A barefoot man who was wanted by police but eluded capture Saturday remained at large Sunday night, according to the York Police Department.

A dispatcher for the department said the suspect was still at large as of 9 p.m.

Corey W. Paradise, 45, who has a history of escaping from authorities, jumped out a window at a construction site in York after officers had used Tasers on him. He fled barefoot into a nearby wooded area in the midst of a thunderstorm.

Corey Paradise

“He was last seen wearing an orange shirt and black pants,” York police said in a statement posted on the department’s Facebook page. “Subject does not have shoes on.”

Sgt. Brian J. Curtin said police believe someone may have picked up Paradise in York and driven him to the Sanford area.

On Saturday, York police said that an officer on routine patrol recognized Paradise as he drove past his cruiser around 10 a.m. The officer ran a records check, but because of a delay in the state computer system, Paradise had time to leave the scene.

York police determined that Paradise was wanted on several arrest warrants from York and Cumberland counties. Those warrants included failure to submit to arrest or detention, reckless conduct, unlawful possession of drugs, operating a motor vehicle after habitual offender revocation, violation of conditions of release, and failure to provide correct name and address.

Paradise’s car was located at a construction site off Long Sands Road at the York Housing Authority complex. He was hiding inside a building that was under construction. He resisted arrest and when officers used Tasers on him, he jumped out a window and fled into a wooded area behind the Long Sands Plaza. The search was hampered by “very heavy rain” and a thunderstorm, police said.

“Yes, he did get tased; however, the jump out the window caused the electrodes to become disconnected,” Curtin said in an email.

This wasn’t the first time that Paradise has taken extraordinary measures to escape apprehension by police. In August 2014, he led Scarborough police on a long and bizarre car chase that at times involved incredibly slow speeds.

The chase, which started in Scarborough, escalated into a high-speed chase along the Maine Turnpike before Paradise got off the highway at Exit 53 in West Falmouth. He then led several officers, including state police, into the Woodfords neighborhood of Portland – at that point speeds had dropped to 18 mph – before he ditched his car and hid under a porch.

He was located and after a scuffle he was arrested.

A jury trial will begin this week for a burglary suspect who is accused of causing a Wells woman’s fatal heart attack during an attempted break-in three years ago.

Carlton L. Young, 26, of Sanford is charged with felony murder and manslaughter, in addition to multiple counts of burglary and theft. He has pleaded not guilty. Jury selection will begin Monday in York County Superior Court in Alfred, and the trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday.

The case will present an unusual challenge for prosecutors in part because Young did not use a weapon or physically touch 62-year-old Connie Loucks. Officials believe Loucks suffered a heart attack after Young and at least one other person knocked on her doors and windows while attempting to burglarize her home.

Under Maine law, manslaughter and felony murder are both lesser charges than murder. If convicted of either one, Young faces up to 30 years in prison. Murder carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 25 years.

The felony murder charge is the more uncommon of the two. A person is guilty of felony murder if a death is caused while committing or trying to commit a felony, such as robbery, burglary or kidnapping. The statute describes the death as “a reasonably foreseeable consequence” of the crime committed, which legal experts have said could be key to the Young case.

“It might come down to, what proof does the state have that whatever they did in the burglary, whatever they had done so far in the burglary, was reasonably foreseeable to have caused the death?” said Jim Burke, a clinical professor at the University of Maine School of Law. “If there are cases, I don’t believe there is one in Maine where courts have said the mere fact of engaging in a burglary creates a reasonable foreseeability of so much shock to the system that somebody could die.”

Earlier this year, a New York man was convicted of felony murder and robbery in a drug-related beating. The judge’s ruling meant Aubrey Armstrong was complicit in the death of Joseph Marceau of Augusta, but there was not enough evidence to convict him on the more serious charge of murder. Two co-defendants pleaded guilty to felony murder and robbery charges as well.

In a fatal Portland shooting in 2010, getaway driver Moses Okot pleaded guilty to felony murder. Prosecutors also used the charge to convict robber Dennis Reardon in a 1980 mugging in Portland. Reardon had thrown a 67-year-old man to the ground and stolen his wallet. The man flagged down police and told them what happened before he suffered a heart attack. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court later rejected Reardon’s appeal.

“Robbing somebody where you’re going to beat them up, you can see a reasonably foreseeable problem of death out of that,” Burke said.

Young was one of four people accused in a rash of burglaries in 2015. The others were Brian Cerullo, 28, of Alfred; Cathy Carle, 25, of Sanford; and Marissa Vieira, 26, of Sanford.

Young and at least one other person allegedly broke into Loucks’ home when she wasn’t there in March 2015, and returned the next day to break in again, according to court records. Loucks called police and family members to tell them she believed the burglars had returned, and officers who arrived minutes later found her unresponsive. It was later determined she died of a heart attack.

Cerullo, Carle and Vieira all entered guilty pleas on burglary- and theft-related charges and have been sentenced. Court documents show all three have agreed to testify at Young’s trial.

Young is the only one of the four charged in Loucks’ death. He backed out of his scheduled plea and sentencing hearing for burglary charges, so prosecutors brought the felony murder charge in June 2016. The trial has been delayed repeatedly. In July 2017, the number of counts against him grew to 20, including the manslaughter charge.

In addition to felony murder and manslaughter, the most recent superseding indictment includes one felony count of attempted burglary, eight felony counts of burglary and five felony counts of theft. He also faces three misdemeanor counts of theft and one of criminal trespass.

Young faces so many charges because prosecutors joined multiple burglaries and thefts together.

Defense attorney Amy Fairfield filed a motion this year to separate those cases, arguing that the jury would be prejudiced against Young by considering all of the allegations together. She could not be reached for comment.

“The state attempts to bolster its case by inviting the jury to improperly cumulate the evidence of the defendant’s guilt as to each of the separate offenses in the second superseding indictment when, viewed individually, the evidence of the defendant’s guilt as to any of the crimes alleged is weak,” Fairfield wrote in her motion.

The state argued in response that the other alleged crimes were part of a common scheme and should be joined together. The motion also suggested that prosecutors will draw connections between the experiences of Loucks and other burglary victims. Timothy Feeley, a spokesman for the Maine Attorney General’s Office, declined to comment further on pending criminal matters.

“With each burglary and theft, he stole people’s sense of security in their own homes and their peace of mind, not to mention the invaluable pieces of property,” Assistant District Attorney Thaddeus West wrote in his response. “Brian Loucks had to merely hope that his wife’s engraved wedding band would be found in time for her burial. Now, more than three years later, these victims are still searching for closure in their cases. Rather than have to hear about four separate trials, these victims deserve as speedy a resolution as possible.”

A judge decided the prosecutor could introduce evidence from only certain cases, including those when the burglars knocked while a person was at home.

Young has a lengthy record of convictions dating to 2011 for crimes such as criminal mischief, assault, carrying a concealed weapon, driving under the influence, theft and burglary. He has remained at York County Jail since his arrest in the days after Loucks’ death.

IN AUGUSTA, Monday at 6:18 a.m., a Murray Street caller reported a civil violation.

10:41 a.m., a Gray Birch Drive caller reported theft.

1:01 p.m., a Stephen King Drive caller reported theft.

1:09 p.m., two people were taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center after a request for rescue service from a Swan Street caller.

2:19 p.m., one person was taken to the hospital after a report of an overdose made by an Enterprise Drive caller.

5:41 p.m., an unidentified person was arrested after a report of theft made by a Cony Street caller.

5:46 p.m., a Townsend Street caller reported criminal mischief.

7:52 p.m., a Northern Avenue caller reported a disturbance.

8:16 p.m., a Civic Center Drive caller reported shoplifting.

IN GARDINER, Tuesday at 2:25 a.m., an unidentified person was arrested at Gardiner Insides after a building check.

IN VASSALBORO, Monday at 9:44 a.m., a Riva Ridge caller reported a sex offense.

