Two teenagers were summoned Wednesday night in Orono after police found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle they were in. Police were called around 8 p.m. when someone noticed that the teens’ car had been in the same spot on Marsh Lane around the… Read More
A routine traffic stop Saturday night in Orono resulted in a Hermon man being arrested, Orono police Capt. Josh Ewing said. Police stopped William Bart, 26, around 11:30 p.m. on Kelley Road. As part of the traffic stop, a canine sniffed around the vehicle and… Read More
An Old Town patrol officer arrested a habitual offender of Maine’s motor vehicle laws Wednesday morning and charged him with operating after license revocation after spotting the man’s car on a local side street. Jamie Bouchard, 29, of Old Town caught the attention of Officer… Read More
A female student at the University of Maine reported that she was sexually assaulted around 3 a.m. Friday. The woman lives on campus in a residence hall, but police don’t want to release the name of the dormitory because the investigation is ongoing. “The victim… Read More
A theft of opportunity occurred Wednesday night when the clerk of C&K Variety of Levant apparently left a cash drawer on the counter just before the store closed and a 21-year-old Hudson man apparently couldn’t resist the temptation, Deputy Sean McCue of the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department said… Read More
A Bangor man possibly with a taste for seafood was arrested Monday by Bangor police when he walked out of Shaw’s Supermarket on Main Street allegedly with a bag of lobsters worth $34 hidden in his coat. Richard Levesque, 55, was arrested and charged with… Read More
A Milo couple attacked two police officers Friday when the officers were assisting Maine Department of Health and Human Services personnel with the removal of the couple’s two young children, according to police. Milo police Officer David Henderson and Investigator Dave Wilson of the Piscataquis… Read More
Bangor police received a report of a vehicle off the side of the road along Ohio Street just before 9 p.m. Tuesday, and upon arriving discovered the woman driver was intoxicated, Sgt. Bob Bishop said Wednesday. Sonja Dewitt, 32, of Bangor was inside the running… Read More
BANGOR – Police received an emergency call around 4:40 p.m. Thursday about two men holding guns in the air around the junction of Garland and Fern streets. When officers arrived, no suspects were found but they traced footsteps in the snow and found two teens with toy guns. Read More
Even a house of worship is not sacred in the eyes of vandals. Earlier this month, vandals shot about five holes through two stained-glass windows and a third window in the Wellington Evangelical Community Church. Investigator Allen Emerson, who is leading the vandalism inquiry, said… Read More
The Bangor Police Department has been busy dealing with, on average, more than one accident an hour between Tuesday and Wednesday, Lt. Steve Hunt said Wednesday afternoon. “We have done like 35 accidents, and counting, in the last 24 hours,” he said at 3:35 p.m. Read More
John Toolin, 50, a Bangor area transient who is known to local police, was arrested for public indecency Friday after he reportedly urinated on the wall of the Bangor Police Department lobby. Sgt. Allen Hayden said Toolin was intoxicated at the time and did not… Read More
The Bangor bomb unit was dispatched Sunday evening to a Cottage Street home after residents discovered a hand grenade in between a couple of basement wall studs, Sgt. Bob Bishop said Monday. The call for help came in around 7:15 p.m. and two officers from… Read More
Brewer police are investigating a weekend break-in at Cowan’s Service Station on South Main Street. According to Cpl. Paul Gauvin, at least two unidentified male suspects entered the station, which was closed at the time, through the front door about midnight Saturday. The thieves helped themselves to beer… Read More
Brewer officers are on the lookout for whoever has been breaking into cars parked along South Main Street and lower Wilson Street, Cpl. Anthony Pinette said Wednesday. Between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, six reports of burglary to a motor vehicle were reported to… Read More
The high price of copper – attributed in recent years to low global supply and high demand – continues to make the metal attractive to burglars. Bangor police are investigating the theft of $5,000 worth of copper wire from a local electrical business. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Police and firefighters evacuated the busy Bangor Mall Saturday night after a small electrical fire set off a smoke alarm at about 7:40 p.m. According to Sgt. Cathy Rumsey of the Bangor Police Department, the fire started in a ceiling fan in an employee restroom… Read More
