IN ANSON, Wednesday at 12:36 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Embden Pond Road.

IN BINGHAM, Wednesday at 5:13 p.m., mischief was reported on Baker Street.

IN CAMBRIDGE, Wednesday at 4:17 p.m., a report of disturbance led to an arrest on Leavitt Road.

IN CANAAN, Wednesday at 9:57 a.m., theft was reported on Browns Corner Road.

IN CARTHAGE, Wednesday at 6:52 p.m., harassment was reported on Carthage Road.

IN CHESTERVILLE, Wednesday at 11:32 a.m., suspicious activity was reported at Valley Road and Zions Hill Road.

IN CLINTON, Wednesday at 8:10 a.m., theft was reported on Long Avenue.

4:12 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Battle Ridge Road.

5:02 p.m., an unwanted person was reported on Hinckley Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 11:16 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Center Road.

1:20 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Skowhegan Road.

3:10 p.m., a scam was reported on Maple Street.

4:38 p.m., a scam was reported on Gibson Street.

7:33 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Kingman Road.

IN FARMINGTON, Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Seamon Road.

IN HARTLAND, Wednesday at 11:42 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Commercial Street.

IN JAY, Wednesday at 1:07 p.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Community Drive.

6:20 p.m., theft or fraud was reported on Main Street.

IN MADISON, Wednesday at 7:39 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Old Point Avenue.

1:06 p.m., trespassing was reported on Glendale Street.

4:47 p.m., a report of shoplifting led to an arrest on Main Street.

IN OAKLAND, Wednesday at 12:46 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Summer Street.

8:31 p.m., disturbance was reported on Oak Street.

IN PITTSFIELD, Wednesday at 8:30 a.m., disturbance was reported on Somerset Avenue.

8:41 a.m., a structure fire was reported on Leighton Street.

11:22 a.m., a complaint about shots being fired was made on Grant Road.

8:12 p.m., disturbance was reported on Livingston Street.

IN RANGELEY, Wednesday at 7:55 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street and Stratton Road.

IN SALEM TOWNSHIP, Wednesday at 3:31 p.m., trespassing was reported on Salem Road.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Wednesday at 9:16 a.m., a report of violation of bail or protection order led to an arrest on Court Street.

11:02 a.m., a report of violation of bail or protection order led to an arrest on West Front Street.

3:48 p.m., theft was reported on Pine Street.

7:09 p.m., trespassing was reported on Water Street.

8:40 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Oak Pond Road.

Thursday at 12:30 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Madison Avenue.

4:41 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Waterville Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 11:56 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Sherwin Street.

12:31 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Morgan Street.

12:50 p.m., an unwanted person was reported on Colby Street.

12:59 p.m., suspicious activity was reported in The Concourse.

1:26 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on College Avenue.

2:08 p.m., noise was reported on Summer Street.

2:15 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Grove Street.

2:29 p.m., theft was reported on Silver Street.

3:12 p.m., a report of shoplifting led to an arrest on Waterville Commons Drive.

3:46 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Elm Street.

4:10 p.m., disturbance was reported on College Avenue.

4:29 p.m., a drug offense was reported on Sanger Avenue.

4:32 p.m., threatening was reported on Main Street.

6:12 p.m., an unwanted person was reported on High Street.

8:13 p.m., a report of suspicious activity led to an arrest in Elm Plaza.

8:23 p.m., theft was reported on Main Street.

10:12 p.m., harassment was reported in The Concourse.

Thursday at 12:15 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on College Avenue.

12:50 a.m., a traffic stop led to an arrest on Main Street.

IN WINSLOW, Wednesday at 12:57 p.m., an arrest was made on Benton Avenue.

1:58 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Bellevue Street.

6:20 p.m., a traffic stop led to an arrest on Halifax Street.

7:54 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Halifax Street.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Wednesday at 12:25 p.m., Jeffrey Scott Lane, 44, of Farmington, was arrested on charges of operating while license suspended or revoked, display of fictitious sticker and violating condition of release.

11:50 p.m., John Leo Oberton, 26, of Wilton, was arrested on charges of violating condition of release, operating while license suspended or revoked with three prior convictions, and unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Wednesday at 11:10 a.m., Jelinda Elaine Cleggett, 51, of Worthington, Massachusetts, was arrested on a charge of violating condition of release.

12:38 p.m., Damian A. Brooks, 27, of Cambridge, was arrested on a warrant for unpaid fines and fees.

2:01 p.m., Lina Torres-Engelhardt, 36, of Skowhegan, was arrested on a charge of violation of protective order.

2:57 p.m., Brian Eric Morin, 23, of North Anson, was arrested on charges of domestic violence assault, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief.

5:32 p.m., John Andrew-Michael Berkes, 26, of Bartlett, Tennessee, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence.

7:27 p.m., Rachael Raye Murray, 34, of Cambridge, was arrested on a charge of violating condition of release.

ALFRED — York County District Attorney Kathryn Slattery has referred a 2011 civil case that involved allegations of strong-arm tactics by two sheriff’s deputies on behalf of a retired Portland detective to the Maine Attorney General’s Office.

The case had been referred to Slattery by York County commissioners in early August.

“It is apparent that further inquiry should be made into the allegations,” said Slattery in a prepared statement. “In view of that, I have referred the matter to the Investigation Division of the Attorney General’s Office. They are an independent agency and therefore without the inherent conflict of interest that would exist if the York County District Attorney were to undertake the inquiry.”

But an attorney who represents one of the deputies said the lawsuit was unfounded and that her client’s reputation has become a political casualty of election-year infighting among York County officials.

“Bill Vachon and Michael Hayes are collateral damage in a political circus,” said Amy Fairfield, who represents Hayes and said there is evidence that the complaint against them is largely fabricated. “This whole (civil) complaint was made public through the media when it was filed last August. If it was such a concern, why wouldn’t (the commissioners) take it up then? You wait until two months before the sheriff’s election that is contested?”

The 2011 allegations resulted in a federal civil suit against the county in 2017. It was settled by the insurer, the Maine County Commissioners Association Self-Funded Risk Management Pool, in June. The settlement includes a $39,575 payment to the plaintiff, referred to in court documents only as “John Doe” and a $27,924 to the plaintiff’s law firm, both “made without admission of liability which was and is expressly denied,” according to a settlement document.

“Although the allegations were denied in the court case, they were concerning,” York County Commissioners said in a statement released by County Manager Greg Zinser on Aug. 3. That concern prompted commissioners to refer the matter to the York County District Attorney.

The civil suit had claimed physical detention, kidnapping and illegal arrest in 2011 by York County Sheriff’s Office Detective Sgt. Michael Hayes; Deputy Wilfred Vachon, who left the agency to work elsewhere in 2016, and former Portland Police Officer Joseph Fagone.

The suit stemmed from an $850 charge Fagone’s daughter had allegedly wanted refunded following a limousine incident at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, according to documents filed by plaintiffs John Doe and his wife Jane Doe, who had provided the limousine service.

According to the plaintiffs, Hayes and Vachon, on behalf of Fagone, went to the Buxton home of John and Jane Doe on Sept. 1, 2011, where deputies allegedly threw him to the floor, handcuffed him, put him in a cruiser and then allegedly tried to pressure him into refunding the money. When John Doe’s wife arrived home, the plaintiffs alleged that Hayes instructed the couple to go to a bank and get the money. The couple alleged they were pressured into signing a release saying no force was used. Instead of going to a bank, they went to a relative’s home and stayed there for several days.

It is unclear whether an internal investigation ensued following the alleged 2011 incident.

King, now York County sheriff, was a major with the department at the time. Both King and Slattery are seeking re-election in November.