SUMMONSES

IN AUGUSTA, Monday at 11:17 a.m., Marnicka R. Silvesan, 39, of Augusta, was charged with failure to register vehicle and operating while license suspended or revoked following a traffic stop at Sewall and Capitol streets. Richard L. James, 35, of Augusta, was issued a summons on an unspecified charge.

3:54 p.m., a 64-year-old Buxton man was charged with criminal mischief after a complaint by a caller on Medical Center Parkway.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA, Monday at 6:23 p.m., Ronald J. Bilodeau, 67, of Augusta, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence during a traffic stop on Bangor Street.

9:27 p.m., Michael James Lovell, 22, of Augusta, was charged with violating a condition of release during a traffic stop at Bridge and Commercial streets.

Brunswick police seized 44 dogs and a bird from two River Road dog breeders and charged them with animal cruelty Friday after finding the animals living in squalid, unhealthy conditions.

“The Maine state veterinarian determined that due to the condition of the premises and animals, immediate seizure was necessary and 44 dogs and a bird were taken into custody,” said Brunswick Police Cmdr. Mark Waltz.

The town’s health officer, Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Emerson, condemned the home saying it was cluttered and unfit for human habitation, in part due to an “abundance of feces and urine.”

Emerson said police asked him to examine the property at 1024 River Road for fire, safety and sanitation problems Friday after officers searched the home.

Emerson said he found multiple fire and safety concerns, including electrical and accessibility problems. He condemned the home because sanitation concerns made it unsafe for human habitation. He also condemned an occupied camper on the property due to unsanitary living conditions and code compliance issues.

The two breeders, Kyle Enman and Diana Enman, were issued summonses Saturday for Class D crimes including cruelty to animals, failing to give animals humanely clean conditions, failing to give animals proper indoor shelter, failing to give animals necessary medical attention, and failing to give animals necessary sustenance, according to police.

All the dogs are being kept at the Lincoln County Animal Shelter, according to a Coastal Humane Society staff member.

The family owns Enman Field Disc Golf. Though an “open” sign hung at the end of the road Sunday, a man who identified himself as the owner’s son said it was closed and declined to comment on the animal abuse investigation.

Kyle and Diana Enman are scheduled for arraignment on Nov. 6 in West Bath District Court. Class D crimes are punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2,000 fine.

Waltz said the investigation is ongoing and that more people likely will face charges.

Police ask that anyone with information related to this case contact Brunswick Officer Kerry Wolongevicz at (207) 725-5521.

John Bott, spokesman for the Maine Animal Welfare Program, said the agency is assisting in the investigation, as well as with caring for the animals until the court decides who gets custody. Bott would not comment on the condition of the dogs, saying that the case is still under investigation.

WATERVILLE — Police have increased their patrol presence at Waterville Commons and Elm Plaza after receiving reports of suspicious men harassing women in the Walmart parking lot.

Deputy Chief Bill Bonney said the department received several calls Monday and were notified of posts on Facebook detailing the harassment.

One woman warned other women and told them to pay attention while shopping in Walmart because a man had approached her in the parking lot while she was with her two daughters and began asking her “strange questions” including asking her for her phone number and whether the woman’s husband was “chocolate,” and, if not, that she should “invest in one.”

The man apparently did not leave the woman alone after she declined to give her number, police said.

The woman writing a Facebook post added that a friend of hers had texted her shortly after that and said she had she received similar treatment.

The police learned at 9:57 a.m. Monday of the first of such incidents in which a black man was approaching women and asking strange questions in the parking lot.

Bonney said an officer patrolled the area on foot but wasn’t able to find anyone matching the description given by the women.

A second complaint of a similar incident was reported to police at 3:37 p.m. The complainant reported that two black men were approaching women in the Walmart parking lot. Two police officers patrolled the area again and still did not find any suspects. The cart wranglers who were working outside at the time told the officers they did not witness such a crime.

Bonney said he is sending extra officers to the area and is asking that anyone who is subjected to such harassment or witnesses harassment call the police immediately after it takes place.

Emily Higginbotham — 861-9239

ehigginbotham@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @EmilyHigg

AUBURN — Albert Flick, the 76-year-old Auburn man accused of fatally stabbing a woman last month outside a Lewiston laundromat in front of her 11-year-old sons, will be held without bail until his murder trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.

In court Tuesday, Flick pleaded not guilty to the murder charge handed up earlier this month by an Androscoggin County grand jury. He also pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

According to state law, a defendant is not criminally responsible by reason of insanity if, at the time of that conduct, as a result of mental disease or defect, the defendant lacked substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct.

Prosecutors presented a witness who testified about evidence police collected against Flick and showed surveillance videos in the courtroom. Androscoggin County Superior Court Justice MaryGay Kennedy concluded there was probable cause to believe Flick had committed murder and that “there is clear and convincing evidence” he posed a “substantial danger to the community” and should be held at Androscoggin County Jail without bail.

Police said Flick stabbed Kimberly Dobbie, 48, in front of her twin sons on the sidewalk outside Rancourt’s laundromat on Sabattus Street, where she had just started a load of laundry at about 10 a.m. July 15.

Prosecutors played surveillance video footage showing the sidewalk in front of the laundromat as Flick paced back and forth before the assault. It showed him attacking Dobbie with a stabbing motion on steps down the sidewalk from the laundromat entrance.

The video showed Dobbie’s boys running back and forth between their mother and the laundromat entrance during the attack. Her children watched as passers-by pulled Flick off their mother and held him down until police arrived.

Maine State Police Detective Michael Chavez, who works at the agency’s Major Crimes Unit, was the lone witness who answered questions about the state’s case against Flick.

Chavez said Flick had two paring knives at the scene, which he had bought two days earlier at Walmart and tucked into his pants. One of the knives was used to stab Dobbie in the heart, liver and lung, he said.

The medical examiner ruled her death was by homicide due to sharp force injuries.

Dobbie had been on her cellphone with a man, telling him that someone had been stalking her, Chavez said.

“She indicated this man would not leave her alone,” Chavez said. Then the man to whom she was talking heard her scream. Then the line disconnected.

A New Hampshire man heard Dobbie’s scream, ran down the sidewalk to see her struggling with Flick and kicked him over. The man held Flick to the ground until police arrived, Chavez said.

Flick was arrested and charged upon his release from Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, where he had been treated for chest pains.

Dobbie and Flick had been acquainted with each other, but had not been romantically involved, police said. Witnesses described Flick as Dobbie’s stalker. She had been living recently with her sons at Hope Haven Gospel Mission on Lincoln Street in Lewiston.

She was expecting to move with her sons within the week into an apartment in Farmington, Chavez said.

Flick lived at 3 Field Ave. in Auburn.

Flick spoke to detectives while at the hospital, Chavez said. Flick told them he’d had a knife and that what had made him so angry that morning “’had to do with whoever he is. Had to do it,’” Chavez said, referring to the man she had been speaking with on her phone.

Chavez testified that Flick told detectives he might have been jealous of the man Dobbie had been speaking with. Flick said he had only met him once, according to Chavez.

Chavez said surveillance video showed Flick had walked into a Dunkin’ Donuts on Main Street half an hour before he met up with Dobbie and her sons at the laundromat.

Flick’s attorney, Allan Lobozzo, asked Chavez whether Dobbie appeared to have made room for Flick near the place at the Dunkin’ Donuts counter where she and her sons were.

Chavez said that was a “reasonable” assumption.

Asked whether Dobbie had left her sons alone with Flick while she used the bathroom, Chavez said he recalled that she had.

Flick spent more than two decades in prison for fatally stabbing his wife in 1979. Court records show that he killed Sandra Flick by stabbing her 14 times at a Westbrook apartment.

AUGUSTA — A 29-year-old Augusta woman who sold cocaine directly to an undercover officer in February will spend an initial six months in jail for the offense of unlawful trafficking in cocaine base.

The remainder of the four-year sentence imposed on Katherine E. Spiller was suspended while she spends two years on probation.