A Corinna man escaped from police after being arrested at a Dexter bar Friday evening, but was apprehended outside after a brief foot chase and a physical struggle. According to Cpl. Alan Grinnell of the Dexter Police Department, employees at The Watering Hole on Water… Read More
Just before 10 a.m. Wednesday, students were evacuated from James F. Doughty School in Bangor and classes were dismissed for the rest of the day after a bomb threat was found in one of the restrooms. Students were taken to the gym at the neighboring… Read More
Bangor residents living in the Birch Hill Estates neighborhood on Broadway reported Monday to Manna Ministries food pantry director Bill Rae that high school-age youths had come to their house asking them for money for Manna. “We never go door-to-door, and don’t encourage anybody or… Read More
Bangor resident Mark Turner, 37, attempted on Thursday evening to leave Shaw’s supermarket on Main Street with a grocery cart containing several items, including lobsters and New England Patriots memorabilia, according to police. Sgt. Allen Hayden of the Bangor police said an intoxicated Turner was… Read More
A father who went out to get the morning paper Wednesday in a Third Street neighborhood discovered a box addressed to his 13-year-old daughter that contained pornographic materials. The box was found around 9:30 a.m. and contained pornographic articles, including one video and adult toys,… Read More
Four people escaped injury Monday night when a Corinth woman estimated to be driving nearly twice the speed limit rolled her 1997 four-door Ford sedan on the Church Road in Bangor. The driver, Deidre M. Poor, 19, was summoned Tuesday for criminal speeding in a… Read More
A 27-year-old woman involved in single-car accident just before 8 p.m. Monday on the Marsh Stream Road in Frankfort was taken by LifeFlight helicopter to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Trooper Jonah O’Roak confirmed by phone from the scene. The woman, who is from… Read More
Two women were arrested early Sunday morning for pulling flowers and plants out of the beds at the Ramada Inn on Odlin Road in Bangor. Heather Gould, 37, of Exeter and Michele Lupo, 37, of St. Albans were taken to the Penobscot County Jail and… Read More
A Maine Maritime Academy student found himself in trouble this weekend after he allegedly smashed windows at the Pretty Woman store on Main Street in Orono, according to Orono police. Zachary Hayes, 21, of Millinocket was summoned early Saturday morning and charged with criminal mischief… Read More
Holden police are looking for one or more people who broke into a home on Copeland Hill Road early Tuesday morning and stole a wallet off the counter, according to Holden police Officer Chris Greeley. The suspect, or suspects, broke the glass in the front… Read More
The Bangor police report simply states that the remains of a used Molotov cocktail were found on blacktop behind the Fourteenth Street School on Sunday, Sgt. Paul Edwards said Monday. Police received word of the broken glass at 5:11 p.m. and, after reviewing the area,… Read More
One woman was injured Tuesday when she ran a stop sign on Lakeview Road in Glenburn and her car hit two other vehicles, according to Penobscot County Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Burgess. Leah Gomes, 22, a student at the University of Maine from Sangerville, told police… Read More
Orono police silenced a loud party on Crosby Street on Thursday night after summoning eight young adults for alcohol-related offenses. Orono officers reported that nearly 40 young adults swarmed the parking lot of 62 Crosby St. around 11:50 p.m., but the crowd dispersed once police… Read More
The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department issued an all points bulletin to area law enforcement just after 1 p.m. Wednesday for a suicidal 39-year-old male. Just before 3 p.m. police officers from Brewer and Holden were informed the man, whose name was not released, was spotted… Read More
University of Maine police are investigating several reports of cars being burglarized and vandalized during the last few weeks in the Hilltop and Steam Plant parking lots. Most of the vehicles burglarized have been Hondas. Some windshields have been smashed, while other cars have been… Read More
Two male juveniles were arrested on Sunday, accused of using a BB gun to shoot at cars after a person driving down Eastern Avenue in Brewer around 4:30 p.m. reported his vehicle was hit by small projectiles, Cpl. Paul Gauvin of the Brewer Police Department said Monday. Read More
