A Rome man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted his estranged wife in a Waterville parking lot, struck her car with his vehicle and followed her to Oakland, where police stopped him.

Andrew Knight, 40, of 62 Ladd Road, Rome, reportedly had an argument about finances with the woman in the parking lot of Waterville Pediatrics at 159 Silver St. before the incident occurred, according to Waterville police Deputy Chief Charles Rumsey.

Rumsey said police got a call at 10:11 a.m. Tuesday from someone reporting a man and woman were arguing in the parking lot. She began to walk away, the man drove up to her and grabbed her arm, and she got away and got into another vehicle, Rumsey said.

He drove after her and struck her vehicle with his, causing minor damage to both vehicles, then followed her to Kennedy Memorial Drive and all the way to Oakland, where he was stopped by an Oakland police officer near Rite-Aid, according to Rumsey.

Waterville police Officer Tim Hinton drove to Oakland, arrested Knight and charged him with domestic violence assault and reckless conduct, both class D misdemeanors, with the latter charge being for his striking her vehicle as she was leaving the Waterville parking lot, Rumsey said.

Knight was released on $750 unsecured bail and is scheduled to appear April 19 in Waterville District Court on the charges.

Rumsey said that before the incident occurred, Knight and the woman apparently had gone in separate vehicles to the doctors’ office on Silver Street to take a child to an appointment. After the appointment, the three got into one vehicle and went out and then took the child back to school in Oakland. Then Knight and his estranged wife drove back to Waterville in the same vehicle and returned to the doctors’ parking lot, where the argument started.

The woman, whose address is different from Knight’s, was not injured in the incident, according to Rumsey.

Amy Calder — 861-9247

acalder@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @AmyCalder17

FARMINGTON — A deputy’s radio and phone both were damaged and not working after the deputy scuffled with a Franklin County inmate who escaped from custody earlier this month, an internal sheriff’s department review has found.

Meanwhile, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols said Tuesday the review determined that “nothing was done wrong” by transport deputy Phil Richards during the March 1 escape and recapture of Derek Cook, the Franklin County inmate whom Richards was taking from Androscoggin County Jail to Franklin County Jail. Nichols said the review found Richards was unable to call for assistance before Cook fled because his radio and cellphone were damaged in a scuffle with Cook.

After escaping from the police van on Route 133 in Wilton, Cook fought with Richards twice and then fled on foot.

Cook, still in ankle shackles, then broke into a home, assaulted the homeowner, stole her vehicle and led police on a high-speed chase before crashing in Chesterville and being taken back into custody. The escape and recapture lasted about 30 minutes and involved Maine State Police, Wilton police and the sheriff’s department.

After the escape, Richards, in his mid- to late 50s, was on sick leave for a week to recover from injuries he suffered during the two altercations with Cook. Nichols said when he returned, around March 9 or March 10, a review of the incident was conducted that included interviews of Richards by Franklin County command staff. Nichols said the interviews determined that Richards had followed department protocol.

Richards was the only deputy transporting Cook and two other inmates to the Franklin County Jail in Farmington. Nichols said only one transport deputy is required when non-high-risk inmates are being transported, as was believed to be the case on March 1. Following jail transport protocol, all of the inmates in the van were wearing ankle shackles, handcuffs and stomach bands.

While driving on Route 133 in Wilton, Richards noticed something was going on behind him in the van and saw that Cook had gotten one of his hands free from the handcuffs and was trying to open the van’s side door with the open cuff.

Nichols said at this point Richards did not call for assistance, but instead focused on his first priority of preventing Cook from “bailing out the side door.”

Richards then stopped the van to confront Cook, who jumped out the side of the van. Richards caught Cook a few feet from the van at the tree line, where an initial fight occurred, but he was able to bring him back to the van, where a second fight between the deputy and the inmate ensued. During that fight, Cook kicked Richards to the ground and fled down the road, still in his ankle shackles.

During the initial fight, Richards’ portable radio and cellphone were damaged and “rendered inoperable,” according to Nichols, preventing Richards from calling for assistance.

Richards decided not to chase Cook when he fled down the road because he still had two other inmates in the van. When he returned to the van after scuffling with Cook, he called for assistance using the van’s radio.

There is no set protocol for when an officer is supposed to call for assistance during an escape attempt, though Nichols said that is something the sheriff’s department and jail might look to do in the future.

Nichols said transport protocol is not going to change in the wake of the escape attempt.

Cook, 31, of Wilton, is charged with robbery, a class A crime; escape, class B; burglary, class B; theft, class C; assault on an officer, class C; eluding an officer, class C; and assault class D. He is being held at the Franklin County Jail on $40,000 cash bail.

A news release issued by the Sheriff’s Department on March 1 listed 14 charges Cook faced from the three agencies involved. However, Cook appeared on only seven counts when he was arraigned March 2 at Rumford District Court.

After Cook’s arraignment, the Franklin County district attorney’s office said Maine State Police did not have their case ready in time for his arraignment. The additional charges may be added against Cook when a Franklin County grand jury meets, the district attorney’s office said.

Of the seven counts he has been charged with, five were filed by the Wilton Police Department and two by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.

The additional charges listed by the state police in the news release include criminal speeding, class E; eluding, class C; reckless conduct, class D; driving to endanger, class D; and operating after suspension with an extensive driving history. Also listed in the release was a charge of obstructing the report of a crime, class D, from Wilton police; and a charge of strong-armed robbery, class B, from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.

A call to the district attorney Tuesday for an update on the additional charges was not returned immediately.