Spiller pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Capital Judicial Center to the trafficking, which occurred Feb. 26, as well as separate charges of theft and unlawful possession of heroin that occurred April 12 at the Hannaford supermarket on Cony Street.

Describing the trafficking offense, Assistant Attorney General Katie Sibley said Maine Drug Enforcement Agency Officer Todd Chilton, acting under cover, contacted Jaci Beane in an attempt to purchase illegal drugs.

Beane told him to go to 10 Crosby St. Place, Augusta, Sibley said.

“Ms. Spiller exited the residence and exchanged cocaine base for pre-recorded buy money,” she said.

Beane, 24, of Farmingdale, was sentenced July 10 in the same courthouse to an initial 18 months in prison, with the remainder of the five-year term suspended while she spends two years on probation.

In the other offenses, Assistant District Attorney Tyler LeClair said Spiller was seen selecting groceries at the store and walking out without paying for them. He said she also provided a false name but was later recognized by a detective who came to the scene. A charge of failure to give correct name and illegal possession of a hypodermic were dismissed in exchange for the guilty pleas to the other charges.

LeClair said once Spiller was searched, investigators found she had white powder on her, which field-tested positive for heroin.

Conditions of Spiller’s probation prohibit her from use and possession of alcohol, illegal drugs and marijuana.

Her attorney, Stephen Bourget, said Spiller “might opt for a more intensive rehabilitation” program rather than an outpatient one.

Justice William Stokes suspended the two $400 fines that accompany the drug offenses, saying he preferred that she spend her money on treatment for substance abuse.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

A former Augusta man lost his bid to have the state’s highest court reverse a lower court suppression ruling and now will begin a four-year term of imprisonment for aggravated trafficking in heroin in Augusta in December 2015.

The remainder of the eight-year prison term of Michael L. Journet II, 39, now of South Portland, was ordered suspended while he spends four years on probation.

The state’s highest court, sitting as the Law Court, on Tuesday upheld the suppression decision in a case where Journet’s guilty plea to aggravated trafficking in heroin was conditioned on the appeals court ruling.

He has been free on bail pending that ruling.

Journet, who is African-American, claims he was a victim of racial profiling when his blue BMW sport utility vehicle was stopped Dec. 16, 2015, on Winthrop Court in Augusta. He said police had no probable cause to make an arrest without a warrant, and wanted it and his subsequent statements to police suppressed.

The prosecutor in the case, Assistant District Attorney Tyler LeClair, said the stop was based on a tip from a confidential informant that a drug dealer driving that type of vehicle would be bringing heroin to sell between 5 and 6 p.m. that night.

Journet drove onto the dead-end street about 6:40 p.m., and police stopped his vehicle.

In the original suppression decision, Superior Court Justice Lance Walker noted that along with the time and date, and type of vehicle, the tipster indicated that the dealer normally carried the heroin inside his pants,

Walker noted that a detective “observed that Mr. Journet’s pants zipper was down and his underwear was protruding outward.”

A woman passenger, who was “hysterical and screaming,” was taken to the Kennebec County jail and took from her underwear a bag containing almost 10 grams of heroin.

Journet later told police it was his heroin and he had throw it to her when they were pulled over.

The decision by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, written by Associate Justice Donald Alexander for the seven-member court, says, “(P)robable cause to arrest without a warrant exists when the facts and circumstances collectively known to the police, and of which they have reasonably trustworthy information, would warrant a prudent and cautious person to believe that the arrestee did commit or was committing a crime. … Because there was sufficient corroborated information to warrant any prudent and cautious person to believe that Journet was committing the offense of heroin trafficking, a felony, the trial court’s denial of the motion to suppress must be affirmed.”

Oral arguments in the case took place May 15.

Journet’s attorney, Leonard Sharon, said via email Tuesday that he was disappointed by the decision.

Journet was convicted in 2008 in Kennebec County of unlawful trafficking in heroin, for which he was sentenced to serve an initial 18 months of a five-year prison term.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

IN ANSON, Monday at 12:44 p.m., trespassing was reported on Pease Hill Road.

7:16 p.m., threatening was investigated on Greenleaf Road.

IN ATHENS, Monday at 12:02 p.m., a report of fraud was taken on Brighton Road.

IN BINGHAM, Monday at 2:21 p.m., an arrest was made after a disturbance on Main Street.

IN CANAAN, Tuesday at 12:11 a.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Hinckley Road.

IN CHESTERVILLE, Monday at 9:16 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Sand Pond Road.

IN CLINTON, Monday at 2:03 p.m., a civil complaint was taken on Hinckley Road.

2:13 p.m., criminal mischief was investigated on Main Street.

3:54 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Bellsqueeze Road.

5:12 p.m., a theft was investigated on Booker Lane.

IN FAIRFIELD, Monday at 11:02 a.m., threatening was reported on Summit Street.

2:21 p.m., a report of fraud was taken on Newhall Street.

2:28 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Oakland Road.

2:43 p.m., trespassing was investigated on Norridgewock Road.

6:40 p.m., a complaint was investigated on Osborne Street.

7:14 p.m., a complaint was taken on Montcalm Street.

8:39 p.m., trespassing was reported on Winter Street.

IN FARMINGTON, Monday at 12:11 p.m., a theft was reported on Perham Street.

10:16 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Titcomb Hill Road.

Tuesday at 3:16 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Seamon Road.

IN HARMONY, Monday at 1:51 p.m., a disturbance was investigated on Highland Avenue.

3:01 p.m., an assault was investigated on Highland Avenue.

IN JAY, Monday at 12:21 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on French Street.

11:25 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Church Street.

IN MADISON, Monday at 9:35 a.m., trespassing was reported on Glendale Street.

11:35 a.m., a complaint was investigated on Naomi Avenue.

11:53 a.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Winter Street.

12:50 p.m., an arrest was made on East Madison Road.

3:31 p.m., a scam complaint was investigated on Weston Avenue.

IN NEW SHARON, Monday at 12:29 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Starks Road.

9:42 a.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Cape Cod Hill Road.

IN OAKLAND, Monday at 8:42 a.m., a theft was investigated on Oak Street.

1:33 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Sawtelle Road.

IN PALMYRA, Monday at 8:01 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Hubbard Road.

IN PITTSFIELD, Monday at 3:30 p.m., a disturbance was reported on North Main Street.

3:31 p.m., a disturbance was investigated on North Main Street.

8:49 p.m., a disturbance was investigated on Industrial Park Street.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Monday at 9:10 a.m., a complaint was taken on Milburn Street.

9:12 a.m., a theft was investigated on East Madison Road.

9:55 a.m., a theft was reported on North Avenue.

12:33 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Constitution Avenue.

12:56 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Chestnut Street.

1:30 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Canaan Road.

7:01 p.m., a complaint was taken on Geralds Way.

9:10 p.m., a complaint was taken on Constitution Avenue.

9:58 p.m., vandalism was reported on Pine Street.

Tuesday at 12:33 a.m., a theft was reported on Sesame Street.

2:14 a.m., a theft was reported on Milburn Street.

7:56 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Constitution Avenue.

8:47 a.m., a person was taken to the hospital after a report of suspicious activity on Canaan Road.

IN SMITHFIELD, Monday at 3:39 p.m., a theft was reported on Village Road.

IN STRONG, Monday at 9:32 a.m., a theft was reported on Lambert Hill Road.

IN VASSALBORO, Monday at 9:44 a.m., sex offenses were investigated on Riva Ridge Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Monday at 9:57 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Waterville Commons Drive.

12:44 p.m., a report of a missing person was investigated on Western Avenue.

3:37 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Waterville Commons Drive.

3:50 p.m., a theft was investigated on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

5:12 p.m., threatening was investigated on Main Street.

6:54 p.m., an assault was reported on North Street.

7:01 p.m., suspicious activity was reported at Kennebec Savings Bank on Main Street.

7:03 p.m., a noise complaint was taken on Silver Street.

8:08 p.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Water Street.

