AUGUSTA

Monday at 9:04 a.m., a past burglary was reported on Sanford Road.

9:46 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Quimby Street.

1:44 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Civic Center Drive.

1:59 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Patterson Street.

2:30 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Route 3 West.

2:50 p.m., traffic light problems were reported on Community Drive and Civic Center Drive.

3:02 p.m., harassment was reported on Patterson Street.

3:46 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Washington Street.

4:00 p.m., a well-being check was reported on Western Avenue.

4:55 p.m., harassment was reported on Eastern Avenue.

4:55 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water Street.

5:12 p.m., traffic light problems were reported on Community Drive.

5:43 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Arsenal Street.

6:03 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Water Street.

8:23 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Drew Street.

8:31 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on East Chestnut Street.

8:38 p.m., drug offenses were reported on Hope Way.

8:40 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on North Street.

8:57 p.m., criminal trespass was reported on Water Street.

9:07 p.m., simple assault was reported on Water Street.

11:00 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Chapel Street.

Tuesday at 5:55 a.m., theft was reported on Green Street.

8:19 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Hospital Street.

8:24 a.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on York Street.

HALLOWELL

Monday at 3:19 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Beacon Road.

MONMOUTH

Monday at 11:11 a.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Fish Hatchery Road.

WHITEFIELD

Friday at an unidentified time, criminal mischief was reported on Grand Army Road.

WINDSOR

Monday at 11:02 p.m., theft was reported on South Belfast Road.

WINTHROP

Monday at 12:40 p.m., trespassing was reported on Fairway Lane.

3:16 p.m., trespassing was reported on Main Street.

7:55 p.m., harassment was reported on Fairway Lane.

A Benton resident was scammed by someone who called and demanded that the call recipient pay $1,000 in iTunes gift cards to avoid being arrested for nonpayment of taxes, Kennebec County Sheriff Ryan Reardon said Tuesday.

“Unfortunately this is a scam that has been attempted several times,” Reardon said in a news release. He said if the scam perpetrators were caught, they would be charged with theft by deception.

Reardon said the caller told the female victim he was a deputy sheriff and that there was a warrant out on the woman — whom Reardon didn’t identify — for not paying taxes. The caller told the woman to call a number provided to resolve the situation. When the victim called the number, she was told to go to the nearest Family Dollar or CVS store and get $1,000 worth of iTunes gift cards. The victim was to call back with the gift card numbers.

Once the Benton resident did that, the scammer pressured her to provide more money, Reardon said. The victim refused because she did not have the money; and after asking a few questions, she realized it was a scam and contacted police.

Reardon said the sheriff’s office would not ask for money in the form of an iTunes gift card “or other similar ways.”

“Law enforcement does not barter away arrest warrants,” he said. “A warrant is an order from a judge or court to take into custody a person after satisfying probable cause that a crime was committed.”

Reardon said people shouldn’t comply “with any request such as this that originates over the phone.” He said if someone was arrested on a warrant “in most cases, law enforcement will be there in person to take the person into custody.”

In Benton, as in most of the state’s municipalities, failure to pay local property taxes results in a lien on the property.

If people have not paid federal or state taxes, they will be contacted by the Internal Revenue Service or Maine Revenue Services, both sites say on their websites. The IRS goes through a long administrative process before referring a delinquent taxpayer for criminal prosecution, according to tax.findlaw.com.

“Because the United States tax system is based on taxpayers willingly honoring their obligations, the IRS does what it can to encourage nonfilers to voluntarily come forward after a period of not paying taxes,” the website says. “Part of this strategy includes taking a voluntary disclosure into consideration when determining whether to criminally prosecute, negotiating payment installment plans, and reducing tax liability for certain needy individuals.”

AUGUSTA — City police are starting to get a clearer picture of the people directly involved with a shooting Sunday in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart store in Augusta.

And while drugs found with two of the people involved resulted in charges for aggravated trafficking and furnishing drugs, police say the fight that broke out was over money.

“Based on our investigation so far,” Augusta police Lt. Chris Massey said, “we know it was over money and that someone had someone else’s EBT card.”

EBT, or Electronic Benefit Transfer, cards work like debit cards and are used to distribute food supplement benefits to those who qualify.

The question of the identity of the two of the people arrested in connection with the shooting, Kweasia “Reggie” McBride and Frankie Dejesus, hinges on the results of a fingerprint match.

“We are getting pretty close to finding out who they are. There’s some play on names, when the first name (given) is the middle name,” Massey said.

Results are expected within a couple of days.

The four charged in connection with the shooting are:

• McBride, 45, of Harlem, New York, charged with reckless conduct with a firearm, class C, and aggravated trafficking in drugs (heroin), class B. His bail was set at $50,000.

• Dejesus, 27, of Rochester, New York, charged with reckless conduct with a firearm, class C, and aggravated assault, class B. His bail was set at $25,000.

• Diana Davis, 28, of Rochester, New York, charged with aggravated assault, class B. Her bail was set at $5,000.

• Samantha Tupper, 24, of Augusta, charged with probation violation and furnishing drugs (heroin), class B. She is being held without bail and is expected to make her first court appearance later this week.

Sunday’s altercation was broken up by two legally armed bystanders, Daniel Chavanne, a truck driver for Linda Bean’s Perfect Maine, and a second man whose identity has not been disclosed.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency issued its 2016 National Heroin Threat Assessment Study. The report states that heroin availability is increasing throughout the nation and availability levels are highest in the Northeast and the Midwest. In the last five years, heroin seizures across the United States have increased 80 percent, and traffickers are transporting the drug in larger amounts. The heroin tends to be higher in purity and lower in price.

“All the communities and towns are affected by heroin in Maine,” Massey said. While the drugs end up here, they are funneled into Maine from a variety of places.

“When I worked for the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, the heroin came from Massachusetts,” Massey said.

Its popularity waned and then started increasing again and the sources shifted.

“Some came from Pennsylvania, then a certain area of the Bronx in New York, and now from Rochester,” he said. “How that happens, I would say is generally by word of mouth. Someone has a family member who says (drugs) are really wanted here. So someone who lives in the Bronx has a cousin who lives in Rochester who will sell drugs here.”

Usually, he said, there are connections among dealers. They might be related or come from the same neighborhood.

“It takes a long time to sort that out,” he said.

The economics of selling heroin in Maine makes the trade profitable, he said. In New York, dealers might get $2 to $3 for a bag of heroin, but here they might get $25 to $30.

The battle played itself out in a very public place, the parking lot in front of Wal-Mart.

An affidavit by Augusta police Detective Brian Wastella filed with the court said “money being owed between parties” was at the heart of the dispute. After two cars — a Ford Taurus and a silver Volkswagen — pulled up next to each other, everyone in the vehicles got out. An argument ensued.

McBride said Tupper and he got back into the Taurus when “he observed Dejesus point a handgun out the driver’s side of his vehicle at him. McBride stated in fear of being shot, McBride drew his handgun and began firing at Dejesus,” Wastella wrote. Dejesus told police McBride pulled the gun first and began shooting, so Dejesus began firing back.

Wastella said McBride got out of the car once the shooting stopped and began fighting with Dejesus and Davis, with the two beating on McBride. Tupper told police Dejesus hit McBride with the butt of a gun while Davis held him.

Dejesus told police he and Davis fought with McBride in self-defense, Wastella wrote.

Bystander Daniel Chavanne walked over to the nearby scene of the shooting and dispute, showed his Glock 42 pistol, announced he was armed and told those fighting to get down on the ground.

He kicked one of the guns away from a man on the ground and held it down with his foot.

Two other shoppers who were there Sunday, Mike and Karen Tehan, of Winthrop, had a close-up view of the aftermath of the shooting. They were looking for a new coffee maker Sunday when they said store associates ushered them toward the back of the store and held them there until the all-clear notice was issued. When they went outside, they found their car inside the police tape that marked out the crime scene. Police officers had asked them to wait while the investigation was underway.

“So much for our evening at home watching a romantic movie,” Karen Tehan said following the incident.

Wal-Mart, whose stores have been the site of shootings, has an emergency plan in place.

“This day and age, having a response plan for emergencies is an important part of any business’s security planning,” company spokeswoman Leslee Wright said. “This is the case for Wal-Mart wherever we operate.”

The company has resources in place to deal with a wide range of scenarios, from natural disasters to criminal activity.

Immediately after the shooting, she said, associates secured the store and moved customers to a safe location. They also moved customers outside the building to a safe location until the Augusta police arrived and secured the area.

Jessica Lowell — 621-5632

jlowell@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @JLowellKJ

Chelsea contractor Marshall Swan, serving a 33-month federal sentence for falsifying five years’ worth of tax returns, will be heading home soon.

Kennebec County Sheriff Ryan Reardon said Tuesday that his office was notified that Swan, 59, will be released on home confinement beginning July 15 and running until Oct. 22.

