IN ANSON, Wednesday at 9:01 a.m., a report of an assault was investigated on Town Farm Road.

IN AVON, Tuesday at 4:10 p.m., a fire with a power line down was reported on River Road.

IN BENTON, Tuesday at 5:16 p.m., a hazardous materials incident was reported on Pleasant Drive.

IN BINGHAM, Tuesday at 3:12 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Main Street.

7:24 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

9:05 p.m., a report of a disturbance was investigated on Main Street.

Wednesday at 7:59 a.m., a structure fire was reported on Goodrich Road.

IN CANAAN, Tuesday at 5 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Hinckley Road.

7:56 p.m., police were called to assist another agency on Hill Road.

IN CHINA, Wednesday at 12:09 a.m., an assault was reported on Ingraham Road.

IN CLINTON, Tuesday at 10:04 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on Hinckley Road.

10:08 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on Hill Road.

12:22 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Morrison Avenue.

12:53 p.m., a burglary was reported on Booker Lane.

IN FAIRFIELD, Tuesday at 2:22 a.m., a disturbance was reported at Verizon Wireless on Cedar Brook Lane.

10:42 a.m., debris was reported on Main Street.

2:25 p.m., a burglary was reported in progress on Kennebec Street.

3:11 p.m., threatening was reported on Cedar Brook Lane.

4:23 p.m., a scam was reported on Robinson Street.

8:04 p.m., a fire was reported at Huhtamaki on College Avenue.

IN FARMINGTON, Tuesday at 7:55 p.m., noise was reported on Moore Avenue.

IN HARMONY, Tuesday at 6:02 p.m., police made an arrest following a report of a disturbance on Athens Road.

IN JACKMAN, Tuesday at 1:46 p.m., a complaint about trespassing was taken from Main Street.

IN MADISON, Tuesday at 1:12 p.m., a wallet was reported to have been found on Weston Avenue.

3:56 p.m., police made an arrest in helping another agency on East Madison Road.

8:33 p.m., police made an arrest during a traffic stop on Lakewood Road.

IN NEW PORTLAND, Tuesday at 11:54 a.m., a scam complaint was taken from New Portland Hill Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Tuesday at 3:50 p.m., a scam complaint was taken from Waterville Road.

10:13 p.m., a report of suspicious activity was investigated on Martin Stream Road.

IN OAKLAND, Tuesday at 11:21 a.m., a caller from Kennedy Memorial Drive reported an unwanted person on the premises.

2:46 p.m., threatening was reported on High Street.

4:23 p.m., a theft was reported on Church Street.

IN PALMYRA, Tuesday at 7:46 a.m., a report of a theft was investigated on Main Street.

IN PITTSFIELD, Tuesday at 7:10 p.m., a report of an intoxicated person was taken from Somerset Avenue.

IN SANDY RIVER PLANTATION, Tuesday at 4:41 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Medeiros Lane.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Tuesday at 10:07 a.m., a report of a burglary of a motor vehicle was investigated on Willow Street.

12:27 p.m., police made an arrest on Water Street.

2:13 p.m., police were called to assist another agency on North Avenue.

Wednesday at 4:34 a.m., a water-related problem was reported on Hanover Street.

8:41 a.m., police made an arrest on Court Street.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 9:43 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on Center Street.

11:10 a.m., juvenile offenses were reported at Albert S. Hall School on Pleasant Street.

11:38 a.m., a theft was reported at Wendy’s restaurant on Main Street.

1:03 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on College Avenue.

4:11 p.m., a fight was reported on Kennebec Street.

4:12 p.m., a vehicle burglary was reported on Morrill Avenue.

5:27 p.m., a 17-year-old was summoned on a charge of minor consuming liquor, on Oxford Street.

6:07 p.m., harassment was reported on Green Street.

8:40 p.m., a theft was reported at Jin Yuan Restaurant on Temple Street.

9:17 p.m., threatening was reported on Poolers Park Way.

11:14 p.m., a theft was reported at Thomas College on West River Road.

IN WILTON, Tuesday at 7 a.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Main Street.

IN WINSLOW, Tuesday at 12:32 p.m., a case involving fraud or forgery was reported on Whipple Street.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Tuesday at 10:20 a.m., Andrew McDonald, 35, of Jay, was arrested on a probation hold.

2:09 p.m., Matthew Davidson, 28, of New Sharon, was arrested on charges of domestic violence assault and obstructing report of injury.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Tuesday at 4:16 p.m., Bruce William Tillson, 39, of Richmond, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on a theft charge.

4:20 p.m., Ronald Dantzler, 36, of Portland, was arrested on a warrant for probation revocation.

4:25 p.m., Darryl Lewis Avery, 58, of Madison, was arrested on charges of burglary and theft.

7:08 p.m., Kristian Michael Addison, 21, of Fairfield, was arrested on charges of unlawful trafficking.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 10:30 p.m., Kellie A. Beaulieu, 25, of 12 Winter St., Apartment 1, Fairfield, was arrested on a warrant, on Front Street.

10:26 p.m., Scott Leo, 27, of 11 Carey Lane, Waterville, was arrested on a charge of criminal trespass, on Water Street.

10:16 p.m., police went to Water Street in response to a noise complaint and arrested a 17-year-old and a 16-year-old on charges of criminal trespass and minor consuming liquor, a 16-year-old on charges of criminal trespass and minor possessing liquor, and a 27-year-old on charges of criminal trespass and furnishing liquor to a minor.

IN WINSLOW, Tuesday at 7 p.m., Maxwell James Pass, 31, of 975 Main St., Vassalboro, was arrested on a charge of operating without a license in violation of conditions and restrictions, on Cushman Road.

11:32 p.m., Denis Stephen Moore, 35, of 23 Monument St., second floor, was arrested on a probation and parole hold, on Monument Street.

Also at 11:32 p.m., Leona Ann Havens, 38, of 6 Ticonic St., Apartment 2, Waterville, was arrested on two warrants, as well as charges of unlawful possession of a scheduled drug and trafficking in prison contraband, on Monument Street.

SUMMONSES

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 4:57 p.m., Randy S. Hawes, 49, of 16 Kennebec St., Apartment 8, was summoned on a charge of violating condition of release, on Water Street.

8:40 p.m., Tyson Duprey, 20, of 64 Kennebec St., Fairfield, was summoned on charges of sale and use of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana, on Temple Street.

10:08 p.m., John H. Cunningham, 48, of 12 Winter St., Apartment 2, Fairfield, was summoned on a charge of operating while license suspended or revoked, on Front Street.

