Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Franklin County, Maine, has about 31,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, five city agencies and one campus agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Franklin County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Franklin County public records, Maine arrest records, Maine inmate search and Maine criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Franklin County
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Franklin County. It reported 190 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Franklin County: the University of Maine at Farmington (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Franklin County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Farmington: 207 for 2025, 256 for 2024, 399 for 2023, 335 for 2022, 189 for 2021 and 249 for 2020.
- Franklin County Sheriff's Office: 190 for 2025, 271 for 2024, 268 for 2023, 286 for 2022, 242 for 2021 and 249 for 2020.
- Jay: 165 for 2025, 133 for 2024, 106 for 2023, 138 for 2022, 96 for 2021 and 84 for 2020.
- Wilton: 53 for 2025, 118 for 2024, 143 for 2023, 125 for 2022, 90 for 2021 and 66 for 2020.
- Rangeley: 14 for 2025, 7 for 2024, 5 for 2023, 9 for 2022, 15 for 2021 and 9 for 2020.
- Carrabassett Valley: 2 for 2025, 5 for 2024, 10 for 2023, 9 for 2022, 6 for 2021 and 17 for 2020.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 631 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 631 in 2025 against 790 in 2024, down 20 percent.
Through May 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 227 arrests, against 321 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Franklin County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Franklin County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 21 people, down from about 29 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 39 beds, and it ran at 54 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office at franklincounty.maine.gov/jail-intakes (page title: Jail Intakes | franklincountyme-gov), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Maine Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at apps1.web.maine.gov/online/correctionssearch.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Franklin County
An arrest in Franklin County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Franklin County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.maine.gov/ecourts/access.html); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at franklincountymaine.gov/legal-departments/district-attorneys-office, phone (207) 778 6614).
Maine is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: conviction records are public and can be requested on anyone by name, through the Maine State Police State Bureau of Identification. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Franklin County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Maine Freedom of Access Act the agency must answer within a reasonable time, after acknowledging the request within 5 working days, and it may charge staff time after the first two hours, plus copying.
- An arrest by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest by the University of Maine at Farmington: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (207) 778 6614, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Franklin County Superior Court, through the court records page at courts.maine.gov/ecourts/access.html.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Franklin County each year?
Farmington reported 207 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the six agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 631 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Franklin County?
Ask the Franklin County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at franklincounty.maine.gov/jail-intakes.
Where are people arrested in Franklin County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Franklin County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Maine State Police State Bureau of Identification: conviction records are public and can be requested on anyone by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Maine Freedom of Access Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Franklin County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Franklin County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Maine Freedom of Access Act the answer is due within a reasonable time, after acknowledging the request within 5 working days.
Is this the official Franklin County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.