8:14 p.m., an unwanted person was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

8:44 p.m., an accident involving an injury was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

9:57 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated at the Head of Falls on Front Street.

10:51 p.m., an unwanted person was reported at The Big Apple store on Elm Street.

Tuesday at 1:09 a.m., a domestic dispute was investigated on Summer Street.

1:26 a.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Rideout Street.

1:43 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Summer Street.

3:25 a.m., an unwanted person was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

IN WELD, Monday at 11:09 a.m., a burglary was reported on Center Hill Road.

IN WINSLOW, Monday at 12:34 p.m., a fire was reported on Pattees Pond Road.

1:04 p.m., a civil complaint was taken on China Road.

4:57 p.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Halifax Street.

9:01 p.m., a domestic dispute was investigated on Clinton Avenue.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Monday at 1:27 a.m., Kevin T. Florian, 32, of New Sharon, was arrested on a charge of domestic violence terrorizing.

2:19 a.m., Savannah R. Whittmore, 31, of Livermore Falls, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence.

5:55 p.m., Monica A. Rollins, 37, of Wilton, was arrested on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Tuesday at 3:56 p.m., Lorraine E. Hodgdon, 30, of Moscow, was arrested on a charge of assault.

8:04 p.m., Michael J. Poissonnier, 33, of Anson, was arrested as a fugitive from justice.

Tuesday at 7:22 a.m., Jenny R. Wickett, 37, of Fairfield, was arrested on a charge of violating condition of release.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 12:32 a.m., Natasha M. Nadeau, 28, of Waterville, was arrested on a warrant.

1:10 a.m., Ashley R. Blouin, 19, of Vassalboro, was arrested on a warrant and on charges of violating condition of release and operating a vehicle without a license.

SUMMONSES

IN OAKLAND, Monday at 9:45 p.m., Maximillian M. Hudson, 33, of Oakland, was summoned on a charge of operating while license suspended or revoked.

IN WATERVILLE, Monday at 10:27 p.m., Timothy G. McLaughlin, 37, was summoned on a charge of assault.

IN WINSLOW, Monday at 1:31 p.m., Nicholas C. Smith, 36, of Oakland, was summoned on a charge of operating after license suspension with one prior conviction.

An Augusta man pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court Bangor to lying to federal firearms dealers in order to obtain weapons.

He is among five people indicted last April on firearms charges. All initially entered not guilty pleas to the federal firearms violations.

Richard Quattrone, 48, of Augusta, pleaded guilty to two counts of lying to a federal firearms licensee on March 10, 2017. The indictment says he purchased a Smith & Wesson Bodyguard .380-caliber pistol from Audette’s Inc. in Winthrop. It says that Quattrone “was an unlawful user of marijuana” at the time and that he intentionally wrote down an address that was not his current one.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives prohibits the sale of firearms and ammunition to those who use marijuana because it remains illegal under federal law, even if state laws such as Maine’s permit medical and recreational marijuana use.

Quattrone is represented by attorney Christopher MacLean.

Under a plea agreement signed in June, Quattrone waived his right to appeal any imprisonment that does not exceed 18 months.

He remains free on $5,000 unsecured bond with conditions. Convictions on charges of making false statements to firearms dealers carry penalties of up to 10 years in prison.

Mark White, of Unity, and formerly of Searsmont, who also was indicted on two counts of lying to federal firearms dealers, is scheduled for a change of plea hearing Aug. 29 at U.S. District Court in Bangor.

He is accused of buying a Smith and Wesson SD40VE .40-caliber pistol on Jan. 31, 2017, from Parsons Small Engine & Gun Shop in Unity, and indicated he was the actual purchaser when he was not. The second count is similar and involves the purchase of a Glock model 9 mm pistol, again from Parsons.

The prosecution’s version of the offense says White bought the weapons for another, unidentified person who then was going to give them to someone outside Maine.

White is represented by attorney Ronald Bourget. A plea agreement in White’s case indicates he waives the right to appeal any imprisonment that does not exceed 16 months.

While he was initially free on $5,000 unsecured bond, White has been held in custody since early June pending disposition of the case. Federal authorities arrested him after he allegedly failed to appear in state court on charges of operating after suspension and attaching false plates, changed his address and failed to contact the supervising probation officer, and used cocaine.

Of the three other men charged, Steven P. Springer II pleaded guilty May 29 to two counts of making false statements to firearms dealers. He is awaiting sentencing.

Donald Henderson, 33, of Winthrop, who was charged with two counts of making false statements to a federal firearms licensee, originally was scheduled for a change of plea hearing Tuesday, but it was postponed until Sept. 24. He remains free on $5,000 unsecured bond.

Henderson’s indictment says he made false statements on Feb. 28, 2017, while buying a Smith & Wesson Bodyguard .380-caliber pistol from Audette’s Inc., located in Winthrop. It alleges he checked a box indicating he was not an unlawful user of marijuana when, in fact, he was. The allegation is repeated in the second count, which says Henderson purchased an SCCY model CPX-1, 9 mm pistol on March 2, 2017, also from Audette’s.

David O. Miles Jr., 27, of Hartland, who faces one charge of making a false statement to a federal firearms licensee, is on the trial list for September. The indictment says he bought two pistols, an SCCY CPX-1 9 mm and an SCCY CPX-2 9 mm, on March 2, 2015, from Bio-Rem Auto Sales, which is in St. Albans, and said the firearms were for him, which was untrue.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

The owner of a Brunswick senior housing complex is facing felony charges alleging financial crimes.

Amy McLellan, 61, was indicted Friday on two counts of misuse of entrusted property of a vulnerable person and theft. She owns the McLellan, an apartment complex for seniors that opened last year. Court records did not specify the value of the money or property involved, but indicate it was more than $10,000.

Few details about the case were available in the wake of the indictment, but the Brunswick Police Department confirmed it has been investigating McLellan since last year.

Amy McLellan

“I cannot say too much at this point other than we received a complaint last fall from the Financial Abuse Specialist Team at the Maine (Department of Health and Human Services) about alleged financial improprieties between McLellan and two of the residents at her elderly apartment facility in Brunswick,” Cmdr. Mark Waltz wrote in an email. “The investigation included witness interviews, execution of a search warrant and a review of financial records.”

Waltz said the department turned the results of its investigation over to the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office, which presented the case to a grand jury. He did not respond to a request for more information. A copy of the search warrant was not immediately available. A spokeswoman for Maine DHHS declined to comment on the case, citing state law about the confidentiality of adult protective records. A spokesperson for the District Attorney’s Office also declined to say more about the case.

In the indictment, McLellan is accused of misusing property entrusted to her by David Fratus, resulting in a loss of more than $10,000. She is also accused of committing theft “by obtaining or exercising unauthorized control over a business loan, property of Norway Savings Bank, of a value more than $10,000, with the intent to deprive Norway Savings Bank of the property.”

The offenses allegedly took place between April 2016 and October 2017.

McLellan, who lives in Brunswick, declined to comment Tuesday when reached by phone.

“I would love to, but I don’t think I should,” she said.

Her lawyer, Kristine Hanly, provided a statement via email Tuesday evening.

“A contract dispute arose between Mr. Fratus and Ms. McLellan,” Hanly wrote. “Through their respective attorneys, they resolved the matter in civil court to the satisfaction of both parties. Accordingly, Mr. Fratus dismissed his civil complaint against Ms. McLellan. The mortgage held by Norway Savings Bank has been paid in full. It is unclear to me why the State is expending time and resources prosecuting Ms. McLellan in a matter that is civil in nature and has already been resolved to the benefit of all parties.”

McLellan is a registered nurse with an active license from the Maine State Board of Nursing. In 2016, she purchased a former nursing home on Cumberland Street in Brunswick and renovated it to become assisted living for people 62 years and older. She obtained financing for the project through Coastal Enterprises Inc., an economic development and financing agency in Brunswick, as well as Norway Savings Bank and the Granite State Development Corp., according to a CEI blog post.

