BANGOR – A 16-year-old Glenburn boy denied some 30 charges Monday stemming from an eight-day multi-county spree of burglaries and car and truck thefts.

Andru Smart was captured in Hudson on Sept. 27 after allegedly assaulting a homeowner with an ax and stealing his car.

On Monday, Smart entered what would be the equivalent of not-guilty pleas in 3rd District Court.

The charges were outlined in 16 cases that identified 12 victims for Smart’s alleged crimes spanning the counties.

The charges include:

. One count each of robbery and aggravated assault.

. Three counts of eluding a police officer.

. Seven counts of unauthorized use of property.

. Eight counts of burglary.

. Eleven counts of theft.

Charges from Cumberland County also may be filed, according to James Aucoin, assistant district attorney for Penobscot County. Smart allegedly stole a Home Depot truck from South Portland the day before his arrest,

Smart will continue to be held at Mountain View Youth Development Center in Charleston, where he has undergone a psychiatric evaluation.

Prosecutors have not yet filed a motion to try Smart as an adult.

If convicted as a juvenile, he could be held at the youth center until his 21st birthday. If convicted as an adult, he faces up to 30 years in prison on the Class A robbery charge alone.

Smart’s attorney, Seth Harrow of Bangor, declined Monday to comment on any possible motive in the case.

Smart’s parents and other family members left the courtroom after the 15-minute hearing without speaking to reporters.

“We don’t know what kicked this off,” Smart’s father said at a Hudson market the night before his son was apprehended as he pressed adults inside the convenience store not to leave their keys inside their cars, which he said unwittingly aided his son’s escape.

The father said his son was as normal as a teenager could be, but two weeks after school got out for the summer his son broke into a home and stole a car. Smart was arrested and convicted for that incident, and his father said his son did community service willingly.

Then the string of car thefts and burglaries occurred, something his father said he couldn’t explain.

Reports that Smart might have a gun prompted some area schools to shut down or to continue with classes under lockdown.

Smart was arrested almost two months ago after a state police dog tracked him to railroad tracks in Hudson. They had converged on the area after a man was struck by the dull edge of an ax on the nape of his neck but managed to get Smart out of his Hudson Road home.