14-year-old charged in Princeton burglary

MACHIAS – A 14-year-old Indian Township youth was the last of seven young teens to appear in court who allegedly entered a Princeton man’s home and stole jewelry and coins.

Tyler S. Sabattis appeared Thursday in 4th District Court and was released with conditions including attending school and observing a curfew.

The other six males appeared in 4th District Court in the past week on juvenile charges of burglary and theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.

Also charged were: Dekota Allen, 13; Raymond Neptune, 14; Anthony Newell, 13; Richard J. Sabattus, 14; Justin Socobasin, 14; and Vernon Levesque, 13.

According to an affidavit on file with the 4th District Court, the seven broke into James R. Farrar’s seasonal home and took several model airplanes, model cars, coins, a clock, a black light and jewelry. The property was valued at more than $1,000.

If convicted, the teens could be sent to the Maine Youth Center in either South Portland or Charleston for an undetermined sentence or until their 21st birthdays.

Newell and Allen already were out on conditions of release.

“They were arrested by Indian Township Police on a suspected burglary in Princeton at the IGA Foodliner Store,” Assistant District Attorney Joelle Smith-Pratt said Wednesday. That happened July 5.

Levesque also was out on conditions of release. “He was currently out on a Class A arson from, I believe, the Indian Township School,” she said. “He was detained last week for violating the conditions from the arson. He was accused of setting another fire … at an island off Grand Lake Stream, which is being investigated. He was detained on that because he possessed matches.”

“The arson that Mr. Levesque is charged with is a report on May 10, 2005 that there was a fire at the Indian Township School,” First District Attorney Paul Cavanaugh said. “Mr. Levesque appeared in the Calais District Court on those juvenile charges and is set for a trial on that arson allegation on Sept. 27th.”