An Old Town man was released on bail Wednesday after spending a night in jail on a criminal trespass charge.

According to Bangor police, Daniel Pearce Babcock, 41, refused despite several requests to leave Eastern Maine Medical Center after being treated Tuesday for unspecified injuries or illness. Bangor police Officer Jason Linkletter was at the hospital that day to follow up on an unrelated matter when he saw Babcock acting unruly and becoming increasingly upset.

Babcock said he needed a ride back to Old Town and wanted to use the telephone. A telephone was made available to him, but he was not able to contact the person he had planned to get a ride from. Babcock then allegedly began swearing and being belligerent.

After Babcock again was asked – and refused – to leave the hospital, Linkletter arrested him and took him to Penobscot County Jail. (Dawn Gagnon, BDN)

Bangor police are investigating the theft of diesel fuel from a business on outer Hammond Street.

According Sgt. Larry Weber of the Bangor Police Department, 15 gallons of fuel were stolen from three tractors at Greenway Equipment Sales at 1270 Hammond St. The stolen diesel was valued at $64.50, he said.

Weber said the theft was discovered by the business owner Wednesday morning, when a customer arrived to pick up a tractor. (Dawn Gagnon, BDN)