Four quilts were stolen Saturday from the gift shop at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor while a shop employee was on her lunch break. The quilts, made in China and valued at $125 each, were displayed outside the shop when the woman locked the… Read More
A woman went to visit a co-worker who was preparing for surgery Tuesday, but reported that the man the woman lives with barged in and assaulted them both, before heading off in her car to pick up their son at day care. The alleged attacker,… Read More
It was like an obstacle course along a section of Union Street in Bangor early Tuesday morning as a tree and trash bags were strewn across the road, left in the wake of an angry man. Shortly before 1 a.m., Bangor police were alerted to… Read More
BANGOR – A Saturday night scuffle on Ohio Street led to the arrest of one man for assault and resisting arrest while another man was cited for simple assault after striking a pregnant woman. According to Bangor police, Robert Seeley, 19, of Bangor and his… Read More
A brawl Thursday night, reportedly triggered by an underage patron’s unwillingness to leave a Harlow Street nightclub, resulted in assault and disorderly conduct charges for six area people. Arrested in connection with the episode were Jennifer McGraw, 19, of Bangor; Ricky Hendsbee, 19, of Glenburn;… Read More
A 23-year-old woman returned two chain saw chains to The Home Depot in Bangor on Tuesday, claiming her father had bought them within the last two weeks. Problem was, the store hadn’t sold any of those chains for a month. The woman, Angela Mayo, a… Read More
A 23-year-old Palermo man stopped for speeding in Orono early Sunday morning assured police he was safe to drive and would even “walk the line” to prove it. After a field sobriety test, however, Orono police arrested the driver, identified as Shawn Doherty, and charged… Read More
Witnesses told police a car crossed two lanes of traffic on Summer Street in Bangor on Wednesday and, as it swerved to avoid a brick wall, struck a nearby car. The driver, Ronald Ouellette, 33, of LaGrange, told police he had “hit a dirt pile”… Read More
Bangor police are looking for a man suspected of assaulting and trying to rob another man Wednesday afternoon. The victim told police that he was headed to Manna soup kitchen on Center Street and decided to cross the bridge spanning the Kenduskeag Stream in the… Read More
Bangor police reported one arrest for domestic assault Tuesday and issued a summons for assault for an incident between two high school friends. Bangor Officer Butch Moore said he arrested Brian Tracy, 23, of Bangor at Tracy’s workplace on a complaint of domestic assault Tuesday. Read More
Fire damaged a home being renovated on Western Avenue in Hampden on Monday night. A Hampden Fire Department official said it was too early to determine what caused the fire, but he suspected that work being done on the plumbing may have sparked the fire… Read More
A car accident on Main Street in Bangor on Friday afternoon caused minor injuries as well as some traffic problems. A car pulled out of Sidney Street and, turning left, crossed the southbound lanes and then went into the path of a northbound car. Kimberly… Read More
A snowplow grazed a teen-ager walking on the Newburgh Road in Hermon on Thursday night, causing minor injuries. The teen-ager was walking along the road with an friend and pushed his friend out of the way of the snowplow and then he tried to jump… Read More
Bangor police are investigating the theft of a number of musical instruments from a truck parked at Northern Kingdom Music at 347 Harlow St. A store representative reported to police Wednesday morning that someone entered the locked, capped bed of his company truck that was… Read More
A man living in Veazie but wanted in Texas will be returning to that state after his arrest Monday morning in Bangor. The story starts in Veazie where police had been told by authorities in Upshaw County, Texas, that Christopher Cocchiaro, 21, was living here… Read More
A Stockton Springs man suspected of shoplifting and wanted on several warrants fled from police into the woods along outer Union Street in Bangor early Friday morning, but was captured later when he tried to complete his getaway in a cab. Shawn Ashworth, 26, was… Read More
A woman who has eluded police allegedly made off with $2,875.85 in funds by passing stolen checks at a Bangor bank last month, according to Bangor police Officer Shawn Green. On Thursday, Green received a package of canceled checks from United Kingfield Bank, containing five… Read More
Bangor police Sunday night were searching for a man who robbed an Ohio Street convenience store at gunpoint. The man entered Cameron’s Market at 313 Ohio St., shortly before 6 p.m., according to Bangor police Sgt. Ronald Gastia. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
For months now, an unknown man has been calling the Penobscot Regional Communications Center with what police described as harassing and obscene messages, maybe hundreds of them. The telephone calls were tying up the toll-free emergency line and the dispatchers while the messages were becoming… Read More