AUGUSTA — One of three men arrested Tuesday night in Litchfield on drug possession charges pleaded guilty at his first court appearance less than 24 hours later.

Gerard S. Boynton, 28, of Monmouth, was sentenced to serve an initial one day in jail, with the remainder of the 364 days suspended. He was placed on probation for a year and was fined $400 for unlawful possession of drugs.

The other two men arrested with him Tuesday night on Route 126 pleaded not guilty at their initial hearings on the charges. The hearings were held at the Capital Judicial Center via video link from the Kennebec County jail.

Matthew Byras, 39, of Litchfield, faces one count of unlawful possession of heroin. He was released on unsecured bail.

Peter A. Dunn, 35, of Monmouth, was charged with two counts of unlawful possession of heroin. His bail was set at $750 cash or $500 with a Maine PreTrial Services supervision contract.

The men were arrested after Maine State Police Trooper Seth R. Allen did a traffic stop of a red pickup truck.

According to an affidavit filed in court, Allen said his radar unit clocked the truck at 71 mph in a 50-mph zone.

Byras was driving, and Kayla Fowler, 23, of Litchfield, was in the front passenger seat.

Dunn and Boynton were in the back seat.

Allen said Boynton was the subject of arrest warrants for failing to pay fines, so Allen handcuffed him. Allen located “a bag of black tar heroin in (Boynton’s) left front pocket.” Allen said officers found that Byras had powdered heroin on him and Dunn had a drug kit in his boot.

Allen said a drug kit was found in the purse in the car as well, and he charged Fowler with unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.

Five other troopers assisted Allen at the scene.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

AUGUSTA

Tuesday at 7:50 a.m., officers responded to a fire on Colony Road.

9:07 a.m., officers conducted a follow-up investigation on North Belfast Avenue.

11:16 a.m., an animal complaint was made on Canal Street.

11:17 a.m., mentally disturbed persons were reported on Carlisle Avenue.

11:38 a.m., there was a traffic accident on Middle Road.

12:02 p.m., theft was reported on North Belfast Avenue.

12:06 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Riverside Drive.

12:11 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Eastern Avenue.

12:57 p.m., drug offenses were reported on Pierce Drive.

1:10 p.m., terrorizing was reported on University Drive.

2:12 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Cony and Viles streets.

3:31 p.m., drug offenses were reported on Shuman Avenue.

4:58 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Civic Center Drive

5:32 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Stephen King Drive.

5:42 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Green Street.

6:34 p.m., fraud was reported on Tasker Road.

9:55 p.m., theft was reported on Hope Way.

10:19 p.m., harassment was reported on Eastern Avenue.

Wednesday at 12:56 a.m., harassment was reported on Sparrow Drive.

3:33 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Court Street.

CHINA

Tuesday at 10:33 a.m., there was a traffic accident on Route 3.

Wednesday at 12:09 a.m., an assault was reported on Ingraham Road.

GARDINER

Tuesday at 1:11 p.m., a stray dog was reported on Spring Street.

2:10 p.m., theft was reported on Church Street.

Wednesday at 4:22 a.m., a suspicious male was reported on Beech Street.

MONMOUTH

9:51 p.m., a burglary was reported on South Monmouth Road.

WINDSOR

Tuesday at 9:34 a.m., there was a traffic accident on Route 32.

WINTHROP

Tuesday at 3:44 p.m., harassment was reported on Pineland Drive.

8:52 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Rambler Road.

11:25 p.m., an overdose was reported on High Street.

ARREST

AUGUSTA

Wednesday at 4:54 a.m., Jenny Marie Cake, 38, of Augusta, was arrested on an outstanding warrant.

SKOWHEGAN — A St. Albans man accused of killing his uncle after an afternoon of drinking last month pleaded not guilty to a murder charge Wednesday in Somerset County Superior Court.

Jeremy Erving, 24, allegedly shot his uncle, Randy Erving, in the head; and police said that after he was arrested early the next morning for operating under the influence, he told others, including police, that he had done it.

Erving has been held without bail at the Somerset County Jail since his arrest and was scheduled to participate Friday in a Harnish hearing, at which the state argues that someone charged with a capital offense should not be allowed bail. That hearing was canceled after Erving waived his right to it for now, since the defense does not have enough information in the case to argue whether bail should be set, his attorney, Phillip Mohlar, said Wednesday.

Assistant Attorney General John Alsop confirmed Wednesday the hearing had been canceled, but both he and Mohlar said it is possible the hearing will be held once Mohlar has reviewed more information.

Erving will continue to be held without bail in the meantime.

Police said Erving told his girlfriend and her father that he had shot his uncle, Randy Erving, when they bailed him out of jail April 8 after the OUI arrest. The pair took him to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office, where he also told police that he had shot Randy Erving, according to court records, and he was charged with murder.

Mohlar would not comment Wednesday when asked whether Erving still is saying that he shot his uncle.

“He’s doing OK,” Mohlar said. “He’s a young guy and it’s difficult to be locked up. It’s a lot to have to deal with, but he’s doing OK.”

Police found discovered the body of 53-year-old Randy Erving at his home on McNally Road, where Jeremy Erving said the two had been drinking earlier in the day on April 7.

Police in Dexter pulled Jeremy Erving over while he was driving his uncle’s truck around 1 a.m. April 8 and arrested him on a charge of operating under the influence.

Police said that they found a loaded .30-30 rifle in the truck that Erving later said he had stolen from the home of another relative, as well as Randy Erving’s dog. Erving later told police he never would be allowed to drive Randy Erving’s truck, according to the affidavit.

He told police they’d been drinking all day before the shooting, and he didn’t remember much except for “a bang and a barrel” before he was arrested on the OUI charge, according to the affidavit.

After he was released on bail from the Penobscot County Jail, Erving told his girlfriend and her father that he had shot his uncle in the back of the head, but he didn’t know why he had done it, according to a police affidavit.

At the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office, he also told police that he had shot his uncle but he didn’t remember much from that day.

Rachel Ohm — 612-2368

rohm@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @rachel_ohm

AUGUSTA — A former Augusta man was placed on a two-year deferred disposition Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful sexual contact.

Michael Hawkins, 30, of Harpswell, had been indicted in February 2014 on three counts of gross sexual assault, all naming the same 12-year-old girl as the victim, and all dated between July 1 and July 24, 2012.

Those charges were dismissed Wednesday in exchange for the plea, which took place at the Capital Judicial Center.

