The commission has no authority to suspend or fire Wainwright, who was first elected sheriff in 2018. Maine statute dictates that only the governor has that power.
July Oxford Hills was rocked by tragedy July 7 when a Norway resident was murdered by their spouse, Oxford public safety responded to multiple fires and a suicide, a person incarcerated at Oxford County Jail died and three people were killed in a two-car accident in South Paris, all within a span of hours. Maine […]