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An apparently intoxicated man refused to leave Eastern Maine Medical Center early Monday morning and was charged with criminal trespass.
Officer Russell Twaddell reported that he was called to EMMC at 4:21 a.m. and found hospital security officers with Jason Cozzie, 31, of Bangor. Cozzie let off a string of obscenities and stood his ground, Twaddell said.
The officer ordered Cozzie at least five times to leave, but Cozzie refused, according to the police report. Cozzie took up a sloppy fighting stance, but backpedaled when Twaddell approached him. Tripping over his own feet, Cozzie fell to the floor, landing on his rear end, Twaddell said. The officer handcuffed Cozzie and took him to Penobscot County Jail.
A motorist who cut in front of a police cruiser and then nearly caused an accident with another vehicle was arrested and charged with drunken driving Sunday night.
Bangor police Officers Steve Jordan and Shawn Green were heading in on Hammond Street at 10:30 p.m. while Laura Sloat, 24, was heading out on Hammond Street. Both vehicles were stopped at the red light at the intersection of Hammond, Union and Fourth streets. When the green light came, Sloat accelerated and turned onto Fourth Street, forcing Jordan to stop to allow the car to pass, according to the police report.
Jordan noted that the car had no front registration plate and turned to follow. The car was accelerating and Jordan reported he reached 42 mph before catching up with Sloat. The car didn’t stop when the police put on all their emergency lights, but at Cedar and Fourth streets it was forced to come to a halt. Another driver coming up Cedar stopped quickly to avoid hitting Sloat’s car.
Confronted by police, Sloat admitted to drinking earlier and Jordan found indications of intoxication, including glassy eyes and failures during field sobriety tests.
Jordan arrested Sloat, charging her with operating a motor vehicle while under the influences of intoxicants. An Intoxilyzer test registered Sloat’s blood alcohol at 0.11 percent, nearly 11/2 times the legal limit of 0.08 percent.
An Old Town man left the Bangor Wal-Mart store without paying for a bottle of antacid Monday, later telling police that his stomach hurt and he didn’t want to wait in line.
As a result, William H. Randall, 62, of Old Town faces a charge of theft.
Bangor police Officer Wade Betters met with a store employee who had seen Randall take the bottle and leave the store. The employee confronted Randall outside and recovered the acid-reducing pills and stayed with Randall until police arrived.
Bangor police noticed a Chevrolet Citation in the parking lot of the Bangor Savings Bank on Hammond Street late Sunday night and thought it unusual.
Pulling into the parking lot, Officer Steve Jordan could see the driver and recognized him as 18-year-old Marcus Shorey of Bangor. Shorey and a passenger, identified as Michael Franklin, 25, stepped out, with Shorey explaining that he was working on getting his learner’s permit and needed the driving experience. He also told the officer that he was on probation.
Franklin, who owned the car, said he thought it was OK to practice in a parking lot.
Jordan charged Shorey with operating a motor vehicle without a license. Franklin did have a license but was charged with allowing operation of a motor vehicle in violation of the law.
– Compiled by NEWS reporter Doug Kesseli
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