Fairfield said that throughout the commissioners’ recent scrutiny of the case, no one has contacted her or her client to ask him about what happened. When Fairfield attempted to speak with Slattery directly and offer her client’s cooperation, Fairfield said she was rebuffed.

Sheriff’s Office policies indicate decisions to commence internal investigations are made by the chief deputy, who was Mat Baker at the time. He has since passed away. The sheriff at the time was Maurice Ouellette, who is retired.

York County Commission Chairman Sallie Chandler in an August interview said incidents alleged in the suit stretch back years. She said it had been difficult for commissioners to “get a whole picture of whose memory is accurate and exactly how it should have been handled.”

Chandler said the decision to settle the case came from the risk pool and the attorney.

“We don’t have any input into how they settle cases,” she said.

“The claim was a result of a law enforcement action that occurred seven years ago,” said King in a statement issued in August. “We must keep in mind that in lawsuits, a notice of claim is a one-sided version of events. The county risk pool was faced with an economic decision –— fight the claim or settle it, saving the risk pool (and ultimately taxpayers) money. The decision was made to settle the lawsuit.”

Journal Tibune Senior Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 282-1535, ext. 327 or twells@journaltribune.com.

Press Herald Staff Writer Matt Byrne, who contributed to this report, can be contacted at 791-6303 or at:

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Twitter: MattByrnePPH

A former sergeant with the now-defunct Madison Police Department, David Trask, is appealing a decision in a case in which he says the Fraternal Order of Police breached its duty to represent him.

Trask, like several other Madison officers, had been absorbed into the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office in July 2015 after the town voted to discontinue its police force in light of the loss of tax revenue from the closing of Madison Paper Industries.

Trask, of Skowhegan, maintains the Maine Labor Relations Board decision against him — which was upheld on appeal at the superior court level — is incorrect.

On Wednesday, Trask’s attorney, Robert Sandy, asked the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, to overturn that decision. Sandy maintains, among other things, there was no evidence to support the board’s decision.

The court issues rulings in writings after considering the oral arguments and the briefs.

Sandy maintains the union failed in its representation of Trask when the town was contracting out police services to the county, and that the failure was “far beyond mere negligence.”

At the oral argument session at the Cumberland County Courthouse in Portland, Sandy said, “For 51 years, it has been the law of the land that when there is a contracting out, there is a mandatory obligation on the part of the union to bargain.”

He said Trask’s issues should have been brought to arbitration.

Associate Justice Ellen Gorman asked, “How can the town be forced to bargain with its former employees?”

Chief Justice Leigh Saufley told Sandy, “There’s nothing in the record that indicates (the union) acted in bad faith.”

“What we’re still talking about is a failure on the part of the union to recognize what was about to happen,” she added. “The union thought it was bargaining the next contract and misunderstood what the circumstances were for the town. … It’s still mistakes; it’s not discrimination against the client.”

Benjamin Grant, the attorney representing the Fraternal Order of Police, told the justices, “The union at a minimum made a rational decision. It requested bargaining immediately after the town voted to disband the Police Department.”

“Reasonable minds can disagree as to whether this was a contracting out or plant closing,” he said.

Grant said Trask asked the union to be at the impact bargaining session, and it was.

“After it happened, he said he was satisfied even though he didn’t get what he wanted,” Grant said.

In the intervening superior court appeal, Justice William Stokes rejected Trask’s claims that the Maine Labor Relations Board had erred.

“The court is satisfied that, taken as a whole, the record fairly and reasonably supports the ultimate conclusion that the FOP’s actions and decisions were not outside the range of reasonableness so as to be irrational,” Stokes wrote in a decision dated Jan. 30.

“(I)t is significant that the FOP sought and obtained the advice of legal counsel on the national and state level,” he also wrote. “Based on that advice, the FOP determined that the Town of Madison was under no legal obligation to bargain over the impact of the decision of the voters to eliminate its police department.”

The police consolidation plan was designed to save Madison money after the Madison Paper Industries plant announced it was ceasing operations.

Stokes also found that the police union’s actions were neither discriminatory or invidious, although he noted, “The petitioner did articulate a number of ways in which the elimination of the Madison Police Department affected him because of his longevity, seniority and rank.”

According to Sandy’s brief, Trask had been with the Madison Police Department since January 1985; had reached top seniority, preference for shifts and vacations, fully paid family health insurance — worth about $22,000 annually — and earned about $50,000 a year with overtime before the department was disbanded.

Sandy wrote that Trask learned from Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster that the Madison officers would be treated as “newly hired probationary employees of the Sheriff’s Office and that they would face a substantial reduction in benefits and loss of all seniority.”

When the Fraternal Order of Police requested that Madison and the county engage in impact bargaining, they did so in July 2015, but no agreement was reached. The union filed and then withdrew a prohibited practice complaint against the town.

“The Fraternal Order of Police took no further action in Sergeant Trask’s behalf,” Sandy wrote.

Trask initially filed a lawsuit in state court against the Town of Madison, Somerset County and Lancaster, saying the sheriff fired him abruptly in December 2015, with no notice of reasons “and without just cause.” He asked for his job to be restored to him, as well as back pay and benefits.

The defendants removed the complaint to federal court in February 2016, and Trask moved to dismiss it three months later.

Trask and another former Madison officer also filed a complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission in May 2016, saying they were victims of age discrimination when Madison police operations were transitioned to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office. Sandy represented Trask in that claim. He said that case was dismissed without an investigation, which cleared the way for Trask to file an age discrimination complaint against the town that is currently pending in Somerset County Superior Court.

Lancaster said Thursday that his department hired all four of the Madison police officers originally, but two of them left to work for other police agencies, one retired, and one transferred to the rural division, which does not deal with Madison.

Sandy said Wednesday that Trask was not at Wednesday’s court hearing and has not been working in law enforcement. “He’s been a Registered Maine Guide for a long time and has been doing guiding,” Sandy said.

“The court was very well informed about the case, very attentive, no doubt about that,” he added. “It was an interesting argument, and we will await the decision of the court with great interest.”

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

IN ANSON, Thursday at 10:40 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Union Street.

IN CANAAN, Thursday at 6:08 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Easy Street. State police responded.

IN CLINTON, Thursday at 3:30 p.m., a theft was reported on Long Avenue.

IN CONCORD TOWNSHIP, Friday at 6:25 a.m., a structure fire was reported on Kennebec River Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Thursday at 7:17 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Center Road.

1:17 p.m., threatening was reported on Green Road.

2:30 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Lawrence Avenue.

3:15 p.m., police were called to assist another agency on Crane Drive.

11:04 p.m., a report of larceny or fraud was taken from Center Road.

Friday at 2:40, suspicious activity was reported on Skowhegan Road.

5:52 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Ten Lots Road.

IN FARMINGTON, Thursday, a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Wilton Road.

Friday at 5:01 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Middle Street.

7:28 a.m., vandalism or criminal mischief was reported on Wilton Road.

IN KINGFIELD, Thursday at 8:25 p.m., a caller from Hinkley Pit Road reported a person was missing.

8:37 p.m., a caller from Hinkley Pit Road reported a person was missing.

IN MADISON, Thursday at 4:07 p.m., a theft was reported on Lakewood Road.

5:47 p.m., police were called to assist another agency on Clifton Street.

7:07 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken from Weston Avenue.

9:06 p.m., an intoxicated person was reported on Thomas Street.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Thursday at 2:36 p.m., an assault was reported on Waterville Road.

3:32 p.m., a traffic accident involving possible injuries was reported on River Road.

4:16 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Martin Stream Road.

Friday at 6:24 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Waterville Road.

IN OAKLAND, Thursday at 12:24 p.m., a case involving forgery or fraud was reported at an apartment building on Center Street.

IN PALMYRA, Thursday at 12:01 p.m., threatening was reported on Richards Road.