Cook was being held at the Androscoggin County Jail after being arrested on Feb. 25 by Auburn police on a Franklin County warrant for a probation violation.

Lauren Abbate — 861-9252

labbate@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @Lauren_M_Abbate

AUGUSTA — A month after a Sidney couple brought their year-old daughter to the hospital after she allegedly swallowed heroin at home, Massachusetts police reported finding them smoking marijuana in a vehicle with the baby in a car seat in the back.

Jason D. Thomas, 34, and Katie J. Robinson, 23, were indicted Friday on charges of unlawful possession of heroin and endangering the welfare of a child on July 17, 2015, in Sidney.

Thomas is free on $5,000 cash bail with conditions that prohibit him from contact with the child and other children under 12.

Robinson is free on $1,000 bail, and she is not prohibited from living with the child. Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said Tuesday that her office had argued against allowing Robinson to have contact with the child, but a judge allowed it after hearing that there is no open case involving the family with the Department of Health and Human Services.

Maloney said it appeared the child recovered from the opiate incident “as best we can tell. We don’t know what the lasting effects are.”

Maloney said she does not know where the child is living now.

Both Thomas and Robinson are scheduled for court hearings in April, when they will be arraigned on the indictments.

An attorney for Robinson was unreachable by phone on Tuesday. There was no indication in court files that Thomas has an attorney.

In the Lawrence, Massachusetts, case, Thomas and Robinson were charged with child endangerment and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

The Massachusetts charges were dismissed in December 2015, according to a clerk in Lawrence District Court. However, she said warrants are out for both Thomas and Robinson because counsel fees or court costs are owed in both cases.

In that Aug. 19, 2015, incident in Lawrence, the then-14-month-old was taken to a hospital in Massachusetts, referred to that state’s Office of Health and Human Services and later released to her grandmother.

That incident was described in an affidavit by Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office Detective Michael Bickford, who was seeking an arrest warrant for Thomas on Jan. 5, 2016.

According to Bickford, a detective with the Lawrence Police Department said that the couple, the child and another woman were parked in a VIP Tires & Service parking lot and observed by a Massachusetts drug task force working undercover.

“When the officers approached the vehicle, they could smell the odor of fresh and burnt marijuana,” Bickford wrote. “Thomas was seen by officers throwing something under his seat.”

Bickford said officers located two mason jars containing marijuana on the floor of the car where Thomas was sitting. Bickford said Thomas told Lawrence officers during questioning, “That’s nothing; I grow pounds of (it).”

Bickford also said Robinson had $6,006 in cash in her possession and told police they had gone to Lawrence to buy a vehicle.

Bickford also said the Massachusetts “officers searched the vehicle and found hypodermic syringes and a spoon with a tan power residue believed to be heroin within arms’ reach” of the child.

In the Kennebec County case, the child allegedly ingested heroin on July 17, 2015, in Sidney.

According to the same affidavit, Bickford said the couple took their 1-year-old to the MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta after they saw her acting “lethargic and moving very slowly.” Tests there showed she was under the influence of opiates.

Robinson said she had no idea how the child could have come into contact with them. Robinson told police the couple had a bonfire previously and “someone must have left something laying around” that the child found.

Bickford’s affidavit said Robinson said she has never used drugs and Thomas told them “he is clean and he goes to the clinic every day to stay clean.”

Thomas said other people were visiting and working at the house.

Police then obtained a warrant to search the couple’s Sidney home, and they reported finding a hypodermic syringe in the master bathroom, a small plastic baggie containing suspected heroin and a spoon with a burn mark.

Those were found in the bedroom of a 12-year-old, Bickford said.

They also found marijuana and reported removing some because it was not in compliance with medical marijuana laws.

Later, laboratory reports from MaineGeneral Medical Center indicated the child tested positive for morphine and codine, and Bickford said a doctor at the Northern New England Poison Center in Portland told him that “heroin will metastasize in the human body as morphine,” and that only morphine or heroin would have produced that result.

Police returned to the Sidney home on Nov. 11, 2015, in response to a reported drug overdose involving a man who later recovered. That man was not Thomas.

Bickford said the man was found with two hypodermic syringes, a small plastic bag and a piece of cotton on the floor next to him.

In Maine, the unlawful possession of heroin is a felony and carries a five-year maximum term of imprisonment. Endangering the welfare of a child is a misdemeanor offense with a maximum jail term of 364 days.

Thomas has previous convictions in Kennebec County, including one for drug trafficking in 2006, in which he was sentenced to a 10-year prison term and ordered to serve an initial four years and five months of that with the remainder suspended.

Published records show Robinson was convicted in June 2012 of unlawful possession of oxycodone and trafficking in prison contraband in Augusta and was sentenced to serve an initial 28 days, with the remainder of a two-year jail term suspended. She was placed on two years of probation.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

AUGUSTA

Monday at 9:13 a.m., a 39-year-old Augusta woman was issued a summons charging her with having a habitually truant student.

8:35 p.m., a caller reported a theft while visiting at the Kennebec County jail.

4:10 p.m., a Glenridge Drive caller reported a disturbance.

4:26 p.m., an Edison Drive caller reported theft.

Tuesday at 8:51 a.m., property was reported recovered on Winthrop Street.

11:56 a.m., a Purinton Avenue caller reported fraud.

1:08 p.m., a Bangor Street caller reported counterfeiting.

1:18 p.m., a Civic Center Drive caller reported theft.

1:45 p.m., a Pierce Drive caller reported juvenile offenses.

