Employees at the Hannaford grocery store on Union Street called Bangor police at about 5:30 p.m. Monday to report two women shoplifting alcohol, but by the time an officer arrived the suspects were gone. Store employees were able to give Bangor police Officer Rob Angelo… Read More
It was broad daylight when someone broke into a Brewer residence last month and took two firearms, Brewer Police Department Capt. Jason Moffitt said Monday. No one was home at the Broadlawn Drive residence when the break-in occurred on Nov. 17. The suspect or suspects… Read More
A local man was arrested this week on two counts of criminal mischief after Old Town police stopped by a Brunswick Street apartment and found a mess. Aaron Charles Sapiel, 24, is accused of damaging some of his former girlfriend’s personal belongings, throwing some of… Read More
A Bangor woman was arrested and charged with criminal mischief early Tuesday morning after allegedly scratching an unflattering word onto a car belonging to a rival for a young man’s affections. The incident began when an Elm Street woman called police to report that someone… Read More
A 27-year-old Bangor man was stabbed in the back after he and a group of friends left a downtown bar early Saturday, and the suspect is still at large, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Kenison said Monday. The wounds were not life-threatening, but the victim was… Read More
A 38-year-old Lee man was arrested after he reportedly shot off a gun while visiting a relative who lives in Springfield and then tried to run from police. Neighbors of the relative on Old Winn Road called police after hearing the gunshot around 3:30 p.m. Read More
A 22-year-old woman was walking along Court Street, near Coe Park, about 3:30 p.m. Monday when she was approached by an unknown man, who asked for a lighter, then hit her and stole her purse, Bangor police Lt. Tim Reid said Tuesday. The assailant was… Read More
Two Hermon men have been charged with three separate burglaries in Bangor after officers found them with a bag filled with stolen items, Sgt. Ed Potter said Monday. Kenneth Cote II, 25, and Timothy McCann, 28, were acting suspiciously when they went into Shaw’s Supermarket… Read More
A Hampden woman faces multiple charges after a tussle over the weekend with her arresting officers. Melissa Anna Luna, 28, was driving on State Street in Brewer early Saturday morning when she was pulled over for speeding. When Brewer police Sgt. Richard Miller and Officer… Read More
A 22-year-old Bangor man was arrested twice in two days for visiting the same Essex Street apartment. Bangor police initially arrested Eric Leo Ducas, 22, early Sunday morning after he forced his way into an apartment occupied by two women and assaulted one of them,… Read More
A former Bangor resident who is living in Rhode Island was arrested in Brewer on Tuesday for allegedly stealing a vehicle and selling marijuana, according to Brewer police Detective Nelson Feero. Feero said he was driving past a Broadlawn Drive home he had been to… Read More
Former Bangor City Council Chairman Richard Greene, 52, was arrested early Monday morning on a warrant issued for failing to appear at a Nov. 6 court hearing, according to Veazie Police Chief Mark Leonard. The chief said the Nov. 6 hearing had been scheduled because Greene failed to… Read More
A Bangor driver heading with several other vehicles to Belfast for a funeral Saturday morning caused a collision on Route 202 in Hampden when he slammed on his brakes, causing the vehicle behind him to hit his vehicle, police say. Brian Erving, 38, “was part… Read More
It’s a pretty sure bet that a Veazie man didn’t get the job he was seeking Tuesday after being led out of LaBree’s Bakery in Old Town in handcuffs. Nicholas Allen Mitchell, 21, was arrested at the Gilman Falls bakery on a charge of violating… Read More
A St. Albans hunter, who had climbed a tree Monday afternoon to get a better look at a couple of deer he was hunting, fell and broke a bone in his lower back, Game Warden Aaron Cross said Tuesday. Brian Gervais, 31, was hunting alone… Read More
In Orono, police officers are still catching up on paperwork from a Halloween detail that Sgt. Scott Scripture said generated more than 20 citations. The special detail, which started about 8 p.m. Halloween night and ran until about 4 a.m. Saturday, involved scheduling six more… Read More
A Glenburn man was arrested and charged with unlawful furnishing of marijuana early Sunday morning after Brewer police, with the help of a drug-detecting dog, found 22 plastic bags in his car. Each bag contained pot or pot residue, according to Brewer police Cpl. Paul Gauvin. Read More