The building is now 18 apartments, in addition to an owner’s residence. Documents submitted to the Brunswick Planning Board in 2016 describe a mix of units dedicated either to independent senior living or more intense congregate care. McLellan said in a 2016 interview with the Times Record that she would be the resident nurse on the property.

Entry fees at the McLellan are between $35,000 and $85,000, with monthly fees between $2,300 and $4,500, according to its website. Additional fees might apply for a second person in the apartment or a garage space. The monthly fee includes one meal a day, as well as amenities such as a fitness center and a community garden.

A background check showed McLellan does not have any other criminal record in Maine. The two charges are Class B crimes, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. She will be arraigned Sept. 18 in Cumberland County Superior Court.

IN AUGUSTA, Tuesday at 8:19 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Northern Avenue.

8:30 a.m., theft was reported on Bond Brook Road.

10:50 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Garden Court and Civic Center Drive.

12:42 p.m., indecency was reported on Water Street.

1:30 p.m., criminal trespass was reported on Riverside Drive.

1:32 p.m., theft was reported on Winthrop Street.

2:19 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Winthrop Street.

2:36 p.m., an animal well-being check was done on Sherbrook Street.

2:46 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Civic Center Drive.

4:41 p.m., an animal well-being check was done on Sherbrook Street.

4:45 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Glen Street.

4:45 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue.

6:07 p.m., needles were recovered on Water Street.

6:16 p.m., theft was reported on Eastern Avenue.

6:34 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water Street.

7:16 p.m., property was recovered on Capitol Street.

8:27 p.m., terrorizing was reported on Middle Street.

8:57 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Civic Center Drive.

9:19 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Whitten Road.

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

10:51 p.m., criminal threatening was reported on Northern Avenue.

Wednesday at 3:04 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Canal Street.

IN MONMOUTH, Tuesday at 4:45 p.m., harassment was reported on New Street.

6:50 p.m., harassment was reported on Main Street.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA, Tuesday at 11:42 a.m., Brad Day, 43, of Augusta was arrested on charges of violating conditions of release and disorderly conduct (offensive words, gestures), on Community Drive.

SUMMONSES

IN AUGUSTA, Tuesday at 10:19 a.m., Dawna A. Whitmore, 48, of Gardiner was summonsed on two charges of negotiating a worthless instrument, on Riverside Drive.

10:52 a.m., Jeffrey A. Johnson, 59, of Augusta was summonsed on four charges of negotiating a worthless instrument, on Willow Street.

5:18 p.m., a 28-year-old Augusta man was summonsed on charges of operating while license was suspended or revoked, after a traffic stop was done on Hospital Street and Sixth Avenue.

11:03 p.m., Nicholas F. Presby, 36, of Whitefield was summonsed on a charge of motor vehicle speeding (30+ mph over speed limit), after a traffic stop was done on Eastern Avenue and Shaw Road.

In what privacy experts say is part of a disturbing trend, the investigation into a recent string of armed robberies in the Portland area involved a sweeping FBI demand for Google user location data.

The court-approved demand, first reported by Forbes magazine, would have included sensitive personal data on every Google location services user in range of two or more robberies within 30 minutes of the crimes, including innocent bystanders. Despite being served with a search warrant, Google never complied with the demand.

The top legal expert at the American Civil Liberties Union’s Maine chapter said the broad nature of the FBI’s demand creates an “enormous privacy issue.”

“Law enforcement agencies seem intent on finding new ways to use our personal data against us,” said ACLU of Maine Legal Director Zachary Heiden.

The FBI’s New England spokeswoman, Kristen Setera, said the agency could not comment on the data demand because the serial robbery case is still pending in the courts. The perpetrator has pleaded guilty but has not yet been sentenced.

The Forbes article described the demand as “unprecedented,” but prosecutors would neither confirm nor deny that characterization.

This week, an investigation by the Associated Press found that many Google services on Android devices and iPhones store users’ location data even if they’ve chosen a privacy setting that is supposed to prevent Google from doing so.

U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Donald Clark indicated that the privacy issue surrounding the FBI’s demand is moot because investigators never received the user data from Google.

“The procedure followed here was to seek a warrant from a United States District Court judge, which was obtained,” Clark said. “And at the end of the day, no information was provided. So whatever privacy issues are implicated, were not.”

SERIAL ROBBER STRIKES PORTLAND

Earlier this year, local police and the FBI were investigating more than a dozen unsolved robberies of small businesses in the Portland area that occurred in March and April over a period of less than a month, including a cluster of four in the span of just over 24 hours.

The unusual rash of robberies alarmed small-business owners and their employees. Police increased their patrols and advised people to comply with the robber’s demands rather than try to resist. Still, some business owners were frustrated and defiant, and one put a loaded gun behind his convenience store counter when the robber hit a nearby shop.

According to a search warrant signed March 30 by Maine U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock Jr., the FBI demanded that Google, the technology giant based in Mountain View, California, turn over data that would identify any person using Google location services on a mobile device near “two or more of the locations where the robberies occurred at the date and time the robberies occurred.”

Travis Card appears in court for his arraignment on April 17 in Portland. He now faces as much as 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each of 11 robberies or attempted robberies.

The warrant sought comprehensive information on each user, including “full name, physical address, telephone numbers and other identifiers, records of session times and durations, the date on which the account was created, the length of service, the IP address used to register the account, log-in IP addresses associated with session times and dates, account status, alternative email addresses provided during registration, methods of connecting, log files, and means and source of payment, including any credit or bank account number.”

The warrant also included a gag order prohibiting Google from notifying customers about the FBI’s demand for their data.

According to the search warrant return filed with the court Aug. 6, the tech giant never turned over the data.

“Google did not provide information responsive to the warrant,” it says.

Google representatives did not respond Wednesday to a request for comment on why the company did not comply with the FBI’s court-approved demand.

Heiden, the ACLU attorney, said most mobile phone users aren’t even aware that the government wants to be able to use their phones to track their locations.

“We don’t buy these phones and pay the fees to these companies so that the police can track us,” he said.

OTHER MEANS TO CATCH A SUSPECT

A man suspected of being the robber eventually was caught. Westbrook resident Travis Card, 38, pleaded guilty Aug. 2 to 11 of the 14 robberies or attempted robberies. He now faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each of the 11 crimes.

Card ultimately was identified and apprehended through other investigative methods.

Westbrook police arrested Card on William Clarke Drive on April 13 at 6:30 a.m. on his way to work. He had a family home in Windham but had been staying with his father in Westbrook. A search of the father’s apartment that day turned up a black pellet gun and a pair of work boots that matched footprints at one robbery, according to a prosecution document filed with the court.

The investigators used shoes, surveillance footage, DNA samples and other evidence to tie Card to the crimes. The prosecution document stated that Card robbed eight businesses in March and April: Riverton Gas Station in Portland on March 20; Lil’ Mart Gas Station in Falmouth on March 21; Good Things Variety in Westbrook on March 22; Express Mart in Cumberland on March 22; the Daily Grind in Westbrook on March 24; Subway in Westbrook on March 26; China Eatery in Old Orchard Beach on March 29; and Gulf Mart in Westbrook on April 6.

He left each business with sums of money ranging from $198 to $650, according to court records. The total amount stolen was nearly $3,000.

The prosecution document also states that Card attempted to rob three other businesses: China Taste in Portland on March 25; Aroma Joe’s in South Portland on March 27; and Moby Dick Variety in Old Orchard Beach on April 11. In those incidents, Card left with nothing. At China Taste, a language barrier prevented him from communicating his demands. The clerk at Aroma Joe’s locked herself in a bathroom, while an employee at Moby Dick Variety brandished a club.

During the robberies, Card brandished what appeared to be a firearm. The prosecution document identified it as a black pellet gun.

The investigation did not connect Card to similar robberies at businesses in Auburn, Topsham and Brunswick.

