Bangor police charged a Greenbush man after he allegedly wrote Home Depot $2,876.02 worth of checks drawn on a closed account over a weeklong period.

Officer Steve Jordan said that on May 21, a Home Depot employee told him that Stephen Warren, 20, of Greenbush had written several bad checks at the store. Most of them were used to buy gift cards, ranging in value from $300 to $500, starting on April 29.

The gift cards were used to purchase other merchandise, the employee said, but by the time the last transaction was made on May 7, the store knew the checks were bouncing. Warren was caught on video during most of the transactions. Jordan said Warren reportedly wrote bad checks at the Ellsworth Home Depot as well.

On Thursday, June 3, Jordan found Warren at Penobscot County Jail on probation hold, and told him he wanted to speak with him about the bad checks. Warren told Jordan that he wanted to “lawyer up.” Jordan charged Warren with negotiating a worthless instrument.

Jordan said the checks were from account 85173946 from First National Bank of Bar Harbor under the name Stephen Warren. The check numbers written at Home Depot ranged from 126 to 225, but not all have been accounted for. Anybody believing they received checks from this closed account are encouraged to call their local law enforcement agency.

Brewer police summoned a Bangor man after he allegedly urinated off the balcony of the Brewer Motor Inn Thursday night.

Officer Paul Gauvin reported that at about 8 p.m. he went to the motel and spoke with the complainant, who identified the room the offender was in. Gauvin went to that room and spoke with three men and a woman.

Gauvin said he noticed a bag of marijuana on the dresser, which Gloria Perkins, 44, of Brewer admitted was hers. She was charged with possession of a usable amount of marijuana.

Cpl. Levi Sewall arrested Edwin Hurd, 49, of Bangor on a warrant for failure to pay a fine. Anthony Wardwell, 40, of Bangor was summoned for indecent conduct.

All four occupants of the room, including the man not charged, were told to leave the motel and not to return.

Bangor police arrested a Brewer woman after she allegedly assaulted her boyfriend in Brewer early Friday.

Officer James Dearing reported that at about midnight he, Sgt. Ed Potter and Officer Chad Foley went to the Joshua Chamberlain Bridge to investigate a report of a man and woman fighting. They found the couple on the Brewer side of the bridge, both with blood on their shirts. The man’s face was bleeding, Dearing said.

The man denied hitting the woman, Gloria Perkins, 44, of Brewer. Dearing said Perkins told him several times that she “beat the [expletive] out of him” because she was angry at him, and because she loved him and wanted to keep him. Perkins was arrested and charged with domestic assault, and taken to Penobscot County Jail. Her boyfriend was uncooperative, Dearing said.

Old Town police summoned a man after he threw a milkshake at the wall and knocked over furniture at his mother’s house Thursday evening.

Officer Bobby Pelletier said that Jeremy Tidwell, 19, of Old Town went to his mother’s house to pick up his tax refund check. An argument ensued, during which Tidwell threw his milkshake against the wall and knocked over plants and chairs.

Pelletier said Tidwell admitted throwing the shake, and was charged with criminal mischief.

An Orono landlady called police after discovering Friday morning that somebody had washed the dishes left unwashed in a vacant apartment overnight.

Orono police Officer William King reported that he met with the Pond Street landlady, who said she had recently evicted a tenant and suspected the woman was still coming to the apartment. There is a warrant out for the suspect.

– Compiled by NEWS reporter Isaac Kimball