Man accused of Bangor burglary

A Bangor couple returned home Christmas evening and found a guitar, amplifier and 18 video games missing from their Kenduskeag Avenue apartment.

Police said the items were valued at $1,780.

Police received a call from the couple at 10:41 p.m. Monday and were told that Bangor resident Matthew Fernald, 29, had shown interest in the guitar during previous visits to the apartment and that the baseball cap he had left the last time he visited was missing.

Police reportedly discovered the guitar and video games in Fernald’s home, and the Peavey amplifier in the back seat of a vehicle in the driveway.

Fernald was charged with receiving stolen property, a Class C crime, and burglary, a Class B crime. He was taken to Penobscot County Jail, where he remained Tuesday afternoon. He is scheduled to appear in Penobscot County Superior Court in Bangor on Feb. 9.

Bangor police officers who noticed three people walking early Tuesday behind a home on French Street stopped them and discovered one was carrying items that turned out to have been stolen from a motor vehicle in the area.

Officers stopped the group at 12:18 a.m.

They found Philip Smith, 22, of Brewer carrying a handheld global positioning system device and a cell phone that were later determined not to be his. He also was carrying two knives.

After police searched the French Street area, a vehicle was found with an open door, and its owner said he was missing a GPS device and a work cell phone.

Smith was charged with burglary to a motor vehicle and trafficking in dangerous knives, both Class D crimes, and taken to Penobscot County Jail, where he remained Tuesday afternoon. He is scheduled to appear in 3rd District Court in Bangor on Jan. 18.

Debbie Hincks, 21, listed as a Bangor transient, was arrested on an outstanding warrant during the incident and taken to Penobscot County Jail, where she remained Tuesday afternoon. A third person was not charged.

– COMPILED BY BDN REPORTER NOK-NOI HAUGER