A Holden woman likely won’t be charged for trashing the inside of a Veazie home that does not belong to her, according to Veazie police.

The woman’s husband told police Friday morning that his wife hadn’t been home for a couple of weeks, but that he knew where she was. His wife, who has a history of mental health problems, had been staying at a Veazie residence where she had permission to be, Officer Chris Greeley said.

Holden police called the Veazie officer about 8 a.m. Friday and asked that Greeley check on the woman’s well-being. Holden police warned Greeley of the woman’s mental health history and said that she may be in possession of her husband’s handgun, which had been reported missing.

“When I got there I immediately noticed that the front plate-glass window of the home was demolished,” Greeley said. The half-dressed woman was running around inside where all the windows were open, the ceiling fans were going, and there was toppled furniture and spilled food, he said.

“The place was pretty destroyed inside,” Greeley said.

The woman had some minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Eastern Maine Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation, according to Greeley. The handgun wasn’t found, he said.

“The place was more of a mess than a financial loss,” he said. The property owner showed up Friday morning, but charges likely won’t be pressed.

“We certainly could, but I think that because of her emotional state I think her criminal culpabilities would be pretty minimal,” Greeley said.

A Kenduskeag man Friday morning apparently suffered carbon monoxide poisoning while working on a home in Hermon and was found outside his vehicle on a road in Kenduskeag as he tried to get home.

The man, whose identity wasn’t released, wasn’t feeling well after working inside a home with a generator and tried to drive home, said Penobscot County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean McCue.

He didn’t make it far; instead he stopped on Levant-Kenduskeag Road and got out of his vehicle, apparently too ill to travel. McCue said an ambulance was already on scene when he arrived and the man was using an oxygen mask.

McCue said that anyone working with a generator inside a building should make sure that there is adequate ventilation.

– Compiled by NEWS reporters Aimee Dolloff and Doug Kesseli