FARMINGTON — A Franklin County grand jury has indicted a Waterville man accused of stealing $1,500 in merchandise from a local Walmart on Aug. 3. Lee Wurzel, 29, was charged Wednesday with felony theft. Farmington police had released a photo of Wurzel to the media that showed him with two shopping carts filled with merchandise […]
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Greene man charged with threatening Sabattus man
AUBURN — State prosecutors filed a civil complaint against a Greene man under the Maine Civil Rights Act after he reportedly threatened to hit a Sabattus man with a baseball bat and called him racial slurs. Keith Clayton Hanning, 77, was charged with criminal threatening, a Class D misdemeanor, punishable by up to 364 days […]
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Farmington woman accused of leaving baby unattended in car
FARMINGTON — A local woman is accused of leaving her 20-month-old child in a locked car in a parking lot for about 20 minutes while she shopped at Walmart on Wilton Road. Officer Justin Blais issued Denise Boulette, 34, of Farmington a court summons on a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child […]
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Jay woman accused of shoplifting
FARMINGTON — A Jay woman is accused of going into Walmart on Wilton Road on Friday and wheeling a carriage full of items out the door without paying for them, police said. A Walmart employee detained the woman until police could arrive, Deputy Police Chief Shane Cote said Monday. Sgt. Edward Hastings IV arrested Kathy Offord, […]
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Man charged for attempting to return item he never paid for
FARMINGTON — A Carthage man was arrested Tuesday on a charge of theft by deception after police say he tried to return an item he didn’t pay for at Walmart. Casey J. Smith, 28, picked up a calculator valued at $90 Tuesday at the Farmington store and then took it to customer service and tried […]