The driver of a car stopped for running a red light in Bangor on Tuesday was arrested on a warrant and one of his passengers faces a weapons charge. Tuesday night while on patrol, Bangor police Officer Chris Morley reported seeing a car stop at… Read More
Escalating tit-for-tat anger led to the arrest of an Orono man on charges of domestic assault Friday night. According to the Orono Police Department, officers responded to a report of yelling and screaming at Stillwater Village, an apartment complex, at about 10:40 p.m. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
A Bangor man faces charges of criminal threatening and bail violation after it was reported he threatened a man on the phone. During a telephone conversation with a psychologist, Edward Myshrall, 42, became enraged and allegedly told the psychologist that he was going to “come… Read More
Bangor police arrested a 44-year-old man this week, four days after he allegedly forced his way out of a Bangor Mall store in an attempt to steal clothing. Michael Garland had been wanted for his efforts in taking clothing from the J.C. Penney store Friday… Read More
A local man was arrested and charged with drunken driving after a truck driver found him early Friday morning slumped over and unresponsive in his pickup truck, which was stuck in a snowbank. Stephen T. LeBlanc, 28, of Bangor was arrested and charged with operating… Read More
Bangor police Officer Steve Jordan reported he was in the parking lot of the Ranger Inn, Bangor, at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday night when he noticed a black Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck backing directly into a snowbank. The truck then pulled forward and stopped in the path of traffic. Read More
On Tuesday morning, Bangor police Officer Shawn Green was on routine patrol when he saw a person walking down the road with a mattress on his back. As he approached the man in his cruiser, the unidentified man started to walk up a set of stairs to an… Read More
The manager of the Big Apple store at 146 Main St. in Bangor had some satisfaction Tuesday when an employee she terminated for taking money from the till was summoned to appear in court for her actions. Bangor Police Officer Larry Morrill reported that store… Read More
A 40-year-old Bangor mother and her son were strolling the aisles at Wal-Mart on Monday when the woman stopped to pick up a candle for a sniff. During that short moment, unknown to her, someone reportedly stole her wallet that contained $15 and a credit card. Read More
A Veazie woman whose driving privileges have been suspended for at least two years – even though she didn’t have a driver’s license – was arrested Sunday after she was spotted driving an uninspected motor vehicle. Veazie police Officer Andrew Whitehouse discovered that April Angelo,… Read More
Jeffrey B. Sands, 33, of Kenduskeag faces several charges after it was reported that he led Bangor police on a brief chase through a section of the city early Friday morning. According to police, at the time of his arrest, Sands was intoxicated and driving… Read More
Veazie police arrested a 46-year-old man Wednesday night after it was reported that he had assaulted his wife and two teen-age daughters. Thomas Watson Jr. faces three counts of domestic assault as a result of the incident. Veazie police Officer Michael Belinsky reported finding Watson… Read More
A Stockholm man was arrested for operating under the influence Monday afternoon after he was stopped for speeding while driving west on Ohio Street near Interstate 95. A Bangor police officer was clocking vehicles on radar while sitting in his vehicle at the entrance to… Read More
Bangor police charged Elbert “J.R.” Alston, 33, of Bangor with domestic assault after it was reported that he grabbed his live-in girlfriend by her hair and dragged her from the bed to the floor. The woman told police Sunday that the incident occurred about 5… Read More
A Bangor man’s car crashed head-on into a tree Saturday night after failing to make a turn on Ohio Street near the Thomas Hill Standpipe. The driver, Ricky J. Hendsbee, 19, was in fair condition at Eastern Maine Medical Center on Sunday night. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
A Bangor man and a Pennsylvania woman were arrested in Bangor this week in connection with the illegal credit-card purchases of $1,600 worth of Bangor Mall gift certificates. The investigation also netted police a pickup truck stolen out of Pennsylvania and a second woman who… Read More
Brewer police arrested a Center Street man Tuesday night after it was reported he threatened his two roommates, saying that he would kill them in their sleep. Danny Gordon, 46, was charged with terrorizing and as part of his bail conditions was ordered not to… Read More
A 34-year-old Bangor man faces drunken driving and terrorizing charges after his arrest Monday night when he was seen running a red light. The truck that Officer Roger Hershey subsequently stopped on Brimmer Street was the same one that was reported to police as having… Read More