Earlier this year, the federal judge who presided at Swan’s trial rejected a bid by Swan to get his sentence reduced. Swan was sentenced in June 2014 to 33 months in prison on each of the five counts of falsifying income tax returns and failing to report some $650,000 in income. The offenses occurred in the years 2006 through 2010.

The terms were all to be concurrent, as was a year of supervised release on each.

Reardon said the notification came from the U.S. Department of Justice, and he contacted the Chelsea town manager to let him know about the development.

Reardon said Swan will be monitored while he is on home confinement.

Swan remains a Bureau of Prisons inmate until his release date on Oct. 22 and on a federal location monitoring program until that time.

Karen-Lee Moody, chief of the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services for the District of Maine, which administers the Bureau of Prisons electronic monitoring program, said individuals on it are allowed to work for themselves or an employer, attend medical appointments and religious services, get treatment if required, and pursue normal life activities, including grocery shopping.

“They are not allowed to work more than 60 hours a week, and they get one hour of leisure time a day,” she said.

“All activities have to be approved by us,” she added. “We need to know what people are doing.”

Swan will have to pay for the monitoring program. Moody said the costs vary — starting at $56.70 a month — depending on the type of location monitoring being used.

On Tuesday, Moody said one person in Maine was currently on that program; 13 other people are on other location monitoring programs.

Based on Swan’s request for early release, it is likely he will return to the family construction business, now operated by his older son with help from Swan’s younger son.

“However, the nature of the business was work for clients based on my personal relationships over many years,” Swan wrote in an affidavit dated Jan. 7, 2016. “In my absence the business has suffered over the loss of the personal contacts and relationship. I appreciate that any reduction in sentence will not be significant. However, any extra time home that will allow me (to) return to and save the family business might make a difference.”

Swan has served his sentence in the Federal Medical Center in Devens, Massachusetts. He was convicted in October 2013, on the third day of his jury trial.

He remained free while a pre-sentencing investigation was taking place.

At the trial, the prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Clark, told jurors that Swan underreported $650,000 in tax years 2006-2010.

“This was not a rounding error,” Clark said. “This was a sustained effort over five years to report 80 percent of his income. In three years, 1 of 3 dollars was not reported on his income tax.”

Clark said Swan reported earning $2.4 million over that five-year period but paid no income tax until 2010, when he paid about $2,000.

“In 2008, he qualified for the earned income tax credit, which is for poor people,” Clark said. “This is not a family that qualified for the earned income tax credit in 2008.”

Swan’s wife, former longtime Chelsea Selectwoman Carole Swan, now 58, was convicted of the same offenses in July 2013 as well as on two charges of defrauding the federal workers’ compensation program.

Carole Swan also was convicted Sept. 17, 2013, in a separate jury trial of three counts of extortion for using her position as a selectwoman to seek kickbacks from Frank Monroe, who held the contract to plow and sand Chelsea’s roads. She was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison, and her release date is Dec. 6, 2020, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. She is being held at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut.

The Swans were to be tried together on the tax fraud charges until Carole Swan’s attorney indicated that part of her defense was that she was subjected to domestic abuse by her husband that affected her behavior and decision-making. U.S. District Court Judge John A. Woodcock Jr. then agreed to separate the trials.

Marshall Swan’s attorney, Walter McKee, said Carole Swan did all the office work and bookkeeping and was responsible for providing all the tax information to the preparer. McKee said Marshal Swan was in the field on an excavator and didn’t track all the income he earned.

Later, Swan paid the $145,000 in back taxes he and his wife owed, plus his $40,000 fine and $500 in court assessments.

In fact, the couple paid all criminal fines and restitution, totaling more than $400,000.

While it was not clear where all the money came from, part of it came from the sale of the Swans’ single-family home on J&J Lane in Chelsea, which sold on Sept. 23, 2013, for $275,000.

The Swans converted into living quarters the second floor of a nearby garage Marshall Swan had used for excavating equipment. Also, at his sentencing hearing, Marshall Swan told the judge he was selling assets and working as much as possible to pay debts and restitution.

“I sold a lot of equipment and trucks when I knew I had tax issues and bills to pay,” Marshall Swan testified that day, saying he received $225,000 to $250,000 for loaders, an excavator, skid steers and a screener.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

AUGUSTA — A Manhattan man was ordered to serve 23 months in prison Tuesday for unlawful trafficking in cocaine base.

Tymell R. Waters, 31, pleaded guilty to the charge at the Capital Judicial Center. A second charge, aggravated trafficking in heroin, was dismissed in exchange for that plea.

Waters was one of seven people arrested Nov. 2, 2013, in a drug bust at two locations: an apartment on Gage Street and a room at the Senator Inn & Spa on Western Avenue.

The raid followed an investigation of several months into the sale and distribution of heroin and crack cocaine, according to an affidavit filed in court by Brian Wastella, an Augusta police officer working with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.

At the time, Deputy Chief Jared Mills, of the Augusta police, said the bust was “one of the most significant” in the recent past.

“We believe this was a large supplier within our area,” Mills said.

Waters was found with five other people inside a hotel room, and agents reported seizing a solid white substance later determined to be 108 grams of crack cocaine, 66 grams of a substance suspected to be heroin, and a half-pound of marijuana, as well as two firearms.

One of the others arrested with Waters, Frederick Rogers, 32, of Queens, New York, pleaded guilty earlier this month to a charge of unlawful trafficking in cocaine and was sentenced to two years in prison.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

SKOWHEGAN — A Skowhegan man was arrested Tuesday afternoon on charges of attempted robbery and attempted theft after he allegedly tried on Monday to enter Stony Brook Market on U.S. Route 2, also called Canaan Road, armed with a toy gun, hooded and wearing a mask.

Police said he intended to rob the store to buy drugs.

Joshua Jason Johnson, 28, was booked just after 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Somerset County Jail in East Madison on charges of criminal attempted robbery and criminal attempted theft.

He was being held late Tuesday in lieu of $5,000 cash bail.

Skowhegan police Chief Donald Bolduc said police received a report of the attempted robbery on Monday. He said the store clerk reported a man wearing a mask and a hooded sweatshirt approaching the store about 8 p.m. The clerk, aware that the man was concealing his face, “locked the door out of fear she was about to be robbed,” Bolduc said.

Detective Kaitlyn Treylino, Officer Tim Williams and Sgt. Don Avery responded to the call. A witness was able to provide police with a name of the man, according to Bolduc. The would-be robber didn’t have a chance to display the toy gun because the store was locked, police said.

Detective Sgt. Joshua King conducted interviews and, after speaking with the witness, was able to identify the suspect as Johnson.

While gathering evidence, police learned that a man had flagged down a state trooper in Solon, telling the trooper that the man who had tried to rob the store was at his home in that town.

King spoke to Johnson, who confessed to trying to rob the store, and he was taken into custody in Solon.

“It was learned that the male had a toy gun he had planned to use to rob the store to acquire money for drugs,” Bolduc said in an email.

The charge of criminal attempted robbery is a class C felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and up to $5,000 in fines. Criminal attempted theft is a misdemeanor.

The Skowhegan Police Department received assistance in the investigation from the Maine State Police and Somerset County Sheriff’s Office, according to Bolduc.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com

Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

AUGUSTA — Authorities have identified one of those arrested Sunday following an altercation in which gunshots were exchanged in the Wal-Mart parking lot as a person with “a lengthy criminal history” with aliases in three states, according to an affidavit filed Wednesday at the Capital Judicial Center.

A prosecutor confirmed that a second man had identified himself correctly to police and jail authorities.

The man who gave the name of Kweasia “Reggie” McBride, 45, of Harlem, on Sunday and Monday has since been identified as Reginald L. McBride, 38, of New York City, through the National Crime Information Center database, according to authorities.

The state, through Deputy District Attorney Paul Cavanaugh, sought to correct the name on the criminal complaint filed Monday, which charges McBride with aggravated trafficking in heroin and reckless conduct with a firearm.

The court filing says, “At the time the defendant was arrested he possessed a New York State benefit card bearing the name Reginald McBride.” The birth date on it was different from the original one the jail said McBride provided.

McBride went before a judge again Wednesday at the Capital Judicial Center via video link from the Kennebec County jail to hear the amended complaint. McBride also was told of two new charges against him, both charging aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs.

That complaint lists 12 aliases for McBride: Reginald Lamont McBride, Reginald Lamonte McBride, Reginald Lamonte McBride Jr., Reginald L. McBride, Manny McBride, Reggie McBride, Benjamin McBride, Kweisha McBride, Reginald Washington, Anthony Walker, Reggie and Sonny.

McBride was one of four people arrested Sunday night after an altercation in the parking lot at the store in the Marketplace at Augusta, just off Civic Center Drive.