Under the terms of the deferral, Hawkins must undergo sex offender counseling and treatment to the satisfaction of a probation officer and pay a $10 monthly supervision fee.

If he successfully complies with those terms and avoids further criminal charges, he will be permitted to withdraw the guilty plea and the charge will be dismissed at a court hearing set for May 8, 2018.

In connection with the same case, Hawkins also pleaded no contest to charges of assault and endangering the welfare of a child. He was sentenced to two consecutive 364-day suspended sentences and one year of probation each. He also was fined $300.

Conditions of probation prohibit him from contact with the victim and with children under 16.

Hawkins was represented by attorney Leonard Sharon, and the prosecutor was Assistant District Attorney Claire Andrews.

AUGUSTA — A father and son have been charged with a 2013 burglary in which about $60,000 worth of equipment was stolen from Pike Industries’ construction yard in Sidney.

Brian P. Ouellette, 45, of Oakland, and his son Dylan G. Veilleux, 23, of Augusta, were issued summonses charging them with burglary and theft, according to a news release sent Wednesday by Kennebec County Sheriff Ryan Reardon.

The burglary took place in January 2013, and more than 200 tools and several large spools of copper wire were stolen.

The charges will be handled at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta.

“This case is an example of never giving up. I commend the deputies and their efforts to track down those responsible,” Reardon said in the release. “We anticipate more charges as the case continues to progress. In this case, a large of amount of the stolen items were sold or traded to fuel a drug habit.”

Reardon said a person offered information leading investigators to Ouellette and Veilleux, and that he anticipates three other people could be charged as the investigation continues.

Reardon said later that none of the items stolen were recovered; however, investigators have evidence of some transactions involving those items.

Veilleux was at the Capital Judicial Center on April 26 for sentencing for aggravated criminal mischief and assault that occurred Oct. 14, 2013, in Oakland, and theft by deception June 30, 2014, in Waterville. He was ordered to serve an initial 10 days, and the remainder of the two-year sentence was suspended. He also was placed on two years of probation.

A Fairfield woman accused of murdering her infant son will be placed in the custody of the state Department of Health and Human Services for further mental competence review at the request of her attorneys.

The case of Kayla Stewart, 21, will be delayed possibly until the end of June as she undergoes the competence evaluation at the state psychiatric hospital.

Stewart, 21, entered not guilty pleas in March to the charges of murder and manslaughter in connection with the death of her unnamed infant son, whose body police found in a garage in January. Stewart also was ordered to undergo a mental competence evaluation at the March 24 hearing.

John Martin, an attorney for Stewart, said Wednesday that he was not sure whether she was at Riverview yet but that she would be sent there as soon as there was space available.

On April 20 her attorneys filed a motion with the court asking that she be placed in the custody of DHHS at Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta for further observation by the State Forensic Service. In the meantime, no further court appearances have been scheduled.

The request for further observation was made after an initial evaluation and was approved by a judge April 21, according to court records.

The observation will not exceed 60 days, although the State Forensic Service could request additional time from the court, the records said. According to state prosecutors, Stewart allegedly murdered the child either by suffocating or strangling it or through neglect — by leaving it in a cold, unheated garage — after she gave birth.

A police affidavit filed in the case says that Stewart initially denied being pregnant and later gave state police multiple versions of what happened. Her mother, Lucille Stewart, reported a possible suspicious death to police in early January when she realized her daughter was no longer pregnant.

State police found the full-term baby boy wrapped in a blanket and trash bags under an oil tank in an unattached garage at the home Stewart shared with her boyfriend, Nicholas Blood, on Norridgewock Road in Fairfield. She was arrested and charged with murder Jan. 22.

No charges have been brought against Blood, the baby’s father.

Ames told the court at a Harnish hearing in February that Stewart had a miscarriage and panicked and that she was not responsible for the child’s death.

Rachel Ohm — 612-2368

rohm@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @rachel_ohm

AUGUSTA — A Waterville man accused of breaking into the home of a 73-year-old neighbor and raping her at gunpoint pleaded not guilty Thursday to six charges in Kennebec County Superior Court.

Mark Halle, 32, is charged with two counts of gross sexual assault, burglary, aggravated assault, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and terrorizing with a dangerous weapon.

During the arraignment at the Capital Judicial Center, Halle told a judge that he understood his rights and the charges against him. He then entered not guilty pleas to the six charges.

The woman he is charged with attacking was in the courtroom Thursday and declined to comment after the hearing.

At a hearing in February, the woman said she was pleased that Halle’s bail had been set at $500,000 and that she was grateful for the support of her family, friends and the community. Halle’s bail conditions were not changed Thursday.

He was arrested in February after the woman reported to police that she had been attacked in her West River Road home in Waterville.

Halle allegedly broke into the home around 5 a.m., awakening the woman. When she went to investigate the noise, she said, he confronted her with what she believed was a handgun, forced her into the bedroom and put a pillow case over her head and assaulted her. Police said he also beat her with the gun. Police later found a pellet gun near the house, which they believe was used in the attack.

Halle is being represented by attorney Pamela Ames and is next scheduled to appear in court June 1.

Rachel Ohm — 612-2368

rohm@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @rachel_ohm

EAST MACHIAS — Christopher T. Knight, the man known as the North Pond hermit, spent almost three decades carrying items he stole from camps and cottages to his rural Rome campsite.

On Thursday morning, his attorney, Walter McKee, said Knight should not be obliged to pay for the repair of damages Maine State Police caused in the spring of 2013 when they drove on a dirt camp road to disassemble that campsite.

The state, through Kennebec County Deputy District Attorney Paul Cavanaugh, told a panel of six judges of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court that Knight should pay $1,125 for the gravel and regrading police did to restore that road.

“This was not an environmental cleanup,” McKee said, referring to one of the items covered in the state’s restitution statute.

Oral arguments in the appeal were held during a session the court held at Washington Academy, where about 425 students and their teachers sat in bleachers and in chairs on the gymnasium floor to watch the proceedings. The makeshift courtroom was as quiet as the supreme court’s formal courtroom in the Cumberland County Courthouse.

Knight, who remains on probation, did not attend the hearing.

Knight grew up in Albion, then left civilized society after high school, spending some 27 years alone in the woods in campsites he outfitted with items stolen from Rome and Smithfield cottages and camps. The mysterious break-ins spawned the local legend of a “North Pond hermit.” Authorities caught Knight breaking into the Pine Tree Camp three years ago, and the case drew worldwide media attention.