GARDINER

Monday at 1:10 p.m., an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old juvenile were issued summonses charging them with burglary after a report of a burglary on Riverview Drive.

WINDSOR

Monday at 9:14 a.m., a 27-year-old Whitefield man was issued a summons on Augusta-Rockland Road charging him with negotiating a worthless instrument.

ARRESTS

DRESDEN

On March 22, Stephen M. Leighton, 27, of Dresden, was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault and violating condition of release on River Road.

JEFFERSON

On Friday, Frank A. Dinsmore, 54, of Jefferson, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence after a crash on Bunker Hill Road. A news release from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said Dinsmore was traveling north when he lost control of the 2000 Jeep Wrangler, and it went off the road, down an embankment and into trees.

WHITEFIELD

On March 9, Peter P. Poland, 43, of Whitefield, was arrested on charges of failing to stop for an officer, operating under the influence and terrorizing after being stopped on Mills Road.

WATERVILLE — A city woman “took off running in handcuffs” during an arrest Tuesday but was caught soon after a short chase downtown, police said.

Renee Jurdak, 30, of Waterville, was arrested after police responded to a complaint about trespassing Tuesday afternoon at the Save-A-Lot grocery store at The Concourse. Police spoke to Jurdak, about whom store employees had complained because she wasn’t allowed to be in the store.

It turned out that Jurdak also was wanted for failure to appear in court on a theft charge, Waterville police Sgt. Brian Gardiner said.

Officer Timothy Hinton slapped the cuffs on Jurdak, arresting her on the warrant, and “when he went to open the door to the cruiser, she took off running in handcuffs,” Gardiner said.

“He chased her down and caught her,” Gardiner said, adding that Jurdak also will be charged with escape, a misdemeanor.

Jurdak, then of Fairfield, was convicted in Somerset County court of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer June 11, 2015, in Fairfield and was ordered to pay a $400 fine. She also was arrested in August in Somerset County on a warrant for failure to appear in court.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com

Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Tuesday at 10:23 a.m., fraud was reported on Access Road.

2:34 p.m., a traffic accident was reported on Redington Pond Road.

IN COBURN GORE, Tuesday at 6:08 a.m., a traffic accident with injuries was reported on The Arnold Trail.

IN CLINTON, Tuesday at 11:08 a.m., an arrest was made during a sex offender check on Canaan Road.

IN EMBDEN, Tuesday at 2:58 p.m., trees were reported down on Cross Town Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Tuesday at 11:39 a.m., reported vandalism was investigated on Davis Road.

2:34 p.m., a traffic accident was investigated on High Street.

3:57 p.m., a theft was investigated on Main Street.

IN FARMINGTON, Tuesday at 8:19 a.m., a traffic accident was reported on Middle Street.

2:59 p.m., a traffic accident was reported on Livermore Falls Road.

10 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Perham Street.

11:32 p.m., police were asked to remove a person on Town Farm Road.

IN HARTLAND, Tuesday at 2:52 p.m., an arrest was made on Elm Street.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Wednesday at 1:49 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Ferry Road.

IN OAKLAND, Tuesday at 12:39 p.m., a traffic accident was reported at Ray Haskell Ford on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

7:13 p.m., harassment was investigated on Belgrade Road.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Tuesday at 9:16 a.m., a traffic accident was reported on Walnut Street.

11:14 a.m., an arrest was made at a reported disturbance on Cedar Street.

1:10 p.m., a traffic accident was reported on Fairview Avenue.

2:23 p.m., loud noise was reported on Big Bird Street.

2:50 p.m., an intoxicated person was reported on Middle Road.

5:05 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Cherry Street.

5:13 p.m., harassment was investigated on Waterville Road.

5:57 p.m., a reported theft was investigated on Water Street.

7:52 p.m., a vehicle fire was reported on Back Road.

10:46 p.m., harassment was reported on Main Street.

10:38 p.m., loud noise was reported on Waterville Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 7:12 a.m., harassment was reported at Oak Grove Nursing Care on Cool Street.

7:13 a.m., a traffic accident was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

7:50 a.m., a report of a missing person was investigated on Chaplin Street.

10:11 a.m., an arrest was made at a reported disturbance on Silver Street.

1:15 p.m., a traffic accident was reported at Shaw’s Plaza.

1:37 p.m., an unwanted person was reported at Save-A-Lot on the Concourse, and police made an arrest.

3:28 p.m., criminal mischief was investigated on Water Street.

7:14 p.m., a traffic accident was reported on Front Street.

7:29 p.m., shoplifting was reported at the Hannaford supermarket on Elm Plaza.

10:53 p.m., an arrest was made at a traffic stop on Elm Street.

IN WILTON, Tuesday at 12:02 p.m., a warrant arrest was made on Depot Street.

10:12 p.m., fraud was reported on Orchard Drive.

11:03 p.m., an assault was reported on Main Street.

ARRESTS

IN CLINTON, Tuesday at 11:08 a.m., Jason Paul Courtmanche, 42, of Canaan Road, was arrested on a charge of failure to comply with sex offender registration act.

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Tuesday at 12:40 p.m., Travis Martin, 32, of Wilton, was arrested on charges of criminal mischief, a warrant for unpaid fines, violation of protection order and failure to submit to arrest or detention.

2:32 p.m., Lee Haines, 41, of Phillips, was arrested on a charge of theft.

11:15 p.m., Kristine Buker, 26, of Farmington, was arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Tuesday at 10:25 a.m., Brandon Hipple, 18, of Skowhegan, was arrested on a charge of violating a protection order.

