Orono police charged a Portland man Tuesday morning with assault after authorities were called to the Black Bear Inn after a report of a fight inside one of the rooms. Outside the room, Officer Willy King could hear a man threatening someone inside saying that… Read More
A trip to the emergency room ended in arrest for a Bangor man Sunday evening. A call was made around 7 p.m. from Eastern Maine Medical Center saying a patient had assaulted the person who had brought him to the hospital. Officer Chris Desmond responded. Read More
A Bangor man was given a summons for operating under the influence after hitting a tree in a front yard on Judson Boulevard at around 8:30 p.m. Friday, Bangor police said. Officer Steve Pelletier responded to a report of a Chevy Trailblazer with disabled veteran… Read More
A Bangor man was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly threatening to kill a woman. Police responded to a call around 10 p.m. about a family fight possibly involving a knife. They met with the victim’s neighbor at his Jefferson Street residence, who told them the… Read More
Additional charges could be filed against a Bangor man and two juveniles who Bangor police said had recently damaged windows and other things inside a vacant home on Essex Street. The incident was reported Sept. 2. Adam Freeman, 20, of Bangor and a 17-year-old and… Read More
A Bangor man wasn’t supposed to have contact with his former girlfriend as part of a previous arrest, but in recent days he had been calling her. On Monday, he became enraged and assaulted her, according to police reports. Bangor police charged Joshua Zowghi, 23,… Read More
A Bangor man took the keys away from a motorist who witnesses said was speeding in downtown Bangor Sunday afternoon and nearly struck some people. Bangor police Officer Steve Jordan found Darrell Curtis, 40, of Prospect sitting in his car with another man holding his… Read More
A woman wanted by police was arrested Thursday and charged with violation of release conditions and possession of Schedule Z drugs. Police documents state police responded to a report that Nettie Ryder, 28, of Bangor was at 75 Cedar St. in Bangor that night. Police… Read More
A Bangor man was charged Thursday night with assault when two women reported he had struck his girlfriend during a drunken rage. The girlfriend asked Timothy Blackwell, 24, to leave the home on Bald Mountain Road because he was intoxicated and yelling, and she didn’t… Read More
Two people were transported Wednesday night to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor with minor injuries after their vehicles collided in front of the Irving Mainway on Main Street in Bangor. Walter Maddocks, 33, of Verona Island was driving a motorcycle south on Main Street… Read More
A Veazie man was summoned early Monday morning on multiple charges after he reportedly hit a parked car near the corner of School Street and Oak Grove in Veazie and then drove away. Ronald St. Pierre, 18, was intoxicated when he drove his father’s 2000… Read More
Police arrested a Bangor man early Sunday morning and charged him with disorderly conduct after he shouted obscenities and made gestures toward a Bangor police officer, according to the police report. At 1:50 a.m., Bangor police Officers Steve Pelletier and Kerry Libby noticed Daniel Hiscoe,… Read More
An argument allegedly escalated into something more serious Tuesday, and a Bangor man was arrested and charged with domestic assault. Michael Benjamin, 22, and a woman were arguing as she drove him to work. Their 1-year-old daughter was in the car at that time. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
A 94-year-old Bangor man stopped by police Monday morning for having an expired registration put his car in drive and left the scene while the investigating officer returned to his cruiser to process paperwork. Officer Christopher Blanchard stopped Kern Foss, 94, at approximately 7:40 a.m. Read More
Bangor police arrested a Bangor man Saturday and charged him with domestic assault after he pulled his girlfriend to the ground, according to the police report. A witness told police he saw Jerry Burns, 28, grab the 31-year-old woman by her hair and throw her… Read More
A Bangor man who fled one Bangor Mall store Friday with stolen items was found hiding in the restroom of another mall store and charged with theft. Found in Sears, Jeremy Hunter, 32, was returned to Filene’s where a store employee identified five items that… Read More
Police blamed driver inattention for a car accident after a Bangor man Thursday afternoon crashed his 1999 Kia into a parked vehicle at the R&K Variety store on Route 1A in Hampden. Ronald Lloyd, 74, of Bangor was driving north on Route 1A, when he… Read More
