Inexperience blamed for bike accident

A Brewer woman who flipped her motorcycle was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor on Wednesday evening for minor injuries.

The accident was caused by rider inexperience, said Officer Paul Gauvin of the Brewer police.

Amanda Rice, 20, was riding a red Suzuki Katana when a car stopped or slowed down in front of her at the corner of State and Main streets, according to Gauvin. Rice braked too hard and went into a wheelie, flipping the bike upside down and shattering the windshield.

She was not wearing a helmet.

Rice suffered an unspecified injury to her wrist and abrasions to her legs, Gauvin said.

The driver of the car did not stop. Gauvin said the driver may not have seen the accident.

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Bangor police had to tell a man repeatedly to stop threatening the man whom he caught robbing his unlocked vehicle, according to police reports.

Allan Robinson, 38, of Bangor was pocketing $2.73 in change from a Ford Escort parked at Hollywood Slots late Tuesday night when the owner of the vehicle spotted him.

Robinson was issued a criminal summons for burglary of a motor vehicle, to the chagrin of the vehicle owner who wanted Robinson arrested.

Robinson, who also received a one-year criminal trespass warning from Hollywood Slots, is set to appear in court on Aug. 17.

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Melanie Jordan, 31, was caught using her child’s baby carriage to steal goods from TJ Maxx in Bangor on Monday evening, according to police reports

Jordan was stopped by a loss prevention officer while trying to leave the store with $450 worth of purses, wallets and sunglasses in the carriage with her baby. She told police she planned to resell the items, according to police

Jordan was issued a summons for theft and was scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 17.

– COMPILED BY BDN REPORTER MICHAEL HARTWELL