The following petitions for bankruptcy were filed at U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bangor during December 2006:

Leroy D. Vetterlein, laborer, no dependents, Camden: assets, $2,775; debts, $43,640.

Kevin Ross Emery, self-employed, no dependents, Pittsfield: assets, $37,981; debts, $129,837.

Sproul’s Home Center Inc., Holden: assets, $276,156; debts, $1,090,956.

Frank E. Herrick, disabled, and Linda R. Herrick, no employment listed, no dependents, Ellsworth: assets, $241,889; debts, $188,248.

Alton G. Tuttle, stock clerk-warehouse, one dependent, Canaan: assets, $39,139; debts, $45,023.

Ali Amalou, no employment given, no dependents, Bangor: assets, $1,100; debts, $24,034.

Terrie Smith, fka Terri Carlisle, dispatcher, two dependents, Eddington: assets, $231,512; debts, $225,312.

Jacob Parker, chemist, one dependent, Skowhegan: assets, $1,574; debts, $46,950.

Jason A. Blanchard, restaurant manager, two dependents, Oakland: assets, $158,200; debts, $255,369.

Adam Armand Paquin, store detective/full-time student, no dependents, Milford: assets, $3,715; debts, $16,500.

Jeffrey C. Lewis, unemployed, and Heather S. Lewis, dishwasher, two dependents, Boothbay Harbor: assets, $4,326; debts, $92,153.

Rebecca Lynn Fischer, employed by Wal-Mart, and Lesley Ray Walker, disabled, New Sharon: assets, $53,297; debts, $150,189.

Ryan E. Murray, warehouse, and Carrie Murray, aka Carrie L. Nowell, assistant manager, no dependents, Carmel: assets, $103,880; debts, $114,784.

Robin J. Laurence, part-time baker, and Wendall T. Laurence, unemployed, no dependents, Levant: assets, $6,625; debts, $116,200.

Mark J. Graham, manager, no dependents, Jefferson: assets, $165,020; debts, $203,131.

Joseph JPP Mann, fdba Mann & Jasper, fdba J&T Mann Inc., sales representative, one dependent, South China: assets, $130,150; debts, $178,404.

Scott W. Lavertu, aka Scott W. Laverto, inspector, and Cara L. Lavertu, aka Cara L. Laverto, manager, no dependents, Eddington: assets, $193,580; debts, $287,003.

Andrea R. Drumstas, ed tech II, two dependents, Carrabassett Valley: assets, $672,760; debts, $886,721.