Heiden said it is incumbent upon companies such as Google that amass large amounts of sensitive customer data to ensure that information is protected from overly broad government searches.

The search in this case was extremely broad, he said, covering an area of about 45 hectares that encompasses much of the Portland-South Portland area.

“Having such a broad search means that more and more innocent people – people who have not done anything wrong – were going to have their personal data swept up and turned over to the government,” Heiden said.

Staff Writer Megan Doyle contributed to this report.

J. Craig Anderson can be contacted at 791-6390 or at:

canderson@pressherald.com

Twitter: jcraiganderson

PARIS — A Massachusetts woman charged with stabbing her husband in the chest at a camp in Stoneham is free on bail, police said.

Amanda Collins, 46, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was arrested on charges of Class A elevated aggravated assault and Class B aggravated assault, felonies punishable by up to 30 years and 10 years in prison, respectively.

According to an arrest affidavit by Cpl. Richard Murray of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office, he and Lt. Chancey Libby responded to a report of a stabbing at a camp on Kezar Pond Road on Aug. 7. Murray said Collins and her husband had been arguing and he grabbed her shoulders and told her to stop swearing, then let her go. She then picked up a 9.5-inch Farberware knife and stabbed him in the upper left chest.

“(The husband) said that after she stabbed him, she quickly grabbed a first aid kit and helped him tape it up and tried to stop the bleeding,” Murray wrote. “(The husband) also advised me that their daughter witnessed all of this.”

He was taken to Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway and later transported to Maine Medical Center in Portland to treat a punctured lung.

Collins was taken to the Oxford County Jail in Paris and released on $2,500 cash bail the following day. She is not to use or possess alcohol, illegal drugs, or dangerous weapons, and have no contact with her husband, except through third party for issues regarding their child.

SKOWHEGAN — A Skowhegan man pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning in court to an assault charge involving a Skowhegan police officer, arguing that he was having an epileptic seizure at the time and was not fighting back.

Meanwhile, the man’s father said they will hire an out-of-town lawyer because they think local attorneys would not give his son a fair shake.

Noah Goodridge, 20, is charged with simple assault based on a June 12 incident involving Skowhegan police Officer Ryan Blakeney, according to the charge read by District Court Judge Andrew Benson.

Goodridge’s father, Paul Goodridge, filed a complaint against the officer in June for not recognizing that his son was having an epileptic seizure at the time. He claims the officer mistakenly thought his son was high on drugs. The incident occurred outside the NAPA auto parts store in downtown Skowhegan, where Noah Goodridge had gone to fill out an employment application, Paul Goodridge said.

“I talked to the D.A. and he said something in the report about ‘pseudo seizures,'” Paul Goodridge said, adding that the report implies that the seizures were not real.

“That was wrong. It’s wrong,” Noah Goodridge added outside the courthouse following his arraignment Wednesday. “I am not guilty.”

Paul Goodridge said pseudo-seizures are as real as epileptic seizures and that his son suffers from 10 types of seizures. That’s what happened when Blakeney approached his son on June 12 he said.

“They should have sent the ambulance, not the cops, in the first place,” Paul Goodridge writes in the complaint. “Officer Blakeney evidently thought my son was on narcotics and arrested him and brought him to the hospital.”

Goodridge said his son has a documented history of epileptic seizures, with dozens of hospital visits on his medical record.

Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam said Noah Goodridge was cleared for release to police custody by the medical staff at Redington-Fairview General Hospital. He said Blakeney is a drug recognition expert, certified through the Maine Criminal Justice Academy and the National Department of Highway Safety and “recognized signs associated with individuals under the influence of drugs.”

Bucknam said this week that he has handled the complaint against his officer but that details of how it was handled are confidential and protected from the public because it is a personnel matter.

Bucknam said in June that police officers are first responders, not emergency medical technicians, and that the symptoms displayed by Noah Goodridge “were not conducive to what an average person would consider seizure.”

Paul Goodridge said that is the problem, that police officers are not trained to recognize epileptic seizures. He said he wants additional training for law enforcement officers and wants Blakeney “to be reprimanded and be held accountable for his actions in the wrongful arrest of my son, Noah.”

In his affidavit in support of probable cause for Noah Goodridge’s arrest, Blakeney wrote that he responded to a report of a medical emergency at the NAPA store at 4:19 p.m. June 12 and found Goodridge standing against a truck in the parking lot. He said the young man did not acknowledge his questions appropriately and “appeared to be under the influence of something.”

Blakeney said that when Goodridge attempted to walk past him, he positioned himself in front of him, so he was unable to walk past.

The officer wrote that Goodridge “reached out and grabbed me on top of my shoulders.” Blakeney said he pushed Goodridge’s hands away and told him not to touch him again.

Blakeney wrote that Goodridge grabbed him again by the shoulders, whereupon Blakeney used a police academy “arm bar” technique to bring him to the ground, where he was handcuffed.

Paul Goodridge said he wants to get a lawyer on the assault charge and to press charges against Blakeney. He said there is body camera footage from the police officer that shows what really happened.

“I just filled out the paperwork for a court-appointed lawyer, but I’m getting ready to talk to (a lawyer) right now … in Portland,” he said. ” … I should get a lawyer from out of town because it’s a conflict of interest — to try to go after the Police Department that these lawyers live in town with. I don’t trust them here because of the fact that they live here, they work with the Police Department, they work with the jailhouse.”

Noah Goodridge told the judge that he understood the charge against him. There is a risk of going to jail if he is convicted, the court clerk told the judge.

A dispositional hearing in the case is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Nov. 21 in Skowhegan. A trial date would be scheduled for February if the case goes that far.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com

Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

IN CAMBRIDGE, Tuesday at 12:31 p.m., mischief was reported on Andrew Ham Road.

IN CLINTON, Tuesday at 6:37 p.m., theft was reported on Main Street.

7:54 p.m., fraud or forgery was reported on Church Street.

8:16 p.m., threatening was reported on Morrison Avenue.

8:26 p.m., a fire was reported on Holt Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Tuesday at 9:34 a.m., trespassing was reported on Damascus Road.

12:44 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Gordon Place.

1:22 p.m., disturbance was reported on Norridgewock Road.

4:03 p.m., a harassment complaint was reported on Serenity Circle.

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

Wednesday at 1:35 a.m., an intoxicated person was reported on Montcalm Street.

IN FARMINGTON, Tuesday at 2:43 p.m., trespassing was reported on Maguire Street.

2:45 p.m., trespassing was reported on Maguire Street.

4:06 p.m., vandalism or criminal mischief was reported on High Street.

8:30 p.m., an unwanted person was reported on Academy Street.

IN JAY, Tuesday at 12:31 p.m., trespassing was reported on Bridge Street.

3:05 p.m., threatening was reported on Intervale Road.

4:15 p.m., theft was reported on Main Street.

IN MADISON, Tuesday at 2:29 p.m., an arrest was made on East Madison Road.

4:39 p.m., trespassing was reported on Main Street.

7:36 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Shusta Road.

IN OAKLAND, Tuesday at 11:57 a.m., criminal mischief was reported at Brickett Point Estates.

8:02 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

8:17 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

IN RIPLEY, Tuesday at 9:20 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Main Street.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Tuesday at 9:12 a.m., hazardous materials were reported on Madison Avenue.

9:17 a.m., a motor vehicle burglary was reported on Water Street.

9:39 a.m., a harassment complaint was reported on South Factory Street.

11:18 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Madison Avenue.

1:58 p.m., theft was reported on Waterville Road.

4:24 p.m., a vehicle fire was reported on North Avenue.

6:03 p.m., disturbance was reported on Waterville Road.

8:53 p.m., downed wires were reported on Beech Street.

IN ST. ALBANS, Tuesday at 5:05 p.m., theft was reported on Main Street.

IN STRONG, Tuesday at 3:28 p.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Pond Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 7:14 a.m., an unwanted person was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

8:30 a.m., burglary of a motor vehicle was reported on North Street.

