Rick LaChapelle

“We just have to do it logically and legally and in. When my ancestors got here, there wasn't a free... gravy train all the way down. Now we're supporting everybody. We have for 30 years, we still have some people that are still on the welfare system 30 years later. That has to change.”

Rick LaChapelle · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-24

LaChapelle argued that immigration should be done legally and criticized the welfare system, saying some people remain on it decades later.

“We need to change the rules of the system.”

Rick LaChapelle · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-24

LaChapelle called for changes to the rules of the system to address the violence crisis.

“That seems to be who's being arrested right now.”

Rick LaChapelle · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-24

When asked about a Somali connection to the violence, LaChapelle said that appears to be who is being arrested.

“I'm a French Canadian, so my ancestors came here.... We need legal immigration in America. We need to grow.”

Rick LaChapelle · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-24

LaChapelle noted his own French Canadian ancestry and called for legal immigration to America.

“It's been a one-party rule forever that has instilled the rules that there's no accountability,”

Rick LaChapelle · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-24

LaChapelle blamed one-party rule for a lack of accountability in Lewiston's system.

“Our biggest problem is the system itself. The police department is doing an excellent job catching these people. We have one young man that's been arrested 5 times, I believe, for the same thing. He gets arrested, gets brought down to the youth center… gets released.”

Rick LaChapelle · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-24

LaChapelle criticized the juvenile justice system, citing a young man arrested multiple times and repeatedly released.