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Bucksport man indicted in store robbery

BANGOR – A Bucksport man charged with embezzling from Hancock County churches was indicted Monday by the Penobscot County grand jury on a charge of robbery.

John M. Charpentier, 39, was indicted for allegedly robbing the Mount Hope Variety Store in Bangor with a hammer Oct. 9. Employees recognized him as the man who dropped off the weekly payroll for the store.

Charpentier operated The Tax Man, a Bucksport-based business that provided accounting, payroll and tax services. Bucksport police have charged him with theft, claiming that he used the business to embezzle about $9,000 from the Pine Tree United Methodist Ministries, a consortium of five churches located in Bucksport, Orland and Penobscot.

After Charpentier’s arrest two days after the Bangor robbery, he allegedly told police that he had spent all of the $600 or $700 he took from the convenience store on cocaine, beer and cab rides.

He is scheduled to be arraigned on the robbery charge Nov. 11 in Penobscot County Superior Court.

In an unrelated case, Alan D. Perkins, 36, of Bangor was indicted on three counts of burglary, two counts of theft by unauthorized taking and criminal mischief.

He and Melissa Marie Alvarez, 22, of Lamoine, were arrested in August at W.A. Bean & Sons, a Bangor company that produces hot dogs and other meats. In addition to being indicted Monday in that burglary, Perkins was indicted in burglaries at a Charleston church and a Corinth restaurant.

Alvarez was indicted last month on similar charges and has pleaded not guilty.

Others indicted Monday included:

Rebecca Allen, 53, Bangor, theft by unauthorized taking.

Elbert Alston Jr., 38, Milford, criminal operating under the influence of intoxicants, operating after suspension.

Neil Bischoff, 44, Bangor, two counts of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs.

Kenneth T. Black, 42, Bangor, escape, refusing to submit to arrest.

Gerald G. Boucher, 24, Old Town, unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs.

April Ann Bracken, 34, Auburndale, Mass., unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs, two counts of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.

William P. Brady, 29, transient, failure to appear.

Anthony J. Brasslet, 19, Brewer, burglary, theft by unauthorized taking.

Jeffrey Byington, 31, Corinna, gross sexual assault, attempted gross sexual assault, visual sexual aggression against a child.

William H. Call, 51, LaGrange, eight counts of unlawful sexual contact.

Kenneth D. Cookson, 31, Lincoln, four counts of gross sexual assault, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.

Marie Cookson, 25, Bangor, theft by unauthorized taking.

Ryan S. Craven, 25, Hermon, failure to appear.

Frank Davila, 18, Bronx, N.Y., failure to appear.

Derek Dawes, 21, Lincoln, aggravated assault.

Benjamin Dunham, 19, Kents Hill, aggravated operating after revocation, criminal operating under the influence of intoxicants, criminal speeding.

Willie L. Dunton, 21, Bangor, theft by unauthorized taking.

Walter Durgin, 40, Baileyville, two counts unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs, five counts unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, illegal possession of hypodermic apparatuses.

Benjamin J. Ellingwood, 20, Glenburn, criminal threatening.

Jeremy James Everly, 25, Sullivan, operating after revocation.

Albert C. Everett, 26, Bangor, theft by unauthorized taking.

Matthew D. Foley, 19, unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs, unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.

Ryan E. Gaudet, 21, Bangor, tampering with a victim, assault, violation of condition of release.

Stepehn Gonzalez, 42, transient, criminal threatening.

Donald Grace, 44, Etna, two counts aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs.

Chase Guarino, 21, Higganum, Conn., two counts unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs, unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, criminal forfeiture.

Christopher R. Hilton, 27, Bar Harbor, theft by unauthorized taking, failure to appear.

Felicia McArthur, 21, Pittsfield, unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, violation of condition of release.

Francis X. Mooney, 47, Bangor, criminal operating under the influence of intoxicants, aggravated operating after revocation, failure to stop for an officer, improper plates.

Thomas J. Nadeau, 69, Brewer, operating after revocation.

Joel Ngu-Mba, 18, Orono, unlawful sexual contact.

Chester Philbrick, 50, Corinth, gross sexual assault, unlawful sexual contact.

Jason R. Phillips, 23, Hermon, burglary of a motor vehicle, theft by unauthorized taking, criminal mischief.

Shauna A. Poirier, 25, Augusta, failure to appear.

Richard Porter, 29, Holden, aggravated assault, criminal threatening, terrorizing, two counts violation, violation of protective order.

Lance W. Rogers, 22, Dexter, failure to appear.

Phyllis A. Sapiel, 23, Milford, aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.

Darren Seidell, 25, Bangor, aggravated criminal trespass, assault.

Donald J. Smith Jr., 30, Newport, unlawful sexual contact.

Douglas B. Smith, 33, Carmel, two counts unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.

Sonia Soucy, 37, Bangor, operating after revocation.

Christy L. Williams, 30, Milo, failure to appear.


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