A Greenbush man started his Thanksgiving Day by being arrested and jailed for operating under the influence of alcohol just before 1 a.m. Thursday.

Jeffrey Boucher, 36, was pulled over by a Bangor police officer at the foot of the Hammond Street exit ramp on I-95 after Boucher’s pickup swerved from the breakdown lane to the passing lane a number of times, according to the police report.

The officer watched Boucher’s pickup truck leave the Ramada Inn parking lot on the Odlin Road and drive onto I-95, crossing lane markers and narrowly missing the guardrail along the onramp.

The officer followed the pickup. When he turned on the cruiser’s blue lights and siren on I-95, the pickup “quickly accelerated” and “swerved badly” from the breakdown lane all the way across to the passing lane, the report states.

The pickup finally stopped at the start of the off-ramp at Hammond Street.

According to the report, Boucher fumbled with his wallet and paperwork and performed poorly in a field sobriety test.

An Intoxilyzer test at the police station revealed that Boucher’s blood alcohol content was 0.25 percent, more than triple the legal limit.

He was taken to Penobscot County and released on bail later Thursday morning. He is scheduled to appear in court Dec. 22 to face the charge.

Police contacted a friend of Boucher’s who came and fetched a German shepherd that had been riding in the enclosed bed of the pickup.

Robert Jackson of Old Town, 31, was arrested early Thanksgiving morning for speeding and operating under the influence of alcohol on Stillwater Avenue.

An Old Town police officer saw Jackson’s maroon Chevy Camaro traveling eastward at 38 mph in a 25-mph zone past the Lawndale Cemetery.

The officer tried to pull the driver of the Camaro over but he kept driving for about a quarter mile before turning into a parking lot and stopping.

The officer smelled alcohol on Jackson’s breath, saw that his eyes were bloodshot and glassy and heard his speech slurred.

At the police station a breathalyzer test revealed that Jackson’s blood alcohol content was 0.16 percent, double the legal limit. He was released on bail at about 4:30 a.m. Thursday.

Two women were arrested Monday afternoon after an Orono man reported they broke down his apartment door.

Arrested were Elizabeth Elias, 22, a former girlfriend of the tenant, and her roommate, Carolyn Fotiu, also 22. They were charged with criminal trespass and criminal mischief.

Orono police Sgt. Garry Duquette and Officer Josh Ewing arrived at the man’s apartment at 205 Main St. to find the front door broken, with part of the frame and the latch on the floor.

According to the police, Elias said she had previously tried to get some clothing she had left behind at the man’s apartment, but he had not responded to her requests, even when her roommate got involved and e-mailed him.

When the women telephoned him Monday to let him know that they were coming over, the man collected his former girlfriend’s clothing, packed it in a bag and placed it out in the hallway, Duquette reported.

Apparently not satisfied with finding the clothing in the bag, the women began knocking at the door. When he refused to come out, the women forced their way into his apartment.

Two University of Maine students will have to rethink their dorm room decorating plans after Orono police arrested them early Wednesday morning trying to take a large snowmobile sign from an Orono business.

The Arctic Cat sign, about 4 feet by 5 feet, had been left by a fence and Dumpster at the Friend & Friend dealership, formerly Dunn’s Recreational Center, on Stillwater Avenue.

It is also where Officers Sam Blalack and Scott Wilcox found the two UMaine students and a minivan with the sign packed inside.

One of the students was standing by the minivan, the other was hiding behind the Dumpster, according to police.

Both students, Patrick Brann, 19, and Samuel Bosse, 18, were charged with theft by unauthorized taking. The theft was discovered while the officers were on a routine check of area businesses.

– Compiled by Doug Kesseli and Gordon Bonin of the NEWS Staff.