A Bangor man was arrested Thursday night after witnesses said he flipped over tables and threatened employees and patrons at the Whig & Courier restaurant downtown.

Several witnesses said that a man – identified later as Craig Raymond, 30 – came into the restaurant around 8 p.m. and began harassing customers. An employee allegedly asked the man to leave, to which Raymond responded by saying that he would break the waitress’ arms, according to a police report. He also allegedly picked up a wooden post with a concrete base and threw it in the direction of a male patron.

Raymond left the Whig & Courier on his own, and Officer Kerry Libby found him walking on Exchange Street. She tried to speak to him, but he was both intoxicated and agitated. Officers Wade Betters and Dennis Townsend arrived shortly after to assist.

The man tried several times to walk away from the officers and at one point raised his fist at Libby. Townsend then grabbed Raymond, who remained combative until he was forced to the ground and handcuffed, the report stated.

After witnesses from the Whig & Courier confirmed that the suspect in custody was the same person causing trouble earlier, Raymond was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center and treated for a cut on his arm. There, he continued harassing officers and hospital staff, according to Libby, and called the officer a “man hater.”

Finally, Raymond was taken to Penobscot County Jail and issued summonses for disorderly conduct and refusing to submit to arrest. During the trip from the hospital to the jail, Raymond harassed the officers further and directed a racial remark toward Townsend, the officer wrote.

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Bangor police arrested a Louisiana woman shortly after midnight Thursday at Eastern Maine Medical Center, where the woman reportedly threatened the life of a nurse.

According to witnesses, Kimberly Carter, 40, told a nurse that she would stalk and kill her. The nurse called police because she was concerned for her safety, Officer Mike Kenney wrote in his police report. It was unclear why Carter was threatening the nurse.

Carter initially gave Kenney a Maine address but later said she was from Louisiana. When she was taken to the police station and issued a summons, Carter told the officer that she had a friend in the district attorney’s office who would rip the summons up, the report said.

– Compiled by BDN reporter Eric Russell