A basketball-size hole in the recently installed glass of the Maine Center for the Arts on the University of Maine campus in Orono may have been an act of vandalism. There were several incidents of possible vandalism on campus this Homecoming Weekend, UMaine spokesman Joe… Read More
A resident living on the east side of Bangor called police early Thursday evening to say a man who was possibly drunk was driving erratically. Soon, Bangor police Officers Steve Jordan and Jim Dearing had stopped Roy Simpson, 54, a resident of Court Street. After… Read More
A pregnant woman was driving toward Bangor on North Main Street in Brewer at about 7:45 a.m. Monday when she crashed into the back end of a car in a line of stopped vehicles, according to Brewer police. Officer Adam Towers said three vehicles pulled… Read More
A Hampden man faces a variety of charges after a shopping spree Tuesday night at two Bangor stores. Jonathan Stacey, 20, of Hampden had been at Ski Rack Sports on Longview Drive when store personnel saw him leave with a shirt he allegedly hadn’t paid… Read More
An Old Town man was arrested Sunday night after he was caught red-handed trying to steal a catalytic converter from a 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer. After his arrest on criminal mischief and criminal attempt charges, Everett Jenkins, 45, was taken to Penobscot County Jail in Bangor,… Read More
A Bangor woman found herself in hot water Monday night after she was pulled over for speeding in Eddington. Not only did she provide police a fake name, she also was found to be driving without a valid driver’s license, according to Deputy Daren Mason… Read More
A Bangor man whom police had dealt with several times on Sunday was arrested that afternoon after he got into a fight on Third Street, according to Bangor police. Officers responded to a report of a fight at 1:40 p.m. and arrested Joseph Bolt, 25,… Read More
A Bangor man who recently sold drugs to undercover agents of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency was seen walking down a Bangor street on Tuesday and arrested by Bangor police. Walter Wilhelm II, 53, who lists his address as the Bangor Homeless Shelter, was part… Read More
A Bangor woman who was arrested for driving under the influence Monday night apparently became belligerent and assaulted two Penobscot County Jail deputies. “She was uncooperative from the start,” Bangor police Sgt. Bob Bishop said Tuesday. “She tried to escape from the booking room.” googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
The Hermon Fire Department chief declined Monday to provide any information about the condition of a 14-year-old Bishop Road boy who apparently put a paint can into a fire, causing an explosion that burned him Sunday. A member of the Fire Department confirmed Sunday that… Read More
A 14-year-old Bishop Road resident was burned when he apparently put a paint can into a fire and it exploded, a member of the Hermon Fire Department confirmed Sunday afternoon. The extent of the burns and other details about the incident were unavailable Sunday evening. Read More
A 21-year-old Veazie man was caught attempting to steal gasoline from a vehicle on State Street on Sept. 3, but he was not taken to jail because he had left his children home alone, Sgt. Keith Emery of the Veazie Police Department said Tuesday. Mark… Read More
An Old Town man was arrested Sunday afternoon and charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol after he allegedly abandoned his motorcycle on a neighbor’s lawn. According to a spokesman from the Old Town Police Department, the department received a call at about… Read More
A Bangor man driving a motorcycle alone on Pierce Road in Brewer was severely injured Thursday evening when his bike went off the roadway and he struck a telephone pole. “The injuries were serious and significant,” Brewer police Lt. Chris Martin said Thursday. “He suffered… Read More
A Brewer police officer on his way to an accident Monday afternoon found himself needing assistance when his cruiser caught fire. The officer was driving along Parkway South and was able to pull over to the side of the road. A short circuit somewhere in… Read More
Maine Drug Enforcement Agency agents on Monday stopped a Southwest Harbor woman, who they believed was dealing drugs, in Bangor and found heroin. Michelle Harper, 25, was arrested and is charged with trafficking heroin, a class B felony, said Garry Higgins, MDEA supervisory special agent… Read More