In 2015, after completing a specialty court program for people with mental health and substance abuse problems, Knight was sentenced on burglary and theft charges and ordered to serve seven months in jail — time he had already served — and the remainder of the five-year sentence was suspended. He is now serving the three-year period of probation, which ends March 22, 2018, according to the state Department of Corrections website.

On Thursday, Cavanaugh said Knight was meeting the conditions of that probation, including paying $25 a month toward restitution. In fact, after the hearing, Cavanaugh referred to a note provided by Knight’s probation officer, which said Knight reports to her as required, remains in treatment and most recently sent in $40 toward restitution.

Cavanaugh said there was no indication that Knight was employed.

McKee, too, said he did not know whether Knight had a job.

Knight, 50, has remained almost hermitlike with regard to any publicity and interviews, and McKee said Knight has declined numerous interview requests. During the hearing, McKee also said Knight does not have the money to pay for the road repair, and that he should not have to because the road repair was “so far attenuated or removed from the crime for which he was convicted” and could lead to numerous other costs assessed to people, such as a bridge built to an island so firefighters could fight a fire.

“There are no individual victims here,” McKee said. “The victims are the state police.”

Associate Justice Andrew Mead asked whether the state was trying to make the defendant underwrite the cost of the investigation.

Associate Justice Jeffrey Hjelm asked whether there had been prior attempts to resolve the dispute over the road repair money.

“The amount of money at issue here is a little over $1,000,” he said. “The amount of money expended on this appeal far exceeds that.”

McKee responded that attorneys had attempted a resolution but failed.

“Chris could not agree to this issue,” McKee said. “He is very principled. He said, ‘I am willing to pay for what I took from people; that is perfectly appropriate. I am willing to do my time, so to speak. But I’m not willing to pay for money for what the state police expended for fixing a road as part of their work.'”

Hjelm also noted that the woman who owned the property where Knight had his camp was not named as a victim of any of the crimes.

“For there to be consideration of restitution, the person who is entitled to the money has to be the named victim of the charges,” Hjelm said.

McKee said Knight paid restitution to the state “for the actual victims here.”

McKee said the statute under which the restitution is being sought was aimed at costs of cleaning such items as methamphetamine laboratories.

Associate Justice Ellen Gorman asked, “Why should the restitution statute be read to say in addition to what the public already does to pay for the investigations and to pay for what they do to investigate and prosecute crimes, we should also require other persons to pay for that work?”

Cavanaugh said criminals should bear the financial burden.

“Between the innocent taxpayer supporting the state police or the criminal that caused that, it should be more about a criminal,” Cavanaugh said.

During the hearing, Chief Justice Leigh Saufley asked Cavanaugh whether the court should impose the “rule of lenity” and side with the defendant when the law was not crystal clear.

Cavanaugh said, “Despite Mr. McKee’s arguments, it is crystal clear that it is covered.”

At one point, she also asked how Knight’s plea was constructed “with this, this sort of hanging chad.”

Cavanaugh said the issue about payment for the repair of the road came up at the sentencing hearing once Knight finished the diversionary court program.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court issues its decisions later in writing.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

IN ANSON, Wednesday at 2:57 p.m., a complaint about trespassing was taken from Welch Road.

IN CORNVILLE, Wednesday at 10:58 p.m., police made an arrest following a complaint about trespassing on Steam Mill Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 3:35 p.m., a complaint about trespassing was taken from Cottage Street.

4:54 p.m., a theft report was investigated on Main Street.

5:27 p.m., a complaint was investigated on Martin Stream Road.

8:58 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Woodman Avenue.

IN HARMONY, Wednesday at 8 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Carson Hill Road.

IN MADISON, Wednesday at 1:01 p.m., a report of annoying phone calls was taken from Madison Avenue.

4 p.m., police were called to assist another agency on East Madison Road.

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

5:49 p.m., a report of criminal mischief was investigated on Phyllis Court.

7:04 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Gray Street.

Thursday at 6:57 a.m., a theft was reported on Old Point Avenue.

IN NEW PORTLAND, Wednesday at 7:35 p.m., a theft was reported on Meadow Brook Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Wednesday at 4:41 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Beech Hill Road.

IN OAKLAND, Wednesday at 3:46 p.m., a theft was reported on Oak Hill Drive.

10:06 p.m., a caller from Fieldstone Drive reported someone was missing.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Wednesday at 9:48 a.m., a complaint was taken from Dr. Mann Road.

9:49 a.m., a report of a violation of bail or of a protection order was investigated on Waterville Road.

11:17 a.m., a violation of bail or of a protection order was reported on Court Street.

11:36 a.m., an arrest was made on Court Street.

1:47 p.m., police made an arrest on Water Street.

2:57 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken from Water Street.

8:41 p.m., a complaint about threatening was taken from Water Street.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 10:09 a.m., a theft was reported at the Hannaford supermarket at JFK Plaza on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

10:49 a.m., threatening was reported on Gold Street.

1 p.m., a liquor law violation was reported at Head of Falls off Front Street.

3:17 p.m., a shoplifter was reported at Wal-Mart, on Waterville Commons Drive.

4:36 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Green Street.

4:51 p.m., a fight was reported on Sherwin Street.

IN WINSLOW, Wednesday at 7:45 p.m., a caller from Halifax Street reported receiving harassing or obscene phone calls.

11:45 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Monument Street.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Wednesday at 9:50 a.m., Thomas Bender, 35, of Livermore Falls, was arrested on a charge of operating after revocation.

10:28 a.m., Vincent Lake, 48, of Farmington, was arrested on a charge of hunting or possessing anterless deer.

10:40 a.m., Christine Gilpatrick, 26, of Livermore Falls, was arrested on a warrant.

7:35 p.m., Joann Demorro, 50, of New Sharon, was arrested on charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and five counts of violating condition of release.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Tuesday at 7:32 p.m., Jason C. Pease, 29, of Harmony, was arrested on a warrant for unpaid fines or fees.

9:36 p.m., Tyler A. Campbell, 21, of Solon, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence.

11:55 p.m., Matthew Todd Mayberry, 44, of Jackman, was arrested as a fugitive from justice.

Wednesday at 12:09 p.m., Justin Howard Amos, 23, of Bangor, was arrested on a warrant for failing to appear on a theft charge.

2:14 p.m., Clyde Randal Tripp, 64, of Anson, was arrested on charges of operating after habitual offender revocation, attaching false plates and violations of conditions of release.

5:35 p.m., Maria Milagros Menendez, 29, of Waterville, was arrested on a charge of violating a protection order.

