Orrington cyclist collides with car

An Orrington man remained in fair condition at a Bangor hospital Thursday night, hours after he struck a car that pulled out in front of him as he was riding his bicycle on Main Street in Orono.

A witness told Orono police that motorist Ashley Migliore, 21, of Orono looked both ways before pulling out of Swett’s Corner Store, but she didn’t see bicyclist Daniel Gardner, 26, heading down the Main Street hill.

Gardner’s bicycle struck the car, and he went over the hood, according to Orono police Officer Willy King. The cyclist may have broken a leg. He was taken by Orono Fire and Rescue to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, where he remained in fair condition late Thursday night, according to a hospital nursing supervisor.

The accident occurred about 6:30 p.m., and traffic was channeled into one lane for about 10 to 15 minutes, Orono police Sgt. Scott Scripture said. The accident is still under investigation.

A Littleton man stopped for a minor traffic infraction Thursday in Bangor turned out to be wanted on a warrant and had drugs on him, according to police.

Matthew A. Miller, 33, was stopped about 12:40 a.m. Thursday because there were no lights illuminating his license plate, Bangor police Officer Wade Betters reported. Miller told Betters he didn’t know the light was out. He also apparently didn’t know he was wanted on a warrant issued by Houlton District Court for driving to endanger.

Miller was taken to Penobscot County Jail, where a corrections officer found a small vial of white powder in his pocket, according to the police report. The Littleton man identified the substance as “crank,” the slang term for methamphetamine. As a truck driver, Miller said he used it to keep awake, the report indicated. Miller was charged with possession of a Schedule W drug.

Holden police arrested a man and a woman Thursday night after the pickup truck they were driving almost caused an accident on U.S. Route 1A.

Officer Chris Greeley stopped the truck, and Michael Kashey, 25, of Dedham claimed to have swerved because he was tired, the officer said.

Kashey, who was on probation, was arrested and charged with operation after suspension and possession of a suspended driver’s license.

The female passenger, Dawn Thibodeau, 22, of Orrington, had a warrant out for her arrest. Officer Greeley arrested Thibodeau and, finding a marijuana pipe in her possession, charged her with possession of drug paraphernalia.

While visiting her father in the critical care unit of Eastern Maine Medical Center, a Kenduskeag woman tried to help herself to some medical supplies, according to police.

A hospital employee saw Jeannie G. Martin, 34, place some items into a bag and alerted Bangor police Officer Edward A. Mercier, who was working a hospital detail at the time. The items included 12 bandages, two ace wraps, eight rubber gloves, seven thermometers and three rolls of surgical tape, worth about $140 in all.

When confronted, Martin claimed to have taken much less and suggested that the items were so insignificant that she told Mercier, “Are you going to arrest me for that?”

The officer summoned Martin on a charge of theft and escorted her off the hospital premises.

A Bangor motorist who had no shirt on and was wearing no seat belt was summoned by a Bangor police officer Wednesday night when it was learned the man had no license.

Bangor police Officer Steve Jordan spotted the car, which still had studded tires on even though it was officially summer by a day, driving on Union Street at about 7:35 p.m. The car pulled into a gas station convenience store and Jordan did as well to have a talk with the errant motorist.

The driver, Sam Littlefield, 22, claimed he had just passed his road test, although a records check showed he didn’t have a license. Jordan summoned him for operating a motor vehicle without a license and issued a ticket for failing to wear a seat belt and one for inadequate tires. Even though the tires had studs in them, the front two were completely smooth, the officer reported.

– Compiled by NEWS reporter Doug Kesseli and Toni-Lynn Robbins