Bangor police arrested an intoxicated male transient Saturday night after he stood in the middle of High Street and tried to stop several cars because he wanted to punch the drivers, according to a police report. Police found Ryan McDonald, 33, in the road around… Read More
After being ticketed for trying to leave the Sears store at Bangor Mall with about $100 in merchandise, transient Ronald LaCosse, 59, was arrested for theft of services for failure to pay for a taxicab ride, according to police reports. LaCosse was given a criminal… Read More
A Milo man who initially faced a trespass warning and a summons for keeping a marijuana plant ended up being arrested Thursday after he became “belligerent” with police. Jacob Frank-Valvo, 20, was arrested for disorderly conduct and was summoned for cultivation of marijuana, failure to… Read More
Main Street in Corinth was closed for about an hour Wednesday afternoon while police negotiated with a man who was contemplating suicide, according to the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department. At about 3:30 p.m., police responded to a call about a 42-year-old man from Corinth who… Read More
Bangor police Officer Tyler Leighton was responding to an emergency call with his cruiser lights flashing about 10:20 p.m. Saturday when he struck a vehicle in the center turn lane at the junction of Main and Lincoln streets. No one was injured in the crash,… Read More
Three people face possible aggravated trafficking charges after Veazie police discovered 840 mg of oxycodone in a car early Saturday morning. Veazie police Officer Brian Sirois stopped a vehicle around 1:50 a.m. Saturday for not having plate lights. He determined that the driver, Nicole Dempsy,… Read More
At least $10,000 worth of multiconductor electric wiring was cut from the Penobscot River’s heavy portable docks, which were stored on the Bangor Waterfront during the winter, according to police reports. An employee of the Electrical Division of Bangor Public Works reported the theft at… Read More
A 70-year-old Milford man who was obviously intoxicated was refused entry into Barnaby’s bar at the Ramada Inn on Odlin Road late Wednesday, but soon after returned and fought with the doorman, striking him in the face, police reported. After the fight at about 11:30… Read More
A Bangor man was arrested Tuesday in Orono on a 9-year-old warrant for failing to appear in court on drug charges. Michael Gillis, 28, likely would still be a free man if his brother had updated the inspection on the vehicle he was driving. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
An Orono woman who took sleeping pills before driving found herself Monday night at Penobscot County Jail in Bangor after police concluded that she was operating under the influence of intoxicants. A woman driving behind Ella Stormann, 31, of Orono called police to report that… Read More
The acrid smell of burning plastic filled the air in Hampden on Friday night, but the odor trumped an alternative stench when two portable toilets were set ablaze behind the George B. Weatherbee School. People who live near the school called in the fires at… Read More
Concerned store clerks at the Irving Blue Canoe gas station on Odlin Road alerted authorities shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday when they saw a man “slumped behind the wheel” of his car for quite some time. When police arrived, Andrew Allen, 41, of Sherman Mills,… Read More
HAMPDEN – A local woman was taken to the hospital to be evaluated Tuesday after carbon monoxide monitors went off in a home at 674 Main Road. The carbon monoxide was caused when water in the home’s flooded basement got into the furnace and damaged… Read More
A head-on car collision on Route 1A in Holden sent one driver to the hospital and held rush-hour traffic to one lane for about 45 minutes Tuesday afternoon. Betric Stanley, 23, of Holden was leaving Cedar Haven Mobile Home Park in his 2006 Ford Focus… Read More
Six Bangor teens were summoned and another was arrested Saturday for alcohol-related violations as they and others were gathering on Park Street in Milo for a party, according to police. A caller reported to Milo police Officer David Henderson on Saturday that a fight might… Read More
A Bangor man was arrested Sunday after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend who is 41/2 months pregnant. The girlfriend went to the Bangor Police Department on Sunday morning and told police that Carl Dawes, 26, had attempted to choke her, held her against the wall… Read More