11:54 a.m., Derek Allen Kunz, 23, of Madison, was arrested on a charge of criminal mischief and domestic violence assault.

12:06 p.m., Brian Lee Stratton, 35, of Bangor, was arrested on a charge of probation revocation.

12:56 p.m., Margret A. Williams, 70, of St. Albans, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence.

3:34 p.m., Wade Washburn, 47, of Hartland, was arrested on a warrant and four charges of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 10:11 a.m., Andrew Kenneth Knight, 40, of Ladd Road, Rome, was arrested on charges of reckless conduct and domestic violence assault.

1:37 p.m., Renee Marie Jurdak, 30, of Summer Street, was arrested on the Concourse on a warrant and an escape charge.

10:53 p.m., Christopher Washburn, 28, of Beans Corner Road, Hartland, was arrested on Elm Street on a warrant.

WATERVILLE — State fire officials continue to investigate two arson fires that occurred within minutes of each other Sunday involving a pickup truck on Elm Street and an apartment building about 100 yards away on Silver Street.

The pickup truck was destroyed. The fire at 58 Silver St., which was set in a first-floor common area closet, was extinguished, leaving only minor damage.

“They’re both still under investigation,” Sgt. Ken Grimes, of the state fire marshal’s office, said Wednesday. “We spent some time conducting interviews, doing some neighborhood interviews of anyone that may have seen anything. So far, at this point, we don’t have any suspects, but we do continue to investigate.”

Grimes said Monday the fires were intentionally set and Fire Chief David LaFountain said that fire was also found in the stairway of the building, which would indicate the person who set it was trying to prevent tenants from getting out. He said stairway fires are unusual.

Waterville fire Capt. John Gromek said Wednesday that a tenant in the apartment building told him he heard a fire alarm go off in the building but did not initially check to see where it was coming from.

“When he did, there was a significant amount of smoke in the hallway and he could not exit his apartment and had to climb down off a second-story porch,” Gromek said.

Gromek said he wants to remind people to leave a building when a smoke detector goes off and call the Fire Department.

“This may have given that person plenty of time to exit the building before the smoke filled the stairwell and hallway,” he said.

Police, who had been at the truck fire, ran through a wooded area to the Silver Street apartment house and pounded on doors to get tenants out. One person police helped to flee, Janette Jones, 59, who uses a wheelchair and lives in a first-floor apartment, said she had heard the smoke alarm in the hallway go on and off during the weekend, and the first time it did so, on Friday night, she called police.

Police were called to 43 Elm St. at 10:44 p.m. Sunday to deal with the truck fire and found a 2011 Tacoma Toyota pickup engulfed. Five minutes later, at 10:49 p.m., authorities were notified there was a fire at the apartment building.

The three-story building has five apartments. Last year, when Jones was in the hospital, a fire started in her bedroom. The building was evacuated and firefighters extinguished the fire, which was later deemed to be electrical in nature.

Amy Calder — 861-9247

acalder@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @AmyCalder17

AUGUSTA

Tuesday at 7:40 a.m., property was recovered on Winthrop Street.

10:55 a.m., a traffic accident occurred on Western Avenue and Memorial Circle.

11:56 a.m., fraud was reported on Purinton Avenue.

1:08 p.m., counterfeiting was reported on Bangor Street.

1:18 p.m., theft was reported on Civic Center Drive.

1:54 p.m., a traffic accident occurred on Edison Drive.

4:18 p.m., a traffic accident occurred on Stone Street.

4:43 p.m., a simple assault was reported at Mount Vernon Avenue and Bond Street.

5:52 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Stone Street.

6:33 p.m., a disturbance was reported on State Street.

7:50 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Hope Way.

8:25 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Hospital Street.

8:57 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Hillcrest Street and Florence Street Place.

Wednesday at 1:30 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Edison Drive.

1:43 a.m., a warning was issued for disorderly conduct on Chapel Street.

2:08 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue.

3:53 a.m., a traffic accident occurred on Albee Road.

GARDINER

Tuesday at 8:56 a.m., a well-being check was performed on Plummer Street.

12:49 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Highland Avenue.

3:52 p.m., a door was reported open on Marston Road.

9:03 p.m., a theft was reported on Water Street.

HALLOWELL

Tuesday at 2:26 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Water Street.

MONMOUTH

Tuesday at 12:55 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Route 135.

1:05 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Morse Road.

6:32 p.m., a traffic accident was reported on Wilson Pond Road.

6:50 p.m., a burglary was reported at a foreclosed home on Route 135.

WINDSOR

Tuesday at 9:43 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Barry Lane.

WINTHROP

Tuesday at 9:31 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Turkey Lane.

2:46 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Dexter Pond Road.

Wednesday at 10:25 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on U.S. Route 202.

ARRESTS

AUGUSTA

Tuesday at 1:45 p.m., a juvenile was arrested on unidentified charges on Pierce Drive.

GARDINER

Tuesday at 10:12 p.m., Nancy Rodriquez, 19, of Augusta was arrested on a charge of violating conditions of release on Kendall Street.

AUGUSTA — Maine’s opiate crisis won’t be solved without the help of state and local officials, according to Denis Thoet. That’s why Thoet, a retired journalist and farmer who lives in Augusta, attended a forum on the state’s drug problem Wednesday night.

The forum was the second of its kind to be held at Cony High School this year, and it consisted of several break-out sessions in which six different responses to and aspects of the drug crisis were discussed: advocacy, treatment, medicine, education and prevention, recovery and enforcement.

