Raub, a former Seattle transient who was arrested in 2012, had served about two years of a 20-year sentence for killing Blanche Kimball in Augusta 40 years ago.

Stanley Bell will be a part-time chief and focus on administrative work, a structural change from Johnson’s full-time role, which included patrols.

Thomas Daigle, of Madbury, New Hampshire, was charged with possession of hashish and marijuana and refusing to submit to arrest after he was stopped for speeding in New Sharon after attending Harry’s Hoe Down.

State police say charges include damage to some of the cars and to the Litchfield Fairgrounds.

Reginald L. McBride, 38, of New York City, was identified through the National Crime Information Center database as having ‘a lengthy criminal history.’

Joshua Johnson allegedly tried to enter the store Monday with a toy gun to get money for drugs.

Tymell R. Waters, of Manhattan, was sentenced Tuesday at the Capital Judicial Center.

Although police maintain the fight was about money, the presence of heroin that was seized highlights the increasing availability of the illegal drug, as cited in a federal report released Tuesday.

A caller told the victim to buy $1,000 worth of iTunes gift cards and call back with the numbers to avoid arrest for nonpayment of taxes, the sheriff said.