Bangor man charged with domestic assault

A Bangor man was arrested Saturday after he reportedly spit food at his wife and threatened to throw a plate of food at her.

Sean Tuite, who has a history of anger management issues, according to Bangor police Officer Douglas Moore’s incident report, was charged with domestic assault.

Moore and Officer Brad Hanson responded to 97 Seventh St. after receiving a call from Tuite’s wife, who said she and her husband were arguing about her 5-year-old daughter. The woman said Tuite then threw and spit food at her and raised his plate as if he were going to throw it.

Tuite was not there when the officers arrived but returned to the residence while his wife was being questioned. Hanson escorted Tuite back outside and spoke with him on the porch, the report said.

Tuite admitted to arguing with his wife but denied spitting or throwing food at her. He called his wife “crazy” and said she was under a lot of stress recently because Tuite had requested a divorce, the report said. At one point, Hanson said Tuite asked the officer “If I did spit on her, would that be illegal?” Hanson told him that it would be assault, and Tuite was arrested and taken to Penobscot County Jail.

Officers seized a Browning BAR Mark II shotgun from the residence and two other guns belonging to Tuite that another man was holding for him, the report said.

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Bangor police responded to a possible burglary at a building on 234 French St. on Friday, but the person who made complaint may have scared the perpetrator away, Officer Wade Betters’ report said.

Steven Gatchell, a representative of St. John’s Episcopal Church, called police shortly after 7 p.m. when he saw a man in the upstairs hallway of the building that houses church offices and meeting rooms. Gatchell had left a door to the building open for a meeting at 3 p.m. and returned to lock up.

Gatchell told Betters he asked the man what he was doing there. The man said he just wanted to see when the next Alcoholics Anonymous meeting was taking place. Gatchell told the man they didn’t host those meetings anymore, and the man apologized and left.

Shortly after the man left, Gatchell noticed that hinges had been removed from a locked door and that a briefcase was outside the door near where the man had been standing.

Other than the door, nothing was damaged, Betters said. Gatchell said the man was wearing dark clothing, had a small mustache and his right wrist was in a brace. Gatchell told Betters he felt the man was responsible for the damage.

Betters added the building to the department’s daily cruise checklist.

– Compiled by NEWS reporter Eric Russell