Noise complaint leads to woman’s arrest

Bangor police arrested a woman early Monday morning and charged her with disorderly conduct.

Karen Lavigne was charged after police repeatedly told her to quiet down after receiving complaints of noise.

At 3:11 a.m., Officers Russell Twaddell and Al Wooley were called to 157 Forest Ave. When the officers arrived, they heard loud voices through the door of the apartment. As they approached the door, it became quieter. From outside, Twaddell told the occupants that he could hear them, and that he wasn’t going away. When Lavigne and a man opened the door, Twaddell informed them that if he had to come back it probably would be to arrest them. According to Twaddell, he knew Lavigne and the man from a previous arrest.

At 3:45 a.m., Twaddell and Wooley were called to the same address, again on a noise complaint. When they arrived, they heard a female voice yelling loudly, according to Twaddell. When they knocked, Lavigne flung open the door. She demanded that the officers arrest her sister for assaulting her, Twaddell said. The sister, who refused to be identified, had scratches on her face and a bloody mouth. According to Twaddell, Lavigne had a small bump on her forehead.

Twaddell told Lavigne to calm down, because she was stomping around and yelling in her sister’s face about the bump on her forehead. Lavigne continued stomping and yelling, and began to scream at the officers that she wouldn’t leave without her cigarettes, Twaddell said. When Twaddell pointed out that the pack lying on the table was empty, Lavigne screamed that she would not leave without the “bottle” she had paid for, Twaddell said. Twaddell told Lavigne that she had probably had enough to drink, and told her to leave. Lavigne allegedly swore at Twaddell, at which point Twaddell told her she was under arrest.

Twaddell tried to handcuff Lavigne, but she resisted. After a struggle with both officers, Lavigne finally was handcuffed and taken to Penobscot County Jail.

A Brewer woman was hit by a car while crossing State Street near Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor on Friday night.

Julie Albert, 45, was walking on the crosswalk from Eastern Maine Medical Center to the Wing Park parking lot at around 7:50 p.m. Friday when a yellow Jeep struck her.

The driver, Patrick Brann, 22, of Bangor, had been approaching the intersection in the right lane, traveling westbound on State Street. The light was red, and several cars were stopped in the left lane, the police report said. The light changed to green before Brann reached the intersection, the report said, and he kept going. Witnesses said that Albert was in the crosswalk when Brann’s car hit her, according to the report.

According to Albert’s husband, Robert Albert, she received injuries to her head and leg. She is in fair condition at EMMC. Police still are reconstructing the accident.

A 911 hang-up Monday morning resulted in the arrest of a Bangor man.

Michael Robinson, 22, was charged with assault and violating a protection order after police responded to the 911 call. Additional charges of violation of bail and civil possession of marijuana were added after he was in custody.

At 6:48 a.m. Monday, Officer Christopher Blanchard drove to 194 Griffin Road, Unit 307, to look into a 911 hang-up.

Blanchard heard muffled arguing from inside, and he had to knock repeatedly for somebody to answer the door, Blanchard said. Eventually a man, identified as Robinson, came to the door and said, “Oh, thank God you’re here. She is beating the hell out of me.”

Blanchard entered to find two women and an infant in the room.

When Blanchard asked, both women agreed that there was a protection order in effect that prohibited Robinson from entering the house except to visit his child, Blanchard said. Robinson said that he had read the whole order, and that he had spent the night there visiting his daughter.

The child’s mother claimed that Robinson had insulted her after she asked him to bring the baby from upstairs, Blanchard said. When she told him to leave, he said that he wasn’t going anywhere, and pushed her. She then slapped him, the woman said, and he began grabbing and pushing her.

He hit her at least twice, and pushed her into a wooden chair, she said. This was just before Blanchard arrived.

Robinson said that all he could remember was that he had picked the woman up in the kitchen and she had hit him. They had wrestled around, and after Robinson tried 911, Blanchard arrived, Robinson said.

The woman showed Blanchard a large red mark on her upper back, and said that she also had a scratch on her shoulder. According to Blanchard, Robinson was unable to show any injuries.

Blanchard placed Robinson in custody for assault and for violating a protection order, Blanchard said. Robinson was taken to Penobscot County Jail, where it was discovered that he was out on bail with conditions not to violate his protection order. A pipe and a small bag, both containing marijuana, also were found on Robinson.

– Compiled by NEWS reporter Isaac Kimball