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

10:03 a.m., a drug offense was reported on Drummond Avenue.

10:06 a.m., an unwanted person was reported on Main Street.

12:51 p.m., theft was reported on Water Street.

2:26 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Main Street.

2:33 p.m., theft was reported on King Street.

3:44 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Water Street.

3:48 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Waterville Commons Drive.

5:25 p.m., an intoxicated person was reported on Water Street.

7:20 p.m., harassment was reported on Main Street.

8:04 p.m., a noise complaint was reported on Silver Street.

8:09 p.m., harassment was reported on Elm Street.

8:26 p.m., a traffic stop led to an arrest on Elm Street.

9:39 p.m., suspicious activity was reported in The Concourse.

10:54 p.m., disturbance was reported on Redington Street.

Wednesday at 1 a.m., threatening was reported on Elm Street.

1:38 a.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Park Street.

IN WINSLOW, Tuesday at 8:13 a.m., theft was reported on Millennium Drive.

Wednesday at 3:34 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Bay Street.

ARREST

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 8:38 p.m., Mark Harris, 44, of Skowhegan, was arrested on charges of operating after habitual offender revocation, with a prior conviction, and being a fugitive from justice.

FARMINGTON — Police are using a new tactic to try and make motor vehicle drivers and the public aware of the dangers of distracted driving.

Drivers whose vehicles were driving by or stopped at the traffic lights at the intersection of Main Street, Farmington Falls Road and the Park and Ride on Tuesday morning probably did not know they were being watched from above.

Farmington police Sgt. Edward Hastings IV sat in the cab of a parked camouflage-colored Freightliner tractor looking down at vehicles to see if drivers were violating the state’s distracted driving laws.

If he saw a driver in violation of the law, which includes texting, scrolling through Facebook or emails, or using a handheld device and being distracted, while in the vehicle on the public way, he alerted an officer in a nearby cruiser.

That officer then went after the offending motorist. The driver would be given either a warning or a ticket, police Chief Jack Peck said Wednesday.

“We are trying to get more voluntary compliance with the distracted driving laws and trying to make the public aware of the dangers of distracted driving,” he said.

It was the first distracted driving detail using the multi-wheeled tractor cab the department acquired through the federal Defense Logistics Agency’s Law Enforcement Support Office. The truck didn’t cost anything, Peck said. The only cost was police driving to New Jersey and driving it back to Farmington.

The distracted driving details are funded by a grant from the Maine Bureau of Public Safety, Peck said.

In the four-hour detail on Tuesday, there were 10 violations, he said.

There will be other distracted driving enforcement details, not scheduled as of Wednesday.

Hastings was the lead officer in the distracted driving detail on Main Street. He is also the Law Enforcement Support Office coordinator for the department.

Eventually, when the town gets the money, the tractor used for the detail will be converted into a dump truck with a plow. It will be used for plowing and distracted driving details.

A second truck acquired through the military surplus program already has been converted into a dump truck and painted to match Farmington Public Works Department’s fleet. Farmington selectmen approved Peck’s proposal in February to spend $65,000 from the Public Works Equipment Reserve Account to convert a Freightliner 10-wheeler into a plow truck.

Under the state’s distracted driving laws, it is illegal to operate a motor vehicle while engaged in an activity:

• That is not necessary to the operation of the vehicle.

• That actually impairs or would reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the person to safely operate the vehicle.

It is also illegal for a person who has not attained 18 years of age to operate a motor vehicle while using a mobile telephone or hand-held electronic device. This means that a driver of a motor vehicle who is under 18 cannot manipulate, talk into or interact with a mobile telephone or handheld electronic device, according to the state Bureau of Highway Safety.

The state describes the definition of “operate” as driving a motor vehicle on a public way with the motor running, including while temporarily stationary because of traffic, a traffic light or a stop sign or otherwise stationary. “Operate” does not include driving a motor vehicle with or without the motor running when the operator has pulled the motor vehicle over to the side of, or off, a public way and has halted in a location where the motor vehicle can safely remain stationary, according to the state website.

The Maine supreme court has upheld a Skowhegan teenager’s commitment to a youth detention center in South Portland, but the court’s chief justice issued a scathing opinion calling the lack of sentencing options in the state’s youth justice system a tragedy.

The juvenile, referred to in court records as J.R., will remain held at Long Creek Youth Development Center until his 18th birthday in March, according to the court’s opinion issued Tuesday.

Chief Justice Leigh Saufley authored a side opinion, supported by two other justices, criticizing the fact that courts had only two options for addressing J.R.’s criminal behavior – probation or incarceration.

Saufley acknowledged that the youth’s behavior was “spiraling out of control” and that he was likely to commit more serious crimes, “possibly harming other members of the public and certainly harming his own potential.”

“Nonetheless, the fact that the court was left with two stark alternatives – probation, which would almost certainly fail, or incarceration, which has its own substantial negative repercussions – is a tragedy,” Saufley wrote. “While the lack of alternatives available today may not be directly contrary to the strictures of Maine law or the Constitutions, we can and must do better for Maine’s youth.

“The lack of alternatives available to the court, to the youth and to his family, and to the attorneys attempting to carry out the Legislature’s mandate for rehabilitation of a youth who is out of control, is both shortsighted and fraught with potential long-term consequences,” she added.

Saufley said the state must find alternatives, which could include behavioral modification programs, residential treatment facilities, enhanced mental health treatment services and group homes with structure and oversight.

According to court records, the crimes J.R. committed were mostly property related, including taking possession of a stolen scooter and stealing marijuana and money from his brother, but he also destroyed windows, doors and surveillance cameras at a local public school, causing more than $2,000 in damage.

Between November 2016 and June 2017, J.R. rejected counseling and missed scheduled court dates.

J.R. admitted to criminal mischief and theft charges. The District Court in Skowhegan sentenced him to Long Creek for a period not to exceed his 18th birthday.

He began serving his sentence in October 2017 when he was 16.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court said in its decision that while the courts try to focus on the rehabilitation of juveniles and to keep them as close to their families as possible, “J.R. asserts that commitment to Long Creek is not rehabilitative, but punitive.”

J.R. was represented in the Law Court proceedings by Portland-based defense attorney Tina Heather Nadeau.

“Long Creek is not a good place for children to be,” Nadeau said in an interview Wednesday. Her client is now 17. “He is not doing well there.”

She declined to elaborate on what she meant, citing client confidentiality.

“Given the crimes he admitted to, he was not a threat to public safety,” Nadeau added.

Nadeau said she is worried about J.R.’s mental and emotional health.

“You can’t forget that he is being held with kids who have committed murder,” she said. “He doesn’t have a violent bone in his body.”

Nadeau said she was disappointed with the Law Court’s ruling she is encouraged by Saufley’s opinion, which was supported by Associate Justices Ellen Gorman and Joseph Jabar.

“I’m encouraged that the Law Court and youth incarceration is now on the radar of the judiciary,” Nadeau said. “Getting the ear of the chief justice of the Maine Supreme Court is no small feat.”

Dennis Hoey can be contacted at 791-6365 or at:

dhoey@pressherald.com

IN ANSON, Wednesday at 11:57 a.m., breaking and entering was investigated on Valley Road.

4:52 p.m., a scam complaint was taken on New Portland Road.

IN CANAAN, Wednesday at 10:42 p.m., a theft was investigated on East Street.

IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Wednesday at 7:56 p.m., a noise complaint was taken on Campbell Field.

IN CHINA, Thursday at 1:32 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Route 3.

IN CLINTON, Wednesday at 7:20 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Pleasant Street.

IN CORNVILLE, Wednesday at 6:19 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Spurwink Lane.

7:41 p.m., a theft was reported on East Ridge Road.

9:44 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Molunkus Road.

IN DETROIT, Wednesday at 11:29 a.m., a scam complaint was investigated on Main Street.

3:39 p.m., an arrest was made after a vehicle complaint on North Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 11:37 a.m., trespassing was reported on Martin Stream Road.