9:41 p.m., Michael Wayne Bell, 46, of Turner, was arrested on charges of operating under the influence, violating the conditions of release and operating after suspension.

Thursday at 12:49 a.m., Joseph Marc Dionne, 38, of Skowhegan, was arrested on a charge of violating the conditions of release.

SUMMONS

IN OAKLAND, Wednesday at 9:44 a.m., Mark C. Evans, 35, of 566 Augusta Road, Rome, was summoned on a charge of operating while license suspended or revoked, on Smithfield Road.

AUGUSTA

Wednesday at 8:59 a.m., theft was reported on Civic Center Drive.

10:28 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Stephen King Drive.

10:33 a.m., there was a traffic accident on Pet Haven Lane.

12:12 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Cony Street.

12:19 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Mount Vernon Avenue.

12:56 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Whitten Road.

3:04 p.m., simple assault was reported on Lone Indian Trail.

3:37 p.m., harassment was reported on Chapel Street.

3:47 p.m., there was a traffic accident on North Belfast Avenue.

4:36 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Water Street.

5:08 p.m., officers responded to a structure fire on Western Avenue.

7:33 p.m., harassment was reported on Civic Center Drive.

8:48 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Valley Street.

9:24 p.m., theft was reported on Water Street.

11:19 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Court Street.

CHELSEA

Wednesday at 10:18 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Hallowell Road.

CHINA

Wednesday at 8:26 p.m., a car struck a deer on Neck Road.

HALLOWELL

Wednesday at 12:57 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Fish and Game Road.

9:24 p.m., theft was reported on Water Street.

MONMOUTH

Wednesday at 9:13 a.m., theft was reported on Sanborn Road.

2:15 p.m., burglary was reported on Sanborn Road.

RANDOLPH

Wednesday at 12:27 p.m., harassment was reported on Windsor Street.

WINDSOR

Wednesday at 2:37 p.m., theft was reported on South Belfast Road.

ARRESTS AUGUSTA

Wednesday at 9:02 a.m., Aaron M. Wiedemann, 34, of Augusta, was arrested on three outstanding warrants.

Thursday at 3:38 a.m., Seif A. Al-Malky, 28, of Augusta, was arrested on an outstanding warrant.

Two former Madison police officers have filed complaints with the Maine Human Rights Commission alleging they were discriminated against because of age when the town transitioned its police operations to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office last year.

David Trask and Joseph Mitchell have filed separate complaints with the commission alleging they were discriminated against because of their age and naming the town of Madison as a defendant. They allege that when the town consolidated operations with the sheriff’s office, the two officers were stripped of rank and lost seniority and benefits they had with the Madison Police Department.

“There were five officers involved (in the transition), three of whom were much younger,” said Robert Sandy, a Waterville attorney who is representing both Mitchell and Trask. “Cpl. Mitchell and Sgt. Trask were decades older and each had something like 27-plus years of seniority. When the town negotiated this agreement with the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office, they were all basically treated as new police officers.”

Madison Town Manager Tim Curtis said he was not aware Wednesday of the filings with the Human Rights Commission and declined to comment.

Last June, Madison residents approved a police consolidation plan under which the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office would absorb the Madison Police Department and operate the department as a division of the sheriff’s office. The plan was proposed by town officials as a cost savings measure in the wake of the loss of Madison Paper Industries taxes, a paper mill that remains the town’s largest taxpayer despite a recent announcement it will cease operations at the end of this month.

The consolidation went into effect last July, and while statistics show that more crimes are being solved in Madison at a lower cost, none of the five officers employed by the Madison Police Department has remained in Madison.

The complaints were filed with the Human Rights Commission in late April, according to Sandy. They allege that Trask, who is 53, and Mitchell, who is 67, were discriminated against because of their age when the town negotiated contract terms with the sheriff’s office.

“All they had to do was treat everyone equally and fairly, and they didn’t do that,” said Mitchell, of Madison, in an interview Wednesday. He declined to comment further on the case.

Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster said that during negotiations, the sheriff’s office agreed to take on the Madison employees as new employees of the county and that as such they were subject to a six-month probationary period.

“It was unequivocally clear they were new employees and they were subject to county contracts, county rules and the county hiring process,” he said.

Both Mitchell and Trask had more than 27 years of experience and were stripped of their rank, according to their complaints. Trask, a sergeant, and Mitchell, a corporal, were deprived of extra pay stipends they had earned through rank and were made probationary employees, they said. Mitchell resigned from the sheriff’s office in September and Trask was dismissed in December.

Two other officers with the Madison Police Department left for police jobs with other agencies and one officer was moved to a different division of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.

As of last month, the town was paying about $700 per week in unemployment for former Madison Police Chief Barry Moores, whose position was eliminated in the consolidation, and Trask, with the payments expected to continue through June.

In their complaints, Mitchell and Trask said their seniority was reduced to the same level as that of the three younger officers during the transition and they no longer got priority in bidding for shifts. Instead, shifts were allocated alphabetically, placing the two senior officers last on the list, the complaints said.

In addition, they lost sick time and vacation time they had accrued in the transition.

“Technically, they could have been all without a job and there could have been a hiring process,” Lancaster said. “These things (changes in seniority, benefits and scheduling) are affiliated with when you’re applying for a job. The officers weren’t just absorbed. They were new county employees.”

He would not comment when asked whether the town tried to negotiate on behalf of the officers to allow them to keep their seniority or rank.

Mitchell and Trask said their pay remained about the same as what they had been earning with the Madison Police Department — around $19 per hour — but higher health insurance costs with the sheriff’s office resulted in salary reductions or loss of health care.

Under the Madison Police Department, Trask said he received family health insurance coverage at no additional cost; but the same coverage through the sheriff’s office would have cost him $480 per biweekly pay period, about one-third of his paycheck.

In February, Trask filed a federal lawsuit against the town and the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office alleging wrongful termination. He said this week that he has requested the case be dismissed.

“(The human rights complaint) should address the underlying issue rather than just look at procedures not properly followed, which the court case focused on,” Trask said in a Facebook message. He said the complaint will be “more comprehensive” than what the court case focused on.

The original lawsuit alleged that the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office fired Trask in a probationary period, during which there was no union representation. Trask said he was not given a reason for his firing and was told by Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster that his employment “was not going to work out” in December.

Rachel Ohm — 612-2368

rohm@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @rachel_ohm

WATERVILLE — Deputy police Chief Charles Rumsey is leaving the Police Department in early June to become police chief for the town of Cumberland.

