A report of a man threatening others with a knife brought Bangor police to 176 Court St. Monday night, although initially all police could find was an empty knife sheath in a 15-year-old boy’s pocket.

No charges were filed against the youth, who told police he had been visiting a friend across the street and wielded the sheath to threaten several people outside 176 Court St. after they threatened him first.

The resident who called police about the incident wouldn’t come out to talk to police.

He told a police dispatcher on the telephone that he had not actually witnessed the threats, just heard a commotion outside.

One man was taken away in police custody, however, when he tried to break free from a police officer who was patting him down as part of the investigation.

Officer Brad Johnston reported that Justin Cavazos, 20, of Bangor became belligerent during the search, and in the initial struggle with the officer, Cavazos struck the officer in the ear. Cavazos continued to struggle with police and was taken to the ground and handcuffed, according to police reports.

A knife was found under a mattress inside one of the apartments, reported Officer Allen Hayden.

A man who identified himself as Joseph said he took the knife from the hallway where it had been thrown, because he didn’t want anyone to get hurt.

The knife was taken into evidence.

A security guard hired to work nights to mind the Shop ‘n Save store on Broadway in Bangor was summoned for theft after it was reported he took a case of coffee without paying for it Monday morning.

The store manager told police that he had been alerted to the theft by a construction worker employed on a project at the Broadway Shopping Center store.

The worker told the manager, and later told police, that he had seen a Hall’s Security officer take the case of coffee from the store earlier that morning and put it in the back of his pickup truck.

The manager notified police about 5:45 a.m. Monday, telling Officer Allen Woolley that the security guard had approached him and paid for a newspaper, but not the coffee, which the construction worker had told him about earlier.

The manager said he asked the security guard whether he had anything else to pay for, and the man said no. He made no mention of the coffee.

The security guard, identified as Alfred Chambers, 61, of Eddington, admitted to Woolley that he had taken the coffee, but told the police officer that he had planned to pay for the coffee when the clerks came in to work. The guard’s shift ended at 6 a.m.

Compiled by NEWS reporter Doug Kesseli