Given Thoet’s own belief in the importance of public policy to solving the crisis, he attended the session on advocacy led by attorney and Augusta City Councilor Marci Alexander. He specifically would like to see more treatment options for those addicted to heroin and other opiates, and discussed with Alexander strategies for better delivering his message to elected leaders.

Marci Alexander, left, encourages Denis Thoet to send a letter to legislators for public access to an opiate antidote during the workshop sessions of the opiate symposium at Cony High School in Augusta on Wednesday.

“I think it’s important,” Thoet said of advocacy. “We have a problem here, and the problem is not being addressed by government. We need to work with government.”

While the January forum was attended by nearly 300 concerned citizens, just 90 showed up at Wednesday’s, which was titled “Take Back Our Community: Action in Augusta” and organized by groups including Healthy Communities of the Capital Area, the Augusta Board of Education and the Augusta Police Department.

But if the first forum was well-attended, those who showed up at the second had more opportunities to participate. The individual sessions were led by educators, law enforcement officers and addiction counselors, among others. Following the break-out sessions, each facilitator presented some of the solutions that were brainstormed by those in the session.

Ryan Reardon, interim sheriff of Kennebec County, helped lead the session on recovery. After meeting with residents in that session, he said, he began thinking that a pamphlet that provides a comprehensive list of addiction treatment resources could be left in public places such as waiting areas of the jail.

Melanie Thompson, a doctor at MaineGeneral Medical Center, said her group discussed ways health care providers could prescribe fewer opiates and use less stigmatizing language when treating drug users.

At this point, the stakes for coming up with effective solutions to the drug crisis are great.

Statewide, drug overdose deaths increased by 31 percent in 2015, reaching a new high of 272 fatalities that was fueled by a near doubling of heroin deaths, according to data released earlier this month by the attorney general’s office. There were 107 deaths from heroin, compared to 57 heroin overdoses the previous year.

In Augusta alone, the Augusta Fire Department responded to 50 heroin overdoses in 2015, up from 26 in 2014 and just six in 2007, according to Fire Chief Roger Audette. The Augusta department used Narcan, a drug which can revive heroin users who have overdosed, 44 times in 2015 to revive people who weren’t breathing.

The issue hit home for many who attended the forum Wednesday night. Psychologist Fred White was facilitating the event, and when he asked how many were affected personally by the crisis, at least half of the audience raised its hands.

Few of the solutions they were brainstormed Wednesday night were new, but according to White, at least a few of them could be implemented in the next day, week or year.

Charles Eichacker — 621-5642

ceichacker@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @ceichacker

IN CAMBRIDGE, Thursday at 8:46 a.m., a report of theft was investigated on Guilford Road.

IN CANAAN, Wednesday at 8:10 p.m., a report of suspicious activity with no address listed was investigated.

IN CARTHAGE, Wednesday at 9:48 a.m., theft or fraud was reported on Winter Hill Road.

IN CHESTERVILLE, Wednesday at 5:04 p.m., trespassing was reported on Borough Road.

8:05 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on George Thomas Road.

IN CLINTON, Wednesday at 1:37 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Bush Road.

IN DETROIT, Wednesday at 9:14 p.m., a scam complaint was investigated on Troy Road.

10:22 p.m., a report of suspicious activity was investigated on Main Street.

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 4:43 p.m., a vehicle fire was reported on Hutchins Road.

IN FARMINGTON, Wednesday at 7:11 p.m., suspicious activity was reported at the intersection of Davis Road and Summit Avenue.

11:55 p.m., vandalism or criminal mischief was reported at the University of Maine at Farmington on Main Street.

IN JAY, Wednesday at 8:40 a.m., theft or fraud was reported on Maxwell Road.

10:51 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Elm Street.

5:47 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

10:43 p.m., harassment was reported on BJ’s Lane.

IN KINGFIELD, Wednesday at 8:07 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

8:35 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

IN MADISON, Wednesday at 12:45 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Rowell Street.

4:02 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on River Road.

5:31 p.m., an arrest was made on East Madison Road.

Thursday at 1:07 a.m., a motor vehicle accident led to an arrest on Thurston Hill Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Wednesday at 1:49 a.m., a report of suspicious activity was investigated on Ferry Road.

IN OAKLAND, Wednesday at 4:01 p.m., a motor vehicle accident was investigated on Smithfield Road.

IN PITTSFIELD, Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on North Main Street.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Wednesday at 9:36 a.m., loud noise or music was reported on Bennett Avenue.

12 noon, a scam complaint was investigated on Gem Street.

1:09 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Academy Circle.

1:40 p.m., police determined no action was needed in a report of an assault on Academy Circle.

2:29 p.m., a report of mischief was investigated on North Avenue.

3:09 p.m., police determined that no action was needed in a report of a suspicious person on South Factory Street.

5:03 p.m., a report of theft was investigated on Water Street.

8:15 p.m., a report of suspicious activity was investigated on Elm Street.

8:20 p.m., a report of loud noise or music was investigated on Back Road.

9:53 p.m., breaking and entering was reported on Waterville Road.

Thursday at 1:42 a.m., a report of suspicious activity was investigated on Island Avenue.

4:10 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Waterville Road.

IN SMITHFIELD, Wednesday at 5:05 p.m., a report of threatening was investigated on Lake View Drive.

IN ST. ALBANS, Wednesday at 7:39 p.m., a report of disturbance was investigated on Corinna Road.

IN TEMPLE, Wednesday at 1:45 p.m., fraud was reported on Varnum Pond Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 7:46 a.m., harassment was investigated on Summer Street.