Investigators say the dispute was about money owed by some of the people involved and that it was apparently drug-related.

McBride was the only one wounded, and not by bullets, but by the butt of a gun during a fight that ensued after the four shots were fired and people got out of the two vehicles that had been parked side by side.

The incident ended after two legally armed bystanders intervened.

McBride, who left the scene, was arrested shortly afterward on Mayflower Road in Augusta.

At McBride’s first court hearing, held Monday, Cavanaugh told the judge authorities had doubts about the name, Social Security number and date of birth that McBride had provided.

“As I stand here today, I don’t know that this person is who he says he is,” Cavanaugh said in court, adding that results from fingerprints taken at the jail were being sent to the national database.

The affidavit by Kelly Hooper, a special agent with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, indicates police had suspected McBride of dealing drugs in the area for several months.

It says he sold a gram of cocaine on March 1 for $100 from an apartment on Northern Avenue; and sold a gram of heroin for $200 on April 6 at a store in Gardiner.

The transactions were “controlled drug purchases,” Hooper wrote.

The national identification center indicated that McBride used aliases and Social Security numbers from Virginia, New York and Maryland.

The affidavit was part of the information submitted to support the newer charges of aggravated trafficking against McBride. They indicate that he was convicted on Oct. 25, 1996, in Fairfax County (Virginia) Circuit Court of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute.

On Monday, McBride was ordered held in lieu of $50,000 bail on charges of aggravated trafficking in heroin and reckless conduct with a firearm, all in connection with Sunday’s events.

Police said they found a 42-gram block of heroin on McBride when they searched him.

Samantha Tupper, a 24-year-old Augusta woman arrested with McBride, is being held on a charge of violating probation and a new charge of furnishing heroin, is likely to be in front of a judge on Friday.

On Wednesday, Justice Robert Mullen ordered McBride held on an additional $50,000 bail on the new trafficking charges.

Cavanaugh sought the high bail, saying McBride had convictions in Maryland, New York, and Virginia.

“The flight risk is really high and the conduct is extreme,” Cavanaugh said.

Mullen said the bail could be reviewed once an attorney is appointed to represent McBride, which Mullen asked the court clerk to do immediately.

At Wednesday’s hearing, McBride, who was wearing a one-piece orange jail uniform, seemed to shake his head from side to side, indicating he disagreed with the identification of him as Reginald L. McBride.

Thomas Tilton, attorney of the day for in-custody defendants, objected to the name change on the court paperwork, and Mullen said he would revisit it if the attorney appointed chose to raise it as an issue.

Tilton also said McBride indicated he had yet to be permitted a phone call from the jail. Mullen said the appointed attorney should contact him if McBride was not permitted a call.

Cavanaugh told the judge that any call delay might have been connected to the problem confirming McBride’s identity.

Outside the courtroom, Cavanaugh said authorities have been able to confirm that Frankie Dejesus, a co-defendant arrested at Wal-Mart, had provided authorities with his correct name.

Cavanaugh said Dejesus had been carrying both New York and Massachusetts driver’s licenses in that name.

Dejesus, 27, of Rochester, New York, is charged with reckless conduct with a firearm and aggravated assault. He is being held at the Kennebec County jail in lieu of $25,000 bail.

A woman arrested with Dejesus at Wal-Mart, Diana Davis, 28, of Rochester, New York, was charged with aggravated assault, Class B. Her bail was set at $5,000, and she remained at the jail on Wednesday.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

Two 15-year-old boys are under arrest after a series of car thefts that Maine State Police say caused $50,000 in damage to some of the cars and to the Litchfield Fairgrounds.

Over the course of about a week, police say, eight vehicles were stolen — seven from Maine Avenue Auto Sales in Farmingdale and one from a resident at the Foggy Bottom Campground — and were abandoned around the region. Two were returned to the dealership. One was covered in grass both inside and out, and one crashed into another car.

State police say the boys, one from Farmingdale and one from Whitefield, were arrested Wednesday after one of them was caught Tuesday night in the act of trying to steal a ninth vehicle. The boys were charged with felony theft, burglary, aggravated criminal mischief and misdemeanor unauthorized taking of a motor vehicle. Because they are juveniles, their names have not been released.

Both boys, now on juvenile probation, are being held at the Long Creek Youth Development Center.

Maine State Police Sgt. Chris Rogers said Wednesday the state police have taken a report of a vehicle stolen Tuesday night on Pond Road in West Gardiner. It has not yet been recovered, but Rogers said it was taken from a location visible from the home of a third juvenile believed to be involved in the car thefts.

“There are other people with charges pending,” Rogers said.

Maine Avenue Auto Sales owner Kevin Keene said he’s been in the car business in one way or another for 23 years and he’s never seen anything like this.

“Nothing as bizarre as this,” he said Wednesday from his office at the used car dealership.

Keene said he’s still adding up the damage. Although he could only estimate on Wednesday, he said the damage to his vehicles and property could top $20,000. He’s also had to pay for towing the vehicles back to his lot.

“You have to wonder about these kids,” he said. “They play ‘Grand Theft Auto’ all day and they never get caught. Did they think they were immune?”

The thefts started June 21. Rogers said a 1979 Porsche was stolen from the Farmingdale campground and found abandoned with the motor running on Bowman Street in Farmingdale, after area residents reported a car being driven erratically in the neighborhood. While it was found not far from where it was stolen, it had been driven around erratically for a while, according to complaints received by police.

Rogers said apparently the juveniles, who are not old enough to have driver’s licenses, were having trouble driving a manual transmission car and abandoned it when they saw a trooper arrive at the campground to take the stolen vehicle report.

Among the seven automatic transmission vehicles stolen from the car lot was a 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe, which was found later in one of the buildings at the Litchfield Fairgrounds. There was evidence the Tahoe had been used to ram the gate, and it had damaged some of the fields at the fairgrounds. Rogers said a side mirror from the Tahoe was found near a damaged mailbox in Farmingdale.

Another stolen vehicle was found in the parking lot of Uncle Henry’s on Route 17 in Augusta.

Last Friday, state troopers went to Pond Road in West Gardiner, where two more stolen cars were being used to damage fields, with one of the cars being left behind stacked hay bales.

State police say fields in Lincoln County have been damaged as well.

Rogers said the state police had the dealership under surveillance.

“When the troopers showed up (Tuesday), he was in the process of making entry to the building,” he said. “He apparently hid under a desk for a while. He has key fobs when he steps out again and presses them to see which vehicle he wants to take.”

When he couldn’t start that car, he returned to the office for different keys and he was taken into custody.

Other cars stolen were two Subaru Outbacks, a 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix and a 2003 Mazda Protege. In addition to the stolen cars and damage to the fairgrounds, police said the boys also stole a license plate from a parked car in Farmingdale. The license plate number was “STOL3N” and was recovered last night on one of the stolen cars.

Keene, who will be meeting with his attorney later this week, said as odd as this case is, his business is different from others because all of his inventory is stored outside. He can’t put it under cover at night.

“I feel violated,” he said. “This is how I make my living.”

Since the first three cars were stolen early Thursday, followed by four early Friday, Keene said he’s been trying to figure out if the thefts were personal, the work of someone who is upset with him. Now he’s picking up the pieces and wondering what filing a claim this size will do to his insurance coverage.

“I have been going home every night, wondering if they would come back and wreck the cars instead of stealing them,” he said. “You want to come down and hang out and try to catch them, but I promised the police I wouldn’t do that.”

Jessica Lowell — 621-5632

jlowell@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @JLowellKJ

IN ANSON, Tuesday at 12:09 p.m., a theft was investigated on Pease Hill Road.

7:51 p.m., a harassment complaint was made on Carrigan Drive.

10:23 p.m., a harassment complaint was made on West Mills Road.

IN CANAAN, Tuesday at 9:21 a.m., a scam complaint was investigated on Hill Road.

IN CLINTON, Tuesday at 11:08 a.m., harassing or obscene calls were reported on Bellsqueeze Road.

3:22 p.m., a drug offense was investigated at the Clinton post office on Railroad Street.

IN DETROIT, Tuesday at 8:49 a.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Troy Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Tuesday at 8:01 a.m., mischief was reported at the Cumberland Farms store on Main Street.

5:37 p.m., a civil complaint was taken on Ridge Road.

7:31 p.m., threatening was reported on Ridge Road.

IN HARTLAND, Tuesday at 11:16 p.m., threatening was reported on Elm Street.

IN MADISON, Tuesday at 9:15 a.m., threatening was investigated on Main Street.

12:17 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on East Madison Road.

2 p.m., a vehicle fire was investigated on Horsetail Hill Road.

IN MAYFIELD TOWNSHIP, Tuesday at 2 p.m., a brush, woods or grass fire was reported on Mayfield Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Tuesday at 6:26 a.m., mischief was investigated on River Road.

6:27 p.m., a civil complaint was taken on Mechanic Street.