Bangor police arrested a local man Friday in the Main Street McDonald’s parking lot, according to police reports. An officer recognized William Hodge, 37, of Bangor in the lot around 3:15 p.m. and confirmed that Hodge had a warrant out for his arrest for violating… Read More
A vibrating cell phone discarded on Thursday afternoon in a Bangor International Airport trash can prompted police to call in the bomb squad. At 1:30 p.m., the suspicious-sounding trash can was wheeled from the airport’s terminal outside the main entrance, according to Sgt. Bob Bishop,… Read More
A 71-year-old Bangor woman was alone in her house on Wednesday when a man broke in through the living room window, according to a police report. The woman’s husband had gone out and she was sitting at the kitchen table paying the bills when she… Read More
A strong-arm robbery occurred Monday night when two people reportedly approached a Bangor woman on Cedar Street, assaulted her and took her purse. The victim had a swollen wrist, scratches and missing hair as a result of the encounter with the two suspects, one of… Read More
A Canaan man failed to heed the first warning he received from police Sunday about disturbing the peace by playing loud music. Patrick Beck, 25, who was at a Dustin Street home in Dexter, was warned by police Sunday night to lower the volume of his music. A… Read More
BANGOR – An Ellsworth woman was summoned Wednesday for displaying a fictitious inspection sticker. Officer Dan Harrick noticed a faded inspection sticker on Amanda Palmacci’s car while she was driving on Perry Road. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
OLD TOWN – An Old Town man was arrested Tuesday night after allegedly assaulting his roommate. The incident was reported to police by the victim’s cousin who had received a voice message from the victim who reportedly let out a “blood-curdling scream” and said he’d… Read More
A 15-year-old female from Newburgh escaped through a window in an interview room at the Hampden police station on Tuesday after she was arrested on a charge of criminal trespassing at Hampden Academy. According to police, the girl and a 17-year-old male, also of Newburgh,… Read More
Police raided two guest rooms Saturday night in a motel on Wilson Street in Brewer, resulting in three arrests for alleged felony drug possession and drug trafficking. Brewer police officers had heard reports that people staying at the New Stable Inn were dealing in drugs. Read More
A 19-year-old Glenburn man was caught early Saturday morning with a juvenile female from Brewer who has a protection order against him. Jordan Theriault, who is out on bail and has protection orders barring him from contact with three people, including the female passenger, was… Read More
Bangor police summoned two roommates for possession of drug paraphernalia after finding their marijuana pipes in plain view, according to the police report. Officers responded to a call at 303 Essex St. at 10:35 a.m. Friday from Kimberly Roberts, 32, who wanted her roommate, John… Read More
ORONO – When police arrived at 90 Park St. where a drunken man had been reported trying to enter a home, all they saw was a black Saab that had crashed into the curb, its air bags deployed. “The vehicle was still running [and] the… Read More
A Bangor man who was refused alcohol at the Leadbetter’s store on Ohio Street was arrested on a charge of criminal threatening and taken to Penobscot County Jail after allegedly telling a clerk that he had a 9mm Beretta handgun. According to police reports, Roy… Read More
Three University of Maine students were charged with possession of marijuana in two separate incidents that occurred on campus around 10 p.m. Tuesday. In the first incident, the smell of marijuana wafting though Penobscot Hall at approximately 9:40 p.m. led public safety officers to the… Read More
The smell of marijuana wafting through the air at a Brewer motel led police to a room occupied by Craig Howe, 30, whose last known address was the University of Maine, and Allura Martin, 25, of Ellsworth. Howe was arrested on an outstanding warrant for… Read More
A Bangor woman was hurt Friday morning after the car she had just jumped out of in her driveway ran over her leg, according to police reports. Marrie Allen, 55, told police she was “revving” the engine of her 1990 Oldsmobile in the driveway of… Read More
Bangor police arrested a Kenduskeag man late Saturday in the Diva’s Gentlemen’s Club parking lot after he yelled at officers who pulled over the vehicle in which he was a passenger. Police stopped the vehicle around 11:45 p.m. after the driver made an illegal turn… Read More