IN PITTSFIELD, Thursday at 1:56 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Pittsfield Street.

4:41 p.m., trespassing was reported on Lincoln Street.

9:50 p.m., police made an arrest after a report of a domestic disturbance on Main Street.

Friday at 5:38 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Lancey Street.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Thursday at 8:09 a.m., a bad check was reportedly passed on North Avenue.

11:26 a.m., a theft was reported on Madison Avenue.

11:35 a.m., a tobacco violation was reported on Academy Circle.

12:03 p.m., trespassing was reported on Water Street.

2:47 p.m., an assault was reported on Gilblair Street.

5:10 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken from Madison Avenue.

5:33 p.m., police were called to assist another agency on Hilltop Drive.

7:13 p.m., a theft was reported on Oak Pond Road.

IN STRONG, Thursday at 4:24 p.m., fraud was reported on West Freeman Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 7:30 a.m., harassment was reported on College Avenue.

8:59 a.m., threatening was reported at Waterville Junior High School on West River Road.

11:32 a.m., a caller from Elm Street reported an unwanted person on the premises. A man was arrested on a warrant, according to the report.

5:03 p.m., harassment was reported on College Avenue.

7:07 p.m., a drug offense was reported on Myrtle Street.

8:47 p.m., a fight was reported at the former American Legion hall on College Avenue.

11:28 p.m., noise was reported on Crestwood Drive.

IN WILTON, Thursday at 2:35 p.m., threatening was reported near Depot and Cameron streets.

8:05 p.m., an assault was reported on Stockford Avenue South.

Friday at 1 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Main Street.

IN WINSLOW, Thursday at 11:21 a.m., an assault was reported at Winslow High School. A 17-year-old was arrested and charged with assault, according to the report.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Thursday at 12:03 a.m., Mary Jane Elizbeth Constantine, 36, of Livermore, was arrested on a warrant.

9:04 a.m., James Petiro Barbioni, 34, of East Dixfield, was arrested on four warrants.

7:21 p.m., Todd Benjamin Huff, 44, of Strong, was arrested on a warrant.

9:12 p.m., Daniel William Fitch, 36, of Jay, was arrested on a warrant and charged with violating condition of release and unlawful possession of scheduled drug.

9:42 p.m., Dino Jay Drinkwater, 49, of Wilton, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct loud unreasonable noise.

11:08 p.m., Shawnna Sunshine Hall, 42, of New Haven, Connecticut, was arrested and charged with operating under the influence.

9:45 p.m., Mikel Herbert Abbott, 18, of New Vineyard, was arrested and charged with unlawful use of bait in artificial lure only water.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Thursday at 11:20 p.m., Ryan James Ragsdale, 34, of Santee, California, was arrested on a probation hold.

Friday at 3:10 a.m., Anthony Cola Newell, 28, of Fairfield, was arrested on a charge of violating conditions of release.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 8:38 p.m., Brandon J. Long, 25, of Augusta, was arrested on a warrant.

Thursday at 1:06 a.m., Catherine Kelly, 38, of Skowhegan, was arrested and charged with OUI.

4:46 p.m., Scott A. Leo, 30, of Waterville, was arrested on a warrant.

10:26 p.m., Jimmy Sanders, 32, of Waterville, was arrested and charged with refusing to submit to arrest, operating without a license, failing to provide name and fugitive from justice.

11:50 p.m., David C. Church, 30, of Farmington, was arrested and charged with operating after suspension and OUI.

IN WINSLOW, Thursday at 10:09 p.m., David Dean Oakes, 35, of Winslow, was arrested on a probation hold and charged with indecent conduct.

SUMMONSES

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 6:16 a.m., Ryan Joseph Slinker, 33, of Vassalboro, was summonsed and charged with failing to obtain a driver’s license.

12:34 p.m., Jessica A. Andreozzi, 40, of Waterville, was summonsed and charged with operating while license suspended or revoked and violating condition of release.

IN WINSLOW, Thursday at 1:29 p.m., Amy Lynn Meservie, 36, of Vassalboro, was summonsed and charged with false public alarm or report.

Also at 1:29 p.m., Walter L. Meservie, 31, of Vassalboro, was summonsed and charged with false public alarm or report.

SKOWHEGAN — A Norridgewock man with a previous domestic violence assault conviction has been indicted by a Somerset County grand jury on two separate indictments alleging domestic violence criminal conduct.

John W. Whitney III, 33, is charged in the first indictment with domestic violence criminal threatening against a family or household member, putting the person in fear of imminent bodily injury and with disorderly conduct, both on June 5 in Norridgewock.

In the second indictment, Whitney is charged with domestic violence assault against a family or household member Aug. 7 in Norridgewock and with two counts of violating conditions of release.

Whitney was convicted of domestic violence assault on Oct. 5, 2015, in Kennebec County court, according to the indictment.

An indictment is not a finding of guilt, but is an indication that enough evidence is present to proceed with trial.

Others indicted this week by the grand jury include:

• Matthew R. Vigue, 28, of Skowhegan, charged with unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs, cocaine base, and with violating conditions of release, July 11 in Skowhegan. Vigue is charged in a second separate indictment with two counts of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs containing oxycodone and heroin and with violating conditions of release, July 20 in Skowhegan.

Vigue was convicted of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs in June 2011 in a Skowhegan court.

• Derek J. Long, 40, of Fairfield, charged with two counts of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, cocaine base, on Dec. 4 and Dec. 18 in Fairfield. Long has a previous conviction for drug trafficking in November 2006, according to the indictment.

• Amber M. Morin, 25, of Poland, charged with trafficking in prison contraband, Suboxone, and unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, Suboxone, July 25 in Madison.

• Tyler Kenneth Dorsey, 30, of Fairfield, charged with theft, Aug. 3 in Fairfield, and with unlawful possession of scheduled drugs containing cocaine, Sept. 4, in Fairfield. Dorsey has previous convictions for theft in 2012 and drug trafficking in 2015, according to the indictment.

• Douglas R. Wyman, 37, of Canaan, charged with eluding a police officer, endangering the welfare of a child, reckless conduct, driving to endanger, operating after suspension, failure to stop for a police officer, failure to yield and violating conditions of release, all on Nov. 4, 2017, in Skowhegan.

• Tara L. Watson, 28, of Athens, charged with unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs, cocaine, illegal possession of hypodermic apparatuses, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal forfeiture of $248, all March 29 in Athens.

• Thomas E. Roy, 37, of Anson, charged with domestic violence assault and domestic violence terrorizing, July 30 in Cornville. He was convicted previously of domestic violence assault in September 2015 in Skowhegan court.

• Melvin L. Vitko, 61, of Salem, charged with burglary, theft and criminal mischief, between June 1, 2017, and July 1, 2017, in Taunton & Rainham Township.

• Nora R. Weeks, 34, of Norridgewock, charged with burglary and aggravated assault, July 22 in Norridgewock.

• Stanley M. Martin, 27, of Hartland, charged with burglary and theft, July 23 in Canaan. Martin has previous convictions for theft by deception in March of this year in Penobscot County and theft in Piscataquis County in November 2009.

• Davon Bell, 32, of Rochester, New York, charged with two counts of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, possession of drugs, both cocaine, and criminal forfeiture of $2,240, all March 30 in Skowhegan.

• Michael John Richardson, 29, of Embden, charged with operating after revocation, driving to endanger and violating conditions of release, July 15 in Embden. He has a previous OUI conviction in April of this year in a Skowhegan court.

• Stephanie Faith Drinkwater, 41, of Harmony, charged with operating after license revocation, April 9 in Palmyra. She has two previous convictions for operating after revocation, both in October 2017, according to the indictment.

