Two men summoned in trading-card theft

Bangor police summoned two men Thursday afternoon after they allegedly stole trading cards from Wal-Mart.

Officer Dennis Townsend reported that at about 5 p.m. a Wal-Mart employee told him that he had seen Steven Fernald, 42, and David Fernald, 21, both of Bangor, take several packs of trading cards and conceal them.

The employee told Townsend that he apprehended David Fernald at the door and saw Steven Fernald get into his truck. Townsend summoned both men for theft.

The cards were valued at $187.11.

Bangor police summoned a man Friday afternoon after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend.

Officer Kerry Libby reported that at about 1:30 p.m. a 17-year-old girl came to the station and said her boyfriend, Valance Bohm, 18, of Bangor, had assaulted her Thursday.

Libby said the girl displayed her hand, which was swollen on the knuckles where she said Bohm had bitten her.

The girl told Libby that Bohm became angry when she took his cell phone, and they got in a fight. She said Bohm put his hands around her neck, then threw her against a wall so that her head hit a shelf.

The girl said Bohm also threatened to kill her. She showed Libby bruises on her arms, torso and leg.

Libby called Bohm and asked him to come to the station. He arrived at about 2 p.m. and gave his side of the story. He said his girlfriend became angry at him over a phone call he received. Bohm said his girlfriend slapped him, and that all he did was hold her hands against the wall to protect himself.

When Libby asked Bohm about the girl’s hand, he said he bit her because she was pulling his hair. He denied threatening her.

Libby issued Bohm a summons for assault and criminal threatening.

The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an aggravated assault that allegedly occurred in Newburgh on Thursday night.

Deputy Will Sheehan said the assault was reported just after midnight. A man who had been badly beaten up was taken to the hospital from a Western Avenue address. Sheehan said the motive and the identity of the perpetrator are still under investigation.

Millinocket police charged a man and his girlfriend after they allegedly assaulted each other Thursday night.

According to police reports, Robert Nicholson was arrested, and his girlfriend, Arlene Wasilauskis, was summoned, both for assault.

Wasilauskis reportedly had a bruise on her head caused by Nicholson. Police determined, however, that she had started the scuffle by pushing him. Police said alcohol was a factor in the incident.

– Compiled by NEWS reporter Isaac Kimball