Wallet stolen from parked car

Bangor police summoned two people and are looking for a third suspect after a car burglary Wednesday morning.

Officer Dan Herrick reported that he went to Merrill Bank on Union Street to speak with a woman who said her credit card had been stolen.

The woman told Herrick she had left her car in a parking lot on Texas Avenue with one window ajar. She said she left in the car her purse with her wallet in it.

The woman said the window was rolled down and her purse was missing when she returned an hour later. When she went to the bank to report the theft of her credit card, the supervisor told her seven transactions had been made at the Bangor Mall with the stolen card.

Herrick said he went to stores listed by the bank. Every employee he interviewed gave Herrick the same descriptions of two people making the purchases.

On a hunch, he said, Herrick then went to Acadia Recovery Community, a substance abuse program, and spoke with staff there who told him the descriptions matched two of the residents, Philip Gifford, 19, and Meekha Hachey, 23.

Herrick said he spoke with Gifford and Hachey separately and received essentially the same account from both of them, that a James White had given Gifford the purse and its contents. Gifford said White dared him to “scam” the credit card after telling him it was stolen from a car.

Gifford allegedly told Herrick he and Hachey took the bus to the Mall and bought CDs, a whip, a cassette player, a mask, books and a fake knife.

Herrick summoned Gifford and Hachey for receiving stolen property. Herrick said he is still looking for White, who is described as slim, 6 feet tall, with a crew haircut, the word “white” tattooed across the back of his head, and a swastika tattooed on his shoulder.

A Garland man was hospitalized Wednesday night after his van rolled over in Dexter.

Dexter police Cpl. Alan Grinnell said Gary Bergeron, 36, was driving on Route 94 on the sharp turn called “Decker’s Corner” when he lost control of his 1992 Dodge Caravan and it rolled over.

The accident was reported just before 11 p.m. Grinnell said that Bergeron’s van was leaning upside down, with only Bergeron’s head visible, sticking out of it. Grinnell said Bergeron appeared to drift in and out of consciousness while Dexter Fire and Ambulance crews lifted the van away using pneumatic bags.

Grinnell said the Maine State Police also assisted. Bergeron was taken by LifeFlight helicopter to Eastern Maine Medical Center, where he was still in critical condition Thursday night.

Grinnell said alcohol and speed might have been factors in the accident.

Bangor police summoned a Glenburn woman early Wednesday after she allegedly assaulted another woman.

Officer Brad Hanson reported that he went to a Mitchell Street address at about 2:20 a.m., where he found Officer Shawn Green speaking with a man and two women, one of whom had a bloody nose and lip.

Hanson spoke with the man, who said he was at home with the alleged victim when Rachel Dunton, 21, came to the house. The man said he and Dunton have a son together.

The alleged victim told Hanson that Dunton, while outside, started yelling that she was concerned about her son.

Dunton then allegedly started a verbal dispute with the other woman, flicked a cigarette in her face, pulled her hair and forced her to the ground. The man told Hanson the women were grappling on the ground when he called the police.

Dunton, who had a bump on her head, was summoned for assault and given a criminal trespass warning.

– Compiled by NEWS reporter Isaac Kimball