A Greene man was arrested on three charges Tuesday evening in Orono after an argument with his ex-girlfriend. The couple was sitting in a vehicle outside a Margin Street residence where Michael Goyette, 29, of Greene was going to visit a friend. Goyette became angry… Read More
Two people were taken to the hospital after a vehicle collision Monday morning on Stetson Road East in Levant. Katrina Vaughan, 18, of Levant had stopped at the stop sign on Brann Road in Levant at about 10:15 a.m. and attempted to turn onto Stetson Road East, according… Read More
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern New England heard a distress call around 5:15 p.m. Sunday. The call came in saying “mayday,” and about 10 seconds later a “hello?” was heard, according to search and rescue specialist Kenneth Stuart. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
An Orono woman came home Sunday afternoon to find her ex-boyfriend lying on her bed, according to a police report. She asked him to leave and he refused. He said he wanted to talk to her. To get Joel Hill, 26, of Waterville out of… Read More
A Bangor man was charged with assault twice Sunday for allegedly assaulting a roommate and later a corrections officer at Penobscot County Jail. Police say Zane Schmauderer, 47, repeatedly kicked his roommate Stephen Marshall, 53, in the head while Marshall was on the floor. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
A University of Maine student was summoned this week on three charges, including assault against her ex-boyfriend. Police received a report at 12:46 a.m. Sunday that a male student at one of UM’s dorms in Orono had been assaulted by a female student. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Etna resident Christina Mills, 22, asked her aunt for a ride. When the aunt refused, Mills decided to take the woman’s 1996 Ford Taurus, according to Maine State Police. Since Mills has a suspended driver’s license for multiple operating after suspension charges, she was charged… Read More
A sheet of ice coated the entrance side of the McDonald’s parking lot in Brewer Thursday night after the Brewer Fire Department squelched a car fire. Naomi White, 26, of Bangor was driving her 1998 Dodge Stratus on Wilson Street around 7 p.m. when she… Read More
One of four men arrested last December on cocaine-related charges in Holden is facing more legal trouble. Eric Cammack, 26, of Holden was charged two months ago with possession of cocaine after agents raided an Eastern Avenue home. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
A Hampden man was charged with terrorizing and criminal mischief after he smashed the rear windshield of his girlfriend’s car with an ax – while she and her children were inside. David Gordon, 26, got into an argument with his girlfriend early Monday at their… Read More
An inebriated man found lying in the middle of the road at Court and Hammond streets early Saturday later tried to evade hospital security in the Emergency Department at Eastern Maine Medical Center and was arrested, according to Bangor police reports. Around 12:45 a.m. Officer… Read More
Copper piping in a house behind the Crestwood Trailer Park in Hampden was cut out of the basement and stolen earlier this week. “They went through some work to get it,” Hampden police Officer Joel Small said Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
State police are looking for a white Jeep involved in a hit-and-run Thursday evening. A driver on Interstate 95 called state police around 5 p.m. Thursday and reported that a white Jeep had hit her vehicle in Greater Bangor, around mile marker 182. She was… Read More
A man in a blue state police-style vehicle pulled over a driver on South Main Street in Brewer on Tuesday, and police said he pretended to be a police officer. As a result, the Brewer Police Department is warning residents and drivers to be alert. Read More
A Chrysler PT Cruiser landed on its side Tuesday after a collision with another vehicle at the intersection of Pine and Garland streets in Bangor. According to police, Tia Poulin, 24, of Kingfield was at the stop sign on Pine Street in her red Grand… Read More
Employees at the Sears store in the Bangor Mall saw a woman with a baby stroller remove several items from a display, then enter a changing room Saturday afternoon. When the woman left the changing room, she allegedly was concealing items she did not own. Police said she… Read More
A man’s SUV was stolen from downtown Bangor and taken for a joyride Friday night after the vehicle was left alone and running in front of the Maine Discovery Museum, according to officials. The blue 1999 Chevrolet Blazer with the vanity license plate “GINNI” was… Read More