8:38 a.m., a reported motor vehicle burglary was investigated on Merryfield Avenue.

12:40 p.m., a motor vehicle accident was reported at Elm and Park streets.

12:47 p.m., a motor vehicle accident was reported at Temple and Main streets.

3:39 p.m., a motor vehicle accident was reported at the Concourse.

4:03 p.m., a report of an intoxicated person was investigated at Head of Falls.

6:34 p.m., harassment was investigated on Lawrence Street.

6:52 p.m., a reported domestic dispute was investigated on College Avenue.

7:20 p.m., an arrest was made at a motor vehicle stop on Gold Street.

9:05 p.m., an arrest was made at a domestic dispute on Leighton Street.

10:46 p.m., a disturbance was reported at Temple Street Tavern on Temple Street.

11:42 p.m., a warrant arrest was made on Front Street.

Thursday at 2:02 a.m., an arrest was made at Tim Hortons restaurant on Main Street in response to a report of assault.

IN WILTON, Wednesday at 4:46 p.m., theft or fraud was reported on Main Street.

8:36 p.m., burglary was reported on U.S. Route 2 East.

IN WINSLOW, Wednesday at 11:41 a.m., arrests were made at the police station on Benton Avenue.

4:17 p.m., a reported traffic offense led to an arrest on Bay Street.

6:47 p.m., two arrests were made at a traffic stop on the Ticonic Bridge.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Wednesday at 4:05 p.m., Mark Childs, 27, of Poland, was arrested on charges of violation of protection from abuse order and terrorizing.

6:15 p.m., Vanessa Gordon, 26, of Farmington, was arrested on three warrants for unpaid fines.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Thursday at 2:29 a.m., Sally Angela Landry, 23, of Solon, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 7:20 p.m., Robert St. Peter, 51, of Ten Lots Road, Fairfield, was arrested on Gold Street on charges of operating under the influence, operating vehicle without a license and failure to register vehicle.

9:05 p.m., Gary W. Howard, 38, of Leighton Street, was arrested on charges of criminal mischief, aggravated assault, and criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon.

11:42 p.m., Randolph N. Murray, 54, of Front Street, was arrested on Front Street on a probation hold.

Thursday, at 2:02 a.m., Stephanie Lynn Sprague, 27, of Drummond Avenue, was arrested on Main Street on a charge of aggravated assault.

2:02 a.m., David Michael Tenney, 26, of Drummond Avenue, was arrested on Main Street on a probation hold.

IN WINSLOW, Wednesday at 11:41 a.m., Damian Micheal Depalma, 22, of Foss Hill Road, was arrested on charges of burglary, criminal attempt burglary and aggravated criminal mischief.

11:41 a.m., Derell Devon Allen, 28, of Oak Street, Waterville, was arrested on charges of burglary, criminal attempt burglary and aggravated criminal mischief.

4:17 p.m., Bruce D. Carkin, 57, of Water Street, Waterville, was arrested on Bay Street on charges of failing to notify of motor vehicle accident, failing to make oral or written accident report and operating under the influence.

6:47 p.m., Matthew Elwin Ames, 50, of Averill Mobile Home Park, Benton, was arrested on the Ticonic Bridge on two warrants.

6:47 p.m., Dede Ann Reynolds-Kasevich, 47, of Gray Street, Waterville was arrested on the Ticonic Bridge on two warrants and a charge of unlawful possession of scheduled drug.

A Chelsea man was arrested on burglary and theft charges Thursday after he allegedly confessed to stealing $3,000 worth of goods in Chelsea and in Farmingdale, according to Maine State Police Trooper Elisha Fowlie, an investigator with Troop D.

Michael Freeman Jr., 28, of Chelsea, was charged with two counts of burglary and two counts of felony theft, Fowlie said. Freeman, who was already on probation for robbery, was taken to Kennebec County jail, according to Fowlie. His bail stands at $10,000.

Fowlie said he and another investigator, Trooper Adam McNaughton, began investigating Freeman, who they knew was on probation, after receiving a complaint on March 15 that a boat motor and a variety of power tools had been stolen from a barn on Togus Road in Chelsea.

When the investigators and two other state troopers went to Freeman’s home Thursday morning, an unidentified woman initially told them Freeman was not home, Fowlie said. But after a few minutes, the troopers saw Freeman and the woman allegedly trying to leave with the property in a car.

“They were stopped, and he was arrested roadside for burglary,” Fowlie said.

Freeman proceeded to take the officers to a place in the woods where he had stored some of the stolen goods, Fowlie said.

He had taken other goods to a pawn shop in Auburn and sold them for $275, according to a press release from the Maine Department of Public Safety.

Freeman also allegedly confessed to a separate burglary in Farmingdale, Fowlie said.

All the goods were recovered, and the victims were coming to retrieve their property Thursday afternoon, Fowlie said.

“The houses were randomly chosen by (Freeman),” Fowlie said. “There was no vendetta or anything.”

Freeman allegedly told investigators that he has a heroin problem, and he stole the items to sell for money, Fowlie said.

In 2012, Freeman was charged with robbing oxycodone from a Rite Aid pharmacy in Fryeburg, according to the department of public safety. He was on probation after serving jail time.

Charles Eichacker — 621-5642

ceichacker@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @ceichacker

An Abbot man who pleaded guilty in February to a charge of manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of his father in Parkman in 2015 was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in the state prison.

Zachary Grant, 38, faced a maximum of 30 years in prison, according to Assistant Attorney General John Alsop, who prosecuted the case before Justice Robert Mullen in Piscataquis County Superior Court in Dover-Foxcroft.

