Man shot by police arrested Suspect in April home invasion case to be arraigned at EMMC

BANGOR – A Bangor man hospitalized for two months after police shot him three times during an April home invasion was arrested Wednesday morning on several felony charges.

Timothy Lever, 32, was arrested without incident at Eastern Maine Medical Center on two counts of burglary and two counts of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon.

He is expected to be arraigned on the charges at 3 p.m. today at EMMC, where he still is being treated but is nearing discharge, according to police.

The charges stem from an April 28 incident in which Lever allegedly broke into a family home on French Street through a window and threatened the homeowner with a 3-foot-long wooden stake.

The family, with three children, was able to escape through the front door and call police.

Shortly after police arrived at the scene, Lever emerged wielding the stake and charged the responding officers, according to police.

After ordering Lever to drop the weapon, Bangor police Officer James Buckley shot him twice in the abdomen and once in the arm.

The Attorney General’s Office later cleared Buckley of any wrongdoing in the shooting.

Less than 24 hours before the shooting, Lever had been released from the Penobscot County Jail, where he had been held in connection with a similar home invasion on Coombs Street.

During his bail hearing, Lever told the judge that he had not taken his medication before the Coombs Street incident, in which he also allegedly assaulted the homeowner.

A judge released Lever on the condition he seek treatment for his mental illness, which his attorney had classified as schizophrenia.

Lever’s last confirmed whereabouts before the French Street shooting was the Eastern Maine Medical Center’s emergency room, where he was to be given a psychological evaluation.