IN OAKLAND, Tuesday at 10:05 a.m., harassment was reported on Hill Street. Police were unable to locate a suspect.

11:34 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Oak Street. Paperwork was served.

8:39 p.m., harassment was investigated on Heath Street.

IN PALMYRA, Tuesday at 9:19 a.m., vandalism was investigated on Warren Hill Road.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Tuesday at 12:59 a.m., trespassing was reported on East Maple Street. A warning was issued.

8:02 a.m., a civil complaint was reported on Malbons Mill Road.

10:09 a.m., a theft was investigated on Waterville Road.

10:46 a.m., a disturbance was investigated on Beech Street.

4:21 p.m., a theft was investigated on Water Street.

9:45 p.m., a theft was investigated on West Front Street.

IN ST. ALBANS, Tuesday at 1:15 a.m., a disturbance was investigated on Fairhaven Terrace.

IN TEMPLE, Tuesday at 9:59 a.m., a brush fire was reported on Jenkins Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 12:23 a.m., an assault was reported on Winter Street.

10:27 a.m., a theft was investigated on Elm Street.

10:46 a.m., a drug offense was reported at the Home Place Inn on College Avenue. Arrests were made.

12:30 p.m., a brush, woods or grass fire was reported on Alden Street.

12:40 p.m., a brush, woods or grass fire was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

2:19 p.m., a scam was reported on Foster Court.

2:26 p.m., fraud or forgery was investigated on Morrill Avenue.

3:15 p.m., threatening was investigated on Kennebec Street.

4:19 p.m., a burglary was reported at Orchard Park Apartments on Crestwood Drive.

4:24 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Gray Street.

4:56 p.m., threatening was reported on Violette Avenue.

5:04 p.m., a disturbance was reported on King Street.

5:35 p.m., a call about a fight was taken on Temple Street. A suspect was gone when police arrived.

6:51 p.m., a theft was reported at the Temple Street Tavern on Temple Street.

7:43 p.m., harassment was investigated on Veteran Court.

8:25 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Summer Street. An arrest was made.

9:34 p.m., a drug offense was investigated on Oak Street.

IN WILTON, Tuesday at 1:12 a.m., a noise complaint was taken at the boat launch.

5:17 p.m., a disturbance was reported on U.S. Route 2 East.

IN WINSLOW, Tuesday at 7:14 p.m., harassment was investigated on Cone Street.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Tuesday at 10:21 a.m., Alberto Rivera, 33, was arrested on a charge of stealing drugs.

1:50 p.m., Cameron Rose, 21, of Jay, was arrested on a charge of unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs.

2 p.m., Kahner Dee, 22, of Jay, was arrested on a charge of unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs.

7:25 p.m., Shane Dineen, 29, of Livermore Falls, was arrested on a charge of violating a condition of release.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Tuesday at 11:57 a.m., Matthew A. Shaw, 20, of Hartland, was arrested on a writ of habeas corpus.

3:57 p.m., Patrick R. Grigway, 22, of Norridgewock, was arrested on charges of domestic violence assault, domestic violence terrorizing, obstructing the report of a crime or injury and theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.

4:02 p.m., Joshua Jason Johnson, 29, of Skowhegan, was arrested on charges of criminal attempt at robbery and criminal attempt at theft.

5:05 p.m., Raymond Philip Walters, 82, of Providence, Rhode Island, was arrested on a charge of operating a vehicle after a suspension.

9:18 p.m., Olanian J. Norton, 19, of Skowhegan, was arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 12:13 p.m., Maranda S. Smith, 21, of Hammond, Louisiana, was arrested on a warrant on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

3:02 p.m., Linda Fraser, 60, of Waterville, was arrested on a charge of violating a condition of release on Crestwood Drive.

9:50 p.m., Dominik Alexis, 26, of Waterville, was arrested on charges of domestic violence assault and criminal mischief.

10:05 p.m., a juvenile, 17, was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana, operating a vehicle without a license and operating under the influence on Silver Street.

SUMMONSES

IN CLINTON, Tuesday at 11:20 a.m., Sonja R. Flechsig, 34, of Etna, was summoned on a charge of operating a vehicle with a suspended or revoked license, with a prior conviction.

IN WINSLOW, Tuesday at 11:07 p.m., Jonathan Agustua Petgrave, 28, of Waterville, was summoned on a charge of violating a condition of release on South Garand Street.

A New Hampshire man is free this week on $1,000 bail following his arrest Sunday in New Sharon after police searched his car as he was leaving a marijuana advocacy festival in Starks.

State Trooper Niles Krech, of Troop D barracks in Augusta, said he was assigned to a speeding detail Sunday afternoon on Route 134 in New Sharon when he pulled over Thomas S. Daigle, 22, of Madbury, New Hampshire, for speeding.

“They have a lot of issues with people speeding in that area,” Krech said Thursday. “We even have a passive radar set up because people are hauling through that area of New Sharon.” He said the speed limit on the stretch, which is Starks Road in New Sharon, is 25 mph.

Krech said he saw items in Daigle’s car and in the pocket of a passenger that led him to believe he had cause to search the car, and he asked the pair to get out of the car. He said the passenger cooperated, but Daigle did not.

“He continually verbally battled me and refused to step out of the car, so I explained to him briefly what was going on and why I was doing what I was doing and he continued to argue with me,” Krech said.

Krech said when he reached in the driver’s side window and unlocked the door, Daigle grabbed his hand and pulled it away. He said Daigle also slammed the door shut even after he managed to open it. Krech called for an additional trooper, after which Daigle got out of the car and was arrested, he said. Krech said when he searched the vehicle, he found hashish, marijuana edibles and tinctures, marijuana and paraphernalia.

Daigle was charged with possession of hashish, a marijuana derivative; refusing to submit to arrest; and a civil violation of possession of marijuana. Daigle did not have a Maine medical marijuana card, which would have allowed him to possess usable amounts of marijuana. All of the charges are misdemeanors.

Krech said he was authorized to search the vehicle because he had probable cause after he saw actions inside the car when he pulled the car over, what he found in the passenger’s pocket and “knowing where they were coming from,” which was the annual music and art festival, Harry’s Hoe Down, in the Somerset County town of Starks. Krech said circumstances and items he saw in the car led him to the conclusion they’d been at the festival.

“It’s the Starks Harry Brown farm,” the trooper said. “They are there to advocate the use of marijuana.”

The passenger, whose name was not released, was not charged.

Daigle was taken to the Franklin County jail in Farmington, where he later was released on $1,000 cash bail. Krech said bail amounts routinely are higher than usual when someone resists arrest.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com

Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

AUGUSTA

Tuesday at 8:19 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Hospital Street.

8:24 a.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on York Street.

9:26 a.m., theft was reported on Sherbrook Street.

10:47 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Calumet Bridge.

11:30 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Bangor Street.

11:37 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on Jefferson Street.

12:05 p.m., criminal trespass was reported on Western Avenue.

1:12 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Cony Street.

2:52 p.m., theft was reported on State Street.

4:07 p.m., criminal trespass was reported on Western Avenue.

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

4:40 p.m., theft was reported on Green Street.

5:00 p.m., criminal trespass was reported on Civic Center Drive.

5:48 p.m., a well-being check was reported on Memorial Circle.

5:50 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue.

6:44 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Glenridge Drive.

7:09 p.m., property was recovered on Western Avenue.

8:32 p.m., theft was reported on Piggery Road.

9:34 p.m., theft was reported on Spruce Street.

9:59 p.m., harassment was reported on Gilman Street.

10:22 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Western Avenue.

11:35 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Western Avenue.

CHELSEA

Tuesday at 9:11 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on River Road.

GARDINER

Tuesday at 1:48 p.m., theft was reported on Brunswick Avenue.

5:02 p.m., theft was reported on Plaisted Street.

5:37 p.m., theft was reported on Capen Road.

11:41 p.m., a suspicious vehicle was reported on Winter Street.

HALLOWELL

Tuesday at 2:04 p.m., harassment was reported on Winthrop Street.

MONMOUTH

Tuesday at 4:52 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Main Street.

PITTSTON

Tuesday at 7:54 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Wiscasset Road.

RANDOLPH

Tuesday at 11:42 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water Street.

WINTHROP

Tuesday at 2:05 p.m., a suspicious person was reported on South Road.

3:52 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Memorial Drive.

3:53 p.m., a suspicious person was reported on Bowdoin Street.

4:20 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Bowdoin Street.

4:58 p.m., trespassing was reported on Bowdoin Street.

6:55 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Town Hall Lane.

9:08 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Annabessacook Road.

Wednesday at 7:24 a.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Old Lewiston Road.

ARRESTS

AUGUSTA

Tuesday at 11:13 a.m., Amanda Katherine Clifford, 24, of Augusta was arrested on a warrant following an attempt to locate on Washington Street and Waldo Street.

