Brooksville man charged with OUI, other violations

A Brooksville man wanted in Hancock County was arrested in Bangor early Monday morning after police stopped him for erratic driving.

Eugene M. Cox, 27, was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants, operating a motor vehicle after suspension and aggravated forgery. The last charge stemmed from Cox’s initial claims that he was actually Eugene Peasley, which he attested to by signing the summons with that name, according to the police report.

Cox was driving a 1988 Subaru station wagon and pulled out of the 7-Eleven onto Broadway as Officer James Hassard was turning onto Broadway from State Street, about 2 a.m. Hassard reported that the station wagon nearly struck the curbing of the median, was weaving slightly and drove over the island at Broadway and Somerset Street. The car also had a Maine lobster license plate, which has been replaced by the chickadee plates.

Hassard stopped the car and spoke to Cox, noting that the motorist’s eyes were bloodshot and glassy. The officer could smell alcohol coming from inside the car and later found beer, Kahlua and coffee brandy inside the vehicle.

Cox swayed and was unsteady on his feet during field sobriety tests, nearly falling over twice, according to the officer. An Intoxilyzer test registered Cox’s blood-alcohol content at 0.16 percent or twice the legal limit of 0.08 percent. It was at the police station that police learned who Peasley really was.

Cox also was summoned for illegal attachment of license plate.

Dwayne J. Harvey, 18, of Bangor was charged with domestic assault after witnesses reported he choked his girlfriend during an argument on First Street early Monday afternoon.

Called to First Street near the Shaw House, police found a white sedan pulling out of a nearby driveway and stopped it after witnesses pointed at it. Two teen-age girls said they saw Harvey walking behind his 18-year-old girlfriend, arguing with her.

He came up behind her and wrapped his right arm around her neck to choke her, the witnesses told Officer Erik Tall. Harvey told her not to move or he’d hurt her.

Harvey, who said he lived in Etna on Route 69, claimed that nothing happened and he had only been arguing with his girlfriend during his lunch-break visit.

The police found the girlfriend inside an apartment at 17 First St. that police were told she shares with Harvey. Her face was red and puffy but she would say little of what happened except to say that Harvey had only grabbed her arm to stop her from walking away, reported Officer Brent Beaulieu.

She denied that Harvey choked her but had no explanation for the redness that Beaulieu saw on her neck, according to the police report.

Harvey was charged with domestic assault.

– Compiled by NEWS reporter Doug Kesseli