BANGOR " Police have located five stolen vehicles that had been taken over a two-day period and charged a 16-year-old juvenile with several felonies and misdemeanors.
On Dec. 17, two vehicles were stolen; one between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. and the other around 5:45 a.m. Police indicated that one vehicle was locked with a spare set of keys inside, and the other was unlocked with a set of keys in the ignition.
On Dec. 18, three more vehicles were stolen between 7 and 8 a.m. All of the cars had keys left in them; one car had been turned on to warm up.
On Dec. 19, Bangor police announced they had located two of the vehicles. One of the cars was located by Officer Doug Smith during an overnight patrol. The other was located by the landlord of the owner, who recognized it while it was driving in traffic. The landlord approached the car, informed the occupants that the car was stolen and suggested they go to the police station. Instead, the occupants drove it to a residence on First Street, telling the landlord they had no idea that it was stolen and that they had borrowed it from a friend.
On Dec. 22, Officer Joe Page located the final vehicle while issuing parking tickets for snow removal. He recognized one of the plates and confirmed that it was the stolen vehicle.
On Dec. 23, police arrested a 16-year-old transient from Bangor and charged him with the following: four counts of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor; two counts of burglary to a motor vehicle, a class C felony; two counts of criminal mischief, a misdemeanor; two counts of theft, a class C felony; one count of receiving stolen property, a misdemeanor; and two counts of burglary, a class C felony.
Police urge citizens not to leave their keys in their cars and not to leave vehicles warming up unattended. If you do start your car to warm it up, ensure that you can see your vehicle at all times, have a second set of keys available so you can keep it locked, or block it in with another vehicle.
Oh, here they are!
HANCOCK " A Hancock woman was able to locate reportedly stolen medication after the trooper suggested she take a lie detector test.
On Dec. 17, Tpr. Jessica Shorey handled a theft complaint in Hancock where prescription drugs were reported to have been stolen. Shortly after Tpr. Shorey offered the complainant a polygraph, the complainant called back to advise that she had found all of her "stolen" medications and they were just misplaced.
Daddy/Daughter arrests
ORONO " Not nearly as popular as Daddy/Daughter dances are the lesser-known Daddy/Daughter arrests, as a father and daughter discovered over the weekend.
On Dec. 27, around 11:09 p.m., Sgt. Scott Lajoie responded to Officer Christopher Watson's request for backup during a suspected OUI stop. When he arrived, he observed Watson placing Ted St. Pierre, 51, of Machias, through field sobriety tests, when the passenger of the car, later identified as Monique St. Pierre, 22, of Orono, Ted's daughter, exited the vehicle while talking on her cell phone. She told the person on the phone that she wanted to talk to her father, and attempted to walk past Lajoie as though he wasn't there, according to police.
Lajoie noted that Monique appeared intoxicated and stumbled as he repeatedly blocked her path to speak to her father. When this behavior continued, Lajoie arrested Monique for interfering with government administration. She at first refused to sit in the cruiser, stiffening up and reportedly saying "f—k you." She was eventually transported to Penobscot County Jail. Her father was also arrested for operating under the influence and transported to Eastern Maine Medical Center.
Knife throwing domestic assault
OLD TOWN " A drawn-out argument between a man and a woman in Old Town turned heated and violent when it culminated in the woman throwing knives at the man last Tuesday.
On Dec. 23 officers James Slauenwhite and Brian Doyle and Sgt. Travis Roy responded to the report of a family fight on Heald Street.
Police learned that the couple had reportedly been antagonizing each other for several hours. The husband, Martin Wallace of Old Town, reportedly flipped the circuit breaker, causing the computer to shut down while his wife, Maryellen McAllister-Wallace of Old Town, was attempting to work. Subsequently, the wife reportedly emptied out the cat box onto the bed, after which the husband rubbed an art print through the cat feces. As the arguments intensified, the husband said he was going to call police and the wife reportedly informed him she would give him something to call about and proceeded to throw knives at the man.
Police arrived and placed the wife under arrest for domestic assault and issued the husband a summons for criminal mischief for destroying property.
Crash course in stealing
TREMONT " Hancock County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a man for leaving the scene of an accident among other charges last weekend.
On Dec. 20, Hancock Regional Communication Center received a complaint of a vehicle off the road on the Kellytown Road in Tremont. The caller advised that there was no one around the vehicle and that the vehicle had sustained heavy damage as a result of the accident.
A short time later, the owner of the vehicle called and reported that his vehicle had been stolen from a residence in Tremont.
As a result of the investigation, Dakota Harkins, 19, of Seal Cove, was charged with violation of conditions of release, unauthorized use of property, operating after suspension and failure to report an accident by quickest means.
Holden woman arrested for OUI
ORONO " A Holden woman was arrested for operating under the influence on Saturday.
On Dec. 27, around 1:19 a.m., Officer Christopher Watson was watching traffic when he saw a vehicle driving erratically and crossing the center line. He followed it and saw the driving continue to be erratic, as the car repeatedly crossed the center line and the white fog line.
He stopped the car and spoke to the driver, Kattrina Baldus, 22, of Holden, and noticed the odor of alcohol. Baldus reportedly told the officer she had only had a couple drinks and she had been with friends somewhere downtown. Watson noted that Baldus' eyes appeared glassy and her speech was slurred.
He administered field sobriety tests and placed her under arrest for operating under the influence. She was taken to the Orono Police Department for an Intoxilyzer test which revealed her blood alcohol level was 0.22 percent. She was escorted to Penobscot County Jail.
