Machias Fire Chief on Paid Admin Leave Following OUI Arrest Halloween Night

Machias Fire Chief on Paid Admin Leave  Following OUI Arrest Halloween Night
Machias Fire Department Chief Joseph M. Thompson Sr., seen here at a selectboard meeting earlier this year, was arrested by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 31 on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs (OUI) after responding to the scene of a truck-pedestrian accident on Oct. 31. He is scheduled to appear in Machias District Court on Dec. 7. Paul Sylvain photo

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