• Destiny L. Alton, 37, of Monson, charged with unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs, fentanyl, operating after suspension and violating conditions of release, all on Aug. 4 in Palmyra. She is charged additionally in the same indictment with operating after suspension and violating conditions of release, July 27 in Palmyra, and with two counts of criminal forfeiture of $4,780 in cash and a 2009 Chevrolet, Aug. 4 in Palmyra.

• Ryan Denicola, 24, of Hartland, charged with burglary between April 24, 2016, and May 7, 2016, in Hartland and with burglary May 9, 2016, in Hartland and theft between April 24, 2016, and May 7, 2016, in Hartland.

• Casey S. Meservey, 22, of Portland, charged with theft and burglary of a motor vehicle, June 8 in Skowhegan.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com

Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

WATERVILLE — A Waterville man is suing General Mills, Inc. for $250,000, claiming he got sick after using red Betty Crocker measuring spoons for cooking and the emblems fell off into his batter.

Gregory Paul Violette says in court papers filed Sept. 13 in Kennebec County Superior Court that in July this year, he bought two sets of measuring spoons which he uses for a coconut oil and peanut butter mixture he eats daily and found that the Betty Crocker emblem was coming off two tablespoons he had been using.

“On or about July 21, 22, 2018, I got very sick and the doctor said it was from the paint of the emblems on the Betty Crocker measuring spoons,” the complaint, dated Sept. 13, says. “I was very sick for three days and I have stopped using the two measuring spoons and replaced them with different spoons. I have not been able to deal with the emblems coming off the spoons and getting sick. The problem has increased my mental illness the last two weeks and I have had to start going to the VA for my mental illness getting worse since getting sick. I have been seen at the VA mental health services since August 10, 2018 and I am continuing treatment.”

Violette declined to comment when contacted by phone Monday.

“My comment is, ‘Do not contact me again — I’m not interested,'” he said.

Violette, who is representing himself in the case, is asking the court for $250,000 in punitive damages and exemplary damage, claiming the product was faulty. He also seeks attorney fees and court costs and any other relief the court deems just.

Meanwhile, General Mills filed a notice in Superior Court dated Sept. 13 requesting the court proceed no further unless and until the action is remanded to state court. A lengthy answer to Violette’s complaint, filed Sept. 13 in U.S. District Court, says the company denies the allegations and asks the complaint be dismissed. It also says General Mills is incorrectly being sued as Betty Crocker, General Mills, Inc.

The answer, signed by attorney Brian P. Voke of Campbell, Campbell Edwards & Conroy, P. C., of Boston, says General Mills lacks knowledge or information to substantiate Violette’s claims that he purchased Betty Crocker measuring spoons and found the Betty Crocker emblem was coming off. The company denies those claims, as well as Violette’s claims that he got sick and the doctor said it was from the emblem paint.

The answer details other reasons that the lawsuit should be dismissed.

“At all times material to the complaint, the product at issue was not defective, hazardous, unreasonably dangerous, or unsafe when it left the possession, custody, and control of General Mills,” it says.

Voke was not in his office Monday afternoon, according to a woman who answered the phone there. He did not immediately return a message left for him seeking comment.

Violette has filed several other suits in Waterville District Court, including a case against the head trader and founder of a Pennsylvania company who handles customer complaints and refund requests. The complaint, filed Aug. 8, says Violette paid a membership fee of $99 to the company and then requested a refund but refused to give a reason. While the company policy does not require a refund be given, the founder agreed to give one anyway, but Violette refused to withdraw his lawsuit.

In another case, Violette is suing a Florida company, claiming he was sent a card in the mail with an order form on one side and a photo of a nude person on the other, and a brochure with three other nude photos. Violette is seeking $250,000 in that case and said in the complaint that he has been very sick from seeing the nude photos.

Amy Calder — 861-9247

acalder@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @AmyCalder17

IN AUGUSTA, on Monday at 5:13 a.m., police investigated a past burglary on Jefferson Street.

6:35 a.m., a burglar alarm sounded on Marketplace Drive for an unknown reason.

7:19 a.m., a burglar alarm sounded on Marketplace Drive for an unknown reason.

7:59 a.m., police conducted a follow-up investigation on Marketplace Drive.

8:21 a.m., a past burglary was reported by a Pequot Lake Road caller.

8:34 a.m., a disturbance was reported by a Union Street caller.

9:07 a.m., a burglar alarm sounded on Marketplace Drive for an unknown reason.

11:04 a.m., a disturbance was reported by a caller near Western Avenue and Crossing Way.

11:06 a.m., police conducted a follow-up investigation on Union Street.

11:41 a.m., suspicious activity was reported by a Wildwood Road caller.

11:53 a.m., police investigated a reported assault on Pierce Drive.

12:43 p.m., police investigated reported counterfeiting on Crossing Way.

12:57 p.m., a disturbance was reported by a Northern Avenue caller.

2:48 p.m., police investigated reported suspicious activity on Stephen King Drive.

3:09 p.m., police conducted a follow-up investigation on Union Street.

4:17 p.m., harassment was reported by an Eastern Avenue caller.

6:09 p.m., police investigated a reported protection order violation on Ridge Road.

7:24 p.m., a disturbance was reported by a Northern Avenue caller.

7:25 p.m., police conducted a follow-up investigation on Union Street.

7:29 p.m., police investigated reported suspicious activity on State Street.

7:54 p.m., police recovered property on Union Street.

8:40 p.m., police conducted a follow-up investigation on Swan Street.

9:02 p.m., police investigated a reported theft on Jefferson Street.

9:42 p.m., police conducted a follow-up investigation on Glenridge Drive.

11:35 p.m., suspicious activity was reported by a Weeks Mills Road caller.

On Tuesday at 12:44 a.m., suspicious activity was reported by a Howard Street caller.

IN CHELSEA, on Tuesday at 7:22 a.m., police investigated a reported theft on Collins Road.

IN GARDINER, on Monday at 3:17 p.m., police investigated suspicious activity on Green Street.

IN WINDSOR, on Monday at 11:35 a.m., police investigated a reported theft on Ridge Road.

IN WINTHROP, on Monday at 5:52 p.m., a suspicious person was reported by a Bowdoin Street caller.

6:27 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported by a Route 133 caller.

8:26 p.m., harassment was reported by a Town Hall Lane Caller.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA, on Monday at 11:52 p.m., Randy Dennison, 26, of Augusta, was arrested on two charges of failure to appear.

5:45 p.m., Brooke Fritz, 21, of Augusta, was arrested on three outstanding warrants, three charges of unlawful possession of prescription drugs and violating conditions of release, after she was located on Mount Vernon Avenue.

7:04 p.m., Jeffrey Grenier, 30, of Augusta, was arrested on a probation hold after he was located on Winthrop Street.

On Tuesday at 12:30 a.m., Griffin Simmons, 21, of Eliot, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence after a traffic complaint on Interstate 95.

IN ANSON, Monday at 2:32 p.m., a person was taken to the hospital after a report of a traffic accident. No location was given.

IN CANAAN, Monday at 9:09 a.m., trespassing was reported on Main Street.

10:55 a.m., a violation of bail or of a protection order was reported on Ella Gerald Road.

3:19 p.m., a complaint was taken from Hinckley Road.

IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Tuesday at 11:17 a.m., a burglary was reported on Village on the Green Road.

IN CHESTERVILLE, Monday at 11:49 a.m., harassment was reported on Zions Hill Road.

6:48 p.m., harassment was reported on Zions Hill Road.

IN CLINTON, Monday at 7:20 a.m., a theft was reported on Lindsey’s Way.

2:58 p.m., threatening was reported on Hinckley Road.

5:57 p.m., a person was reported missing on Bellsqueeze Road.