The full sentence Thursday was 25 years in prison with all but 18 years suspended and four years of probation upon his release, Alsop said Thursday afternoon.

In exchange for the guilty plea, a charge of murder was dismissed.

Grant was arrested in May 2015 and charged with murder. He later was hospitalized for treatment of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the face, first at Eastern Maine Medical Center and later at Acadia Hospital in Bangor. Alsop said Grant appears to have recovered from the gunshot wound, but may have been left impaired in one eye.

Maine State Police detectives said David Grant, 61, was found shot to death May 12 in the front yard of his mobile home at 114 Packard Road in Parkman, a back road between Route 150 and the Dexter town line. The state medical examiner determined that David Grant died from multiple gunshot wounds.

Zachary Grant, who told detectives he was drunk and didn’t take his medication, said he does not remember fatally shooting his father.

Alsop said several people, including David Grant’s surviving partner, spoke on behalf of Grant in court Thursday afternoon, asking for a light sentence.

“They asked for the shortest possible sentence that the judge felt comfortable giving,” Alsop said. “It sounded like they were very sympathetic to the defendant. They wanted to help him out.”

Alsop said his office recommended a sentence of 27 years in prison with all but 22 years suspended. Grant’s lawyer, Jeffrey Silverstein of Bangor, asked for a sentence of 18 years with all but eight to 10 years suspended, he said.

Silverstein did not immediately return a call Thursday afternoon for comment on the sentence.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com

Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

The Wilton Police Department is investigating a report of burglary Wednesday on U.S. Route 2 in which gift cards, about $800 in cash and two firearms were taken from a residence.

The burglary was reported around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday and happened during the day Wednesday, said Wilton Police Chief Heidi Wilcox.

No one was home at the time, and the burglar used force to get inside.

The case is being investigated by Sgt. Chad Abbott of the police department.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Wilton Police Department at 645-3876.

Rachel Ohm — 612-2368

rohm@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @rachel_ohm

AUGUSTA

Wednesday at 7:38 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on South Belfast Avenue and Cony Road.

9:19 a.m., a city ordinance violation was reported on Washington Street.

9:25 a.m., needles were recovered on Washington Street.

9:36 a.m., property was recovered on Cony Street.

11:54 a.m., property was recovered on Union Street.

12:27 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Franklin Street.

12:45 p.m., property was recovered on Cony Street.

12:53 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Western Avenue.

1:58 p.m., a theft was reported on Sewall Street.

2:50 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Union Street.

3:16 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Bangor Street.

4:08 p.m., needles were recovered on Chase Avenue.

4:21 p.m., a well-being and mental health check was performed on Noyes Court.

5:20 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Sarahs Street.

5:38 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Crosby Lane.

5:44 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Winthrop Street.

6:23 p.m., a protection order violation was reported on North Belfast Avenue.

7:22 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Western Avenue.

7:46 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Greenlief Street.

10:25 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Sparrow Drive.

Thursday at 1:42 a.m., a traffic accident involving a police cruiser was reported on North Belfast Avenue.

4:44 a.m., a traffic accident occurred on North Belfast Avenue.

CHELSEA

Wednesday at 9:35 a.m., physical abuse was reported on Hallowell Road.

11:22 p.m., a 42-year-old Chelsea woman and a 49-year-old Gardiner man were each summoned on a charge of criminal trespass at Butternut Park.

GARDINER

Wednesday at 8:07 a.m., harassment was reported on Church Street.

4:48 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Brunswick Avenue.

HALLOWELL

Wednesday at 4:52 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Water Street.

6:05 p.m., a well-being and mental health check was performed on Water Street.

RANDOLPH

Wednesday at 5:08 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Pleasant Street.

WINTHROP

Wednesday at 5:05 p.m., fraud was reported on Pamela Drive.

6:06 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on U.S. Route 202.

6:11 p.m., a traffic offense was reported on U.S. Route 202.

7:35 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Winada Drive.

Thursday at 11:46 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Mace Avenue.

ARRESTS

AUGUSTA

On Wednesday at 7:45 a.m., Shauna MacIntyre, 39, of Augusta, was arrested on four warrants after police responded to a report of theft on Melville Street.

10:02 a.m., Michelle Benavidez, 34, of Augusta, was arrested on a warrant after police responded to a reported disturbance on Old Belgrade Road.

1:44 p.m., Kassandra Gammon, 23, of Augusta, was arrested on Hospital Street on charges of unlawful possession of a scheduled drug, violating conditions of release and two warrants, one for unpaid fines and the other for operating after suspension.

WATERVILLE — Three people were charged with assault in separate Wednesday night and Thursday morning incidents.

Gary Howard, 38, of Leighton Street, is accused of attacking his girlfriend in their apartment Wednesday night and was charged with aggravated assault, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and criminal mischief.

Stephanie Lynn Sprague, 27, and David Tenney, 26, of Drummond Avenue, are accused of taking part in an attack on Sprague’s former friend and her parents early Thursday morning. Sprague was charged with aggravated assault, and Tenney was charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault and held for violating the terms of his probation.

Police were called to an apartment building on Leighton Street at approximately 9:05 p.m. Wednesday to investigate a report of a woman who had been attacked by her boyfriend, according to Waterville Deputy Chief Charles Rumsey.

When officers arrived, they found a group of people outside near the entrance of the building, including a woman who was bleeding from a laceration on the right side of her head. The woman was taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center Thayer Center for Health for treatment.