Rumsey, who accepted the Cumberland position Thursday morning, has been with the Waterville department more than 21 years, nine as deputy chief.

“It’s going to be bittersweet to leave here,” Rumsey said Thursday afternoon. “I’m extremely proud of the time I served here and I’m very excited to take the skills and experience I’ve had here and bring it to the town of Cumberland.”

Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey praised Rumsey and his work and said he has mixed emotions about seeing him go.

“The selfish part of me wishes he had not been offered the position, because I’m losing a very capable, competent police administrator,” Massey said. “But on the other side, I realize he’s a professional and he wants to be a chief, and this is the right time for him and he needs to do what’s best for him and his family and his career.”

Cumberland Town Manager Bill Shane said Thursday that town officials were seeking a strong leader for the chief’s position — someone who understands community policing — and Rumsey’s training, skills, experience and professionalism shone in their dealings with him.

“It was pretty much a home run for us,” Shane said. “We’re just doing cartwheels. He is just a class act.”

Rumsey was chosen from among 12 candidates for the position and did an outstanding job in the interview process, including in a public presentation Wednesday to town and school officials, according to Shane. He said the application process was rigorous and five candidates were interviewed.

Rumsey starts his new job June 6 and will replace Joe Charron, who retired April 1 after 38 years with the department, according to Shane. In Cumberland, population 7,500, Rumsey will oversee a department of 11 full-time officers and an animal control officer, Shane said. It is a smaller department than Waterville’s, which has 31 sworn officers.

Rumsey, 45, worked his way up through the ranks in Waterville, where the population is about 16,000, but that number doubles during the day as people come to work and recreate in the city. Rumsey was hired in 1995 as a patrol officer after graduating from University of North Dakota with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice studies. He was a patrol officer more than three years and then was promoted to detective and investigated major crimes including sexual assaults, bank robberies, child abuse and drug cases. In 2002, he was named patrol sergeant and in 2007, deputy chief.

While in Waterville, he took advantage of the tuition reimbursement program offered by the city and earned a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Maine in 2009. He also attended the FBI Academy in 2010 in Quantico, Virginia.

His duties as deputy chief in Waterville included overseeing day-to-day operations of the department and supervising members of the management team, including four patrol sergeants and a detective-sergeant, as well as a communications center sergeant. He also organized and managed the hiring and promotion processes, handled complaints and was involved in the community, serving on the advisory committee for High Hopes Clubhouse for people with mental illnesses and helping to develop the Children’s Advocacy Center.

Rumsey said he plans to move with his wife, Cindy, and son, C.J., to southern Maine, probably within the next three months. They have an older son, Matthew, who is graduating from college this year.

City Manager Michael Roy and Massey said they will start a process for Rumsey’s replacement. Massey said the position will be filled from within the department.

Roy said he is happy for Rumsey but sorry to see him go.

“Cumberland’s gain is certainly Waterville’s loss,” he said. “Chip has been a big reason why our police department has progressed and matured as much as it has and has been recognized, certainly, as one of the premier police agencies to work in.”

Roy said he always felt comfortable, if Massey was out of the office, that Waterville had the right person in charge of the Police Department and that Rumsey would be on top of things.

“I always felt very comfortable that Chip would have full command of the department and we weren’t going to lose a step,” Roy said. “And we certainly wish him the best. We will definitely miss him.”

Massey said Rumsey has been a strong asset to the department and has served it and the city well. Rumsey, he said, has been an ambassador for not only the police but also the city, and he is well known in law enforcement as a competent, professional police administrator.

He said he wishes Rumsey luck and will miss him.

“I could not have had a better second in command than Chip Rumsey — there’s no question.”

Amy Calder — 861-9247

acalder@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @AmyCalder17

FAIRFIELD — The Circle K convenience store on Center Road in Fairfield was robbed Friday morning by someone who was armed, police said.

The report of the armed robbery at the convenience store, which includes an Irving gasoline station, came in first at 3:25 a.m. and a second call came in three minutes later, according to Somerset County dispatch logs.

Fairfield police Chief Tom Gould said a weapon was involved, but it was not a firearm.

Gould said two men entered the store and one of them grabbed an undisclosed item and took off. A store clerk went outside to get a vehicle description and one of the men brandished a weapon and threatened the clerk, he said.

A store manager said Friday morning he was not allowed to discuss the robbery. He said no one was hurt.

Officer Casey Dugas responded to the armed robbery call and was assisted by Oakland and Skowhegan police. Fairfield police Capt. Paul St. Amand was called in and is continuing the investigation, Gould said.

The robber “fled in a maroon Subaru wagon heading east on Center Road.” Gould said. “At this time we are not disclosing what was taken or what kind of weapon was used.”

Gould said police have suspect names and are working to verify the identities of the two men. He said police think two women were in the car during the robbery.

The store at 204 Center Road, which is Route 139, is one of three Circle Ks in Fairfield. The others are on Main Street and Norridgewock Road.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com

Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

AUGUSTA

Thursday at 9 a.m., harassment was reported on Wabon Street.

10:23 a.m., there was a traffic accident on Water Street.

12:28 p.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Bangor Street.

12:37 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Eastern Avenue.

1:12 p.m., simple assault was reported on Eastern Avenue.

1:15 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Spencer Street.

1:50 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Quimby Street.

2:43 p.m., fraud was reported on North Belfast Avenue.

2:46 p.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Drew Street.

4:19 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Cony Circle.

4:50 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue.

5:16 p.m., there was a hit-and-run traffic accident at Gage Street and Memorial Drive.

5:23 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Western Avenue.

7:43 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Sparrow Drive.

10:13 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Cony Road.

Friday at 12:48 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Winthrop Street.

2:11 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Eastern Avenue.

GARDINER

Thursday at 11:27 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Church Street.

Friday at 12 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on the waterfront.

ARRESTS

AUGUSTA

Thursday at 10:22 a.m., an unnamed 17-year-old was arrested and charged with sale and use of drug paraphernalia on Pierce Drive.

10:22 a.m., an unnamed 15-year-old was arrested and charged with sale and use of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana on Pierce Drive.

12:08 p.m., Dustin D. Hollingsworth, 34, of Augusta, was arrested on an outstanding warrant.

2:14 p.m., Daniel E. Chase, 33, of Windsor, was arrested on two outstanding warrants.

7:51 p.m., Shawn Taylor, 22, of Chelsea, was arrested and charged with violation of protection order after a disturbance was reported on State Street.

SKOWHEGAN — A former clerk at the Somerset County District Attorney’s Office pleaded guilty Friday to a felony theft charge involving what the prosecutor said was more than $90,000 in supervision and restitution fees paid to the office.