GARDINER

Tuesday at 1:25 p.m., Courtney Erin Quinn, 33, of Gardiner was arrested on charges of theft by unauthorized taking and violating conditions of release after shoplifting was reported on Main Avenue.

WINTHROP

Tuesday at 2:20 p.m., William B. Estabrook Jr., 26, of Livermore Falls was arrested on a charge of harassment after an incident on Fairway Lane.

CLINTON — After 28 years in law enforcement and six years as the chief of police in Clinton, Craig Johnson is retiring and Sgt. Stanley Bell is taking over.

“I’m tired. I’m burning out,” Johnson, 47, said in a phone interview Wednesday. “Before I get burned out, I’ve got to take some time out and re-energize.”

Johnson’s last day at the department will be Thursday, after which Bell, who goes by Rusty, will take over as chief.

The change in leadership also brings other changes to the department. Bell will be a part-time chief whose focus will be solely on administrative work. Johnson was a full-time employee who split his time between patrol and administrative work.

“I’m excited,” said Bell, 55, of Benton. “I’ve participated in the No. 2 role here for three years and I think administration is where my strength lies.”

Johnson, 47, said Wednesday he got to meet “a lot of terrific people” in the town, but that working there was “tough at times.”

He did not specify what his plans are, only that he was “taking time off.” When asked if he would consider coming back to the Clinton Police Department in the future, Johnson said it would depend on whether there were any open positions.

The Police Department is coming off some turbulent years. Residents initially voted to not fund the department in 2009, 2013 and again last year, requiring multiple votes before a budget was passed. Last June, selectmen didn’t reappoint Johnson when a motion to do so failed to get a second, but did appoint him at the July meeting.

At public hearings before the 2013 budget was approved, residents complained about a poor relationship between the department and the town.

In March, former officer Scott Francis began serving a 120-day jail sentence for income tax evasion and perjury. Francis, 40, of Winslow, had been fired in March 2013 after he was arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault and a second assault charge, both of which were dismissed because of insufficient evidence.

Bell said Wednesday that Johnson’s retirement was not a big surprise.

“He has some things he would like to pursue, and I think it’s a good life move for him,” Bell said. “He’s in a position to do that, so I applaud him for it.”

The Police Department budget approved by residents June 14, which takes effect Friday, is $243,000. Bell said he expects no immediate changes to the budget, though he and Town Manager Pam Violette will review changes to the department and what effect they might have on the 2017-2018 budget.

The department now has one full-time and five part-time officers and is hiring an additional officer who will start part time with the opportunity to move into a full-time position, Bell said.

That officer will fill the patrol role that Johnson had, Bell said. Ideally, he said, the department will have three full-time officers and four to 10 reserve or part-time officers when fully staffed. Johnson’s retirement also coincides with the departure of a third officer, who left for a job with the Maine State Police.

As a result, Bell said, many of the details of his position have yet to be fully worked out, including how many hours a week he will be in the office and what his pay will be.

“We’re really more in the coordination phase right now, and I didn’t push the town manager,” he said. “We needed to come up with a structure, a plan for running the department first.”

As a part-time sergeant, Bell earns $12 per hour while patrol officers in Clinton make $16.40 per hour, he said. He works 15 to 25 hours per week as a sergeant.

“You don’t do something like this for the pay. It wasn’t my first question,” he said.

Bell, who owns Yankee Communications in Clinton and Yankee Trophy and the Benton Family Fun Park in Benton, said the changes mean he will focus more on administrative work, and having a separate full-time officer available during the day will be a better way to serve the community and meet the increase in the number of calls coming in.

“Chief Johnson was expected to be the administrator during the day and the patrol officer,” Bell said. “I think with the increase in calls that we’ve experienced over the last couple of years, it’s very important that our focus be on patrol and at the same time there’s someone to focus on the administrative and not be distracted. Before, you could be in the middle of filling out a report and get a call for a domestic (problem) that you have to go to, so I think it’s better for the town. It’s better all the way around.”

In 2015, a budget of $241,673 was voted down 150-140. In 2013, a budget of $197,954 was voted down 267-192. In 2009, the budget was rejected twice before it was approved.

Residents who attended public hearings in 2013 to debate the police budget complained about the department’s relationship with the town, though supporters pointed out that many of those complaints were about officers who were no longer with the department. Johnson and Warren Hatch, the town manager at the time, said they were working toward fixing the department’s problems.

Bell’s promotion to sergeant in November 2013 was hailed as one of the moves toward strengthening department leadership. He’d been hired as a reserve officer that spring.

“People have said that they’re glad Bell’s here and the department is finally getting help,” Johnson said at the time.

Last June, when Selectman Randy Clark moved to confirm Johnson’s appointment, it failed for lack of a second. Selectman Ronnie Irving said he’d heard from residents that they “would like a change.”

But at the next meeting, on July 11, Johnson was confirmed 3-1, with Selectman Ed Blanchard voting against confirming him.

Irving said he had “nothing to say” Wednesday night when contacted about Johnson’s retirement. Blanchard and Selectmen Geraldine Dixon also would not talk to the Morning Sentinel. Chairman Jeffrey Towne did not return a phone call immediately. Selectman Stephen Hatch said he’d “stand behind what Johnson thought was right.”

Bell has worked in law enforcement since 1980, starting his career as a patrol officer at the Pittsfield Police Department. He also worked as a sergeant for the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office and an investigator for the Maine secretary of state’s office.

Johnson started his career in the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department in 1988. He moved on to the Damariscotta Police Department in 1999 and stayed there until 2006, followed by two years at the Newport Police Department.

After Newport, he went to Clinton, where he started as a basic patrol officer and then gained the rank of sergeant before becoming the chief.

Madeline St. Amour – 861-9239

mstamour@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @madelinestamour

Rachel Ohm — 612-2368

rohm@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @rachel_ohm

A man who pleaded guilty to killing Blanche M. Kimball, of Augusta, in 1976 died Wednesday at PenBay Medical Center in Rockport, according to the Maine Department of Corrections.

Gary S. Raub, 67, had served about two years of a 20-year sentence for criminal homicide in the second degree at the time of his death. His earliest possible release date from the Maine State Prison in Warren would have been May 2, 2025.

Maine State Police and the medical examiner are reviewing Raub’s death, which is standard when a prisoner dies while in the custody of the corrections department, according to a department press release.

At the time of his arrest in 2012, state police said it was the oldest unsolved homicide case to result in charges in Maine history.

In 1976, Raub, then Gary Wilson, lived in Kimball’s 352 State St. home in Augusta for a short time. He was questioned by police after Kimball’s body was discovered in early June 1976, but he denied any involvement. Kimball, a 70-year-old retired dental technician and practical nurse who took in boarders, had 44 stab wounds.

Maine’s interest in Raub as a suspect in Kimball’s death rekindled after he was accused in an October 2011 stabbing in a homeless man. Authorities said Raub was also homeless, living on the streets in the university district of Seattle, Washington.

Raub was charged in October 2012 with criminal homicide in the first degree, the equivalent to today’s murder charge, in connection with Kimball’s death. The charge against Raub originally said he “knowingly inflicted great physical suffering” while intending to kill Kimball.

The charge followed an undercover sting in which Seattle police detectives got Raub’s DNA by paying him $5 to participate in what they told him was a chewing gum survey.

He was later extradited to Maine to face the criminal homicide charge after authorities said the DNA sample linked him to a genetic sample found on a knife believed to be the murder weapon and to DNA found in Kimball’s house.

About two years ago, Raub entered an Alford plea, agreeing it was likely the state could prove that he committed the crime.

In a June 2014 jailhouse interview with the Kennebec Journal after the plea, Raub said he had no memory of Kimball or the incident, but he “pled guilty because it must have happened.”

“I’m guilty, but it doesn’t mean I admitted the crime,” he said at the time. “I pled guilty mostly out of the fact that if I go to the maker, the God in the sky, I want a clear conscience.”

He also said in the interview that he had existing medical problems, including trouble with his equilibrium. Raub, who was 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighed 123 pounds, according to the corrections department website.

AUGUSTA — More than two years after he was indicted on a charge of murder, Leroy Smith III on Thursday pleaded not guilty to killing his father in Gardiner in May 2014 after a judge found that he was mentally competent to enter a plea.

The decision by Justice Donald Marden to allow Smith to enter a plea, along with a second plea of not criminally responsible because of mental disease or defect, is a significant milestone in the case.

Following the passage of a 2015 law, Smith is the first person in Maine to be forced to take psychiatric medication, initially against his will, in an effort to restore his mental capacity to a level in which he can participate fully in his own defense.

The arraignment of Smith, 26, on the charge brought two years ago, capped a hearing lasting more than three hours Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center. During testimony, psychologists said Smith now is claiming that he believed his father was putting rat poison in his food, so he was forced to kill him in self-defense. Previously, Smith told officials that his father sexually assaulted him, which led to the crime.