Pupils from State Street School in Brewer were moved indoors Friday morning by school officials after reports that a suspicious man was on the campus, Superintendent Daniel Lee said. “Before school started it was reported a man was going through cars” at the school, he… Read More
The Bear Brew Pub in Orono has been fined more than $5,000 for several liquor violations over the summer, according to Orono Police Chief Gary Duquette. Six of those violations stemmed from incidents on June 10, in which pub owner Matt Haskell was issued two… Read More
A Glenburn man was arrested after he allegedly attacked his wife and a man accompanying her in the Ramada Inn parking lot Friday night. According to a report filed by Bangor police Detective Brent Beaulieu, Greg Benasutti, 38, was charged with domestic assault after he… Read More
An intoxicated Old Town man spent the early morning hours in Penobscot County Jail on Friday after kicking in a trailer door and pulling a knife on a group of friends, according to Veazie police. Derrick Beal, 23, picked fights in the Greystone Trailer Park… Read More
A man accused of stealing $367 worth of alcohol early Sunday from the Muddy Rudder restaurant in Brewer also took a bunch of returnables, and kicked out a window in the police cruiser, Brewer police officer Liz Kelley said Tuesday. Carl Leonard, 46, a transient… Read More
Driver inattention caused a five-car accident on Interstate 95 at 5 p.m. Sunday. Motorists merging into a construction zone on I-95 from Stillwater Avenue and facing a setting sun crashed into one another, resulting in an average of $3,000 to $4,000 in damage to each… Read More
A Bangor police officer was flagged down early Sunday morning outside a bar by a man who said his girlfriend was driving drunk. Officer Wade Betters spoke with the man on Franklin Street, near Club Fuzion, and minutes later pulled over Kristine Pike, 20, on… Read More
A motorcyclist suffered severe head injuries Thursday after apparently losing control of his bike and driving off the side of Horseback Road in Burnham. Jeff Barner, 61, of Burnham first was sent to Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield and then transferred to Eastern Maine Medical… Read More
Cigarette butts left at a marijuana plot led a Piscataquis County investigator to a Monson man. Blue Benway, 36, of Monson was arrested for cultivating marijuana and possession of hydrocodone, according to Investigator Guy Dow of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department. Dow said the department… Read More
College students returning to town kept Orono police busy over the holiday weekend, Sgt. Josh Ewing said Wednesday. “There were a lot of alcohol offenses,” he said. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
BANGOR – Bangor police Wednesday night were investigating a string of burglaries on the city’s West Side. At least three possible break-ins were reported, two on Silver Road and one on McLaughlin Street. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
A Bangor man who had a knife tucked inside the top of his pants in West Market Square was stopped by Bangor police at 9:45 p.m. Monday and charged with carrying a concealed weapon. In addition to the knife discovered on Dennis Whitman, 24, officers… Read More
Bangor police noticed a truck driving over a median on a city road early Saturday and pulled the vehicle over to discover the 19-year-old driver was unlicensed and intoxicated. Michael Tripp of Bangor failed a field sobriety test during the 1 a.m. police stop and… Read More
BANGOR – Festival-goers, for the most part, caused few problems for officers, Bangor police Deputy Chief Peter Arno said Sunday at the department’s mobile unit stationed on the waterfront. Bangor police reported several minor incidents during the weekend American Folk Festival, including one warrant arrest,… Read More
A repeat thief from Guilford was caught with several items from Bangor Mall stores, but was charged only with one count of theft. Katie Sudsbury, 18, was given a summons for theft around 5 p.m. Wednesday after being caught with two pairs of underwear from… Read More
Deputies from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a series of vehicle burglaries that occurred in Hermon either late Sunday night or early Monday morning. At least four vehicles were broken into while parked outside their owners’ residences on the Bond Road, Deputy Jay… Read More
A Waldoboro woman driving down Union Street in Bangor just before 6 a.m. Wednesday morning struck a utility pole near Davis Road, snapping it in half. When Bangor police arrived, she was still in the car trying to light a cigarette. Sharon Baker, 52, said… Read More