A night out dancing turned disastrous for one woman at Club Gemini early Sunday morning when a man she didn’t know punched her in the face. Police issued a summons for assault to Edgardo Rivera, 36, of Bangor around 2 a.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
Upset at his landlord, Michael Albert, 29, of Bangor took his anger out on his apartment inside and out early Friday, prompting police to respond and arrest him. According to police, a shirtless and intoxicated Albert used a baseball bat to hit anything in sight. Read More
A Bangor man covering his right eye and bleeding profusely told police early Thursday morning that he was attacked by four or five men. They didn’t take his money, just punched him in the face as he sat outside a Second Street residence about 12:30… Read More
An argument between a Bangor couple escalated Tuesday night, when Adrian Baines, 21, allegedly assaulted his girlfriend at their Birch Street apartment. The woman told Bangor police that around 8:30 p.m., the argument over a cell phone intensified into a fight punctuated by pushing and… Read More
Bangor police are investigating a report of a man who on Monday said he was stabbed in the hand by a man demanding money he was owed. The 23-year-old Bangor man said he was walking behind a building on Ohio Street when he was confronted… Read More
BANGOR – A Southwest Harbor man was arrested and charged with operating under the influence and operating without a license Saturday night after allegedly trying to slip away from police. The driver, Vaughn Clark, 42, turned onto the Odlin Road in Bangor when he realized… Read More
A Bangor man who wanted an associate removed from his apartment was taken into custody as well after police determined he was wanted on a warrant. David Paul, 52, called police Wednesday night to have Richard Jenkins, 35, of Veazie removed from his Forest Avenue… Read More
Bangor police responded Monday morning to three separate overnight car burglaries, although it wasn’t known if the incidents were related. Police went to an Essex Street apartment where a woman told them her wallet with $15, credit cards, her driver’s license and her Social Security… Read More
Bangor police Officer Larry Morrill restrained a Bangor man around 2:30 p.m. Sunday who was threatening to hang himself from the footbridge in Bangor’s Pickering Square. The man, who is in his early 20s, called dispatch to request help, and was reportedly sitting on the… Read More
An accident on Interstate 95 involving a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan and a tractor-trailer truck sent an Orono woman to a Bangor hospital with minor injuries. Pamela M. Savoy, 63, was headed southbound in the Caravan toward Exit 180 when she reportedly pulled into the… Read More
A transient man was issued a summons for assault Tuesday morning, after he allegedly approached a man from behind who was sitting on a bench outside the Bangor Public Library and struck him over the head with a stick. Joseph Perham, 51, told Bangor police… Read More
A Bangor man was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor early Monday morning after a group of unidentified people entered a Newbury Street apartment where he was sleeping and hit him in the head with a baseball bat. Police had gone to the… Read More
A Bangor man was arrested after starting a fight with a fellow patron at the Bass Park off-track betting facilities Saturday night. According to reports, Steven Leclair, 26, of Bangor began to attack another man when Sgt. Donald Gagner witnessed the altercation. The bartender at… Read More
A Brewer woman who flipped her motorcycle was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor on Wednesday evening for minor injuries. The accident was caused by rider inexperience, said Officer Paul Gauvin of the Brewer police. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
Bangor police arrested a man Sunday night at his State Street apartment after he allegedly threatened to stab another man with an 8-inch serrated knife, according to police reports. Christopher McCann, 48, of Bangor told police the man owed him $60 and he wanted the… Read More
Traffic was stopped on Route 1A in Holden near McKay’s RV just after noon Saturday when a motorcyclist laid down his 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle in an effort to avoid hitting a vehicle attempting to merge into traffic, Officer Nick Fletcher of the Holden Police Department said. Read More