A 72-year-old man visiting from Massachusetts apparently fell asleep at the wheel and hit a vehicle head-on Wednesday afternoon while driving on Main Street in Orono, Sgt. Scott Scripture said later in the day. Merrill Huntley was driving a Toyota Highlander when he drove over… Read More
A female clerk at C&K Variety in Hermon apparently had been stealing from the cash register and over the weekend got caught on tape with her hand in the till, said Sgt. Michael Burgess of the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department. Michele Tilley, 24, of Hermon… Read More
A Corinna man was charged with burglary on Wednesday after he allegedly forged signatures on checks taken during an earlier burglary of a home on Route 23 in Dexter. Lloyd Burnham, 29, also is expected to be charged with forgery at a later date, according… Read More
A Bangor woman on Monday evening opened a cooler at Shaw’s grocery store on Main Street, took out a Coke and began to drink the beverage, according to police. Then she apparently tried to leave the store at about 5:15 p.m. while concealing a number… Read More
A flash of bright light and a massive boom that echoed over Fields Pond in Orrington early Saturday morning brought out the local fire department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department deputies. Orrington Fire Chief Mike Spencer arrived at the boat launch first at around 2:15… Read More
A Bangor woman was arrested late Saturday and charged with arson after she allegedly set fire to a car at a Union Street apartment complex. Eliza M. Thornley was being held Sunday on $10,000 bail on charges of arson and criminal mischief. She is scheduled… Read More
A Brewer man who was under orders not to consume or possess alcohol was arrested early Saturday morning in front of a Bangor bar. Bernard Landry, 35, was standing on State Street in front of The Tavern at about 12:25 a.m. when Officer Richard Polk… Read More
A taxicab driver noticed a car filled with teens being driven erratically in Bangor on Wednesday evening, and when it passed him he could smell marijuana, so he called Bangor police, Sgt. Bob Bishop said Thursday, reading from the report. An officer pulled over the… Read More
An Old Town man, apparently with a handgun in his possession, stopped Tuesday night by an apartment on Chapman Street, where he had stayed several months ago, with the intention of threatening his former roommates, Old Town police Capt. Kyle Smart said Wednesday. Stevie Baston,… Read More
A tenant-landlord dispute over unfixed problems at a Union Street apartment, including a broken kitchen faucet, escalated Sunday morning to the point where the landlord arrived at the apartment carrying a bat and yelled at the tenant, according to the Bangor Police Department report. Gary… Read More
A man was cut with a knife when a fight Thursday night escalated, Bangor police Detective Sgt. Chip Hodges said Friday. Shawn Cameron, 43, of Bangor was in his apartment with the 67-year-old male victim about 6 p.m. when the fight began. At one point… Read More
Smoke inside the Red Cross blood donor center on the corner of Odlin Road and Hammond Street on Wednesday morning prompted evacuation of the building. The Bangor Fire Department got the call for help at about 10:30 a.m. and dispatched two engines, the ladder truck… Read More
A Bangor man who a caller told police was walking down Ohio Street “smoking a ‘bowl'” on Sunday was arrested for outstanding warrants. Kyle Thebodeau, 20, and two others were stopped by officer Chris Blanchard who searched Thebodeau’s backpack and found a glass pipe inside… Read More
Bangor police are investigating the theft of four catalytic converters taken Tuesday from vehicles parked at two locations on Griffin Road. Police were dispatched to Quirk Cars By Us, 44 Griffin Road, to investigate a report of three stolen catalytic converters, then to the old… Read More
A Stillwater man was injured around 8:30 p.m. Thursday when he lost control of his motorcycle on rough roads in Greenbush, said Penobscot County Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Knight. Dale Holmes, 42, was riding behind another motorcyclist on Greenfield Road when his 1980 Kawasaki hit a… Read More
Four teens in a black truck kept driving in and out of the Brewer Wal-Mart Supercenter’s parking lot around 1 a.m. Wednesday. They made employees so nervous that they were up to something that the police were called. Several Brewer police officers arrived at the… Read More
Police in Hampden are looking for two people who attempted to steal a catalytic converter off a vehicle at Crawford’s Import Auto on Cold Brook Road early Monday morning. Officer Ben Eyles of the Hampden Police Department said Monday that a video recorder on the premises captured two… Read More