Thieves cut a hole in a perimeter fence at Central Maine Power Co.’s Park Street plant in Dover-Foxcroft on Monday night and removed six transformers. Two of the transformers were found outside the fence, but four were missing, Lt. Scott Arno of the Dover-Foxcroft Police… Read More
Two men broke into a home in Milo, robbed the owner at gunpoint and made off with $10 on Saturday night, police said. No one was injured, and police have arrested two people who later confessed, according to Milo Police Chief Michael Poulin. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
A 44-year-old male, who is listed as a transient, told Bangor police that he was attacked and robbed by three or four people while walking through a city park early Friday. The man was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center for minor injuries, Bangor police… Read More
A 2-year-old boy was found wandering the streets of Bangor early Thursday morning near Frank’s Bake Shop, at 199 State St. A woman at the bakery found the boy at 6:40 a.m., and the police were notified immediately, said Sgt. Bob Bishop of the Bangor… Read More
A Corinth man was apparently cutting up a vehicle’s gasoline tank for scrap with a skill saw when sparks ignited gas fumes, causing an explosion that burned him over more than 35 percent of his body, Fire Chief Scott Bragdon said Wednesday. Dennis Hewitt, 57,… Read More
A Bangor man who led police on a vehicle chase and a pursuit on foot and then caused an accident in Brewer faces six criminal charges. Rufus Edwards, 35, evaded police when Officer Rodney Gerald attempted to stop him on North Main Street around 5:30… Read More
Two Hampden men will have their day in court after police officers said one gave them a fake name, and the other was carrying drugs on Sunday. Officer Chris Greeley of the Holden Police Department spotted two men walking along Route 1A in Holden and… Read More
The Mattawamkeag Fire Department battled two separate car fires on Route 2 on Saturday. At about 8:30 a.m. the department was called to a car that had burst into flames on Route 2 in Winn. The driver had pulled the car to the side of… Read More
Bangor area transient James K. MacDougall entered the business plaza at 4 Union St. around 7 p.m. Thursday and removed all of his clothes, with the exception of his hat, sunglasses and a shoe. MacDougall, who is confined to a wheelchair because one of his… Read More
Piscataquis County authorities are still searching for a man who robbed a Guilford credit union earlier this week. There had been no arrests made in the armed robbery of the Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union as of Thursday evening, according to the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s… Read More
An intoxicated man who rear-ended a Maine Drug Enforcement vehicle Tuesday on Main Street in Bangor was issued a summons for operating while under the influence, according to Bangor police Lt. Steve Hunt. Shane Sickles, 21, of Bangor struck the MDEA vehicle from behind at… Read More
A 33-year-old man was in jail after reportedly assaulting his girlfriend and injuring himself with a knife. Robert Andrick of Millinocket faces several charges after a domestic dispute in East Millinocket just before 9 p.m. Saturday during which he apparently threatened to harm his girlfriend… Read More
An Old Town man was arrested Thursday night after assaulting his girlfriend at the Riverfront Pub on Water Street in Old Town, according to the Old Town Police Department. Harland Nevells, 33, was taken to Penobscot County Jail in Bangor. He was released on bail… Read More
A Hampden man was charged for leaving the scene of an accident Wednesday evening after he ran into a 10-year-old boy riding a bicycle across the intersection of Grove and State streets in Bangor, according to police. The boy was not injured. Darrell Sproul, 56,… Read More
A Bangor police officer interviewed a distraught woman at the new Summer Street police station at about 4 p.m. Tuesday. The woman had come with a friend to ask for a police escort back to the apartment she shared with her fiance, Nolan D. Godsoe III, according to… Read More
Old Town Police Capt. Kyle Smart said he wouldn’t classify Saturday night’s incident as a chase, but said it did take officers from three departments to stop and arrest an intoxicated Glenburn man. Old Town police Officer Brian Doyle was running radar on College Avenue… Read More
A University of Maine student was charged with disorderly conduct and assault on a police officer Sunday night. Student Shane Smith, 24, was walking down the street with an open 40-ounce beer when Todd Pooler of UM’s department of public safety drove by him. Smith… Read More