Police believe a local plumber had more than pipe wrenches on his mind when he fixed a problem in Bangor last week. The resident of a Cottage Street apartment told police the plumber had worked on a problem in his bathroom last week while he… Read More
A Bangor man who planned to fight a neighbor in the street Monday night as part of a dispute over child care called the police instead when the neighbor brandished a sword, according to police reports. Delis E. Lane, 23, of Bangor was charged with… Read More
A Corinth man remained in fair condition Friday night at a Bangor hospital, hours after the motorcycle he was riding struck a car that pulled out in front of him on Union Street in Bangor. Jeremiah W. Grondin, 24, suffered a serious injury to his… Read More
A Bangor man was issued a summons on a charge of assault Thursday after a woman said he punched her in the throat in Bangor’s Pickering Square, according to reports. The woman, a 39-year-old Bangor resident, called police around 12:12 p.m. She told Officer Dennis… Read More
A Bangor man reported to Bangor police that someone used his debit card in Florida when he wasn’t there. Whoever was using the debit card racked up more than $5,300 in purchases, including at Wal-Mart, Staples and Babies R Us stores. The man told Detective… Read More
Hampden police responded Sunday evening to a domestic dispute and arrested Michael Vose, 21, of Hampden on a charge of domestic assault. Vose’s live-in girlfriend called police after Vose allegedly grabbed her by the throat and attempted to push her down the stairs of their… Read More
ORONO – A Milford man was arrested early Thursday morning after admitting he had assaulted his girlfriend, who is also his business partner, while the couple’s cleaning company was working at a local supermarket, police said. An employee of Milford’s Rainbow Cleaning Inc. called Orono… Read More
A Carmel man was injured Wednesday and transported to Eastern Maine Medical Center by ambulance after the motorcycle he was operating struck another vehicle and skidded across several feet of pavement on Main Street. James Doyle, 21, was driving a 2005 Kawasaki motorcycle on Main… Read More
BANGOR – An Ohio Street resident called Bangor police Saturday evening and said her husband had taken their 7-year-old daughter. The woman, who was upset and in tears, told Officers Rob Angelo and Chris Desmond that the couple were in the process of getting a… Read More
When pepper spray didn’t work, Bangor police used a Taser to subdue a man who told them they would have to kill him to get him into custody. Called to a trailer home on Ohio Street late Wednesday night, officers could hear an angry man… Read More
Bangor police took a Kenduskeag Avenue man into custody, charging him with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon after it was reported he aimed a shotgun at someone. Authorities were called to Jefferson Street about 8 p.m. for a report of a man with a… Read More
Overheated brakes ignited a trash truck Tuesday afternoon and held up traffic for about 45 minutes on Levenseller Road in Holden. Firefighters extinguished the blaze at about 5 p.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
A Bangor woman was arrested after threatening her partner with a butcher knife Sunday night, according to reports. Police went to a Longrale Park home at 8:30 p.m. after a 60-year-old woman said an argument had escalated and she feared for her life. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
A Sangerville woman was injured Sunday and admitted to Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft after she rolled the vehicle she was driving into a ditch on Greeley’s Landing Road in Dover-Foxcroft, police said. Tiffany Sprague, 18, was driving from Sebec Lake at around 3 p.m. Read More
Bangor police arrested four people early Friday morning and are looking for a fifth in connection with a break-in at a Hammond Street shop. Called to the Middle Earth shop about 3:40 a.m. for a burglary in progress, Bangor police Officer Eric Tourtelotte was about… Read More
A 50-year-old Bangor motorcyclist was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center on Thursday evening after being involved in an accident with another vehicle on North Main Street in Brewer. A 41-year-old Brewer man, who was not injured, was driving the other vehicle involved in the… Read More
A drunken patron eluded police who were searching for him after he punched a hole in a wall at an Orono nightclub Saturday night. Eventually located and arrested, the person was identified through a cell phone call to his mother. Alex Gray, the owner of… Read More
