Mexico Man Charged With Aggravated Assault In Rumford Slashing

A man from Oxford County, who was recently placed on probation following a felony drug conviction from 2025, was back behind bars this weekend after police say he allegedly tried to stab someone in the face.

According to the Rumford Police Department, 38-year-old Paul Moor of Mexico, Maine, was a suspect in a stabbing incident outside 323 Waldo Street in Rumford on Sunday.

Authorities say they were called to the address just after 4 PM on November 8th for a report of a stabbing. Rumford PD, along with the Oxford County Sheriff's Office, arrived at the scene and determined that two men had been arguing outside the residence. Things started as a shouting match, then took a violent turn when a knife was introduced to the mix and was used to slash one of the men in the face.

"The victim, a 38-year-old Rumford resident, sustained a non-life-threatening facial laceration. He was evaluated at the scene by MedCare Ambulance personnel but declined transportation to the hospital for further treatment...The suspect was identified by the victim and witnesses."

Authorities initially believed, based on preliminary information, that the suspect, Paul Moore, was hiding nearby, so they set up a perimeter and searched for him.

Officers searched the immediate area for several hours and into the next day, but did not find Moore until Monday morning at about 10:15 AM.

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They arrested him, and he was taken to the Oxford County Jail and charged with Aggravated Assault. The charges were heightened to a class B Felony because he had allegedly used a dangerous weapon to cause bodily harm to someone.

He would have been allowed out on $1000 cash bail, but since he violated the conditions of his original probation from his original conviction last year, he is being held without bail until he appears in court.

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