Marden said he wanted to protect Smith’s constitutional rights and recognize the state’s interest in prosecuting the case. Smith is accused of stabbing to death and dismembering his father, Leroy Smith Jr., 56, and distributing the body parts in the woods in Richmond.

Marden asked Smith a series of questions as Smith stood at a microphone next to defense attorney Pamela Ames. Marden asked whether Smith understood the charge, and his right to a trial by jury as well as the consequences of the various pleas that could be entered.

Smith said he did, saying “That is correct” to most of them.

Smith asked a question of his own: “At any point am I allowed different lawyering staff?”

Marden said that would be possible if the attorneys are unable to represent him properly. However, Marden also told Smith that he has to have an attorney and that his attorneys have an obligation to bring forward their client’s concerns.

Smith has tried previously to fire his attorneys.

Smith wore a short-sleeved black T-shirt in the courtroom with the saying “Fire with or against you — and so it burns,” which is a song lyric from the Norwegian metal band Dimmu Borgir.

He was shackled and brought into the courtroom by deputies with the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office. His head is shaved and he has a short dark beard and mustache.

Until he moved to the lectern, he sat at a table in the courtroom behind his two defense attorneys, Ames and Scott Hess.

The prosecutor, Assistant Attorney General Donald Macomber, told the judge on Thursday the state would not contest a finding of “not criminally responsible” for the murder. But Macomber also added that if Smith is found guilty at trial, “the state will not be recommending a sentence as short as 30 years.” The penalty for murder in Maine is a minimum of 25 years in prison and the possibility of life in prison without parole.

A finding of not criminally responsible would place Smith in the custody of the commissioner of the Department of Health & Human Services and result in his being placed at Riverview Psychiatric Center for treatment.

Marden also continued for another six months the order that allows the Riverview staff to medicate Smith forcibly in an attempt to restore his competence. Two psychologists and a psychiatric nurse practitioner testified that they have seen improvements in Smith’s mental abilities now that he has been on medication since January.

Six months ago Marden ordered involuntary medication for Smith in an attempt to restore his mental status enough to face the murder charge.

Miriam Davidson, a psychiatric nurse practitioner who sends weekly progress reports on Smith, said he had been on Zyprexa, an antipsychotic medication, beginning in January; but because of side-effects — most notably a weight gain of 38 pounds — he had been switched to Haldol in May.

During Thursday’s hearing, clinical psychologist Peter Donnelly testified about his June 20 evaluation of Smith and several prior ones.

Donnelly said Smith believed his father, a 56-year-old who worked construction and played guitar, was putting rat poison in his food, so he killed his father in self-defense.

Smith has been diagnosed with delusional disorder, and Donnelly summarized some of Smith’s delusions.

“He has a belief that, starting many years back, that he was destined to be a famous rock star; he was destined to be educated by well-known guitarists,” Donnelly said.

Donnelly said that Smith has said he is the God of the kingdom of heaven, Icarus, and that at a Phish concert people put a gun to his head, that there was an affiliation with Slayer and Slipknot, both thrash metal bands, and that Smith was warned somehow that his father was going to poison him with rat poison.

However, Donnelly also said, “There’s been an absence of the more grandiose aspects of his delusions since he started his medications.”

Donnelly also said Smith understands that other people who hear his story might find it hard to believe.

“He’d like to have his day in court,” Donnelly said. “He believes it occurred, and he knows it doesn’t sound rational.”

Donnelly said the younger Smith did not approach police with his concerns about being poisoned because he distrusts the government.

At one point, the Secret Service apparently warned Smith after questioning him about threats he allegedly made against President Barack Obama.

According to information in an affidavit by Maine State Police Detective Jonah O’Roak, who sought the original arrest warrant, the younger Smith told case investigators he killed his father and then “filleted him and buried him in the woods because his dad sexually assaulted him his whole life.”

There was no record of Leroy Herbert Smith Jr. on a sex offender registry in the United States, and the younger Smith had lived in Massachusetts until moving in with his father not long before the slaying.

Smith also said he rented a carpet steamer to help clean up the blood. At a hearing five days later, the younger Smith claimed to be a political prisoner.

On Thursday, a second psychologist, Ann LeBlanc, director of the State Forensic Service, which evaluates defendants for the court, testified that Smith has had delusions about the poisoning by his father in the Gardiner apartment they shared, saying the younger Smith believed his father was poisoning the wheat grass the younger Smith ate, as well as sprinkling rat poison on his food.

“He believes that he has no mental illness,” LeBlanc said, in response to a question by Ames. LeBlanc also said, “People with delusional disorder are regularly found competent.”

Smith watched attentively as each witness testified.

In January 2015, Marden found that Smith was mentally incompetent to assist his attorneys in defending himself on the charge of intentional or knowing or depraved indifference murder.

Late last year, the prosecutor sought the involuntary medication order under a state law that went into effect in July 2015. That law allows a judge to order that a defendant be medicated involuntarily in an attempt to restore competence.

Marden granted the motion for involuntary medication in January, and after status conference in May, attorneys said that Smith was willingly taking the medication.

On Thursday, Marden said, “I compliment Mr. Smith for cooperating fully with the doctors and psychologists in that regard.”

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

AUGUSTA

Wednesday at 8:21 a.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Memorial Circle.

8:28 a.m., harassment was reported on Water Street.

9:07 a.m., needles were recovered on Weeks Mill Road.

9:41 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on Patterson Street.

9:50 a.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Cony Circle.

10:49 a.m., harassment was reported on East Chestnut Street.

11:53 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water Street.

12:01 p.m., a past burglary was reported on State Street.

12:20 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Summer Street.

12:51 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Water Street.

1:25 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Anthony Avenue.

1:31 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Sewall Street.

1:45 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Winthrop Street.

2:08 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Water Street.

3:10 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Howard Street.

3:31 p.m., traffic light problems were reported on Eastern Avenue and Spring Road.

5:01 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Northern Avenue.

5:06 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Boothby Street.

5:21 p.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Riverside Drive.

5:43 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Waldo Street.

6:03 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Raven Road.

6:34 p.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Western Avenue.

6:56 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Northern Avenue.

7:06 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Boothby Street.

7:43 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Boothby Street.

8:53 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Eight Rod Road.

9:43 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Cony Road.

9:59 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue.

10:11 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was reported on Glenridge Drive.

11:00 p.m., traffic light problems were reported on Whitten Road.

11:53 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Legion Drive.

11:56 p.m., traffic light problems were reported at Civic Center and Community drives.

Thursday at 12:09 a.m., a suspicious vehicle was reported on Townsend Road.

1:44 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Washington Street.

2:40 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue.

GARDINER

Wednesday at 11:22 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Church Street.

5:25 p.m., harassment was reported on Church Street.

MONMOUTH

Wednesday at 12:02 p.m., theft was reported on Lee Drive.

Thursday at 2:03 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on U.S. Route 202 and Bog Road.

WINDSOR

Wednesday at 12:12 p.m., vandalism was reported on Weeks Mill Road.

12:58 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Caswell Road.

WINTHROP

Wednesday at 10:31 a.m., theft was reported on Mallard Lane.

3:20 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Mallard Lane.

3:24 p.m., a suspicious person was reported on Taylor Street.

ARRESTS

AUGUSTA

Wednesday at 2:32 p.m., Cody Taylor Boring, 25, of Augusta was arrested on a charge of being a fugitive from justice at the Kennebec County jail, after the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office received an out-of-state warrant for his arrest on a charge of probation violation, issued after an earlier charge of driving under the influence of drugs. The probation violation charge originated from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

IN ANSON, Wednesday at 7:29 p.m., mischief was reported on Main Street. A warning was issued.

IN CLINTON, Wednesday at 12:38 p.m., a drug offense was investigated at the post office on Railroad Street.

6:54 p.m., a disturbance was investigated on Elwood Drive.

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 6:10 p.m., a complaint about shots being fired was taken on Cottage Street. A warning was issued.

10:47 p.m., a disturbance was investigated on Norridgewock Road.

11:32 p.m., trespassing was reported on Island Park.

IN FARMINGTON, Wednesday at 1:47 p.m., threatening was reported on Main Street.

9:03 p.m., theft or fraud was reported on Wilton Road.

11:17 p.m., threatening was reported on Farmington Falls Road.

11:35 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Middle Street.

IN HARTLAND, Wednesday at 2:46 p.m., a theft was reported on Carson Hill Road.

IN MADISON, Wednesday at 1:10 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Main Street.

IN MERCER, Wednesday at 6:33 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Beech Hill Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Wednesday at 1:49 p.m., an assault as reported on Griffeth Road.

5:04 p.m., a scam complaint was taken on Park Street.