A Union Street woman told Bangor police that she was watching television Sunday night when a man she didn’t know broke down her front door and just stood in the hallway. The 300-plus pound man was still there when police arrived at 678 Union St.,… Read More
Bangor police investigators traced a purchase with a stolen credit card to a Bangor couple and subsequently charged them with theft of the card and $4,000 worth of camera equipment that had been taken from a car in late December. Christy Dempsey, 31, and her… Read More
Miguel Gonzalez, 31, of Etna had been submitting his weekly work hours to the temp service since last spring and even in October began taking advantage of a toll-free number to confirm his work week and allow him to get his paycheck by mail. The… Read More
A Brewer man arrested last week for reportedly harassing an acquaintance was arrested Tuesday and charged with terrorizing the same woman. Randy Berry, 50, also was charged with harassment and violation of bail conditions stemming from his repeated attempts to contact the woman and her… Read More
As a Bangor police officer spoke to an apparently intoxicated motorist at 7-Eleven on State Street and Broadway early Friday morning, the motorist’s Ford Explorer pulled away from the officer, picking up speed as it headed toward a snowbank. The SUV’s side mirror smacked the… Read More
A Van Buren woman was arrested in Bangor early Friday morning after it was reported she broke into her former foster daughter’s apartment. Wanda P. Deschaine, 31, was charged with burglary and assault after the incident at 147 Essex St., where her 17-year-old former foster… Read More
A Bangor man faces an assault charge after it was reported he became jealous and bit his girlfriend on the face while she was playing a video game late Tuesday night. Robert Alfred Cormier, 36, of Bangor was arrested on two warrants but also charged… Read More
A resident at Dirigo Drive called Bangor police on Tuesday, Jan. 9, to report an unfamiliar vehicle parked in a lot between 34 and 40 Dirigo Drive. The car, a 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier, had been in the lot since late Monday night, according to the resident. Read More
A 49-year-old woman was arrested Thursday afternoon in Old Town after police reported she slapped and choked her 19-year-old daughter. The daughter told Officer Chris Hashey that her mother, Frances T. Eldridge, choked her until she blacked out. Hashey said that he found raised red… Read More
BANGOR – A burglar smashed through the passenger-side window of a 1994 Ford Taurus on Tuesday night at an Odlin Road parking lot and made off with a handbag belonging to an 18-year-old Bangor woman. The car reportedly had approximately $300 damage. It was parked… Read More
Two spring-action knives, one of them designed to look and operate like a cigarette lighter, were confiscated by Old Town police from a woman who said she needed them for protection while club-hopping. A pair of brass knuckles as well as a bottle of vodka… Read More
A Bangor man and his girlfriend were both arrested Sunday night following a fight that one of them said involved “yelling, grabbing, choking and swearing.” Bangor police charged Sean M. Adams, 25, and Carol B. Sulzer, 18, with domestic assault after being called to the… Read More
Bangor police arrested Rebecca Allen, 47, of 96 Grove St. on Sunday afternoon for allegedly stealing $99.21 worth of clothing from Wal-Mart. . googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
A 32-year-old Orono woman was in police custody Friday morning after her live-in boyfriend reported she had stabbed him with sewing shears and had wielded a knife against him. Marvet Swaby faces charges of assault and criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon after her arrest. Read More
An Old Town man was driving a pickup truck in the wrong lane on Hammond Street in Bangor late Wednesday night and came face-to-face with an 18-wheeler. The larger truck slowed to a crawl, moving forward in sync with the pickup driver, who had put… Read More
A Bangor man out on bail for two recent theft arrests allegedly left the Bangor Wal-Mart store Tuesday with a computer in a shopping cart. He told police his ex-wife had the receipt for the computer inside the store. But according to the police report,… Read More
Bangor police waded into the icy waters of the Kenduskeag Stream on Tuesday morning to recover a safe that was stolen Monday night from Mr. Paperback at Airport Mall. Bangor police detective Lt. Tim Reid said it appeared the suspects in the case might have… Read More
Mary Beth Young, 34, of 279 Griffin Road in Bangor was arrested by Bangor police early Monday morning for two counts of failing to appear in court on previous charges. Shane L. Bracy, 29, of Crestwood Trailer Park in Hampden was arrested Monday morning at… Read More
More than two dozen unlocked cars had items stolen from inside them while parked in the area around where Stillwater and College avenues meet, sometime late Friday night and Sunday morning. More than a dozen of the thefts occurred in vehicles parked in Old Town,… Read More