Bangor man charged with aggravated assault

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Two Bangor residents were involved in a violent assault Friday night, according to police reports.

Bangor Police Officer Daniel Herrick arrived at a Pier Street apartment where he was met by two women on the front lawn who were visibly upset. According to Herrick, they said a man had “gone crazy and cut their friend with a knife.”

Herrick went around to the back of the building and saw an individual holding his hand to his neck. He said he had been cut with a knife by a man later identified as Daniel Leduc, 25, of Bangor, who had been visiting his home with a female friend. The victim showed Herrick the cut, which was 5 to 6 inches long and not bleeding heavily.

At that point Leduc came out the back door, complaining he’d been assaulted with a Taser, an electroshock stun gun. According to Herrick, he was holding a silver object, which turned out to be a box cutter. Officer Kerry Libby arrived and ordered Leduc to drop the cutter. Leduc threw it into the building. The officers subdued the suspect and placed him in handcuffs.

According to reports, Leduc had arrived at the apartment with a friend and become belligerent. The victim, who had never met Leduc, asked him to leave. Leduc then reportedly came at him with his fists. The victim put him into a headlock and asked him to leave again. Leduc agreed. When freed, however, Leduc produced a knife and tried to strike the victim, who ran into a bedroom and tried to barricade the door.

Leduc kicked down the door and attacked the man, cutting his neck. Another resident of the apartment attempted to subdue Leduc with the Taser, but missed. The victim ran outside. Leduc followed and met Herrick and Libby.

The victim was transported to Eastern Maine Medical Center for treatment of a nonlife-threatening wound. Police said Leduc resisted arrest and was disruptive on the way to Penobscot County Jail and after he was booked. He was charged with aggravated assault.

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On Saturday a Bangor man crashed a car that had been reported stolen, according to police.

Officer Chris Desmond was sent to 431 Finson Road at around 9:20 p.m. Saturday. He was met by two Bangor residents who said they had followed a car driven by Anthony Bragdon, 42, of Bangor after they saw him driving erratically down Broadway.

Bragdon turned onto Finson Road at a high rate of speed, raising a cloud of dust. The individuals who followed him had called police already when the dust settled and they saw he had crashed into a guardrail.

Bragdon left the vehicle, and one of the people who had followed him asked him if he was all right. Bragdon said he had hit his head on the steering wheel. He then started to walk off into the woods. The man tried to subdue him, but Bragdon ran off. According to reports, he appeared intoxicated.

Officer Michael Jewett arrived on the scene and yelled that they would search the area with police dogs. Bragdon ran out of the woods. When he saw the officers he collapsed to the ground. An ambulance was called, and he was transported to Eastern Maine Medical Center.

A check on the license plate of the crashed vehicle showed that it had been reported stolen from a Kenduskeag residence shortly before the crash.

Bragdon was charged with operating under the influence and with operating after his driver’s license had been suspended. No charges were known to have been filed for the alleged auto theft. Bragdon’s condition was not known as of Sunday night.

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Tenants in an Orono apartment called police when they noticed two strangers had entered their home early Saturday morning.

According to Officer Chris Watson, Orono Police officers responded to a complaint from a Main Street residence. The tenant said he was at home in his room at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday when he heard noise in the hallway. He assumed it was his roommate coming home and did not pay attention to it.

About 10 to 15 minutes later, he looked into the living room and noticed two individuals, later identified as Alexandra Mclean, 26, of Orono, and Michael Bahner, 23, of Munster, Ind., “hugging and kissing” on the sofa.

Watson reported that the tenant asked the couple what they were doing and then told them to leave. They went into the hallway of the apartment and then began to argue with the tenant. The tenant conferred with another roommate and decided to call the police.

Watson located Mclean and Bahner, who were arguing outside of the apartment building. The officer reported that both appeared intoxicated. They were arrested on charges of criminal trespass, and were taken to Penobscot County Jail.

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A friend whom an Orono man had allowed to stay with him damaged his apartment early Sunday morning.

Officer Chris Foxworthy of Orono Police arrived at a Founder’s Place apartment at around 2:15 a.m. Sunday, where he was met by the tenant.

The man said that when he returned home that night he found that his laptop computer had been stuck through a plasterboard wall, holes had been punched in the bathroom and bedroom door and household items had been thrown around.

According to police reports, the tenant spoke with the friend who was staying with him, Nkolo Nyada, 21, of Augusta. He determined that Nyada was the one who had damaged the apartment and called the police.

Foxworthy arrived and found Nyada outside the building. He attempted to speak with Nyada, who remained silent. Eventually the suspect, who was visibly intoxicated, flipped an unlit cigarette at the officer, who then arrested him.

Nyada was charged with criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and violating bail conditions stemming from a previous incident, which stipulated he was not to possess or consume alcohol or to be involved in criminal activity. He was taken to Penobscot County Jail, where he remained Sunday night.

– Compiled by BDN reporter Emily Burnham