Brewer police arrested a Center Street man Tuesday night after it was reported he threatened his two roommates, saying that he would kill them in their sleep.

Danny Gordon, 46, was charged with terrorizing and as part of his bail conditions was ordered not to return to 194 Center St., where he had been living with a man and a woman.

Sent to the residence shortly after 9 p.m. Officer John Knappe and Cpl. Levi Sewall found that an inside staircase banister had been damaged and that the phone line had been cut. Gordon’s roommates said the damage to the banister was Gordon’s doing, that he had disconnected the phone so that they couldn’t call their landlord to report the damage.

Gordon apparently had been drinking that night and got into an argument with his roommates, and told the two he would slice their throats in their sleep. He also grabbed a piece of wood from the banister, and waved it at his roommates.

Gordon left the building before police arrived but he called them from a gas station and later met up with them. He offered little in the form of an explanation, telling police that there had been no damage done at his residence, including to the phone.

A Carmel man who threatened to kill himself with a sharp instrument and then tried to get a Bangor police officer to shoot him was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon.

Wallace Julius, 32, was charged with violation of conditions of release after his arrest and was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.

Officer Larry Morrill reported that Julius was wanted by the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department and that he had tried to arrest Julius earlier Tuesday at Paul’s Restaurant, where he worked, but that Julius had fled when he saw the police.

About 1 p.m., Julius was spotted in the area of the Bangor Mall and it was reported he fled on foot to Longview Drive, near Home Depot. When Morrill approached him, Julius placed what appeared to be a knife to his throat and threatened to kill himself if the officer tried to take him to jail.

On at least two occasions, Julius pointed the sharp object at Morrill and came at the officer, telling the officer the only way to stop him was to shoot him. Morrill reported that he raised his gun from the ready position to the firing position both times, while stepping back to keep a safe distance between them.

Each time, Julius would move away from the officer. Julius became more agitated and slashed at his throat, although Morrill reported he couldn’t see any blood.

Julius gave himself up after several other officers arrived to back up Morrill. An officer recovered a sharp-tipped meat thermometer believed to be the instrument Julius had used.

At the Penobscot County Jail, Julius again became agitated. Morrill overheard him say that he had a “trick to avoid staying in jail.” About 10 minutes later, a corrections officer called for a nurse after Julius apparently cut his wrist with a blade he had hidden in his mouth. Police said they expected to take Julius to a hospital for evaluation.

Bangor police arrested Larry A. Burns, 24, on Tuesday, charging him with assaulting his pregnant ex-girlfriend.

As well as the domestic assault charge, Burns faces charges of violation of probation and violation of the protection order his 22-year-old girlfriend had filed against him. The woman, with dried blood still on her face and neck, came to the Bangor police station to report that Burns had struck her repeatedly when she went over to his parents’ house to get some of her belongings that he still had.

She told Officer Allen Woolley that she had called ahead of time and asked that Burns put her belongings in a bag and leave the bag outside the door. The woman said she found that a few things were missing from the bag and knocked on the door.

Burns answered and pulled her inside where he pleaded with her to drop the protection order, according to the police report. Burns said he wanted to be a good father to their baby but that a protection order would make that difficult. His former girlfriend said she told him that she didn’t think he would be a good father, a comment that apparently angered Burns.

Burns allegedly began pummeling his former girlfriend, hitting her 15 to 20 times, the woman told Woolley. When he stopped, she ran out the door and drove off. Woolley reported that the woman’s lower lip was swollen and that there was a bruise on her right biceps. Burns denied assaulting his former girlfriend.

A Curve Street man came into the Bangor police station with his new girlfriend Monday night to report that his ex-girlfriend had assaulted him.

Lawrence Thompson, who turned 19 that same day, showed Officer Edward A. Mercier two scratches on his upper right chest that he said came from the confrontation with his ex. While waiting to speak to the officer in the police station, Thompson told his girlfriend of one day about the many scars on his body that other women had given him.

Thompson, who said he goes by the name Tyler or Paco, claimed that his former girlfriend attacked him when she tried to get some of her clothing back. Mercier spoke with the former girlfriend who admitted to going to the apartment and demanding her clothes. But she said Thompson pushed her into the wall and that when she refused to leave without her clothing, Thompson grabbed her by the shirt and neck and “dragged” her out into the hallway. In the hallway he pushed her head against a heat register.

Two neighbors saw this, including one woman who heard Thompson yell, “I am going to kill you,” according to the police report.

– Compiled by NEWS reporter Doug Kesseli