A Bangor man was arrested Saturday night after Brewer police responded to a report of two suspicious males near the Burger King restaurant.

Officer Amy Nickerson went to the scene at about 8 p.m. Saturday and found two men matching the descriptions. One was later identified as Boadean Byther, 26, of Bangor.

Nickerson stopped to talk to the men and asked if they were carrying any weapons. The officer said she noticed a black knife clipped to Byther’s belt. She examined it and found that it was spring-loaded, which is illegal in Maine.

Nickerson also found marijuana on Byther’s person, police said.

Byther was arrested and transported to the Penobscot County Jail, where he was charged with trafficking in dangerous knives and possession of a usable amount of marijuana.

The other man was not charged.

A Hampden man was arrested early Saturday morning after almost hitting a police cruiser in Brewer, police said.

Brewer police Officer Jeremy Upham was traveling down Atlantic Avenue near the Eagle’s Club at around 1:30 a.m. when he saw a car pull out of the parking lot and start toward him. Upham had to swerve in order to avoid a collision with the car.

Upham pulled the car over and identified the driver as John Mann, 58, of Hampden.

Upham noticed a strong smell of intoxicants coming from Mann and conducted field sobriety tests, which indicated that the driver was impaired, according to police.

Mann was arrested and transported to Penobscot County Jail, where he was initially charged with operating under the influence.

After being searched, he also was charged with possession of Schedule W drugs when he could not produce proof of prescription. His blood alcohol level was 0.16 percent, police said.

A transient was arrested Saturday afternoon after he became verbally abusive in the Bangor Rite Aid, according to police.

The incident started when Officer Kevin MacLaren went to the area of Union and George streets in response to a report of a man walking in the road. MacLaren recognized the man as someone to whom he had issued a verbal warning for criminal trespass at the Concord Trailways bus station.

MacLaren stopped and talked to the man, identified as Frederick L. Chambers, 44, and advised him to start heading toward Acadia Recovery, where he was staying.

But Chambers decided to stop at Rite Aid and became “verbally violent” when he was not allowed to buy alcohol, according to police.

Chambers was arrested and transported to the Penobscot County Jail, where he was charged with criminal trespass.

– Compiled by BDN reporter Chelsey Ledue