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NEWFIELDS A former Newfields man who has a “thing for signs” has agreed to plead guilty to stealing more than two dozen signs from the White Mountain National Forest. Dwayne Grim, 52, will plead guilty June 3 in federal court to one count of destruction of government property as part of a negotiated plea deal reached with prosecutors. The USDA Forest Service law enforcement officers first reported signs going missing from the national forest in the fall of 2016. The perpetrator, according to court documents, would regularly use a saw to cut the wooden posts in order to remove the signs. It wasn t until Grim called Newfields police on Jan. 14, 2018, that officers were able to determine who was responsible. ....