IN OAKLAND, Wednesday at 2:28 p.m., criminal trespassing was reported at Messalonskee High School.

IN PITTSFIELD, Wednesday at 9:26 a.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Powers Road.

7:25 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Lincoln Street.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Wednesday at 9:15 a.m., a complaint about shots being fired was taken on Fairview Avenue. Police could not locate a suspect.

10:20 a.m., trespassing was investigated on East Leavitt Street.

10:32 a.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Winter Street.

10:42 a.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Mountain View Terrace.

11:23 a.m., a theft was reported on Malbons Mill Road.

11;54 a.m., a harassment complaint was reported on Mountain View Terrace.

1:53 p.m., a disturbance was unfounded on North Avenue.

4:33 p.m., a theft was investigated on Fairview Avenue.

4:34 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Winter Street. Police could not find a suspect.

6:06 p.m., shoplifting was reported at the Fairgrounds Market Place. An arrest was made.

6:07 p.m., a theft was investigated on Water Street.

8:49 p.m., a disturbance was investigated on Indian Ridge.

9:36 p.m., threatening was investigated on Waterville Road.

9:38 p.m., a disturbance was investigated on Indian Ridge.

9:40 p.m., threatening was reported on McClellan Street. A person was taken to a hospital.

10:01 p.m., threatening was reported on South Factory Street.

11:37 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Hanover Street. Arrests were made.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 12:10 p.m., harassment was reported on High Street.

9:10 p.m., a noise complaint was taken on May Street.

IN WILTON, Wednesday at 3:37 p.m., a disturbance was reported on White Schoolhouse Road.

IN WINSLOW, Wednesday at 11:30 a.m., harassment was reported on North Pond Road. Paperwork was served.

1:02 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Garland Road.

6:32 p.m., shoplifting was investigated at the Maine Smoke Shop on College Avenue.

9:15 p.m., a noise complaint was investigated on Augusta Road.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Wednesday at 12:01 a.m., Steven Mears, 28, of Jay, was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct.

7:20 p.m., Sheila Jalbert, 66, of Avon, was arrested on two warrants on affidavits.

7:50 p.m., Tyler Stuard, 22, of Wilton, was arrested on a warrant.

8:19 p.m., Beth Pelletier, of Phillips, was arrested on a charge of operating a vehicle under the influence.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Wednesday at 3:15 a.m., Benjamin Michael Spaulding, 28, of Skowhegan, was arrested on a warrant.

11:38 a.m., Christy Lin Newell, 36, of Skowhegan, was arrested on a charge of probation hold.

2:06 p.m., Bennie Coutu, 37, of Fairfield, was arrested on two warrants for failure to appear.

3:37 p.m., Aaron David Dionne, 36, of Madison, was arrested on a warrant.

4:13 p.m., Tyler Elroy Huff, 25, of St. Albans, was arrested on a warrant and a probation hold.

SUMMONSES

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 11:04 a.m., a juvenile, 17, was summoned on charges of attaching false plates, failing to produce evidence of vehicle insurance, failing to have motor vehicle license in possession and evading vehicle registration fees and excise taxes.

12:59 p.m., Ty H. Peters, 18, of Waterville, was summoned on a charge of possession of marijuana.

3:05 p.m., Dallas R. York, 26, of Fairfield, was summoned on a charge of allowing a dog to be at large.

IN OAKLAND, Wednesday at 10:02 p.m., Jacob Gerald Brochu, 23, of Belgrade, was summoned on a charge of being a habitual motor vehicle offender.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 10:43 p.m., Jason F. Palmer, 35, of Waterville, was summoned on a charge of attaching false plates.

FARMINGTON — The following cases were closed April 25-29, 2016, in Farmington District Court and Franklin County Superior Court.

Leonard Adams, 47, of Dixfield, operating unregistered snowmobile March 6, 2016, in Weld; $200 fine.

Elijah Blais, 15, of Jay, possession of tobacco products by a minor March 10, 2016, in Jay; $100 fine.

Robert O. Boulette, 50, of Farmington, operating while license suspended or revoked March 12, 2016, in Farmington; $250 fine.

Diane J. Bouley, 49, of Erving, Massachusetts, disorderly conduct, offensive words, gestures Dec. 21, 2014, in Avon; $200 fine. Domestic violence terrorizing same date and town; dismissed.

Joshua Butoto, 20, of Westbrook, minor possessing liquor and minor having false identification, both March 6, 2016, in Farmington; $400 in fines.

Derek Campbell, 30, of Wilton, failure to stop, provide information Jan. 16, 2016 in Farmington; dismissed.

Derek Scott Campbell, 30, of Wilton, operating under the influence March 8, 2016, in Farmington; $500 fine, 48-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Dylan N. Carroll, 20, of Southwest Harbor, operating under the influence March 9, 2016, in Carrabassett Valley; $500 fine, 48-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension. Operating vehicle without a license, same date and town; dismissed.

Kimberly Carter, 18, of Wilton, operating vehicle without license and attaching false plates, both March 1, 2016, in New Sharon, operating vehicle without a license March 3, 2016, in Wilton; $350 in fines.

Zachary L. Clark, 17, of Eustis, possession of tobacco products by a minor March 9, 2016, in Salem; $100 fine.

Thomas M. Clinch, 20, of Rangeley, minor possessing liquor March 26, 2016, in Oquossoc; $200 fine.

Nicholas R. Didonna, 32, of Jay, assault Jan. 30, 2015, in Farmington; $300 fine. Assault on an officer, same date and town; dismissed.

Stacey L. Dingus, 43, of Jay, failing to make oral or written accident report March 10, 2016, in Jay; $500 fine.

Thomas E. Fahy, 69, of Carrabassett Valley, operating motor vehicle beyond class restriction Feb. 8, 2016, in Carrabassett Valley; $250 fine.

Abraham A. Fast, 24, of Phillips, theft of services Feb. 28, 2016, in Carrabassett Valley; $100 fine, $89 restitution.

Benjamin L. Flagg, 19, of New Sharon, aggravated trafficking of schedule Z drugs Oct. 22, 2014, in Farmington; dismissed. Possession of marijuana, up to 1.25 ounces, Oct. 22, 2014, in Farmington; $350 fine.

Leo C. Flannery, 18, of Chesterville, operating while license suspended or revoked March 19, 2016, in Farmington; $250 fine.

Ingrid E. Flemming, 42, of Augusta, failure to register vehicle Dec. 6, 2015, in New Sharon; dismissed.

Brittany Fortier, 24, of Springvale, operating vehicle without a license Feb. 24, 2016, in Farmington; $150 fine.

Michelle George, 47, of North Yarmouth, operating while license suspended or revoked March 12, 2016, in Farmington; $250 fine.

Douglas D. Glidden, 27, of Wilton, possession of marijuana, up to 1.25 ounces, March 1, 2016, in New Sharon; $350 fine.

Charles E. Greenough, 32, of Farmington, burning without permit March 26, 2016, in Farmington; $500 fine.

Austin T. Hinkley, 18, of Avon, operating while license suspended or revoked March 12, 2016, in Farmington; $250 fine.

Tate A. Hodgdon, 22, of Jay, negotiating a worthless instrument Dec. 3, 2014, in Wilton; $100 fine, $110 restitution.

Caleb D. Hubert, 26, of Livermore Falls, operating while license suspended or revoked and attaching false plates, Feb. 24, 2016, in Jay; $650 in fines.

Camille E. Hutchinson, 26, of Jay, operating while license suspended or revoked Feb. 28, 2016, in Jay; $250 fine. Failure to register vehicle, same date and town; dismissed.

Hunter I. Jewell, 16, of Jay, possession of tobacco products by a minor March 10, 2016, in Jay; $100 fine.

Lorian Lachance, 56, of Brunswick, possession of marijuana, up to 1.25 ounces, Jan. 8, 2016, in New Sharon; $350 fine. Use of drug paraphernalia, same date and town; dismissed.

Vincent H. Lake Jr., 48, of Farmington, hunting or possessing antlerless deer and possessing unregistered deer, both Nov. 27, 2015, in Farmington; $1,300 in fines, three-day jail sentence.

Stephen C. Lambert, 23, of Farmington, operating under the influence Jan. 23, 2015, in Farmington; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension.

Demmarrio S. Long, 26, of Durham, North Carolina, two counts of criminal mischief Nov. 8, 2015, in Farmington; $200 fines, $695 restitution.

Brandon A. Lyons, 23, of Skowhegan, driving to endanger Feb. 13, 2016, in Farmington; $575 fine, 30-day license suspension. Operating under the influence, same date and town; dismissed.

Michael Massey, 34, of Hyattsville, Maryland, assault July 21, 2012, in Weld; $300 fine. Sexual abuse of minor and furnishing liquor to a minor, same date and town; dismissed.

