Veazie police link teens to theft, trespass

Veazie police linked two 15-year-old friends to several crimes including the manufacturing and setting off of homemade explosives inside Silver’s Trailer Park.

Some of the charges stem from an incident a year ago, while the more serious incidents, those involving the explosives, happened last week.

Both boys have been charged with criminal use of explosives, criminal trespass and two counts of theft, reported Detective Andrew Whitehouse of the Veazie Police Department. The boys, whose names have not been released because they are juveniles, have been released to the custody of their parents pending their Aug. 21 court date.

In the meantime, the two boys must adhere to restrictions that Whitehouse said include a curfew, submitting to random searches by police and having no contact with each other.

The youths allegedly set off several explosions July 5 at the trailer park. One resident said the devices sounded like M-80s, or large firecrackers. Whitehouse said one of the youths was charged that day and the other was charged Wednesday with fabricating and exploding the devices, which were made from household items.

On the same day the explosives were set off, Officer Julie Taylor had been in the trailer park investigating damage done to a swing that a resident discovered when she returned home after being away for nearly a year. Whitehouse said another resident approached Taylor and reported seeing both youths damage the swing set. A rope ladder and other parts of the swing set were found in a treehouse near the Chase Road.

Earlier this week, Veazie police returned to the trailer park on a report of the teen-agers harassing younger children. At that time, Officer Donna Downing also learned from a resident that both 15-year-olds had been seen weeks earlier removing a small storage shed in two parts, wheeling it away using basketballs. The shed was found about 1,000 feet away along a path that runs between the park and the Silver Ridge development, Whitehouse said.

Bangor police Wednesday reported two arrests and two motor vehicle accidents that resulted in minor injuries.

Timothy G. Coleman, 39, of Holden was arrested for violation of bail conditions about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday when the resident of a Howard Street home summoned police and requested they charge Coleman with a bail violation. Police had no further comment on the report.

Stanley W. Carter, 43, of Bangor was charged with operating a motor vehicle after suspension of his license when Officer Michael Kenny spotted him at the bottom of State Street hill driving fast through an intersection with no registration plates about 2:18 p.m. Wednesday.

Kenny stopped Carter, who produced a state identification card and said he had no license. A check with the Maine Department of Motor Vehicles showed that his license had been suspended for failure to pay a traffic fine. Carter was taken to the Penobscot County Jail where he received a summons to appear in court Aug. 10 and was released.

Carter explained that he had just bought the car from a friend and wanted to get it home. The car was towed, but Kenny did not charge Carter with driving an unregistered motor vehicle.

A 17-year-old Winterport driver who a witness said ran a red light struck a car driven by Dawn R. Kelley, 19, of Hampden about 11 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Union Street and Interstate 95 northbound off ramp. A witness said the Winterport driver’s car was going through the intersection on Union Street at a high rate of speed on either a yellow or red light. Damage to Kelley’s car was estimated at $4,500 and damage to the Winterport-owned vehicle was estimated at $900.

With Kelley were three children, ages 1, 4, and 10, none of whom was injured. Kelley’s injuries were not considered serious, according to the police report.

When Robert McGlauflin, 53, of Bangor stopped in traffic on Hammond Street about 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, he was struck in the rear by a car driven by Valerie A. Curtis, 35, of Carmel. She had been distracted by another vehicle, the police report said. Damage to the McGlauflin vehicle, owned by Simplex Time Record of Scarborough, was estimated at $400. Damage to Curtis’ car was estimated at $600.

– Compiled by NEWS reporters John Hubbard and Doug Kesseli