Julie Smith, 58, originally pleaded not guilty to the charge after she was indicted in September. She changed her plea Friday before Superior Court Justice Robert Mullen, who asked Smith if she understood what the charges were against her.

“Is that what happened?” Mullen asked her after the charges of embezzlement and concealment were read by Assistant Attorney General Leanne Robbin.

“Yes, your honor,” Smith replied.

Smith also pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of tampering with public records — the office’s accounting database — to conceal her embezzlement. That charge is punishable by up to 364 days in jail.

The theft of $91,345 in fees paid to the district attorney’s office occurred from April 2010 to Oct. 9, 2014, and spurred a change in the way the district attorney offices in both Somerset and Kennebec counties accept payment.

In detailing the aggravating and the mitigating factors of the theft charge, a class B felony punishable by a maximum of 10 years in prison, Robbin told the judge the state was seeking a prison term of three years, with all but 18 months suspended, followed by three years of probation upon her release. The state also is seeking full restitution of $91,345.

Mullen, noting that Smith has continuing medical problems, agreed to postpone sentencing until she and her doctors have determined what her treatment will be. Sentencing could come later this month or in June, and the situation is to be reviewed on a day-to-day basis, the judge said.

The prosecutor in the case is an assistant attorney general because the Somerset County District Attorney’s Office is named as the victim in the indictment.

In the victim impact statement, Somerset County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said when fees for supervision and restitution are stolen, the county has to increase taxes, and that creates a domino effect for every town in the county. Smith was given a position of trust, breached that trust and should suffer the highest penalty possible, Maloney said.

“When Somerset County increases taxes every single person in the county is affected — every elderly person living on a fixed income and every child whose parents both have to work in order to keep a roof over their head and food on the table,” Maloney wrote to Mullen. “This is the harm Julie Smith caused.”

Compounding the harm, Maloney wrote, is the fact that Smith was victimizing people who already had been the victim of a crime. The money she stole was money defendants paid to compensate victims for their medical bills, mental health treatment, personal items, car repair and home repair.

“She knew these people had already been harmed once but still she decided her family vacation to Disney World was more important than giving the victims the money they need to pay their bills and replace their stolen items,” Maloney wrote. “She should be ordered to pay back every penny she took. Anything less allows her to profit from her crime.”

Smith told investigators she used the stolen money to pay her taxes and spent it on “nothing in particular, just, you know, basic living,” according to a sentencing memorandum by from the attorney general’s office.

Smith’s lawyer, Woody Hanstein, of Farmington, said the amount has been exaggerated by the prosecution and restitution should be closer to $69,000, not $91,000.

Either way, the theft exceeds the threshold of a class B felony crime and the sentencing guidelines that come with it. Paying the money back will be another matter, Hanstein said outside the courtroom.

“The practical matter is her ability to pay a lot of money, so we’re looking into that and some other considerations,” he said. “One of things the court will need to look at is her ability to pay restitution. To have a court order that says a pauper needs to pay a million dollars doesn’t do anything, and the law is meant to guard against that. When we get closer to sentencing, we’ll try to sort those things out.”

Smith pleaded not guilty to the charges following her indictment by a Somerset County Grand jury in September.

Smith, who had worked at the district attorney’s office since 2009, resigned after the investigation began in October 2014.

Officials began investigating following the apparent loss of $300 in supervision fees in October 2014. An audit determined that receipt books were missing. Smith did not follow routine procedure and paper-clip the money together to prevent the bills getting mixed with other money and did not place a sticky note on the money indicating who paid and how much, authorities said.

The investigation into the missing money in part led Maloney, who is also district attorney in Kennebec County, to tell employees to stop taking cash and personal check payments at her office. The district attorney’s offices in the two counties now accept only cashier’s checks and money orders.

A search warrant executed by state police included the Smiths’ home on Blackwell Hill Road in Madison, three motor vehicles registered to Julie and Mike Smith, Smith’s cellphone and any bags, purses or containers in Smith’s possession.

“She’s done the right thing,” Hanstein said of the change of plea. “She made a mistake and she’s owned up to it, but she’s dealing with some serious medical issues.”

Hanstein would not elaborate on his client’s medical problems.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com

Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

WATERVILLE — North Street is busy all year round, but particularly in warmer weather when children flock to the Alfond Youth Center, the outdoor municipal pool, soccer fields, the playground and the North Street Dairy Cone.

With the influx of people of all ages attending games and other events comes the worry that vehicles flying down the street and through parking lots could strike a child or adult.

To address the issue, Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey and the Alfond Youth Center’s president and chief executive officer, Ken Walsh, have teamed up to promote awareness that they hope will help prevent a tragedy from occurring.

The Police Department has placed a radar sign on North Street near the Alfond Center not only to track the number of vehicles passing through, document speeds at which they travel and record peak traffic times, but also to warn motorists to slow down. The speed limit on the street is 25 mph, but Walsh said it is not unusual to see vehicles going 50.

“I cringe every time I drive down North Street and park and see a car fly by at a speed that is not appropriate,” he said. “It just takes one unfortunate accident and then we’re all sorry for not making the change of slowing down (when) we should have.”

On a busy day, thousands of children and adults attend events on the street and vehicles are parked there, he said. Vehicles even speed through the youth center parking lot when children and adults are getting in and out of cars, according to Walsh.

Massey and his officers are stepping up enforcement efforts, not only North Street but also on other streets that typically draw the most speeding complaints. The radar sign will be rotated to those streets throughout the summer and police also plan to place cut-out figures of children along the streets to remind people that children are around. Massey said placing those cut-outs on streets in the past has been effective in slowing traffic.

The department also is using three grants from the Bureau of Highway Safety to enforce rules — a grant for enforcing a prohibition on operating under the influence, for $7,600, as well as grants for dealing with distracted driving and speeding, each of which is for $3,000, Massey said.

North Street, like Cool Street and First Rangeway, are typical streets to target for speeding enforcement, he said.

“Some streets are simply conducive to speed because of their width, little or no parking, they are straight and have good visibility,” he said.

The Police Department’s summer bicycle patrol has started in the city, with bicycle officers approaching drivers to ensure they are driving safely and not texting, according to Massey. He said an officer recently saw a driver using a tablet while driving.

While police want to be able to spend time in high-traffic areas, sometimes staffing levels make it difficult to balance that with answering calls for service, according to Massey.

