday after a worker entered the station, which is in front the Town Office on Turner Street. Police […]
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Sandy River Plantation woman charged in Temple theft
FARMINGTON — Police said a Sandy River Plantation woman is accused of stealing about $800 worth of items from a Temple residence. Jennifer Clifford, 28, was issued a summons Tuesday on two misdemeanor charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and violation of condition of release, Franklin County sheriff’s Lt. David St. Laurent said […]
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Police charge Mexico man with stealing coin collection
PARIS — Police say a Mexico man tried to sell an elderly woman’s coin collection and was charged with receiving stolen goods. Shane Hatfield, 25, of Roxbury Road made an initial court appearance Wednesday on a Class C felony charge of receiving stolen property. The count carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison […]
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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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Vienna man arrested after check stolen from Wilton post office box
WILTON — Police said a Vienna man took a check for $606 from a friend’s Wilton post office box and cashed it. Tristan Ridlon, 29, was arrested on a charge of felony theft Thursday by Wilton police Lt. Chad Abbott. The victim apparently gave Ridlon a key to the box, police Chief Heidi Wilcox said […]
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Copper pipe thieves hit third Livermore Falls house
LIVERMORE FALLS — For the third time in two weeks, police have received a report of copper piping being cut and ripped from an unoccupied house. The owner of a rental building at 44 Knapp St. told Livermore Falls police Wednesday that copper plumbing pipes were stolen from the basement, Livermore Falls police Chief Ernest […]
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Medications stolen from Skowhegan homeless shelter
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — Police are investigating the theft of about $1,000 in prescription medications from a Skowhegan homeless shelter. Police Chief Ted Blais said the theft from a locked cabinet at the Trinity Men’s Shelter was reported last weekend. Blais told the Morning Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1oGLf0Z ) that men staying at the shelter are not allowed […]
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Copper pipes stolen from two Livermore Falls buildings
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating break-ins at two buildings where copper piping was stolen. Sgt. Vern Stevens received the first report at 11:30 a.m. Saturday for an abandoned building on Sewall Street that was broken into and copper pipes taken, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Monday. The value of the pipes is estimated […]
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Police use hidden GPS unit to track stolen toy
ATHENS, Ga. — Police in Georgia say they used a GPS device hidden inside a teddy bear to track down the toy and apprehend a suspect in the theft. Athens-Clarke County police say Mid-Atlantic Clothing Recycling had been experiencing thefts of clothing from its collection bin at Georgia Square Mall. A company manager concealed the […]
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Guns stolen in Skowhegan burglary recovered
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — Skowhegan police say they expect to file charges against the suspects in the theft of four guns from an apartment earlier this month Chief Ted Blais said two handguns, a shotgun and a rifle were stolen during the April 17 burglary. The gun owner’s girlfriend reported the thefts. Blais told the Morning […]