Man nabbed in parents’ bedroom

Bangor man’s struggle with police spills over into parents’ bedroom, waking them.

A Bangor man wanted on a warrant resisted police who showed up at his family’s Essex Street home late Thursday night to arrest him. The struggle spilled over into his parents’ bedroom, waking them up.

Thomas Lynch, 33, had failed to pay a fine and a District Court warrant was issued for his arrest. Lynch allowed police into the home when they came knocking. Lynch wanted to change from his pajamas, but when police followed him upstairs he became upset, according to police reports.

At the top of the stairs he turned to face police and angrily insisted on seeing the warrant, reported Bangor police Officer Steve Jordan, who tried to handcuff Lynch.

Lynch broke free and headed for a bedroom, with Jordan and Sgt. Thomas Reagan each grabbing one of his arms as they entered the master bedroom.

Lynch’s mother woke up first and protested, and, as police struggled with Lynch on the bed, his father woke up and also protested, briefly struggling with police.

The officers were able to calm the parents and quiet Lynch long enough to explain the situation. Lynch was arrested on the warrant and charged with refusing to submit to arrest.

A taxicab driver was summoned Thursday afternoon on a charge of drunken driving after a passenger contacted police, telling them later the driver smelled of alcohol and had been “swerving a little bit.”

The police were alerted to the possibly intoxicated cabdriver at about 6:15 p.m. and the cab was located by Officer James Dearing near Bass Park. The Dick’s Taxi cab pulled into the McDonald’s on Main Street with Dearing behind it.

Taxicab driver Robert Cross, 50, of Bangor claimed he had had some drinks after he had gotten off work at 2 a.m. and had his last drink, a Bloody Mary, at noontime, before he slept for three hours.

After field sobriety tests, Dearing took Cross to the police station, where Cross’ blood alcohol content registered 0.10 percent, above the 0.08 percent limit. He was summoned on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants.

Apparently disconcerted that his doctor hadn’t prescribed enough Percocet pills, a Princeton man decided to amend his prescription to include more of the painkiller, Bangor police said.

John L. Moholland Jr., 36, changed the prescription from 60 pills to 160 pills, but the pharmacist at Miller Drug in Bangor became suspicious and had the doctor fax him a copy of the prescription. Moholland denied making the change, reported Bangor police Officer Edward A. Mercier. The officer spoke with Moholland’s mother, who was waiting outside in her vehicle, and she said that her son had commented that the doctor hadn’t given him enough.

Mercier charged Moholland with attempted acquiring of drugs by deception.

– Compiled by NEWS reporter Doug Kesseli