He said the department could use another radar sign, which costs about $2,000. Having good data from such signs that can be analyzed helps when it comes to applying for grants, he said.

Amy Calder — 861-9247

acalder@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @AmyCalder17

AUGUSTA — A Fairfield man who led police on a high-speed chase through Waterville more than a year ago was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison after pleading guilty to a number of driving offenses.

Matthew J. Davidson, 30, pleaded guilty in the Capital Judicial Center to eluding an officer, operating after suspension/revocation, refusing to submit to arrest or detention, physical force, unlawful possession of drugs and violating conditions of release. The offenses occurred April 6, 2015, in Waterville.

A second charge of refusing to submit to arrest and a charge of motor vehicle speeding 30-plus mph over the limit were dismissed.

Davidson was arrested April 14 on five warrants after police tackled him inside a Front Street business.

Davidson also was ordered to pay $900 in fines as a result of his convictions.

IN CHINA, Friday at 7:33 a.m., a traffic accident was reported on Deer Hill Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Thursday at 8:56 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Middle Road.

4:11 p.m., a theft was reported on Green Road.

5:19 p.m., a theft was reported at Circle K on Main Street.

7:16 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Spruce Lane.

9:19 p.m., a complaint about trespassing was reported on Skowhegan Road.

Friday, at 3:28 a.m., a robbery was reported at the Circle K on Center Road.

IN FARMINGTON, Wednesday at 2 p.m., a theft was reported on Franklin Avenue.

IN KINGFIELD, Wednesday at 3:06 p.m., harassment was reported on Main Street.

IN MADISON, Thursday at 2:08 p.m., a scam was reported on Sierra Lane.

5:34 p.m., a harassment complaint was reported on Nichols Street.

IN MERCER, Friday at 4:33 a.m., a traffic accident was reported on Beech Hill Road.

IN OAKLAND, Thursday at 8 a.m., harassment was reported at Camp Tracy on McGrath Pond.

6:04 p.m., a case involving identity theft was reported on Libby Hill Road.

9:32 p.m., a caller from Buddies Groceries on Main Street reported an unwanted person on the premises.

IN PITTSFIELD, Thursday at 11:45 a.m., an assault was reported on Main Street.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Thursday at 12:12 p.m., a traffic accident was reported on Commercial Street.

IN STARKS, Thursday at 7:10 p.m., a traffic accident was reported on Dexter Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 7:54 a.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

8:58 a.m., an assault was reported at Appleton Apartments on Hathaway Street.

10:45 a.m., a theft was reported at Kmart, at Elm Plaza.

11:51 a.m., a theft was reported at Central Maine Bicycle Repair on Main Street.

2:41 p.m., a theft was reported at Mathieu’s Auto Body on Allen Street.

3:04 p.m., a theft was reported on Center Street.

3:05 p.m., a theft was reported on Nudd Street.

5:14 p.m., a fight was reported on Union Street.

7:32 p.m., a theft was reported at the skate park off Sherwin Street.

Friday at 1:33 a.m., a fight was reported on Main Street.

1:51 a.m., a noise was reported on Pleasantdale Avenue.

2:26 a.m., a caller from Main Street reported an unwanted person on the premises.

IN WILTON, Thursday at 6:01 p.m., an assault was reported on Main Street.

IN WINSLOW, Thursday at 4:56 p.m., a case involving forgery or fraud was reported on Clinton Avenue.

9:24 p.m., a 17-year-old was taken into protective custody on Halifax Street.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Thursday at 1:17 a.m., Ashlery Gleason, 18, of South Portland, was arrested on charges of operating under the influence and operating without a license.

8:30 a.m., Rafael Floyd, 47, of Farmington, was arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault.

3:25 p.m., Jessica Powers, 33, of New Vineyard, was arrested on three charges of unlawful possession of a scheduled drug.

10:20 p.m., John Rivers Jr., 46, of Chesterville, was arrested on two warrants.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Thursday at 12:49 a.m., Joseph Marc Dionne, 38, of Skowhegan, was arrested on a charge of violating conditions of release.

1:27 p.m., Philip E. Howard, 29, of Fairfield, was arrested on a probation hold.

7:48 p.m., Brady Murt Wilson, 25, of Skowhegan, was arrested on a probation hold.

Friday at 12:33 p.m., Eugene Michael Steinberger, 54, of St. Albans, was arrested on charges of operating under the influence of a drug and operating after suspension.

10:54 a.m., David Robert Long, 37, of, Skowhegan, was arrested on a probation hold.

11:32 a.m., Austin Nichols Thomas, 30, of Okeechobee, Florida, was arrested on a warrant.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 8:55 p.m., Matthew Hubbard, 35, of Winslow, was arrested on a warrant and a probation hold, on Dalton Street.

Friday at 12:11 a.m., Dustin Foster, 23, of Waterville, was arrested on two warrants, at the police station.

SUMMONSES

IN WINSLOW, Thursday at 1:55 p.m., Michael L. Cote Sr., 48, of North Anson, was summoned on a charge of attaching false plates, on Halifax Street.

A truck driver has been arrested in Virginia and charged with two counts of manslaughter and two counts of aggravated operating under the influence in connection with a March 18 accident that killed two local residents in Washington, Maine.

Randall Weddle, 53, of Greenville, Tennessee, the driver of a tractor-trailer loaded with lumber, which police said strayed into oncoming traffic and rolled over on Route 17 in a March 18 double fatality in Washington, was arrested Friday on warrants for his arrest issued by the Knox County Sheriff’s Department, according to a statement Friday night on the sheriff office’s Facebook page.

The manslaughter charges are class A felonies, while the two counts of aggravated operating under the influence are class B felonies. Police said more charges are likely.

He was arrested by the Russell County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia and is being held, with no bail, in Virginia, awaiting extradition to face the charges in Maine, according to the sheriff’s office.

Five vehicles were involved in the accident. A woman who was in the accident reported lumber was flying off the back of Weddle’s Freightliner tractor-trailer on a curve near Fitch Road, with the truck, lumber or both hitting some oncoming vehicles and forcing others off the road into a field.

Paul Fowles, 74, of Owls Head, a driver of one of the vehicles, was declared dead at the scene.

Also killed in the accident was Christina Torres-York, 45, of Warren.

Weddle was taken by Lifeflight helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, where he was treated and released. His passenger, Lowell Babb, 32, of Virginia, was taken to Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport, and treated and released.

Police said a combined investigation by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, Maine State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement and crash reconstructionists provided evidence that led to the Knox County District Attorney’s Office to draft warrants for Weddle’s arrest.