Bangor homeowners find grenade in wall

The Bangor bomb unit was dispatched Sunday evening to a Cottage Street home after residents discovered a hand grenade in between a couple of basement wall studs, Sgt. Bob Bishop said Monday.

The call for help came in around 7:15 p.m. and two officers from the bomb squad found the grenade. It was determined that the grenade was real but inert, Bishop said. Police seized the grenade. (Nok-Noi Ricker, BDN)

A Bradford woman was arrested and charged with felony theft Sunday evening after attempting to steal cash from Shaw’s grocery store on Main Street in Bangor.

Gimetta Martin, 33, grabbed $179 in cash out of a cash register at the store at around 6:30 p.m. and then headed to the neighboring Dunkin’ Donuts but was quickly caught by Bangor police officers, Sgt. Bob Bishop said Monday.

The theft was upgraded to a felony because she has been issued multiple theft charges in a short period of time, he said. (Nok-Noi Ricker, BDN)

In just a matter of hours, thieves stripped an Atkinson home of its copper piping last week.

The homeowner had left her house on Monday morning after checking on her animals. Returning home later in the day, the homeowner attempted to draw water for the animals but none came from the faucet. When she went to investigate, she discovered all of the pipes had been removed from the home, according to Investigator Guy Dow of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department.

Dow also is investigating a Dec. 9 break-in at a homeowner’s garage in Kingsbury Plantation where about 9 gallons of gasoline and dry gas was stolen. Dow said a lock was broken to gain entry into the garage on Campbell Hill Road. (Diana Bowley, BDN)