A Charleston man called for help Wednesday night after his former girlfriend used a knife to stab him in the hand during a fight, Sgt. Bill Birch of the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday. Alicia Rickard, 22, a transient who is listed with a… Read More
Two vehicles involved in a collision on Union Street on Saturday morning had significant damage, according to Sgt. Paul Kennison of the Bangor Police Department. Kennison said driver inattention caused Lonnie Gould, 52, of Greenville Junction to run a red light near the airport and crash his 1999… Read More
ARGYLE – A Lincoln teenager was taken to the hospital Friday after she fell asleep at the wheel and rolled her car over in the Interstate 95 median. Marjorie Nesin, 18, was driving southbound on Interstate 95 just before 1 p.m. when she appeared to… Read More
An Old Town man was arrested in Bangor on Tuesday night after a Maine state trooper found more than a pound of marijuana in his pickup truck. Harry Soltow, 39, was charged with unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs, a felony. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
A Brewer woman escaped injury Wednesday morning when her SUV struck a tractor- trailer that had stopped abruptly in front of her on Interstate 95 near Pittsfield. Patricia Kelley, 47, was headed southbound at about 10 a.m. when a truck hauling an empty flatbed trailer… Read More
A Bangor woman was jailed after allegedly stabbing another woman in the leg during a fight Monday evening. Laurie Presby, 47, apparently stabbed her partner in the thigh twice during a domestic altercation at a Grove Street residence at around 7 p.m. Monday, police said. Read More
An Old Town man learned Tuesday that sometimes even a locked door does not hold back a raging woman. When Jessi Feare, 26, stopped by her boyfriend’s Water Street apartment around 11:20 a.m. she found another woman inside, according to police reports. Feare grew angry,… Read More
A Bangor woman was unable to brake her vehicle quickly enough and struck the building containing Bangor Frameworks at 175 Exchange St. at about 11:15 a.m. Friday. The van, driven by Maureen Gantz, 60, is equipped with special controls for handicapped drivers, according to Bangor… Read More
A Hampden man was arrested about 7:30 p.m. Thursday after he led a Bangor police officer on a short high-speed chase on Route 2 from Bangor into Hermon. Joel Ellis, 37, was charged with criminal speeding and driving with a suspended registration, according to Bangor… Read More
Brewer police are expected to charge a Washington County juvenile with theft and assault after he bumped a pharmacy employee while trying to steal vitamin supplements. The 17-year-old from Deblois, whose name was not released by police, apparently tried to take a bottle of vitamin… Read More
Deputies from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department continued Monday to investigate the cause of a single-vehicle crash over the weekend in Eddington. Alcohol is suspected to be a contributing factor in the accident early Saturday morning which snapped a power pole and sent two people… Read More
Southbound traffic just before mile marker 182 on Interstate 95 in Bangor was reduced to one lane for more than nine hours after a tractor-trailer went off the road and into the median around 8:15 p.m. Wednesday. The driver in front of the truck in… Read More
After driving a borrowed vehicle off the road and into a Bangor ditch around 5 p.m. Tuesday, a Holden man was arrested for operating under the influence, operating after suspension and leaving the scene of an accident. Daniel Watson Jr., 27, was driving the 2007… Read More
Leslie Rogers, 33, of Derby was summoned for marijuana cultivation this week when officers from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Milo Police Department found two potted marijuana plants on a back porch. A concerned resident called police about suspicious activity at another home… Read More
A Hampden woman was injured Friday afternoon when she pulled her car out in front of a pickup truck on Parkway South in Brewer. Brewer police Sgt. Richard Smith said Blossome Fenlason, 84, was attempting to turn left onto Parkway South from the driveway of… Read More
With the help of a police K-9, a 6-year-old boy was found shortly after he was reported missing in Bangor on Tuesday evening. A resident of 14 South Park St. realized her grandson had wandered out of her backyard sometime before 5 p.m. She called… Read More
