Police charge man in Bangor fracas

Bangor police investigating a report of a late-night fight Monday found a woman with a bruise on her face fleeing from an apartment, yelling for help, Bangor police Officer Edward A. Mercier reported. Police later learned the left side of her face had been fractured.

The apartment was strewn with broken furniture. A glass aquarium had been smashed, and fish were flopping about on the floor, Mercier reported.

Authorities charged Ross S. Chapman, 36, with assault shortly before midnight on March 28.

Hours later Bangor police Officer Josh Ouellette returned to the Husson Avenue apartment where the assault allegedly took place to let the woman know that Chapman was out on bail, and Chapman answered the door.

Police charged Chapman with violation of bail conditions that prohibited him from returning to the apartment.

A Kenduskeag woman reported she was so desperate to prevent a man from leaving their home after he had ingested beer and medications that she hit him with a stick.

The stick turned out to be a 3-foot-long, 2-inch-by-2-inch cedar post, enough to knock the man to his knees. However, the man told Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Jared Austin that with the exception of a bump on his head, he was fine. The woman, Laura B. Barnes, 37, was charged with assault.

The man admitted he took methadone pills and drank two beers earlier in the day, according to the deputy’s report. He left the home and drove up the road and the woman followed, later telling Austin that he was acting unusual and driving erratically.

When the man returned home and tried to leave again, the woman tried to stop him, fearing he would get in an accident and “kill some poor family,” she told the deputy. She took his keys, but said that the man’s efforts to leave intensified.

A Bangor motorist caught the attention of police late Sunday night after peeling out on Larkin Street in Bangor, making a wide turn and nearly hitting a snowbank on the opposite side.

The officer tried to stop the man on Third Street, but the vehicle kept going until it stopped on Sidney Street, Bangor police Officer Edward A. Mercier reported.

The driver, Scott Kennedy, 46, protested after he was asked to step out of the vehicle. He pointed down the road and told the officer, “But I’m almost home,” according to the police report.

Mercier arrested Kennedy for operating under the influence of intoxicants.

– Compiled by BDN reporter Doug Kesseli