Man summoned after high-speed State Street crash

“Flying” is how witnesses described the approach of a Chevrolet Beretta that struck a pickup truck on State Street hill Friday afternoon, lifting the truck off the ground and causing it to roll over.

No injuries but extensive damage were reported in the incident that occurred near the intersection of French and State streets about 3:15 p.m. Based on witness accounts of the Beretta’s high rate of speed and safety concerns, as the area has heavy traffic volume and a lot of pedestrians, Officer Erik Tall summoned Curtis L. Worster, 29, of Mattawamkeag on a charge of driving to endanger.

The driver of the pickup truck, David L. Cote, 44, of Glenburn, told police he was turning onto State Street from French Street and didn’t see Worster’s car heading north, up the hill. The Beretta struck the pickup truck on the rear passenger side, causing it to lift off the road and roll onto its side, according to the police report.

A spare tire in the bed of the pickup truck was jolted out and struck a parked vehicle, causing an estimated $200 damage to the driver’s side door. Damage was estimated at $2,000 to Worster’s car, and $3,000 to the pickup truck.

Tall said five witnesses told him the Beretta was flying up the hill just before the accident.

Husband and father of three, Roger Fickett Jr., 40, was charged with assaulting family members this week after a dispute that began over a pizza.

Bangor police were called to the Main Street Inn about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a family fight and found all five family members inside Room 20. Items in the room were strewn about, including an end table that was on a bed. Fickett’s wife was holding a towel to her head and her nose was bleeding, according to Officer Robert Hutchings.

Family members had ordered pizza for supper, but Fickett’s youngest son became upset when he discovered that his family had forgotten to order mushrooms for his pizza. Fickett, who allegedly smelled of alcohol and apparently had been drinking beer during the day, told his son he would take what he got. Then Fickett struck his youngest son and began throwing things around the room, according to the police report.

He punched his wife in the nose and then hit his oldest son, who tried to intervene and prevent his mother from being hit. When Fickett tried to strike his daughter, she fought back and fended him off by kicking him in the stomach, Hutchings was told.

Fickett admitted to Officer Chris Morley that he and his wife had fought that night, but claimed they each had thrown punches.

Police arrested Fickett and charged him with two counts of domestic assault.

William Tarr, 44, of Carmel was charged with domestic assault Wednesday after his wife reported to police that Tarr repeatedly struck her on the leg as they were driving, despite her efforts to make him stop.

Both husband and wife are hearing impaired, although the wife was able to understand what Officer Edward A. Mercier was saying by reading his lips, according to the police report.

The woman told Mercier that she picked up Tarr after he was released from St. Joseph Hospital with medications. Tarr became angry that his wife wanted to drive and insisted that he drive, which he did. She indicated that Tarr kept hitting her on the upper leg as they drove along, hitting her 15 to 20 times even though she asked him to stop. When the car stopped at a red light on Broadway, she punched her husband in the face and then got out of the car.

Mercier interviewed Tarr, using a note pad to ask the questions and get Tarr’s responses. Tarr did not answer the questions Mercier asked, and instead kept asking for the whereabouts of his wife. Tarr claimed he was just trying to get his wife’s attention when he was hitting her on the leg.

– Compiled by NEWS reporter Doug Kesseli