A three-vehicle accident at the intersection of Broadway and Stillwater Avenue in Bangor Friday sent three people to the hospital with minor injuries. Responders used the Jaws of Life to remove one person from their car, according to the police report. The chain-reaction crash started… Read More
A Hancock man faces a host of charges related to a rocky relationship with his former girlfriend that recently took another violent turn. Travis Battis, 26, already was awaiting trial last week for a felony assault charge against the woman in an incident last June… Read More
An aborted taxi ride and a slew of bad language landed an Orland man in jail. Shortly after midnight, Old Town police received a report that one of two people riding to the university in a cab had vomited. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
A woman trying to be a good Samaritan in Orono was issued a summons early Friday after she stopped to help pull a car out of a snowbank. Orono police Sgt. Josh Ewing was patrolling North Main Street around 1:40 a.m. when he saw a… Read More
UM student’s BB gun confiscated Dorm supervisor issues summons for violation of campus housing rules
A dorm supervisor at the University of Maine in Orono notified campus police after noticing an Airsoft BB gun in the room of a student Tuesday evening, which violates housing rules. Lt. Paul Paradis said all paintball guns, Airsoft and other BB guns must be… Read More
When a Bangor woman tried to buy cigarettes at a local convenience store Monday, the clerk suspected the cash was counterfeit and alerted police. When Bangor police arrived, they discovered that Tonya Ashe, 45, had a car that wasn’t registered, and after removing the car’s… Read More
An 85-year-old man working on a 1993 pickup truck Saturday at his home on U.S. Route 2 in Etna was struck and pushed against a wall by the vehicle when the accelerator apparently got stuck, Maine State Police said. The accident occurred just after noon. Read More
An Orono woman was arrested Tuesday night after an incident at Woodman’s Bar and Grill in Orono. A bartender from Woodman’s called police to inform them that two patrons were intoxicated and swearing at customers inside. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
A Mount Desert woman was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center on Sunday after she drove into a ditch around 4:15 p.m. at the intersection of Shaw Hill Road and Western Avenue in Hampden. Tiffany Taite, 23, was not familiar with the area and had… Read More
A Veazie man arrested Saturday on an outstanding warrant is facing additional charges involving drugs. Brian Caggiano, 24, was sought on a warrant for failure to pay fines relating to a theft charge, Veazie Police Chief Mark Leonard said Tuesday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
VEAZIE – What started out as a speeding violation Tuesday ended up with a Glenburn man being arrested for several infractions. Brandon Homstead, 24, was stopped for speeding around 4 p.m. Tuesday on School Street when police clocked him driving 48 mph in a 25… Read More
A Bangor couple returned home Christmas evening and found a guitar, amplifier and 18 video games missing from their Kenduskeag Avenue apartment. Police said the items were valued at $1,780. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
OLD TOWN – A trailer and the two ATVs it was carrying were back in the hands of their owner Friday night, about five days after they were taken off the hitch of the local man’s pickup truck, attached to another truck, and driven off by at least… Read More
A Bangor police officer sitting in his cruiser at Leadbetter’s Super Stop on Stillwater Avenue just after midnight Tuesday noticed a speeding pickup truck leaving the parking lot, stopped it and discovered it had a stolen plow on the front. Before being stopped by police… Read More
A Bangor man who apparently was attempting to light a cigarette drove his 1998 Jeep off the road and into a ditch Thursday night in Bangor, causing approximately $5,000 in damage. Lewis Wood, 35, was driving north on Broadway when the single-car accident occurred, police… Read More
The ex-husband of a woman who appeared in court Friday after being indicted on two counts of arson received a summons for disorderly conduct after he shoved away a WABI-TV 5 cameraman’s lens. David Clark of WABI was outside the Superior Courthouse just before 9:30… Read More
When Bangor police officers arrived at the Third Street apartment of Vernon Goguen, 23, early Thursday morning, he opened the door with a baseball bat in his hands poised to swing. Goguen had attended a birthday party on Cedar Street and apparently got into a… Read More