A Bangor woman was hospitalized Thursday after the car she was driving went off the road and into a small stream. Valerie Guevara, 42, was treated at Eastern Maine Medical Center and later released from the Bangor hospital, a nursing supervisor said. Guevara suffered bruises… Read More
A hit-and-run accident resulted in the arrest of two individuals Monday in Brewer. John Charpentier, 38, of Orrington backed into a sport utility vehicle behind him at a stop sign, then drove off, police said. After Brewer police caught up with Charpentier, officers smelled alcohol… Read More
A Canadian couple were injured Saturday evening when their motorcycle crashed on Interstate 95 near mile marker 171 in Carmel. Brent Mackinnon, 57, of Stratford, Prince Edward Island, was driving south at about 5:30 p.m. when his black Honda motorcycle apparently skidded out of control,… Read More
A man staying in the tent area at the Paul Bunyan Campground in Bangor told police Friday that when he went to strike up a conversation with a neighbor, the other man became belligerent and pulled out a knife. The man told police that the… Read More
A Brewer man carried an orange traffic cone into a Bangor pizza restaurant on Wednesday and flung it over the counter in apparent anger that his girlfriend had recently been fired from the restaurant. Bangor police received a call shortly before 5 p.m. from the… Read More
Nicholas Oppedisano, 39, of Bangor was arrested Saturday and for the third time since 2003 was charged with assault after allegedly spitting in the face of his longtime girlfriend and pulling her by the hair, Bangor police said. Officer Rob Angelo arrived at the couple’s… Read More
Bangor police responded to a report of a man “taking a swing” at a bartender at Carolina Sports & Spirits on Union Street early Sunday morning. Officer Kerry Libby caught up to Craig Sawyer, 48, as he walked under the Joshua Chamberlain Bridge overpass and… Read More
Orono police were called to Austin Drive where an ongoing argument between a couple married for three weeks ended with the husband being taken to jail early Friday morning. James Cianni, 40, left and returned several times to his residence and argued with his new… Read More
Two illegal aliens from Mexico were taken into custody at the Greystone Trailer Park in Veazie Thursday evening in a joint operation carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Veazie police. Yuis Lopez Javier, 25, and an unidentified adult male were arrested about an… Read More
A Maxfield woman refused medical treatment after her car struck a black bear on Interstate 95 on Monday night. According to Maine State Police Trooper Seth Edwards, the 57-year-old suffered minor injuries from the deployment of her vehicle’s airbag. The front of her car was… Read More
An investigator with the State Fire Marshal’s Office was in Alton Monday looking into the cause of fires that burned excavating equipment in a gravel pit. The burned equipment was found Monday morning by the owner, although Sgt. Tim York of the State Fire Marshal’s… Read More
Two local men racked up charges Saturday night after a window-smashing incident on First Street. Darren Seidell, 24, a transient whose last known address was in Milford, was charged with criminal mischief and violating a condition of his release on bail on a charge of… Read More
An Orono man was arrested Thursday night when police received a report that he had assaulted his live-in girlfriend. James Cain, 29, was taken to Penobscot County Jail in Bangor after Orono police caught up with him at a Stillwater Village apartment he shared with… Read More
Police in Bangor and Hampden are investigating separate incidents in which residents reported fraudulent bank charges from overseas on their accounts. A Bangor woman contacted city police on Wednesday to say that her credit union called her to let her know that three withdrawals totaling… Read More
A very large pet pig was briefly on the loose Tuesday morning on Johnson Mill Road in Orrington, but with a little coaxing, pet and owner were reunited. The pig was seen near the road and an observer was concerned enough to call the police… Read More
A 5-year-old resident of Bog Road in Hermon who was riding his bike Sunday afternoon had his arm and leg broken when he was hit by a passing vehicle driven by a local teenager, Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department Deputy David Quinn said Sunday. Names are not being released… Read More
A motorcyclist from Levant suffered lacerations to his hands and forearms Thursday when he struck the side of a pickup tow truck on Route 2. Harold Lawrence, 73, was in the eastbound lane and turning left into the Central Maine Harley-Davidson dealership about 2:50 p.m. Read More