IN DALLAS PLANTATION, Tuesday at 7:23 a.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported on Stratton Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Monday at 1:37 p.m., police were called to assist another agency on Six Rod Road.

4:21 p.m., a theft was reported on Main Street.

4:21 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

6:46 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Burrill Street.

7:02 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on High Street.

7:48 p.m., a scam complaint was taken from Gagnon Road.

IN FARMINGTON, Tuesday at 1:29 p.m., harassment was reported on Franklin Avenue.

IN KINGFIELD, Tuesday at 6:30 a.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Salem Road.

8:43 a.m., trespassing was reported on Main Street.

IN MADISON, Monday at 2:10 a.m., a harassment complaint was taken from Murphy Lane.

4:42 p.m., trespass was reported on Park Street.

IN MOSCOW, Monday at 5:51 p.m., a late report of an assault was taken from Pierce Hill Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Monday at 6:22 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken from Maple Street.

IN OAKLAND, Monday at 8:12 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Broomhandle Road.

8:59 p.m., a fire or explosion was reported on Heritage Road.

10:49 a.m., criminal mischief was reported at Lakeview Cemetery on Old Belgrade Road.

12:37 p.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Oak Hill Drive.

IN PHILLIPS, Monday at 2:14 p.m., a caller from Sorrel Lane reported a person was missing.

IN PITTSFIELD, Monday at 9:56 p.m., vandalism was reported on Crawford Road.

Tuesday at 8:09 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Lancey Street.

IN RANGELEY, Monday at 4:24 p.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Main Street.

IN ST. ALBANS, Monday at 7:36 p.m., a violation of bail or of a protection order was reported on Bryant Road.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Monday at 7:31 a.m., a panic alarm was reported on Court Street.

10:57 a.m., a theft was reported on Malbons Mill Road.

8:10 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Commerce Drive.

8:58 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Commercial Street.

11:23 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Alder Street.

Tuesday at 8:41 a.m., trespassing was reported on Parlin Street.

8:41 a.m. a burglary was reported on Back Road.

8:42 a.m., vandalism was reported on Joyce Street.

IN STRONG, Tuesday at 12:30 p.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Streeter Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Monday at 10:58 a.m., a theft was reported on Drummond Avenue.

11:14 a.m., threatening was reported at the senior high school.

1:23 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken from a Main Street apartment.

1:33 p.m., harassment was reported at the homeless shelter on Colby Street.

2:27 p.m., police were called to assist another agency on Spring Street.

3:17 p.m., police made an arrest after a report of shoplifting at Marden’s Surplus & Salvage on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

5:56 p.m., shoplifting was reported at Marden’s.

7:23 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Summer Street.

8:12 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Mitchell Road.

8:31 p.m., an unwanted person was reported at a hotel on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

9:37 p.m., police were called to assist another agency at Inland Hospital.

10:40 p.m., harassment was reported on Myrtle Street.

11:05 p.m., a summons was issued for theft at Walmart on Waterville Commons Drive.

Tuesday at 5:39 a.m., a noise complaint was taken from Silver Street and a oral warning was issued.

IN WILTON, Monday at 7:15 a.m., a vehicle theft was reported on Village View Street.

7:25 p.m., harassment was reported on U.S. Route 2.

IN WINSLOW, Monday at 9:05 a.m., a theft was reported on South Reynolds Road.

1:08 p.m., a theft was reported on Millennium Drive.

3:18 p.m., a report of forgery or fraud was taken from Clifford Avenue.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY,Tuesday at 8:35 a.m., Joshua Harley Rinaldi, 37, of Livermore Falls, was arrested on four warrants.

10 a.m., Carol Ann Welch, 49, of Phillips, was arrested and charged with violating condition of release and unlawful possession of scheduled drug.

10:05 a.m., Dennis James Meaney, 31, of Chesterville, was arrested and charged with operating while license suspended or revoked.

12:05 p.m., Dakota Cochran, 23, of Wilton, was arrested and charged with violating condition of release.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Monday at 11:25 a.m., Heather Ann Tripodi, 32, of Palmyra, was arrested on warrants for unpaid fines.

3:11 p.m., Elliot Eaton Hewitt, 71, of Canaan, was arrested on a charge of violating a protection order.

9:25 p.m., Amanda L. McIntire, 31, of Madison, was arrested on a warrant for an unpaid fine.

FARMINGTON — A Franklin County judge sentenced a Pennsylvania man to 90 days in jail Tuesday for accessing a car buyer’s deleted photo album and sending nude photos of her to himself on March 19.

Kevin Rennie, 32, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty July 13 to a felony charge of aggravated criminal invasion of computer privacy.

Kevin Rennie

The car buyer told Farmington police Officer Jake Richards that Rennie had taken her phone to sync it to Bluetooth in a car she had bought at Tinny’s Automotive Outlet Inc. in Farmington and was gone an unusually long time, Deputy District Attorney James Andrews told Justice Robert Mullen in Franklin County Superior Court.

When the woman returned home and logged into her computer that shares files with her phone, she noticed that her previously deleted nude photos had been accessed.

Rennie admitted to Richards that he sent the photos to himself, Andrews said as he recapped the case for Mullen, who had not handled the plea in July.

The woman told the court she gets angry and distraught when she thinks of what Rennie did and how humiliated she is because of it. The fact that Rennie “had the audacity to go into my photo album, my deleted photo album” and share the photos with himself is “sickening,” she said. It has affected not only her but how others think of her, she said.

Defense attorney Peter Kaynor said Rennie does not have a criminal history and cooperated with police.

Mullen told the woman she has every right to be angry, upset and distraught.

“You are truly the victim here,” he said. “To the extent you blame yourself, you shouldn’t.”

Mullen said he wouldn’t have accepted the plea agreement if he had handled the case but gave Rennie credit for not making excuses and admitting what he did.

“You made a terrible, terrible decision, lapse in judgment. … It might be better for all if you don’t come back to Maine,” Mullen said.

He warned Rennie if he got into trouble again and with a felony conviction of this nature, 90 days will seem like a vacation.

A conviction on the charge carries a penalty of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000.

Rennie was taken into custody and is serving his sentence at the Franklin County Detention Center.

IN BENTON, Tuesday at 7:04 p.m., an intoxicated male was reported on Bridge Street.

IN CLINTON, Tuesday at 6:10 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Bellsqueeze Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Tuesday at 7:46 a.m., a theft was reported, no location given.

10:17 a.m., trespassing was reported on Savage Street.

11:53 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Main Street.

2:02 p.m., threatening was reported on Bray Avenue.

IN FARMINGTON, Tuesday at 4:40 p.m., trespassing was reported on High Street.

IN HARTLAND, Tuesday at 2:25 p.m., harassment was reported on McGraw Lane.

IN KINGFIELD, Tuesday at 6:58 p.m., a disturbance was reported on High Street.

Wednesday at 2:14 a.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported on Lexington Road.

IN MADISON, Tuesday at 2:24 p.m., a scam was reported on Nichols Street.

7:16 p.m., a person from Jones Street reported a fire and explosion.

Also at 7:16 p.m., a person from Towne Road reported a fire and explosion.

Wednesday at 12:52 a.m., an auto theft was reported on White School House Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Tuesday at 4:49 p.m., threatening was reported on Perkins Street.

Wednesday at 1:16 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Ward Hill Road.

IN PALMYRA, Wednesday at 6:47 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Oxbow Road.

IN PITTSFIELD, Tuesday at 11:45 a.m., threatening was reported on School Street.

7:32 p.m., a fire with wires down was reported on Peltoma Avenue.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Tuesday at 3:46 p.m., mischief was reported on Notch Road.

4:29 p.m., mischief was reported on Notch Road.

