Police beat

Bangor police arrested Sharon Savoie, 25, of Saint John, New Brunswick, on Monday and charged her with theft. An employee at the TJ Maxx clothing store on Broadway nabbed Savoie as she tried to make off with a purse stuffed with $225 worth of merchandise.

Savoie initially gave police a false name and said she was from a different town. But when an officer asked her in the Penobscot County Jail about the misinformation, she correctly identified herself, the arrest report said.

Vandals did $1,400 in damage to the Downeast and Fifth Street schools in Bangor during the weekend, according to police reports. Someone entered a classroom at the Downeast School through a window and flooded the floor with textbooks and water, the police report said. Obscene language was written on the chalkboard. Damage was estimated at $1,200.

At the Fifth Street School, someone broke three windows on the second floor and tore limbs from the trees that were planted at the school about two years ago, according to police reports. Damage was estimated at $200.