Article: Pleas heard in Oxford County Superior Court

PARIS - A man accused of trying to run down two police officers with his truck last June pleaded no contest to reckless conduct and obstructing the report of a crime Monday in Oxford County Superior Court.

Lawrence J. LaPoint, 51, of 156 Poplar Hill Road in Mexico may withdraw those pleas and plead guilty to misdemeanor reckless conduct charges if in the next two years he has no contact with his brother and does not return to Mexico except to remove property with advance notice to police, Justice Roland Cole ruled.

Sgt. Roy Hodsdon of the Mexico Police Department said in his report that LaPoint attempted to strike officers Matt Noyes of the Rumford Police Department and Dean Benson of the ...

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