John C. McCarter, 28, of Avon, violating condition of release Dec. 22, 2015, in Strong; $250 fine. Failing to make oral or written accident report same date and town; dismissed.

Shaun P. McLaughlin, 18, of Lexington, Massachusetts, minor possessing liquor March 13, 2016, in Farmington; $200 fine.

Michael Meader, 68, of Chesterville, permitting attachment of false plates March 1, 2016, in New Sharon; $150 fine.

Justin Meyer, 23, of Industry, motor vehicle speeding more than 30 mph over speed limit Oct. 30, 2015, in Chesterville; dismissed. Possession of marijuana, up to 1.25 ounces, Oct. 30, 2015, in Chesterville; $350 fine.

Casey W. Mishoe, 28, of Chesterville, theft by deception March 18, 2016, in Jay; $200 fine, $45 restitution.

Todd D. Oliver, 43, of New Sharon, failure to provide and display registration Feb. 15, 2016, in Wilton; $100 fine.

Caleb A. Pease, 22, of Wilton, violating condition of release and operating while license suspended or revoked, both Feb. 7, 2015, in Wilton; $600 fine, seven-day jail sentence, one-year license suspension.

Devon J. Pease, 23, of Jay, two counts of burglary, all June 30, 2015, in Weld, aggravated criminal mischief June 27, 2015, in Wilton; five-year Department of Corrections sentence, all but six months suspended, two-year probation, $7,588 restitution. Theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and burglary, violating condition of release, June 30, 2015, in Weld, criminal conspiracy and two counts of arson, June 27, 2015, in Wilton; all dismissed.

Barbara P. Pelletier, 58, of Chesterville, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Dec. 29, 2012, in Wilton; $500 fine, $500 suspended, 48-hour jail sentence.

Matthew J. Pontikes, 19, of South Kingston, Rhode Island, minor transporting liquor Feb. 24, 2016, in Carrabassett Valley; $250 fine, 30-day license suspension.

Michael Purington, 30, of Jay, burning without permit March 26, 2016, in Farmington; dismissed.

John L. Raymond, 29, of Lang Township, negotiating a worthless instrument July 29, 2015, in Kingfield; $200 fine, $100 restitution. Negotiating a worthless instrument same date and town; dismissed.

Monica A. Rollins, 35, of Wilton, two counts allowing dog to be at large March 17, 2016, in Wilton; $100 in fines.

Austin Carl Schmidt, 21, of Livermore Falls, attaching false plates Jan. 30, 2016, in Jay; $150 fine.

Tyler Seamon, 17, of Farmington Falls, possession of tobacco products by minor March 1, 2016, in Farmington; $100 fine.

Brooke L. Siprell, 26, of Farmington, operating while license suspended or revoked May 23, 2014, in Farmington; $250 fine. Operating after habitual offender revocation same date and town; dismissed.

Kevin D. Stevens, 19, of Mount Vernon, operating under the influence March 20, 2016, in Farmington; $500 fine, 48-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension. Operating vehicle without a license same date and town; dismissed.

Michael Swett, 22, of Farmington, operating while license suspended or revoked Oct. 8, 2015, in Farmington; $250 fine.

Victoria L. Teele, 22, of Dallas Plantation, operating under the influence March 12, 2016, in Farmington; $500 fine, 48-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Jesse Theriault, 20, of Wilton, motor vehicle speeding more than 30 mph over speed limit March 12, 2016, in Farmington; $300 fine.

Tina L. Timmsen, 44, of Industry, operating under the influence Jan. 6, 2015, in Farmington; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension. Endangering the welfare of a child, same date and town; dismissed.

Koren Lee Velez, 64, of Wilton, operating while license suspended or revoked Jan. 5, 2016, in Farmington; $750 fine.

Jay A. Webb, 42, of Presque Isle, assault Sept. 16, 2012, in Farmington; $300 fine.

Cory A. Williams, 34, of Phillips, possession of marijuana, up to 1.25 ounces, March 4, 2016, in New Sharon; $350 fine.

Matthew Woodcock, 20, of Augusta, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Sept. 17, 2015, in Farmington; six-month jail sentence, all but three days suspended, one-year probation, $5.42 restitution.

Maxwell A. Wright, 18, of Weld, operating under the influence March 13, 2016, in Farmington; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension. Operating vehicle without a license March 14, 2016, in Farmington; dismissed.

SKOWHEGAN — The good news Thursday during a retirement party for Becky Berry at state police Troop C barracks was that 36 years of secrets were going with her, so they could all sleep well that night, said Col. Robert Williams, chief of the Maine State Police.

The bad news was that 36 years of institutional knowledge, dedication and loyal service also was leaving with her.

Williams, like many other people in the state police command staff, got his start as a trooper patrolling Somerset County as a member of Troop C. He was in Skowhegan for 11 years, from 1984 to 1998.

“She’s great — loyal, dependable, dedicated,” he said. “She’s the type of person who knew all of our secrets and knew when to talk about them and when not to.”

Berry, the administrative assistant to the Troop C commander since 1980, told Lt. Mark Brooks, the current barracks commander, that she was going to retire but didn’t want a big party or anything. The state police had other ideas.

“Becky said she just wanted to finish the day and walk off,” Brooks told a gathering of more than 75 people Thursday afternoon. “But that’s not what we wanted.”

What Berry got was a building full of current and former state police troopers, detectives and investigators wishing her well, along with game wardens, sheriffs department members, former and current employees at the district attorney’s office, relatives and friends.

“This means so much to me,” she told the gathering in the parking of the Troop C barracks on U.S. Route 2. “I’ve seen a lot of people came and go from here. I’m going to miss you all.”

Berry, who had the state police radio call number 350, will be off to Alaska for a vacation.

In delivering a plaque for her 36 years of service, Brooks said Berry was chipper — a smile and a source of encouragement for troopers just coming in for the day or coming back from covering a fatal accident. She was a gem, he said, and will be missed.

“We respect you. We honor you. We love you,” Brooks said.

Berry served under six commanders of Troop C — Arlo Lund, James Cammick, Gerald Coleman, Dale Lancaster, Donald Pomelow and now Brooks.

Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols said he worked for 23 years at the Troop C barracks in Skowhegan, all of them with the woman every calls Becky.

“She’s a life saver,” Nichols said. “She’s been the soul of this place forever. She’s a great liaison between state police and the other agencies. She’s great.”

Peter Hardwick, a former state police detective and longtime state trooper with Troop C, said “Becky was pretty much what kept the place going”.

“People liked her personality. She’s a great girl,” Hardwick said. “She did almost anything for anybody. If you needed something done, you’d ask Becky and she’d get it done. It didn’t really make any difference what it was.”

Berry said when she first was hired for the job, which involved dealing with the public, answering phones and assisting with important paperwork for the police, she didn’t intend to stay very long.

“The day I got hired here and they took me down to Augusta to fill out the paperwork, the secretary said, ‘We need to talk about retirement,'” Berry said. “And I said, ‘No we don’t,’ and she said ‘Well, yes, we do’, and I said ‘I don’t plan on being here too long.’ That was in 1980.”

Well, she said, the benefits were good and she had to work, so talking about retirement turned out to be a good idea.

“Thirty-six years later, here I am.”

Brooks said the job opening will be posted, under state of Maine rules, and he hopes to have someone in the office as soon as possible.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com

Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

FAIRFIELD — A Fairfield man was arrested on a charge of criminal trespass after he allegedly refused to leave the Town Office on Thursday afternoon.

Mark Joseph Pantermoller, 53, was charged after a town employee called the police, who responded at 2:55 p.m.

Chief Thomas Gould said three officers ordered Pantermoller to leave several times, but Pantermoller refused. According to the report, Gould said, Pantermoller said police would have to arrest him to get him to leave.

Pantermoller was being “disruptive,” according to Gould, who talked with town officials about the incident. Town Manager Michelle Flewelling was unavailable for comment Friday morning.

Pantermoller was arrested at 3:38 p.m. Criminal trespass is a class E misdemeanor that can result in up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.

The Waterville, Winslow and Vassalboro school district has a trespass order against Pantermoller, according to Superintendent Eric Haley. He said Pantermoller had been “hounding him” with letters and phone calls for the past year, and Pantermoller is not allowed to be on any public school property in the district, which is Alternative Organizational Structure 92.

Madeline St. Amour – 861-9239

mstamour@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @madelinestamour

Weapons were stolen from a Newport pawn shop during an early morning burglary Friday, and police are looking for help finding the burglars.

Newport police Chief Leonard Macdaid would not say how many people they believe were involved in the 5 a.m. burglary of The Money Shop, but police are searching actively for anyone involved.

Macdaid also would not say what weapons were stolen or how the business was broken into.

While the shop did not have a surveillance camera, Macdaid said it does have a security system.

Macdaid said he could not release any more details about the investigation, but he asked that the public provide any information that might be related to the burglary.