A Glenburn man was arrested Thursday for apparently knocking down a woman in the Miller Drug parking lot in Bangor on Monday and stealing her pain medication, Lt. Tim Reid, a detective with the Bangor Police Department, said Thursday afternoon. Jeffery Lewis, 42, was arrested… Read More
BANGOR – Two separate incidents near the Ramada Inn resulted in drivers being arrested early Thursday morning for operating while under the influence. According to police reports, around 12:45 a.m., Officer Kerry Libby was patrolling the inn parking lot when she had to avoid a… Read More
A Glenburn man with 18 prior convictions was charged with driving to endanger after running another vehicle off Essex Street in Bangor Tuesday. Around 3:15 p.m. Bangor police received a call of a car that had flipped end-over-end near 1795 Essex St. Upon arrival, officers… Read More
A Bangor man was arrested Saturday night after stabbing another local man with a small utility knife, Bangor police said. Bangor police went to 67 Pine St. after a man called and said that he had been stabbed, according to reports. Officers found the caller… Read More
A 2002 Chevrolet 1500 pickup with a Fisher snowplow attached is missing from Cars by Us at 44 Griffin Road in Bangor, owners reported to police. The vehicle was believed to have been stolen between 6:30 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. Tuesday. The truck and… Read More
An Old Town woman was arrested in Bangor after a report that she threatened to kill another woman at Acadia Hospital on Monday. Police reports state that an outpatient at Acadia Hospital notified police that Marion Anderson, 24, recently had begun making threats to her… Read More
A Bangor woman was arrested early Saturday and charged with aggravated assault after she admitted to stabbing her on-again-off-again boyfriend twice in the arm, according to Bangor police reports. The couple, with two children, has a history of this type of violence. Officers Russell Twadell,… Read More
Bangor police are looking for five people in connection with an armed robbery that happened around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. According to reports, when officers arrived at 17 Carroll St. Wednesday evening, they spoke to three males who said that five people wearing dark clothing and… Read More
Orono police arrested former University of Maine baseball player Ryan Quintal early Friday morning, charging him with violating bail conditions. The 22-year-old Quintal struggled with police when they arrested him, and he also was charged with refusing to submit to arrest, according to police. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
Bangor police received reports of eight burglaries to motor vehicles that happened overnight from Nov. 1 to Nov. 2. Most took place in the Fourth Street area between 4 p.m. Wednesday and 6 a.m. Thursday. All were reported Thursday morning. All of the vehicles that… Read More
Bangor police arrested a Holden man around 10 p.m. Sunday when he was found asleep in a car in possession of cocaine. Officer Dennis Townsend responded to a report that a man was passed out in a car outside the Comfort Inn on Hogan Road… Read More
Veazie police summoned three teenagers recently in connection with a burglary earlier this month and are investigating whether they were involved in other incidents in town since the summer. One of the teenagers has already admitted to being involved in a handful of other incidents,… Read More
BANGOR – Police arrested a Glenburn woman Tuesday morning after it was reported that she rammed her former boyfriend’s car with her own car then smashed his windows with a barbell. Kimberly Ugro, 32, was charged with criminal mischief and driving to endanger after the… Read More
A fight over a family photo resulted in police arresting a Bangor man for assault Monday. Police reports state that a woman came to the Bangor police station at approximately 1 p.m. to report that her ex-husband had assaulted her. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
A Newport man was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of intoxicants, driving to endanger and carrying a concealed weapon after his pickup truck rolled over a guardrail on Interstate 395 in Bangor early Sunday morning, police said. Officer Kerry Libby encountered cars… Read More
A Bangor man was charged on Tuesday with drunken driving after the pickup truck he was operating knocked over a stop sign in Bangor. Bangor police Officer Dan Herrick was called shortly after 9 p.m. to the corner of Fourth and Cedar streets where a… Read More
