Guns stolen from sporting goods store

Brewer police are investigating a “smash and grab” burglary of a sporting goods store that occurred early Sunday.

Detective Jay Munson said that an unknown number of suspects broke into Van Raymond Outfitters on South Main Street, took several firearms and fled. They entered by breaking a window, which set off several alarms.

Police responded quickly, Munson said, but the suspects were already gone on their arrival.

Anyone who noticed any strange persons or vehicles or anything else “out of place” in the area of Van Raymond Outfitters this weekend is asked to call the Brewer Police Department at 989-7000 and ask for Detective Munson.

A sheriff’s deputy arrested a Bangor man on an OUI charge early Monday.

Deputy Peter Stone of the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department said that shortly after midnight he noticed a car repeatedly crossing the white fog line on Route 9 in Brewer as it traveled eastward.

Stone said he stopped the car after it made a wide right turn onto Day Road. Stone said the driver, Timothy Fitzpatrick, 44, of Bangor, admitted to drinking and performed poorly on sobriety tests.

Stone arrested Fitzpatrick, charging him with operating under the influence and violation of bail. Stone said Fitzpatrick had been on bail after being arrested for OUI two days earlier in Old Town.

Stone said Fitzpatrick’s blood alcohol content tested at more than twice the legal limit.

Bangor police arrested a driver early Monday who allegedly had no taillights, no driver’s license, and stolen plates.

Officer Jason Stuart reported that just after midnight, he and Officer Eric Tourtelotte stopped a white Cadillac at the corner of Harlow and Central streets after seeing it drive with no taillights on Main Street.

Stuart said the driver produced a Maine State ID card, explaining that he had no Maine driver’s license. He said his Rhode Island license was suspended.

Stuart said the man, Richard Sacco of Bangor, admitted he’d had one beer. Sacco also admitted the license plates were not his, saying he borrowed them from a friend. Stuart arrested Sacco, charging him with illegal attachment of plates and operating without a license.

Dispatch informed Stuart that the plates had been reported stolen. Stuart confiscated the plates.

Stuart said that at the station, Sacco took a breath test that registered 0.14 percent. The legal limit is 0.08. Stuart told Sacco that he also would be charged with operating under the influence.

Stuart said further questioning revealed that Sacco allegedly had obtained the plates from a friend named “John,” but Sacco allegedly didn’t know where John lived or worked, how to reach him or what his last name was. Sacco reportedly said he didn’t know the plates were stolen.

– Compiled by NEWS reporter Isaac Kimball