A Milford man directing traffic on Ohio Street in Bangor on Monday was injured when a steel cable became tangled in a passing school bus and knocked him over. Utility workers had a steel cable stretched across the street when Larry McGregor, age unknown, was… Read More
A woman whom police described as a transient was arrested Thursday and charged with assault and disorderly conduct in connection with a fracas at Pickering Square in Bangor. Jessica Strout, 20, was released later that day on unspecified bail, according to Penobscot County Jail officials. Read More
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… Read More
Old Town police Monday arrested an Ellsworth man with five outstanding warrants against him. Sgt. Scott Casey said Joseph Lane, 24, was arrested at 11:53 a.m. at a residence on Bodwell Street in Old Town after the Old Town Police Department received information that Lane… Read More
A routine traffic stop led to the recovery of a Mercedes-Benz, which was stolen from Florida several months ago, according to Bangor police files. Bangor police pulled over Kallie Brackett, 24, as she was driving along Lincoln Street around 6:30 p.m. Saturday in a 1999… Read More
Two University of Maine students thought they had a bright idea Tuesday, but it ended up earning each of them a summons for reckless conduct. Police were called to Androscoggin Hall by a resident who reported a fire in the microwave in the common area… Read More
An accident this morning on Interstate 95 near the northbound Hampden rest area sent an Etna man to the hospital with severe injuries to his head and the left side of his body. Blaine Brooks, 57, remembers sneezing, but appears to have blacked out due… Read More
A Massachusetts man who experienced a medical problem at about 1:30 p.m. Monday while driving on Annis Road in Hermon was taken to the hospital after his car left the road, went down an embankment and rolled onto its side. Jeremy Curtis, 34, of Woburn,… Read More
Two men traveling through Milo on Wednesday night learned that if you have a warrant out for your arrest, you should make sure both of your headlights are in working order. A Milo police officer pulled over a vehicle around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday because it… Read More
A Bangor man who returned Wednesday evening to his Mount Hope Avenue home after a night away found the light on in his bedroom and discovered that a bottle of Vicodin, change and a digital camera were missing. Someone had entered the home between 5… Read More
Jewelry, cash, a laptop computer and collectible coins worth $3,000 were stolen from two Bangor homes Tuesday and Wednesday in separate burglary incidents. During the day Tuesday, a burglar broke a porch window at 228 Palm St., entered the home and stole the coins and… Read More
Police say driver inattention was to blame for an accident in Hampden shortly after noon Tuesday that demolished two vehicles but caused only minor injuries to the drivers involved. According to Sgt. Scott Webber of the Hampden Police Department, a silver 1992 Pontiac Grand Prix… Read More
Police say speed and alcohol were factors in a Monday evening motorcycle accident in Etna. Ian Holmwood, 25, of Etna broke his leg and suffered other injuries, when he apparently lost control of his 1988 Honda motorcycle on Route 2 between Bardon Hill Road and… Read More
Three males may be hoping Maine law has some elasticity when they appear in court on car burglary charges. Eric Warman, 19, Robert J. Hazelton, age unknown, both of Bangor, and a 16-year-old Brewer boy were charged Wednesday with burglary to a motor vehicle after… Read More
A Milford teenager who goes to Orono High School was caught hacking into the school’s server Thursday morning and charged with criminal invasion of computer privacy. “He knowingly accessed an Orono High School system server, which compromised the logins and passwords of Orono High School… Read More
A master key to the University of Maine’s Androscoggin Hall was among items stolen sometime Monday morning from a programming office in the residence hall. The building is home to about 250 students. “Police officers and residence life staff members are maintaining an increased presence… Read More
An Eddington man almost made it home Thursday night, but fell asleep at the wheel less than 100 yards from his house, went off the road and totaled his car. Anthony Kenniston, 24, drove into a stand of trees and knocked down a telephone pole… Read More