5:41 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

8:11 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Kennebec Street.

8:17 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Pirate Lane.

IN FARMINGTON, Wednesday at 2:59 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Wilton Road.

3:04 p.m., a traffic accident involving injuries was reported on Main Street.

4:29 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Farmington Falls Road.

5:20 p.m., a report of a missing person was taken on Belcher Road.

6:53 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Oakes Street.

6:45 p.m., a theft was reported on Moore Avenue.

9:38 p.m., an assault was reported on Main Street.

9:40 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

11:02 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Wilton Road.

11:26 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Perham Street.

IN HARMONY, Wednesday at 9:58 a.m., suspicious activity was investigated on South Road.

IN HARTLAND, Thursday at 8:27 a.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Blake Street.

IN JAY, Wednesday at 10:45 p.m., an assault was reported on Old Jay Hill Road.

12:36 p.m., a disturbance was reported on BJ’s Lane.

5:07 p.m., a traffic accident involving injuries was reported on Franklin Road.

8:37 p.m., a traffic accident involving injuries was reported on Old Jay Hill Road.

Thursday at 6:02 a.m., trespassing was reported on Church Street.

IN KINGFIELD, Wednesday at 2:05 p.m., a fire and smoke investigation was conducted on High Street.

IN MADISON, Wednesday at 12:49 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Main Street.

5:02 p.m., a burglary of a motor vehicle was reported on Oak Street.

6:30 p.m., a civil complaint was taken on Lakewood Road.

8:18 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Preble Avenue.

8:32 p.m., a civil complaint was taken on River Road.

IN MERCER, Wednesday at 4:45 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on West Sandy River Road.

IN MOSCOW, Wednesday at 12:27 p.m., a scam complaint was investigated on Stream Road.

IN NEW PORTLAND, Wednesday at 8:32 p.m., a civil complaint was taken on Long Falls Dam Road.

IN NEW SHARON, Wednesday at 3:21 p.m., a fire and smoke investigation was conducted on Farmington Falls Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Wednesday at 10:01 a.m., littering was reported on Upper Main Street.

6:54 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Frederick Corner Road.

IN OAKLAND, Wednesday at 6:33 a.m., a theft was reported on Pleasant Street.

7:18 a.m., threatening was reported on Water Street.

6:10 p.m., criminal trespassing was investigated on Sawtelle Road.

IN PALMYRA, Wednesday at 4:22 p.m., an arrest was made following suspicious activity on Main Street.

IN PITTSFIELD, Wednesday at 1:59 p.m., threatening was investigated on Somerset Avenue.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Wednesday at 9:07 a.m., a disturbance was investigated on Dinsmore Street.

10:12 a.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Grant Lane.

10:28 a.m., a civil complaint was investigated on Lexie Lane.

11:47 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Canaan Road.

3:26 p.m., a warning was issued after a report of disorderly conduct.

4:49 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Fairgrounds Market Place.

6:55 p.m., a theft was reported on South Street.

7:59 p.m., trespassing was reported on Oak Street.

10:19 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Waterville Road.

Thursday at 2:10 a.m., an arrest was made after a disturbance on Milburn Street.

IN SOLON, Wednesday at 6:20 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on North Main Street.

IN ST. ALBANS, Wednesday at 12:10 p.m., a theft was investigated on Ripley Road.

8:14 p.m., a vehicle theft was reported on Dexter Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 9:38 a.m., a disturbance was investigated on Carey Lane.

9:49 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Silver Street.

10:07 a.m., an accident involving an injury was reported on Interstate 95.

10:35 a.m., an assault was reported on Front Place.

11:04 a.m., criminal mischief was investigated on Gilman Street.

11:19 p.m., threatening was investigated on Roosevelt Avenue.

12:16 p.m., threatening was reported on Chaplin Street.

1 p.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Wilson Street.

1:24 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on JFK Plaza.

3:24 p.m., a theft was investigated on Silver Street.

3:27 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Waterville Commons Drive.

4:40 p.m., a theft was investigated on Ash Street.

4:46 p.m., criminal trespassing was reported on West River Road.

5:22 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

6:02 p.m., an assault was reported on Water Street.

7:43 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Chase Avenue.

9:02 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on College Avenue.

10:06 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Poolers Park Way.

11:30 p.m., criminal trespassing was reported at Walmart on Waterville Commons Drive.

IN WELD, Wednesday at 1:38 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Hardy Road.

IN WILTON, Wednesday at 8:46 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Prospect Street.

IN WINSLOW, Wednesday at 11:39 a.m., a civil complaint was taken on Clinton Avenue.

10:46 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Bolduc Avenue.

ARRESTS

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Wednesday at 9:40 a.m., Jake Hasseltine, 27, of Old Town, was arrested on a charge of probation revocation.

2:50 p.m., Reynold J. Thibodeau, 31, of Skowhegan, was arrested on three warrants for failure to appear.

5:03 p.m., Amanda K. Fornet, 29, of Skowhegan, was arrested on a charge of operating after suspension.

5:48 p.m., Rachel St. Michael, 20, of Pittsfield, was arrested on charges of operating under the influence, unlawful possession of a scheduled drug and being a minor in possession of liquor.

Thursday at 4:08 a.m., Stephanie A. Freeman, 29, of Skowhegan, was arrested on charges of misuse of 911 system and violating condition of release.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 8:11 p.m., Allen P. Nutt, 36, of Waterville, was arrested on a warrant.

Thursday at 12:03 a.m., Ryan T. Dyer, 32, of Waterville, was arrested on a warrant.

IN WINSLOW, Wednesday at 1:41 p.m., Michael D. Stewart Jr., 19, of Winslow, was arrested on charges of criminal mischief and two counts of domestic violence assault.

Thursday at 12:15 a.m., Roland J. Peters, 61, of Winslow, was arrested on charges of operating vehicle without a license and operating under the influence with two prior convictions.

IN AUGUSTA, Wednesday at 7:46 a.m., property was recovered on Civic Center Drive.

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

9:57 a.m., property was recovered on Union Street.

10:38 a.m., gross sexual assault was reported by a caller at an unidentified location.

11:50 a.m., theft was reported on Green Street.

1:06 p.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Civic Center Drive.

1:24 p.m., theft was reported on Gray Birch Drive.

1:32 p.m., theft of a motor vehicle was reported on Airport Road.

2:33 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Enterprise Drive.

3:24 p.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Lamson Road.

3:56 p.m., a well-being check was done on Civic Center Drive.

4:13 p.m., a dog bite was reported on Spring Road.

4:43 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on North Street.

4:51 p.m., harassment was reported on Whitten Road.

5:28 p.m., a well-being check was done on Mount Vernon Avenue and Bond Brook Road.

5:30 p.m., theft was reported on Civic Center Drive.

5:43 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Cony Street.

6:33 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Eastern Avenue.

6:34 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Howard Street.

6:44 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Union Street.

7:30 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Mayflower Road.

9:40 p.m., terrorizing was reported on Washington Street.

9:55 p.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported on Arsenal and Spruce streets.

10:28 p.m., theft was reported on Northern Avenue.

Thursday at 4:20 a.m. criminal mischief was reported on Pleasant Street.

IN CHELSEA, Wednesday at 8:22 a.m., trespassing was reported on River Road.

IN WINTHROP, Wednesday at 7:46 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Main Street.

8:30 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Main Street.

8:36 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Greenwood Avenue.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA, Wednesday at 5:55 a.m., Michael Smith, 40, of Augusta, was arrested on a warrant and a charge of operating while license was suspended or revoked, during a traffic stop on North Belfast Avenue.

Thursday at 1:38 a.m., Sarah D. Costa, 38, of Augusta, was arrested on a warrant, after a disturbance was reported on Bangor Street.

SUMMONS

IN AUGUSTA, Wednesday at 7 p.m., a 22-year-old man from Franconia, New Hampshire was summoned on a charge of operating while license was suspended or revoked, during a traffic stop on Cony Street.