Wednesday at 5:48 a.m., trespassing was reported on North Avenue.

8:24 a.m., harassment was reported, no location given.

IN VASSALBORO, Tuesday at 8:05 a.m., a neighbor dispute was reported on Pleasant Cove Road.

5:27 a.m., a car-deer accident was reported on Main Street.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 7:48 a.m., a truancy was reported on Pleasant Street.

10:41 a.m., threatening was reported at Burger King on College Avenue.

2:05 p.m., a theft was reported on Linden Street.

2:19 p.m., a caller from Community Housing of Maine was reported on Silver Street.

3:16 p.m., an assault was reported on Summer Street.

6:29 p.m., harassment was reported at Wal-Mart on Waterville Commons Drive.

Wednesday at 4:51 a.m., a traffic hazard was reported on the Ticonic Bridge.

IN WILTON, Tuesday at 7:31 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Village View Street.

IN WINSLOW, Tuesday at 11:07 p.m., a structure fire was reported on Lessard Street.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Tuesday at 10:15 a.m., Jennifer M. Goodwin, 40, of Wilton, was arrested on a probation hold.

5:20 p.m., Wednesday at 3:56 a.m., Anthony J. Cobb, 33, of Athens, was arrested and charged with operating under the influence.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Tuesday at 11 a.m., Jennifer Dawn Henry, 35, of Norridgewock, was arrested on a warrant.

10:21 p.m., Dayna Sue Grivois, 27, of Madison, was arrested on a warrant.

11:40 p.m., Kelly Ann Long, 51, of Madison, was arrested on a warrant.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 10:54 p.m., Melissa Anne Lacombe, 38, of Winslow, was arrested and charged with OUI.

SUMMONS

IN CLINTON, Tuesday at 7:06 p.m., Ashley A. Poulin, 31, of Clinton, was issued a summons and charged with operating while license suspended or revoked.

A Cushing man who was captain of a fishing boat that sank nearly four years ago is scheduled to plead guilty next week to causing the deaths of his two crew members.

Christopher A. Hutchinson, 30, is scheduled to enter guilty pleas to two counts of manslaughter at a hearing scheduled for Sept. 26.

Christopher Hutchinson

In exchange, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has agreed to recommend a sentence of 48 months in prison with credit for time he has served while awaiting trial. That prison sentence would be followed by three years of supervised release.

The charges carried a potential sentence of 10 years in prison.

Hutchinson is charged with two counts of seaman’s manslaughter for the deaths of Tom Hammond, 27, of Rockland and 15-year-old Tyler Sawyer, who lived in St. George and Waldoboro. They were crew members aboard Hutchinson’s lobsterboat, No Limits, which sank Nov. 1, 2014.

The federal prosecutors had appealed in February to the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston over whether a blood test taken the night of the sinking could be used at trial. Before the Appeals Court ruled, however, the U.S. Attorney’s Office agreed to withdraw the appeal.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office contends that on the night of the sinking, one of two drug dealers who is alleged to have provided oxycodone to Hutchinson contacted Sawyer’s father and suggested that he ask the Coast Guard to test the captain for drugs, according to a filing in court by the prosecution. The father contacted the Coast Guard and a blood sample was drawn shortly before Hutchinson was released from the hospital in Portland.

The prosecution maintains that Hutchinson purchased 20, 30-milligram oxycodone pills from two separate drug dealers, smoked marijuana with Sawyer’s father, and drank a rum and coke at a Rockland restaurant on Halloween, according to papers filed in court by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He then departed for a fishing trip at 1 a.m. Nov. 1 from Linda Bean’s dock in Tenants Harbor as rain began falling.

The emergency position-indicating radio beacon from the vessel activated at 1:30 p.m. that day, when the vessel sank. A Coast Guard helicopter located Hutchinson in a life raft without a survival suit or life preserver at 4 p.m. The bow of the No Limits was spotted by the helicopter at 5 p.m. with no signs of life. The helicopter diverted from a search for the two missing crew members in order to take Hutchinson to the hospital for treatment of exposure and a cut to his head.

In a filing this week in federal court, the prosecution stated that Hutchinson said he had been surfing the waves on the return to shore when the vessel capsized stern over bow. The captain said he was knocked unconscious and when he came to, he saw the two crew members on the back of the boat but they were immediately swept away by a wave.

The prosecution states in a court filing that Hutchinson admitted to Tyler Sawyer’s father, Travis Sawyer, during a Nov. 2, 2014, telephone call and in person on Nov. 3 that Hutchinson was “dirty” at the time of the sinking.

Hutchinson admitted to attorneys for his insurance company Dec. 11, 2014, that he had taken the oxycodone and smoked marijuana. The Cushing man also told Coast Guard investigators Jan. 13, 2015, that he knew what the blood test would detect, telling them that he bought the painkillers off the street for back and shoulder pain, according to the government.

U.S. District Court Judge D. Brock Hornby ruled Jan. 17 that Coast Guard regulations do not compel a seaman to submit to a blood test. The judge also ruled that the consent received from Hutchinson was not voluntary.

The investigators failed to get a warrant from the court to obtain the blood sample and there were no exigent circumstances requiring the test before a warrant was obtained, Hornby ruled. The government also did not have probable cause for the draw at the time it was taken, according to the January ruling.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office could have only used the results of the blood test at the upcoming trial if Hutchinson testified and stated that he did not use any drugs.

IN AUGUSTA, Tuesday at 5:21 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Cony Street.

8:15 a.m., a traffic accident with injury was reported on Sewall Street.

9:09 a.m., a well-being check was done on Cedar Street.

9:28 a.m., criminal trespass was reported on Cony Street.

9:36 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Cony Street.

9:39 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water Street.

9:55 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Winthrop Street.

10:06 a.m., a well-being check was done on Water Street.

10:39 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on Lone Indian Trail.

12:17 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Eastern Avenue.

1:16 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Eastern Avenue.

1:27 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Spring Road.

2:21 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Northern Avenue.

3:18 p.m., a well-being check was done on Cedar Street.

4:12 p.m., mental health and well-being checks were done at locations around the city.

4:34 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Page Street.

8:02 p.m., criminal threatening was reported on Malta Street.

8:38 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Eastern Avenue.

8:53 p.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Crossing Way.

9:48 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Sewall Street.

10:36 p.m., harassment was reported on Water Street.

Wednesday at 1:15 a.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Windsor Lane.

4:08 a.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Rolands Way.

4:34 a.m., a well-being check was done on Old Belgrade Road.

IN GARDINER, Tuesday at 7:33 p.m., stolen property was recovered on Highland Avenue.

8:11 p.m., threats were reported on Allies Way.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA, Tuesday at 5:38 p.m., George Franklin Browning III, 29, of Winthrop, was arrested on charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer (less than $500), violating conditions of release and unlawful possession of a scheduled drug, after shoplifting was reported on Civic Center Drive.

SUMMONSES

IN AUGUSTA, Tuesday at 11:21 a.m., a 17-year-old juvenile was summonsed on a charge of possession of marijuana, on Pierce Drive.

9:06 p.m., a 15- and 16-year-old juvenile were each summonsed on a charge of possession of alcohol or liquor by a minor, after an overdose rescue was done on Piggery Road.

IN AUGUSTA, on Wednesday at 5:41 a.m., police investigated reported suspicious activity on Union Street.

7:46 a.m., police investigated a reported theft on Eastern Avenue.

8:12 a.m., a wild animal problem was reported by a Leighton Road caller.

9:48 a.m., suspicious activity was reported by a caller near Eastern Avenue and Arsenal Street.

11 a.m., suspicious activity was reported by an Edison Drive caller.

12:19 p.m., a disturbance was reported by a Weston Court caller.

2:52 p.m., police investigated a reported theft on Cony Street.