A Brewer man allegedly threatened a Bangor woman by using his cell phone and was summoned for his actions. Bangor police took a report from a 20-year-old Bangor woman who said she was being threatened by text messages from Michael Baker, 32, of Brewer. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Overheated brakes on a train sparked a small grass fire in Hampden on Thursday afternoon. The fire started just before 2 p.m. on a stretch of railroad tracks that run alongside Route 202 near Mecaw Road and Penobscot Meadow Drive. Strong winds fanned the flames,… Read More
Two teenage males allegedly kicked in the back door of Seamus’ convenience store, on the corner of Blue Hill East and Finson Road in Bangor, sometime late Saturday or early Sunday and took several items. While no one was at the scene when police arrived,… Read More
While on patrol early Monday morning, Holden police Officer Chris Greeley noticed a vehicle parked on the side of Irving Mainway that wasn’t near the entrance and three people were sitting inside. Greeley approached the vehicle at about 1:30 a.m. and the three individuals all… Read More
The Bangor Mall was evacuated for about 20 minutes Tuesday afternoon when a sprinkler pipe broke in the future Hollister Co. store, according to officials. The storefront, which is located near the J.C. Penney store, was under construction around 2 p.m. when the sprinkler pipe… Read More
Fire damaged the kitchen of a two-story Bullen Road home in Milford on Monday after the homeowner emptied cigarettes from an ashtray into a kitchen trash can. The homeowner, Christine Nedeau, emptied the ashtray just before taking a shower about 10 a.m. Monday, said Milford… Read More
After consuming a few alcoholic beverages at The Tavern in downtown Bangor, a Dixmont man got into a fight with a stranger at the bar and pulled a knife. Anthony Barnes, 27, was arrested at around 1:25 a.m. Sunday on Columbia Street when he took… Read More
BANGOR – A Bangor man broke a window early Wednesday at Doc’s Place, a convenience store at the corner of Hogan Road and Stillwater Avenue, and took nearly $3,000 in cigarettes and lottery tickets. Police said Jay Dee Layton, 21, was caught by video surveillance… Read More
Bangor police charged a Belmont woman with making a false police report in connection with an incident Monday at the Wal-Mart store on Springer Drive. Because she also was in violation of release conditions from a previous conviction, Darcie Kirk, 34, was arrested and taken… Read More
A Bangor man was sitting on the back bumper of a police cruiser undergoing a sobriety test about midnight Friday when his mother drove by and asked the officer if she could help. The Bangor police officer, who had stopped Sidney W. Moss-Melidones, 20, on… Read More
Three women and two men were arrested Wednesday night when Bangor police responded to a report of a fight in progress at a party on Center Street and found that most of the people gathered were wanted for outstanding warrants. “Pretty much everyone there was… Read More
Brewer police arrested Anthony M. Landry, 18, of Bangor on Saturday afternoon and charged him with trafficking in marijuana and OxyContin. Bangor police officers had informed Brewer police earlier this month that there was suspected drug activity at the Twin City Motel on Wilson Street. Read More
A vehicle fire came dangerously close to spreading from a driveway to a home on Route 9 in Newburgh on Sunday night, according to a Newburgh Fire Department official. A minivan caught fire after the driver spun the tires in an apparent attempt to turn… Read More
Few details are being released about a Sunday night stabbing in Brewer that resulted in a person being taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center with minor injuries, Cpl. Anthony Pinette of the Brewer Police Department said Monday. The victim, a 45-year-old female Brewer resident, was… Read More
Two 17-year-olds were charged with assault after getting into an altercation with a convenience store clerk late Thursday in Bangor. Bangor police were called to the Big Apple store on State Street just before 10:30 p.m. for a report of a possible assault. Upon their… Read More
State, Penobscot County and local police agencies were busy Tuesday with dozens of accidents related to slick road conditions, none of which resulted in life-threatening injury. Most of the accidents occurred during the morning commute and the early evening hours, when temperatures were around or… Read More
A University of Maine student reportedly left his dorm room on the Orono campus unlocked for just 10 minutes Monday afternoon. When he returned to his room in Knox Hall about 12:40 p.m., all of his roommate’s “toys” had been stolen, he told campus police. Read More