A Clinton man broke into a Bangor impound lot early Sunday morning and rammed his car through the lot’s fence to get out. Bangor police caught up with Jeffrey Mark Strohman, 29, about two hours after his car last was seen in the impound lot. Read More
A suspicious package was found on the steps of the Bangor Police Department around 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The package was a paper bag with the top rolled shut and sealed with duct tape. Officer Doug Moore, a bomb expert, X-rayed the item and deemed it… Read More
Bangor police charged an Ohio Street man with assaulting his girlfriend on Friday. She came to the police station to report he had hit and choked her. While she was at the station, her boyfriend, Shawn Keenan, 28, called her on her cell phone and… Read More
A woman tried to pass off counterfeit money at two McDonald’s restaurants in Bangor Thursday, but was successful at only one. The manager of the Broadway fast-food restaurant told police about 1:40 p.m. that it had been busy and a counterfeit $20 was accepted as… Read More
A Bangor man was arrested Wednesday evening after police chased him into a basement at 148 Union St. David Patrick, 21, of Bangor was seen by Bangor’s Selective Enforcement Team in Pickering Square around 5:30 p.m. and the team attempted to arrest him on a… Read More
A Dexter man was arrested early Sunday morning after police found 261 marijuana plants, heat lamps, and other drug paraphernalia in his vehicle, Dexter Police Chief Art Roy said Sunday. Dexter police Officer Jeff Goutreau made a routine traffic stop about 2:30 a.m. on Main… Read More
An Old Town woman didn’t go quietly when she and others were told to leave Barnaby’s after the nightspot at 357 Odlin Road in Bangor had closed early Thursday morning. Jeannie Chapman, 26, had been walking away at about 1:40 a.m., the last of those… Read More
A Bangor man was arrested Tuesday after police noticed a vehicle driving erratically on Summer Street. Bangor police officer Josh Ouellette was on Summer Street going toward Washington Street when he noticed an oncoming car in his lane. He pulled to the right and passed… Read More
A Bangor woman was arrested around 5 p.m. Monday after she was observed leaving Wal-Mart without paying for items she had concealed in a backpack. Heather Williams was seen by a loss prevention employee at the Bangor store taking clothing from displays and going to… Read More
A University of Maine student at an Orono dormitory called public safety officials late Sunday night after hearing an explosion outside the building. Officers found a plastic soda bottle that exploded at 10:55 p.m. behind Knox Hall near the volleyball courts on the campus, UM spokesman Joe Carr… Read More
An Orono woman was arrested and charged with criminal threatening after she allegedly threatened to shoot her neighbor outside the victim’s home on Elliot’s Landing Road. According to reports filed by Orono police Officers Robert Sinclair and Chris Watson, Julia Duncan, 21, of Orono had… Read More
An Augusta man boasted that he had done 145 mph on Interstate 95, but his boast came early Sunday morning as he was sitting awaiting booking at Penobscot County Jail. Shortly after 3 a.m., Bangor police Officers Steve Jordan and Shawn Green spotted a car… Read More
A maintenance worker discovered spray paint on the outside of the James F. Doughty School in Bangor on Sunday afternoon, police said. Green spray paint was used to write profanities and statements including “Bangor schools have failed you” on the building sometime between Saturday and… Read More
Two men were arrested Monday evening after police received a call saying that there was a vehicle operating erratically near State Street in Brewer and it had almost hit about four other vehicles head-on. Brewer police said they stopped the vehicle on State Street and… Read More
A Bangor man allegedly ripped the purse away from an 81-year-old woman early Thursday morning but was arrested a short time later and charged with robbery. The woman told police she was getting out of her car at the Hannaford supermarket at the Broadway Shopping… Read More
A Brewer man was arrested Tuesday night after he pretended to be deaf and mute at Ruby Tuesday restaurant. When Brewer police arrived on scene, Shelldon Runar, 47, of Brewer was outside the restaurant still fuming from an incident inside. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
