Hampden teen-ager charged with crafting explosive devices

A Hampden teen was charged with disorderly conduct after he admitted to using plastic soda bottles and a common household cooling agent to create an improvised explosive device.

Brewer police received a report of possible gunshots in the area of Green Point Road just after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Brewer police Sgt. Chris Martin said. Officials arrived to find no one present, but did find a plastic soda bottle, which was frosted on the outside. Officers initially believed the bottle to be an alcoholic beverage recently removed from a cooler, but after further investigation deemed it was one of two homemade explosives and opened the bottle to release the pressure before the bottle could explode.

Witnesses reported a license plate of a vehicle that had been in the area, which led police to Brian Reeves, 18, who admitted to officers that he had created the explosives, Martin said. Officials found more of the cooling agent in Reeves’ possession and confiscated it. Police also found remnants of one exploded bottle near the parking area for Lindsco Equipment, 50 Green Point Road. Additional charges may be pending.

A Bangor man awoke Tuesday morning to find that the rims and tires to his 1994 Nissan Pathfinder had been stolen during the night, Bangor police Officer Butch Moor said. The theft took place sometime between 10 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday.

The sport utility vehicle had been parked in a shared parking area at the corner of Bolling Drive and Langley Street, the officer said. The tires and rims were valued at $600.

There were no suspects after a Bangor man found his 1989 GMC pickup Tuesday morning with both front tires punctured, Bangor police officials said. The vehicle had been parked on Court Street when the vandalism occurred between 10:30 p.m. Monday and 6 a.m. Tuesday morning. The tires were valued at $200.

Though damage to three vehicles involved in an accident in Bangor on Monday was severe, no one was seriously injured, officials said.

John Herlihy, 28, of Howland had been driving south on Maine Avenue when two vehicles in front of him came to a stop while he was looking away from the road, Bangor police Officer Erik Tall said. Herlihy was unable to stop his 2002 Chevy truck in time when he noticed the two cars.

His truck struck a 1997 Pontiac Sedan driven by Donnalee Crawford, 50, of Hampden, which was pushed into a 1991 Dodge sedan driven by Chery Towle, 19, of Hermon, Tall said. The drivers complained of neck and back pain but did not appear to be seriously injured. Towle’s car sustained $500 in damage, Crawford’s car $1,900 in damages and Herlihy’s truck $2,000 in damages.

Compiled by Derek Breton of the NEWS staff