Machias Fire Chief on Paid Admin Leave Following OUI Arrest
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)