3:58 p.m., suspicious activity was reported by a Canal Street caller.

4:28 p.m., a wild animal was reported by a Sparrow Drive caller.

5:56 p.m., police investigated a reported theft on Western Avenue.

6:14 p.m., suspicious activity was reported by a Civic Center Drive caller.

On Thursday at 12:13 a.m., police conducted a welfare check on Water Street.

12:55 a.m., police conducted a welfare check on Page Street.

1:35 a.m., police responded to a burglar alarm that sounded on Marketplace Drive.

IN GARDINER, on Wednesday at 8:41 p.m., police investigated a complaint by a West Hill Road caller.

4:50 p.m., police conducted a welfare check on Adams Street.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA, on Wednesday at 10:57 a.m., Ryan Merrill, 39, of Augusta, was arrested on an outstanding warrant after an attempt to locate him on Holly Hill Lane.

6:39 p.m., David Dickens, 29, of Augusta, was arrested on an outstanding warrant and charges of criminal trespassing, theft of property under $500 and violating conditions of his release after a pedestrian check on Green Street.

SUMMONSES

IN AUGUSTA, on Wednesday at 2:26 p.m., a summons was issued after a theft on Cony Street. Additional details were not available.

3:04 p.m., Karen Gayer, 51, of Vassalboro, was summonsed on a charge of theft of property under $500 after a theft was reported on Civic Center Drive.

8:42 p.m., Todd Jackson, 48, of Searsport, was summonsed on a charge of attaching false plates after a traffic stop on North Belfast Avenue.

10:29 p.m., Nicole Brougham, 30, of Augusta, was summonsed on charges of operating with a suspended license and violating conditions of her release after a traffic stop near Fairview Avenue and Ballard Street.

IN BENTON, Wednesday at 1:23 p.m., fire units were sent to a call at Averill Mobile Home Park.

IN BRIGHTON PLANTATION, Thursday at 9:09 a.m., police were called to assist another agency on Brighton Road.

IN CANAAN, Wednesday at 11:21 a.m., a scam complaint was taken from Mud Run.

3:29 p.m., police were called to assist another agency on Ella Gerald Road.

IN CARTHAGE, Wednesday at 11:41 a.m., threatening was reported on Aversea Lane.

IN CORNVILLE, Wednesday at 4:38 p.m., a theft was reported on Molunkus Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 8:28 a.m., police made an arrest during a traffic stop on Norridgewock Road.

11:45 a.m., trespassing was reported on Main Street.

12:02 p.m., a police officer was sent to a call on Montcalm Street.

4:49 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken from Main Street.

8:30 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Serenity Drive.

IN FARMINGTON, Wednesday at 9:42 a.m., noise was reported on Pleasant Street.

2:15 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Marvel Street.

Thursday at 12:19 a.m., harassment was reported on Marvel Street.

IN HARTLAND, Wednesday at 2:16 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Canaan Road.

IN KINGFIELD, Thursday at 7:13 a.m., harassment was reported on Main Street.

IN MADISON, Wednesday at 12:52 a.m., an auto theft was reported on White School House Road.

1:04 p.m., a complaint was taken from Learners Lane.

IN MOOSE RIVER, Wednesday at 3:12 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Hastings Road.

IN NEW SHARON, Wednesday at 4:32 p.m., a caller from Lane Road reported a person was missing.

4:10 a.m., a caller from Lane Road reported a person was missing.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Wednesday at 11:33 a.m., trespassing was reported on Henrys Way.

12:44 p.m., police were called to assist another agency on Waterville Road.

7:50 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

7:53 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken from Walker Road.

Thursday at 8:56 a.m., threatening was reported on Ward Hill Road.

IN OAKLAND, Wednesday at 1:32 p.m., a disturbance was reported at Oakland Public Library on Church Street.

8:59 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Oak Street. A woman was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault, according to the report.

IN PALMYRA, Wednesday at 8:29 a.m., a burglary was reported on Warren Hill Road.

1:01 p.m., a theft was reported on Main Street.

2:22 p.m., threatening was reported on Sunset Hill Road.

7:50 p.m., threatening was reported on Main Street.

IN ST. ALBANS, Wednesday at 11:33 a.m., a theft was reported on Pond Road.

6:12 p.m., larceny or fraud was reported on Mason Corner Road.

9:39 p.m., vandalism was reported on Corinna Road.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Wednesday at 5:48 a.m., police responded to a report of trespassing on North Avenue.

8:24 a.m., a harassment complaint was taken. No location was given.

8:50 a.m., a theft was reported on South Factory Street.

9:01 a.m., a harassment complaint was taken from Water Street.

11:29 a.m., trespassing was reported on Waterville Road.

12:37 p.m., police made an arrest on Water Street.

1:32 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Main Street.

4:54 p.m., police investigated a report of a burglar alarm on Water Street.

7:13 p.m., an intoxicated person was reported on East Dyer Street.

7:14 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Oak Pond Road.

Thursday at 12:51 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Water Street.

1:35 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Poulin Drive.

IN STARKS, Wednesday at 10:39 p.m., police were called to assist another agency on Industry Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 7:25 a.m., a vehicle burglary was reported at Circle K/Irving on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

8:01 a.m., criminal mischief was reported at The Big Apple store on Elm Street.

9:52 a.m., a burglary was reported on Chaplin Street.

10:52 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Pine Street.

11:57 a.m., a person from Woodfords Family Services preschool on Seton Center Drive reported a case involving sex offenses.

6:08 p.m., a caller from Budget Host Inn on Kennedy Memorial Drive reported an unwanted person on the premises.

7:15 p.m., threatening was reported on Carrean Street.

11:36 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Elm Street.

Thursday at 4:42 a.m., a vehicle burglary was reported at Colby College on Mayflower Hill Drive.

IN WILTON, Wednesday at 2:53 p.m., vandalism and criminal mischief were reported on Tobin Flat Road.

8:20 p.m., a road hazard was reported on U.S. Route 2.

IN WINSLOW, Wednesday at 1:52 p.m., a theft was reported at Lucky Panda Restaurant on Cushman Road.

5:05 p.m., harassment was reported on Halifax Street.

6:47 p.m., noise was reported on Augusta Road.

8:55 p.m., a case involving forgery or fraud was reported, no location given.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Wednesday at 2:22 p.m., Danielle Ayala Dineen, 31, of Farmington, was arrested on five warrants.

10:40 p.m., James R. Gilpatrick, 48, of Jay, was arrested and charged with possession of schedule W drugs.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Wednesday at 9:29 a.m., Chet A. Harrington, 37, of Benton, was charged with attaching false plates and failure to give correct name, address or date of birth.

1:26 p.m., Edward Marc Treannie, 53, of Skowhegan, was arrested on a warrant for unpaid fines or fees.

5:13 p.m., Anthony Joseph Kilmer, 37, of Anson, no charges listed.

6:22 p.m., Benigno Godinez-Cortez, 45, no address listed, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

6:30 p.m., Anthony Joseph Kilmer, 37, of Anson, was charged with violating conditions of release and possession of hypodermic apparatuses.

IN OAKLAND, Wednesday at 8:59 p.m., Jasmine L. Bouthot, 32, of Belgrade Road, was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault.

SUMMONS

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 2:43 p.m., Scott A. Bagley, 53, of Waterville, was summoned and charged with operating with expired license beyond 90 days and violating condition of release.

AUGUSTA — The prosecution maintains Scott Bubar placed a shotgun and car keys under his father’s dead body after a shootout with police May 19, 2017, in Belgrade.

But defense attorney Lisa Whittier says Bubar, who is on trial on charges with aggravated attempted murder of a sheriff’s deputy and criminal threatening with a firearm, “would have to be a scene reconstruction genius” not to get any of his DNA on the weapon or the keys, because he was bleeding from a gunshot wound to the stomach.