Someone has taken a huge coffee cup from the new Dunkin’ Donuts at Snows Corner in Orrington. An inflatable 10-foot-tall Dunkin’ Donuts coffee cup advertisement was stolen sometime between 9 p.m. Monday and 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sgt. Jon Carson, Orrington’s community policing supervisor for the… Read More
A 6-year-old boy was injured Monday after he was struck by a vehicle in Greystone Trailer Park off State Street in Veazie, where he lives with his family. The boy, whose name was not released, was taken by ambulance to Eastern Maine Medical Center, where… Read More
Bangor police said they issued two tickets during a Main Street roadblock from 8:30 p.m. Wednesday to 1:30 a.m. Thursday. The roadblock was designed to check for drunken drivers. Two drivers were written tickets for operating after suspension. “We’ll be doing periodic roadblocks throughout the… Read More
Bangor Police Sgt. Ed Potter saw more than he wanted to Tuesday night during a routine patrol in Bangor. When Potter noticed a vehicle in the parking lot of the Kenduskeag Stream after allowed hours, he pulled in and walked up to the driver’s window. Read More
Police are looking for the person who broke into a Forest Avenue home in Orono last Friday and stole several small items. The owner told police he left for about half an hour and when he returned home, he was missing his gold watch. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
An Old Town man is expected to appear in court later this month after spraying three people with Mace at Pickering Square in Bangor on Saturday afternoon, according to police reports. John Wood, 39, originally called police to say that he had been assaulted by… Read More
Dover-Foxcroft police are investigating break-ins that occurred since last fall at three seasonal camps on Parsons Landing Road. A shotgun was taken in one break-in and alcohol from another, according to Lt. Scott Arno of the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department. Arno said the third camp owner… Read More
Bangor police responded to three reports of vehicle thefts between late Sunday and early Monday, but one ended up being a family misunderstanding that occurred when the car owner’s daughter borrowed the vehicle without asking. A black 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which was left with… Read More
A discarded cigarette caused a late Thursday morning fire at Pat’s Pizza in Hampden, leading to an evacuation and closing the restaurant for the day. Officials said someone in the building’s upstairs apartment threw a cigarette down onto the pine mulch below, igniting the fire. Read More
It didn’t take long for Milo police to arrest one man and charge a juvenile in connection with a break-in Sunday night at Pat’s of Milo. Christopher Creighton, 18, of Medford was arrested early Tuesday and charged with Class C burglary. A 15-year-old LaGrange juvenile… Read More
Somebody during the weekend pulled down the U.S. flag flying outside the Clifton Historical Society building and tried to burn it. Penobscot County sheriff’s Sgt. Will Sheehan said the incident on Rebel Hill Road occurred between 10:30 p.m. Saturday and 9:30 a.m. Sunday. The flag… Read More
Old Town police said three teenage boys decided Sunday to play dress-up with plastic guns and a jail uniform and apparently scared some residents. Two 15-year-olds and a 17-year-old, one dressed in an orange jumpsuit with the words “Maine State Prison” printed on it, carried… Read More
A Hampden juvenile was arrested after being clocked driving in excess of 100 mph on Interstate 395 late Wednesday, according to Brewer police. The 17-year-old, who was not identified by police because of his age, was spotted on I-395 in Brewer headed toward Bangor. Officer… Read More
An Exeter man who ran his car into a tree Wednesday afternoon on Stetson Road in Stetson ended up in the Penobscot County Jail, facing half a dozen charges after he entered a nearby residence, tried to steal a firearm and resisted arrest, according to police. Read More
The Maine State Police are asking parents in Greater Bangor to report any suspicious activity involving adults photographing or watching children at play. State police and the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department have received a number of reports in recent weeks from parents whose children said… Read More
After a drinking buddy apparently took a Bangor woman’s cigarettes, she got so mad she chased him down the street with a knife, police said. When police caught up with Vicki Bunker, 46, around 7:45 p.m. Sunday, she was standing in the driveway of a… Read More
