MEXICO — A makeshift bomb that blew up the mailbox at the First Baptist Church on Friday night was mistaken for Fourth of July fireworks. Mexico police Lt. Dan Carrier said police were called to the church at 20 Roxbury Road at 11:05 a.m. Saturday. “But the explosion actually occurred at about 9:30 p.m. the […]
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Police investigate vandalism at Recreation Field in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE — Police are investigating vandalism at the town’s Recreation Field on Foundry Road, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Monday. Someone wrote on the park benches and some of the play equipment had obscene pictures drawn on them, he said. The slide on the children’s playground structure was cut and a rope structure was […]
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Rocks thrown through Wilton Post Office windows
WILTON — Police are investigating who threw rocks through the front windows of the Wilton Post Office. Police were called at 6:30 a.m. Saturday after employees discovered the vandalism, Jennifer Farrington, Wilton police administrative assistant, read from Sgt. Chad Abbott’s report. She said there also were concrete fragments broken from the sidewalk in front. The post […]
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Fairfield family shocked by vandalism at child’s grave
FAIRFIELD (AP) — Family members of a Maine first-grader who died of the flu in 2012 say they are shocked that vandals appear to be targeting the little girl’s grave site. Tabitha Souzer, the mother of 6-year-old Avery Lane, said when she arrived at the Fairfield grave on Sunday, a shepherd’s hook that held wind […]
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Three buildings in Jay vandalized with spray paint
JAY — Police are investigating spray paint found on two houses and a garage on Main, Maple and Pine streets in the Chisholm section of town. Officer Russell Adams responded to a report of paint discovered on a building on Maple Street on Sunday morning, Detective Richard Caton IV said Monday. Once there, he received […]
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Mailboxes vandalized in Jay
JAY — Police are investigating vandalism to five mailboxes on Franklin Road/Route 133 and Lomie Rivers Road either late Saturday or early Sunday. Damage is estimated at more than $200, Jay police Detective Richard Caton IV said Monday. Most of the mailboxes were ripped off their post, he said, and it looked like they were […]
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Soccer net cut at school field
EUSTIS — A soccer net was cut at the Stratton Elementary School soccer field. Franklin County Deputy Colt Sleaster responded to a call reporting vandalism on Monday morning, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. It was reported that a group of people had camped out on the soccer field. At about 2:30 a.m. Monday, some youths […]
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Residential vandalism, torching of truck investigated
MOUNT VERNON — State fire investigators and police are investigating an arson and several acts of vandalism that occurred between 3 and 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday on Point Drive in Mt. Vernon. The road, located off Route 17, also goes through Fayette and is adjacent to Echo Lake. Fire Marshal’s Office investigator Ken MacMaster and […]
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Deputies investigate possible stolen phone, criminal mischief
EUSTIS — Franklin County deputies are investigating reports of a stolen iPhone and a report of vandalism in Strong. Deputy Sandy Burke responded to a complaint late Saturday that a person bought an iPhone at a Stratton Plaza Lounge bar and thought it may have been stolen, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. In another incident, […]