By Eileen M. Adams
The Sun Journal
DIXFIELD, Maine — A 21-year-old firefighter was charged Wednesday with stealing a woman’s wallet from a car during a Fire Department training exercise.
James Packard, a new member of the Dixfield Fire Co., was charged by Dixfield police Sgt. Jeff Howe with burglary of a motor vehicle, theft by deception and falsifying physical evidence. The charges are in connection with the theft of a woman’s wallet from her impounded vehicle at MT Pockets Towing on Route 2 during firefighter training Nov. 2.
A credit card was used to charge $510 in either merchandise or cash, Howe said. The purse and all its contents were recovered.
Packard is scheduled to answer the criminal summonses Jan. 4 at Rumford District Court.
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