Police arrested a Bangor man Sunday evening at the Ranger Inn on Hammond Street after they witnessed him crush and snort pills in front of his children. According to police reports, Officers Dan Herrick and James Dearing responded to a call about a family fight. Read More
After a string of vehicle burglaries in Glenburn and Bangor early Saturday morning, the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department is warning residents to lock their car doors. Fourteen unlocked vehicles were burglarized and small items such as cell phones, compact discs, cash and credit cards were… Read More
A Glenburn woman was arrested at her residence Wednesday when police responded to a report of assault. According to police reports, a Glenburn man called to report that Heather Robinson, 35, had caused property damage to their home and had slapped and scratched him in… Read More
A man who told police he had been drinking and “bored” used a lighter to ignite some leaves, and the fire spread to a roughly 50-by-50-foot area before it was put out by the Bangor Fire Department. Firefighters and police were called to the area… Read More
BANGOR – A Maryland man was arrested and charged with aggravated furnishing of scheduled drugs early Sunday morning. Officer Jason Stuart pulled over a vehicle at 12:15 a.m. on Odlin Road after noticing the driver indecisively driving around in a hotel parking lot and nearly… Read More
Three vehicles in Bangor were burglarized between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, according to police. A woman had her license and some Bangor Savings Bank checks worth about $50 taken from her car while it was parked outside the Bangor Public Library between 2 and… Read More
Two men were arrested and charged with possession and trafficking of illegal drugs Monday afternoon after Hampden police received a tip that someone was violating bail conditions. Hampden police Officer Marc Egan received the tip around 12:45 p.m. Monday and headed out to the Old… Read More
A Winterport man was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence after he was found in his vehicle off Essex Street in Bangor early Monday morning, police said. Officer Jason Stuart said he found Frank Mountain, 60, passed out at about 1 a.m. Read More
A Brewer man was injured Saturday when he lost control of the motorcycle he was driving in Holden near the intersection of Clewleyville and Levenseller roads, according to Holden police Lt. Paul Haslam. The accident was reported shortly before 4 p.m. when Garry Buzzell, 58,… Read More
A Dexter woman was taken to Mayo Regional Hospital late Sunday night after flipping over her four-wheeler. According to police reports, Sarah Brown, 23, flipped her vehicle on Zions Hill Road around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. She was taken to the hospital for a mild arm… Read More
A woman was arrested Saturday and accused of assaulting another woman who was getting into a cab outside Raena’s Pub in Bangor. According to police reports, the victim was leaving the bar around 1:30 a.m. with a male when Catherine Lepage, 34, of Kenduskeag approached… Read More
A Bangor man was arrested Monday evening after he allegedly punched a man in the head outside the Hogan Road McDonald’s. Ryan Gaudet, 21, of Bangor was in his car with two friends in the McDonald’s parking lot around 5 p.m., according to reports, when… Read More
A Bangor man was taken to the Penobscot County Jail and charged with assault on Monday after he allegedly hit his live-in girlfriend. The victim walked into the Bangor Police Department around 1:30 p.m. Monday with a deep gash under her chin and lumps on… Read More
A Bangor man was arrested twice and shocked with a Taser within a 21/2-hour period early Sunday morning. Police were called to the Ramada Inn on Odlin Road because the owner said that Herman Rodriguez, 36, refused to leave the establishment. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
Twice in one week, Orono police charged a minor league baseball player affiliated with the Seattle Mariners with disorderly conduct. Steven Richard, 21, of Billerica, Mass., was also charged early Friday morning with assault for the incident outside the Orchard Trails apartment complex. Richard apparently… Read More
A Bangor man was arrested for operating under the influence of intoxicants and operating after suspension when he allegedly hit a box truck near Bangor International Airport and fled the scene just before 6 p.m. Wednesday. No one was hurt in the crash, but Bangor… Read More
A Bangor man challenged three young men to a fight on Tuesday then pulled out a .40-caliber handgun, aimed it at one of the men, and said, “Let’s go.” The man with the gun, Ryan Gaudet, 21, was charged with criminal threatening with a firearm… Read More