A small group of juveniles was seen setting fires near Pray’s Trailer Park on Finson Road in Bangor around 7:30 p.m. Monday. The youths had run off by the time Bangor police were on the scene but tracking dogs were called in to help pursue… Read More
A 14-year-old Bangor boy was flown by LifeFlight to a Boston hospital Sunday after suffering third-degree burns on his leg from a fire he and two friends were playing with. The three boys had been playing on a porch in Pray’s Trailer Park around 6… Read More
Millinocket police were called to a Poplar Street residence late Wednesday night for a report of a disturbance, and the officers wound up briefly entangled with the man who allegedly was at the center of it. Millinocket police Officer Steve Perreault and Sgt. Jerry Cox… Read More
Bangor police arrested six people on drunken driving charges during a three-hour period Friday night into Saturday morning. One police officer stopped two of the allegedly intoxicated motorists as one of the drivers followed another home about 1:20 a.m. Saturday. Officer Shawn Green reported seeing… Read More
Two Bangor women were arrested and charged with taking more than $400 in clothing, jewelry and other items from the Kohl’s store in Bangor. Both were arrested Thursday on theft charges, but by Friday, only one remained incarcerated. Nicole O’Connor, 23, was released from jail… Read More
A Bangor man learned the importance of locking his car – no matter the location – the hard way on Wednesday morning. The 23-year-old man left his unlocked Nissan Altima parked outside his Howard Street apartment building Tuesday night and came out to find $320… Read More
A Bangor man fired two shots from his paintball gun at a strange man he found in his home on Sunday, scaring the intruder away. The Broadway resident told police that he was in his apartment’s living room at about 8:45 p.m. when he heard… Read More
Bangor police handled several reports of theft Monday and received a complaint about a stolen license plate taken during the weekend. A store employee of the Shaw’s supermarket on Main Street reported Monday afternoon that Ricky Waugh, 51, of Bangor selected a bottle of Wild… Read More
Two dogs perished in a house fire on Riverview Heights Road in Winterport on Sunday afternoon. Scott and Anne Dunham returned home at 3:15 p.m. to find smoke coming out of their house and their dogs inside. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
An Orono man was issued two summonses for assault after kicking a Bangor police officer and hitting a nurse at Eastern Maine Medical Center on Tuesday night. Police responded to a call at EMMC around 10 p.m. where Charles Gardner, 45, of Orono was being… Read More
A Bangor man was arrested Thursday morning on charges that he assaulted his girlfriend in a dispute over their child. Travis Gustin, 27, had fled the Center Street apartment he shares with his girlfriend shortly after 6 a.m., but police found him nearby. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
A Bangor woman was charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana Sunday night after Bangor police Officer Shawn Green noticed a GMC Sierra had illegal license plates. Green observed a woman walking on the roadway between Third and Fourth streets around 11 p.m. Sunday and… Read More
A Bangor man was arrested Saturday night after Brewer police responded to a report of two suspicious males near the Burger King restaurant. Officer Amy Nickerson went to the scene at about 8 p.m. Saturday and found two men matching the descriptions. One was later… Read More
Newport police – with help from a local grocery store manager – said they caught a Bangor man Friday trying to steal more than $200 worth of groceries from Bud’s Shop ‘N Save. Mike Williams, 40, was arrested around 1:30 p.m. Friday, Newport police Chief… Read More
A Greenbush man was handed two summonses after his car was hit in an accident on Sunday night. Kevin Prygrocki, 24, of Greenbush was turning from Military Road onto Route 2 in Greenbush around 8 p.m. when his 1995 Ford Escort was struck from the… Read More
Two Bangor residents were involved in a violent assault Friday night, according to police reports. Bangor Police Officer Daniel Herrick arrived at a Pier Street apartment where he was met by two women on the front lawn who were visibly upset. According to Herrick, they… Read More
An Orono man was arrested for possession of cocaine early Wednesday morning after fighting with a friend over a cheeseburger. Two police officers were dispatched to McDonald’s on Broadway in Bangor at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday to investigate a reported fight in the parking lot. Read More