| Court documents: Lisbon Street fire set as distraction
LEWISTON - Two men and a teenager set fire to Lisbon Street buildings as a distraction after they tried to steal copper from another downtown building, according to a police affidavit.
Brothers Timothy A. Giggey, 27, of Auburn and Douglass N. Hersom, 26, of Lewiston, and neighbor Troy Littlefield, 17, of Lewiston have been charged with arson, a Class A felony.
District Court Judge John Beliveau on Tuesday ordered Giggey and Hersom held on $100,000 cash bail pending a March 1 indictment hearing in Androscoggin County Superior Court in Auburn. They face charges of arson and burglary in the Dec. 19 fire that destroyed four Lisbon Street buildings.
According to an affidavit filed in Lewiston District Court, Littlefield bragged of his involvement in the blaze last Tuesday at the Cressey, Kora and Greely buildings on Lisbon Street.
Burglar hangs around to be picked up
A burglar who wedged himself upside down in the ceiling of a shop he was about to raid has been jailed. Stephen Brady, 30, hoped to snatch drink from a South Tyneside off licence in October. But he jammed himself in a hole he had made, triggered the alarm and was rescued by the fire brigade. Magistrates were told Brady broke into a room above The Spinning off-licence in South Shields early in the morning, and cut a hole in the floorboards. But after sliding halfway through the alarms sounded. Brady, of Canon Grove, Jarrow panicked and became stuck. .
Inadequate knowledge of home life cited in child's death
SALEM -- Oregon child welfare workers did not have a complete picture of what was going on inside the foster home where a Gresham toddler died last summer, according to an internal investigation by the Department of Human Services. A report released by the agency Wednesday documents several instances where state workers responsible for 2-year-old Keyana Bravo-Hamilton either didn't follow through on information provided to them or didn't follow established child protection protocol. Keyana's grandmother, Christina Pintor, said she holds both the foster mother and the state equally responsible for the girl's death. "A lot of stuff got lost or didn't get reported. Maybe this wouldn't have happened," Pintor said Wednesday. The state had placed Keyana and her 4-year-old sister with their paternal aunt and uncle.
Explosive night
The remains of a boat charred by fire sit at the Pier 12 dock at the Port of Kimberling Marina in Kimberling City on Thursday. Eight boats were destroyed in an explosion at 1:15 a.m. BDN photo by Lisa Queen By Lisa Queen BDN Staff Writer lqueen@bransondailynews.com KIMBERLING CITY Eight boats docked at Pier 12 at The Port of Kimberling Marina in Kimberling City were destroyed after an explosion and fire on the dock at 1:15 a.m. on Thursday. Firefighters were able to save 12 boats. The pier had minor damage. There were 40 firefighters from the Southern Stone County Fire Protection District on the scene. We have received no calls concerning anyone being hurt by the fire, Kimberling City Police Chief Paul Howerton said. No calls were made that indicated anyone was on the dock at the time (of the explosion).
Security muddles Tenacre expansion
PRINCETON TOWNSHIP -- A Great Road resident's near-fatal encounter four years ago with a knife-wielding stranger who fled from the nearby Tenacre Foundation loomed large last night as the foundation sought planning board approval to add more buildings to its 65-acre Christian Science retreat. William Sword Jr., the neighbor who almost died in the bizarre stabbing incident of Jan. 23, 2003, said in an interview before last night's planning board meeting that the board's foremost concern should be whether Tenacre has adequate security, safeguards and governmental oversight to ensure that its clients and visitors aren't a danger to neighbors. Sword was one of about 30 people, including representatives from Tenacre, who attended last night's Princeton Regional Planning Board meeting.
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