Glenburn man charged with marijuana possession

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A Glenburn man was charged with possession of a usable amount of marijuana after a friend he had been riding with in a car admitted to police that the group they were in had been smoking marijuana, officials said.

Old Town police Sgt. Michael Hashey had pulled over a car for an expired license plate when he smelled the odor of burnt marijuana, Old Town Sgt. Travis Roy said. The 22-year-old driver of the car admitted the group had been smoking marijuana about an hour earlier.

A search of the group found a bag containing a usable amount of marijuana in the possession of David Potter, 22. Potter was the only one in the group charged, Roy said.

Police on Sunday night were investigating apparently random vandalism after the rear window of a Hudson man’s truck was smashed earlier that day, Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. William Birch said.

Witnesses were suspicious about a truck parked across the road from the Hudson Hill Road home shortly before the window was smashed, Birch said. Damage to the GMC pickup was estimated at $250.

A Greenbush man was charged with operating a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants, operating a vehicle with a suspended license and possession of OxyContin, a prescription medication, after crashing his car while trying to get away from an Old Town police cruiser, officials said.

Jeremy Hunt, 22, sped up shortly after 1:30 a.m. Saturday when an Old Town police cruiser turned to follow the vehicle after a report that the operator of the vehicle was driving drunk, Old Town police Officer Seth Burnes said Sunday. The car was traveling 50 to 60 mph when the driver tried to make a turn from Lincoln Street onto Abbott Street and struck a tree.

Hunt, who suffered minor injuries, refused treatment and was taken to the Penobscot County Jail, Burnes said. Police said Hunt had a blood-alcohol level of 0.18 percent, more than twice the legal limit in the state of Maine.

A search of Hunt found one OxyContin pill, Burnes said.

A Bangor man was charged with operating a vehicle with a suspended license Friday after police said he speeded past an unmarked police car at nearly 90 mph in a 55 mph zone on Interstate 395.

Police said Richard Fitch, 22, could not find the vehicle’s registration and possessed an expired and suspended license when he was stopped.

He was taken to the Penobscot County Jail, Bangor police Sgt. John Roach said. Fitch said he had borrowed the vehicle, a blue 1987 Mazda pickup registered to a Calais man.

Tools valued at nearly $1,500 were reported stolen from a trailer on Essex Street on Saturday after a thief broke off a padlock and removed them, officials said.

The trailer contained two Bostich roofing nail guns, a Bostich finishing nail gun, a Bostich framing nail gun, a Milwaukee reciprocating saw, two Dewalt reciprocating saws, two Dewalt drywall screw guns, two Dewalt skill saws and a Craftsman air compressor, Bangor police Officer Steve Jordan said.

Police still were looking for the thief Sunday night.

Officials reminded people to keep their car doors locked and their purses and wallets in their possession after a Bangor woman reported the theft of her wallet from her purse around noon Saturday while shopping.

The woman told police she turned away from her shopping cart while at Wal-Mart, 70 Springer Drive, when someone stole her wallet, which contained $40, her credit cards, Social Security card and her driver’s license, Bangor police Officer Steve Jordan said.

A New Brunswick man returning from a business trip arrived at the Greyhound station in Bangor on Friday to find the driver’s side window of his pickup smashed out and his registration and insurance certificates missing, police said.

The vandalism and theft occurred between 8 a.m. Wednesday and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Bangor police Officer Wade Betters said.

A large rock believed to have been used to break the window was found among the broken glass in the blue 1989 Mazda pickup.

An East Millinocket man suffered minor scrapes and bruises after rolling his truck Friday night on Route 157, officials said.

Thomas Bell, 31, had been reaching for a CD while driving his green 1991 GMC west in East Millinocket when he hit the shoulder of the road, drove into the ditch, struck an embankment and rolled the truck, East Millinocket police Sgt. Kevin Giberson said. Bell, who was wearing his seat belt, refused treatment.

A passing driver found Bell shortly before 10:30 p.m. and called for help on his cell phone, Giberson said. Driver inattention was blamed for the accident. Speed and alcohol were not factors.

A Bangor man remained in the Penobscot County Jail on Sunday, charged with assault in Bangor but also facing charges in two Hermon thefts and for leaving an accident scene in Clinton.

Events began just before noon May 4 when Bangor police received a report of a domestic assault in Bangor involving Carl Stevens, 30, police Sgt. Donald Gagner said Sunday.

A little more than six hours later, Stevens allegedly left Country Market on Route 2 in Hermon with a 30-pack of beer he had not paid for, Penobscot County Deputy Kenny Williams said. Twelve minutes later he allegedly left the Northern Maine Junction Store, also on Route 2 in Hermon, with two unpaid-for packs of cigarettes.

Clerks from the two stores identified Stevens in a lineup after he was arrested May 6, Williams said.

The clerks told police they saw Stevens leave their respective stores in a white car, later found to be a Mercury Tracer.

Clinton police found the car rolled onto its hood in a ditch on May 5. Clinton police also found the stolen 30-pack of beer cans, now empty, inside the overturned car, as well as a second, partially consumed 30-pack.

Stevens has been charged with domestic assault and assault by Bangor officials and two counts of theft by the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department. He faces other charges, Williams said.

Compiled by NEWS reporter Derek Breton