The arguments were heard Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center, the seventh day of the nonjury trial of Bubar, 41, of Brunswick.

Defense Attorney Lisa Whittier had asked for a judgment of acquittal after the prosecution finished presenting its evidence. She said the state’s evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction for the aggravated attempted murder of Sgt. Jacob Pierce and for the criminal threatening charge.

In that exchange of gunfire late on May 19, 2017. Roger Bugar, 65, who lived at the 1003 Oakland Road home, was killed and Scott Bubar was wounded, both by shots fired by Pierce.

On Thursday, Deputy District Attorney Paul Cavanaugh told Justice Michaela Murphy, “It is the state’s position we have proven behind a reasonable doubt that Mr. Scott Bubar discharged the shotgun twice in the trailer and is guilty of what he is charged.”

Murphy ruled that three of the four shots fired in or from the trailer while police were outside were not aggravated attempted murder against a police officer. She told prosecutors they would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt — with the evidence already submitted — that Scott Bubar had fired the fourth shot intentionally at Pierce, who was across the road from the trailer, and that the shot also threatened others.

Cavanaugh said evidence shows that Scott Bubar fired the 12-gauge shotgun inside the home, striking the kitchen door, which also served as the entry door, and the shot crossed a woman in a bed and went near Roger Bubar, who was standing at the door.

The state also says Bubar was an accomplice to criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon when a 9 mm pistol was fired inside the home by Roger Bubar.

The court arguments followed a Thursday morning visit by the judge and the attorneys to the Bubar trailer, where they went inside to view the scene.

Murphy at one point told Cavanaugh she brought two 27-foot measuring tapes with her to determine whether the shotgun was fired 42 feet from the front door, as a witness had testified.

“It didn’t come close,” she said.

Whittier contends that Scott Bubar did not fire either weapon, and a defense expert testified that he was excluded from the DNA found on weapons. Both defense and prosecution experts testified that Roger Bubar’s DNA was found on both weapons.

“He did not in any way aid or abet or facilitate what his father was doing,” Whittier said, adding that Bubar told police in interviews “He did everything he could to prevent what Roger Bubar was doing that night.”

Bubar himself told the judge he had elected not to testify at his trial, and the defense rested as well, with defense attorney Scott Hess reminding the judge that five defense witnesses had testified earlier.

Cavanaugh expounded on the state’s theory of the case, saying Scott Bubar had the car keys since he had been driving his father’s red Mustang, and that he placed those and the shotgun — which the state maintains he fired twice — under Roger Bubar’s body in the hallway during the three hours after the shooting stopped and before Scott Bubar exited the trailer in compliance with police orders.

Whittier said Bubar could not have wiped his own DNA off the shotgun while leaving Roger Bubar’s on it. She also said that evidence showed Scott Bubar “was bleeding profusely from the stomach.”

In a recorded interview with police from his hospital bed five days after the shootout, Scott Bubar said he took his clothes off and crawled into the bathroom tub after being shot. He said he knew his father was dead at that point.

Last week, Pierce testified that he saw a man with a green T-shirt with a “high and tight” haircut in a window of the trailer where he also saw a muzzle flash. However, he said he did not see a firearm at the time.

Pierce and another officer testified that Roger Bubar, who wearing a red shirt that night and had long hair, had come out onto the front porch of the trailer and threatened them. He was carrying a shotgun but did not point it at them, Pierce said.

Courtroom monitors showed color photographs of Roger Bubar’s body face down on the carpeted hallway with the barrel of the shotgun poking out from underneath. After the body was removed, additional photos showed the outline of the shotgun’s trigger area in the blood stains.

Neighbors had called police that night, complaining about squealing tires, hollering and a shot fired at Roger Bubar’s residence.

Scott Bubar told police his father went to Brunswick to pick him up and the two stopped at two locations to pick up alcohol on the way to Roger Bubar’s home. The state’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Mark Flomenbaum, said toxicology tests on Roger Bubar’s 5-foot, 110-pound body, showed a blood alcohol content of 0.163, or more than twice the driving limit for adults over 21. Tests showed that his system also had clonazepam, cocaine, morphine, ritalin or byprodcuts, and TCH, the active ingredient in marijuana.

Closing arguments in the case are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Oct. 1.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

AUGUSTA — A Waterville man already listed as a lifetime registrant on the state sex offender registry pleaded guilty Thursday to a new charge of gross sexual assault.

David Louis Woodard, 55, was ordered to serve an initial three years in prison, and the remainder of the eight-year term was suspended while he spends three years on probation.

The indictment at the Capital Judicial Center says the offense occurred Dec. 5, 2016, in Benton; and that the victim, a woman, “submitted as a result of compulsion.” The class A offense carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

In exchange for the plea, a second charge of gross sexual assault was dismissed.

Woodard has two previous convictions for unlawful sexual contact — one in 2000 in Bangor Superior Court, and the other in 1988 in Newport District Court.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

AUGUSTA — A Waterville bank robbery suspect, who told police he was picking berries when he was found 20 feet from a large amount of cash, has been indicted on a class B robbery charge.

Kevin Lee Barr, 38, of Waterville, is one of a number of people indicted Thursday by a grand jury at the Capital Judicial Center in Kennebec County.

Barr, who has been unable to post the $20,000 cash bail set shortly after his arrest July 10, 2018, remains in the Kennebec County jail in Augusta. The class B robbery charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. The indictment says that Barr committed the theft and threatened to use force against two tellers working at the time.

Authorities credited a GPS tracking device that was included among the cash stolen that day from the KeyBank branch on Kennedy Memorial Drive for allowing the swift apprehension of the suspect.

An indictment is not a determination of guilt, but it indicates that there is enough evidence to proceed with formal charges and a trial.

Here’s a list of other people indicted Thursday:

• George A. Day, 35, of Belgrade, theft by unauthorized taking of merchandise April 20, 2018, from Marden’s Surplus & Salvage in Waterville.

• Brian Diaz, 23, of Winthrop, two counts of aggravated assault, one against a woman and one against a child, and assault on a child less than 6 years old, all July 16, 2018, in Winthrop. Winthrop police say he attacked the woman with a knife and broke two of the 2-year-old boy’s ribs. In court documents, police said Diaz and the woman had been in a domestic relationship for several months and that he was angry about an “apparent break-up.”

• Andrea Fleuriel, 47, of Waterville, domestic violence assault July 15, 2018, in Waterville.

• Jessica J. Fox, 37, of Oakland, theft by unauthorized taking of merchandise June 10, 2018, from Walmart in Waterville.

• Kristina A. Genica, 21, of Waterville unlawful trafficking of fentanyl April 18, 2018, unlawful trafficking of heroin April 24, 2018, and criminal forfeiture of a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV seized April 24, 2018, all in Waterville.

• Skylar Gerry, 27, of Waterville, theft by unauthorized taking of vodka May 7, 2018, from the Hannaford supermarket in Waterville.

• Nicholas S. Glavin, 39, of Gorham, unauthorized use of a vehicle, operating after revocation and violation of condition of release, all July 15, 2018, in Augusta.

• Nicholas G. Page, 18, of Albion, kidnapping, domestic violence assault and obstructing report of crime or injury, all June 30, 2018, in Albion.

• John D. Stratton, 38, of Vassalboro, domestic violence assault and gross sexual assault June 4, 2018, in China.

• Stacy Lynn Young, 38, of Farmingdale, theft by unauthorized taking of more than $1,000 cash, theft by unauthorized taking of an unspecified amount of cash, both from The Big Apple store, Stone Street, and one count of unsworn falsification, all March 20, 2018, in Augusta.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams