A fight caused significant damage to a Bangor bar Saturday night, according to police.

Bangor police Officer James Dearing responded to a call from the Tavern on Main Street, where it was reported that a man had thrown another patron through two plate glass windows. Dearing arrived on scene, where a group of people pointed out Scott Mitchell, 34, of Old Town walking down the street.

Dearing approached Mitchell and observed that he was bleeding from a fresh cut on his hand and was very intoxicated, according to police. Mitchell denied having been involved in a fight. Dearing asked Mitchell to return to the bar, and he complied.

At the Tavern, Dearing met with the victim, who was being treated by emergency personnel for several cuts to his head and face. The victim allegedly stated that Mitchell had grabbed him by the throat and thrown him through two windows. The suspect eventually admitted to shoving him, police said. Dearing reported that the victim apparently had made several comments that enraged Mitchell, who then threw him into the windows and walked away.

The owner of the Tavern, Peter Brountas, estimated the damage to the bar to be about $1,000. Mitchell was issued a summons for assault and criminal mischief.

A Bangor police officer was involved in a foot pursuit early Sunday morning along with several employees of a nightclub where the fleeing suspect had allegedly pulled a knife on a group of patrons.

Officer David Bushey pulled into the Abbott Square parking lot at around 2 a.m. Sunday when one of the owners of Club Gemini, Matthew Brann, 24, of Hampden, approached him and said that a man with a knife was threatening a crowd outside the club.

Bushey drove his cruiser down to the Club Gemini parking lot, where Brann pointed out Travis Philbrook, 28, of Old Town. Bushey then reportedly saw Philbrook run up the stairs to the Abbott Square lot, pursued by several employees of the club. Bushey followed them, and said he heard an employee say that Philbrook had thrown the knife over a fence, at which point one employee knocked the suspect to the ground and held him there.

Bushey placed one of Philbrook’s arms in a lock and asked him to put his other arm around his back. Philbrook did not comply and struggled to free himself, according to police. Officer Al Wooley arrived and assisted Bushey in placing handcuffs on Philbrook. A search for the knife turned up no sign of the discarded weapon.

Brann and the employees involved in the chase supplied written statements confirming the series of events. Officer Russell Twaddell, also on scene, transported Philbrook to the Penobscot County Jail on charges of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon.

– Compiled by BDN reporter Emily Burnham