The Bear Brew Pub in Orono faces possible administrative action regarding alleged violations of the bar’s state liquor license as a result of a series of incidents early Sunday morning, police said. Sgt. Scott Wilcox of the Orono Police Department said the trouble began just… Read More
Dexter store owners are reducing their losses from shoplifting thanks to the loss prevention training provided to their employees along with the aid of security cameras, Dexter Police Chief Art Roy said Thursday. Four young women, all 17 years old, were apprehended at Renys Department… Read More
What started out as an attempt by Maine State Police to stop a speeding vehicle being driven erratically around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday turned into a chase through Bradford and down to Hudson, where the driver and his passenger ran into a protective homeowner, according to police. Read More
A Bangor woman fell asleep at the wheel of her car Monday afternoon and drove her vehicle into trees on Stillwater Avenue, police said. Paula Ashe, 48, fell asleep at the wheel of her maroon 1994 Oldsmobile at around 3 p.m., Sgt. Larry Weber of… Read More
A Bangor man would not stop for police late Thursday night until a wooden fence abruptly ended his travels. After running a red light on Union Street near the Interstate 95 off-ramp at around 10:30 p.m., Daniel Rosebush, 36, eventually stopped his car for police… Read More
BANGOR – The sound of breaking glass early Friday morning prompted two of Big Fred’s neighbors to call police. Two men allegedly tossed a large sign that warned drivers of road construction on a section of Center Street through a window of the sandwich shop,… Read More
Traffic was backed up for about an hour Friday morning in Hampden after a dump truck towing a utility trailer spilled its load of large pipes. The dump truck, owned by MacMillan Excavation of Bangor, lost its load at about 7:30 a.m. at the intersection… Read More
A Milo woman accused of assaulting her husband was arrested early Sunday when she allegedly became belligerent with police. Phyllis Emery, 31, was charged with disorderly conduct, refusing to submit to arrest, criminal mischief and assault. Bail was set at $200. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
A young woman from Bangor was thrown from her car late Friday night after she lost control of the vehicle on Pushaw Road in Glenburn. Raquel Lane, 18, was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center around 10:30 p.m. Friday, after she hit a soft shoulder… Read More
A man walked away from the Bangor Mall on Friday afternoon after getting physical with a security guard, according to police. A security guard at J.C. Penney Co. Inc. stopped the man after watching him try to steal undisclosed items from the store, police said. Read More
After what police are calling a “threatening case in Etna,” an all-points bulletin was issued Tuesday evening for a vehicle driven by Joseph Collins, 33, of Bangor.When Collins’ vehicle was seen on Main Street in Bangor just before 11 p.m., police attempted to stop him, but Collins took… Read More
At least one hungry thief broke into the Forest Avenue storage building owned by the East Side Little League sometime Monday afternoon or early evening, according to Bangor police. At least one forager made off with about $80 worth of food from a freezer and… Read More
Two Bangor men, one of whom told police they had rifled through as many as 100 unlocked vehicles in Bangor Thursday night and into Friday morning, found themselves in jail after they were caught red-handed by a Buck Street resident, according to Bangor police. Officers… Read More
A donation box was stolen from the Orono Bog Boardwalk, which begins in the Bangor City Forest, sometime in the past two weeks, according to the boardwalk’s founder and first director Ron Davis. Davis, now a volunteer, went to collect donations from the box around… Read More
A woman headed to a church event Saturday in Hampden may have hit the gas pedal rather than the brake while in the church driveway, causing her car to become airborne briefly over a small stream. Hampden police Officer Ben Eyles said the four-door Buick… Read More
Police believe the theft of ceramic statues from a Dover-Foxcroft home and damage to Foxcroft Academy’s press box, both of which occurred Tuesday night, were done by the same vandals. A West Main Street couple reported several ceramic statues had been taken from their backyard… Read More
A Brewer man was stopped for speeding on his motorcycle Sunday, and ended up arrested. Cpl. Paul Gauvin of the Brewer Police Department smelled alcohol when he stopped Louis N. Burrows, 50, at about 9:30 p.m., according to a police report. Burrows also was driving on a conditional… Read More