Man charged in Old Town incident

Old Town police sent 46-year-old Lloyd R. Bryant on his way following a dispute at a downtown bar Monday, but with the warning that he not step foot on the property of his girlfriend, who was the other party involved in the argument.

But minutes after issuing the criminal trespass warning, police said, they were called to the girlfriend’s South Water Street apartment and found Bryant pounding on the door. The taxicab in which he had been sent home to Hermon earlier was in the driveway.

Questioned by police, Bryant said he, in fact, did remember being given the warning but claimed he had been called to the home to check on his girlfriend’s children, reported Officer Seth Burnes.

During his on-site interview with police, Bryant decided he had had enough of dealing with the officers and left, first walking from police, then running.

Bryant showed signs of intoxication and tripped up on the railroad tracks, Burnes said. On the ground, Bryant tucked his arms underneath himself, making it difficult for Burnes to handcuff him.

That problem was resolved when Officer Bobbie Pelletier administered a dose of pepper spray. Bryant still struggled but was now coughing and wheezing, and Burnes was able to grab the man’s left arm and handcuff it with the already cuffed right hand, according to the police report.

Bryant became belligerent when he learned that the police weren’t taking him home, but to jail instead. He started swearing and hitting the back of the protective caging inside the cruiser, Burnes reported.

Charged with criminal mischief and refusing to submit to arrest, Burnes netted himself another charge when he refused to sign the summonses, Burnes reported.

A St. Albans man waved a Bangor police officer down on the evening of the Fourth of July, hoping the officer could quiet down a disruptive group.

The man told police there were young kids in the area and that they shouldn’t be subjected to the noise and foul language emanating from the group. When the St. Albans man tried to quiet them down himself, he got an earful of foul language and suggestive remarks.

Officer Tim Cotton reported that a cluster of about 25 people had gathered near a car on an embankment on Summer Street near the Quirk wholesale auto lot. The group was loud, but Cotton reported that 31-year-old Antonio F. Bushey was more boisterous than the others.

His friends quieted Bushey briefly and Cotton issued them a disorderly conduct warning. As Cotton was leaving, however, Bushey resumed his banter and swearing, directed at the St. Albans man and Cotton.

Cotton arrested Bushey and charged him with disorderly conduct and violation of conditions of release.

– Compiled by NEWS reporter Doug Kesseli