Veazie man charged in assault of wife, 2 daughters

Veazie police arrested a 46-year-old man Wednesday night after it was reported that he had assaulted his wife and two teen-age daughters.

Thomas Watson Jr. faces three counts of domestic assault as a result of the incident. Veazie police Officer Michael Belinsky reported finding Watson hitchhiking on the Chase Road about 10 p.m. and learned from the man that he had been in an argument with his wife. Watson, who had been charged in 1999 with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon following another incident at his home, told Belinsky that he left the home because he didn’t want to get himself into trouble.

Belinsky went to the home to check on the family and learned that the argument 90 minutes earlier had turned physical.

Watson’s wife had apparently been arguing with their 14-year-old daughter about shutting down the computer and during the dispute the mother had to restrain her daughter, according to the police report. Watson stepped in and pushed both back and then slapped his daughter, hitting her in the left eye.

Their 18-year-old daughter stepped in to protect her younger sister and was pushed back by Watson.

Belinsky said that the older daughter struck a wall and hurt her left shoulder and right arm. Watson’s wife then pushed her husband back and told him not to touch the daughter.

Watson gathered up his shoes and left the house, according to Belinsky, who reported that Watson admitted to hitting his wife and two daughters.

Watson had been arrested by Veazie police in August 1999 after his wife reported that during an argument, her husband grabbed a kitchen knife and drove it deep into the wooden table. He fled the home but when confronted by police, struck the side of the cruiser with his fists.

In both incidents, the police officers reported that Watson was intoxicated. As part of his bail conditions this time, Watson is not to return to his home or have contact with his family and cannot possess or consume alcohol.

A Bangor woman who allegedly sped past motorists on the right, including an off-duty police officer, faces several charges.

Not only was Sarah D. Leavitt, 20, driving with a suspended license Wednesday night, she was also intoxicated, according to the police report. It was an off-duty officer who first reported that a car bearing the license plate DEFTONZ was passing other vehicles on the right at a high rate of speed on Hammond Street, about 6:45 p.m.

Kevin MacLaren, the off-duty officer, pulled into the Hammond & Ohio Street convenience store beside Leavitt and spoke to her until an on-duty officer arrived.

Leavitt initially denied drinking anything, but later admitted to having a beer and then changed her mind, saying it was an alcoholic cider drink. Officer Edward A. Mercier reported that despite her eyes being glossy and showing other signs of drinking and intoxication, Leavitt insisted that she wasn’t drunk and offered to go to the station for an Intoxilyzer test.

She took the test and her blood-alcohol content registered 0.08 percent, the legal level at which a motorist is considered to be intoxicated.

A 20-year-old Glenburn man fled the Bull Moose Music store in the Maine Square Mall off the Hogan Road with $60 worth of items. He was chased by employees and returned the stolen items to the store only to flee again, police said.

Bangor police found Garrett Wozneak in the parking lot of Kmart and charged him with theft Wednesday afternoon.

According to store employees, Wozneak and a friend were approached by an employee and asked how they were doing. Wozneak allegedly replied, “Good, I’m high,” and touched the employee’s shoulder.

When Wozneak left the store, the alarm sounded, prompting Wozneak to run, with employees in pursuit.

They chased him to the Bangor Motor Inn and then to the Van Syckle Lincoln Mercury until Wozneak stopped and fell down, exhausted. After a bit of a rest, Wozneak got up and returned to the store with the items and placed them down in the store.

Wozneak and his friend then left the store again, apparently thinking that having returned the items, no crime was committed, according to the police report. Employees followed the two to the Kmart where Officer Shawn Green met up with him. The friend claimed he didn’t know Wozneak had taken anything and was allowed to leave.

Wozneak admitted to taking the items but said that he had returned them.

– Compiled by NEWS reporter Doug Kesseli