According to the woman, Howard was throwing items at her in the apartment and hit her in the head when she was fleeing the apartment. When officers went to talk to Howard, they found the interior of the apartment “in shambles” with broken pottery, picture frames and other destruction consistent with a physical confrontation, Rumsey said. Howard told police he had thrown the items at the woman, he added.

Through further investigation, officers learned that Howard had allegedly assaulted the woman, striking her and choking her throat, aggravating the assault charge, Rumsey said. Investigators also learned that Howard had allegedly threatened the woman, saying that he was going to slice her throat while holding a knife, he said.

Aggravated assault is a Class B felony and carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. Criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon is a Class C crime with a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

Hours later, police responded to another reported assault in the city.

According to Rumsey, a woman called from Tim Hortons restaurant on Main Street to report that she had been hit by Stephanie Sprague during a confrontation at Sprague’s apartment.

Sprague and the woman had allegedly argued over money earlier on Thursday, Rumsey said. Their relationship was not domestic, but the two had been friends, he said.

“I think the friendship ended and they were arguing about money,” he said.

The woman, accompanied by her parents, went to Sprague’s apartment on Drummond Avenue to reclaim some of her property and her dog, according to Rumsey. While there, they reignited the afternoon argument and Sprague allegedly assaulted the woman, who was thrown to the floor, then choked by Sprague.

David Tenney, who was at the Drummond Avenue apartment, was also charged with assault because he allegedly grabbed and pushed the woman’s mother and father when they tried to break up the altercation, Rumsey said.

The woman was eventually able to break loose and go to Tim Hortons, where she called police.

Sprague was arrested on an aggravated assault charge and bailed out with $1,000 unsecured. Tenney was held for violating his probation, Rumsey said.

Peter McGuire — 861-9239

pmcguire@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @PeteL_McGuire

SKOWHEGAN — The following cases were closed in Somerset County Superior Court and Skowhegan District Court Feb. 8-14, 2016.

Steven M. Atkinson, 42, of Skowhegan, operating under the influence Dec. 17, 2015, in Skowhegan; $700 fine, 10-day jail sentence, three-year license and registration suspension. Operating vehicle without a license Dec. 17, 2015, in Skowhegan, dismissed.

Shane M. Auclair, 26, of Stafford Springs, Connecticut, operating unregistered snowmobile Jan. 16, 2016, in Solon; $100 fine.

Kegan Y. Barrett, 27, of Belgrade, failure to register vehicle Dec. 26, 2015, in Skowhegan; $150 fine.

Deon J. Bennett, 39, of Waterville, unlawful use of bait in artificial lure only water July 29, 2015, in Bingham; $100 fine.

Charles T. Bubar, 37, of Hartland, operating ATV on public way Jan. 7, 2016, in Hartland; $100 fine.

Skylar B. Caron, 22, of Waterville, violating condition of release and operating after habitual offender revocation, both July 8, 2015, and domestic violence terrorizing, violating condition of release and disorderly conduct, offensive words, gestures, all Nov. 12, 2015, in Fairfield; $500 fine, six-month jail sentence. Driving to endanger July 8, 2015, in Fairfield, dismissed.

Jimmy Lee Cataloni, 30, of Pittsfield, use of drug paraphernalia Jan. 15, 2016, in Brighton Plantation; $300 fine.

Cole M. Crockett, 33, of Skowhegan, domestic violence assault Feb. 6, 2016, in Skowhegan; 364-day jail sentence, all but six months suspended, two years’ probation.

Mark Von Curry, 58, of Charlotte, North Carolina, commercial vehicle rule violation: operation with false duty Nov. 20, 2013, in Pittsfield; $750 fine.

Harry J. Degroat, 40, of Skowhegan, operating under the influence Jan. 16, 2016, in Skowhegan; $500 fine, 48-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Joshua M. Disy, 34, of Bangor, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Nov. 19, 2015, in Palmyra; $400 fine.

Bryan H. Dodge, 26, of Athens, use of drug paraphernalia Dec. 22, 2015, in Bingham; $300 fine.

Ryan J. Doherty, 21, of Townsend, Massachusetts, violating snowmobile noise level limits Jan. 1, 2016, in Jackman; $100 fine.

Richard D. Duffy Jr., 50, of Rome, attaching false plates Dec. 13, 2015, in Norridgewock; $150 fine.

Erin C. Fitzgerald, 21, of Skowhegan, possession of marijuana, up to 1 1/4 ounce, Jan. 8, 2016, in Skowhegan, dismissed.

Khristopher L. Flanders, 26, of Wellington, use of drug paraphernalia Dec. 22, 2015, in Bingham; $300 fine.

Adam D. Fogg, 30, of Sanford, violating snowmobile noise level limits Jan. 2, 2016, in Jackman; $100 fine.

James R. Fogg, 37, of Bucksport, operating under the influence Dec. 25, 2015, in Fairfield; $500 fine, 48-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Anthony Gerry Jr., 34, of Troy, disorderly conduct, loud unreasonable noise and criminal mischief, both Jan. 1, 2016, in Palmyra; 180-day jail sentence, all but 48 hours suspended, one-year administrative release, $802.73 restitution.

Newell B. Graf, 20, of Skowhegan, hunt antlerless deer without permit, disposal of offal; littering and exceeding bag limit on deer, both Nov. 6, 2015, in Skowhegan and Athens; $1,400 in fines, three-day jail sentence.

Kyle Green, 24, of Skowhegan, unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs May 14, 2014, in Skowhegan; $400 fine, six-year Department of Corrections sentence, all but 13 months suspended, two years’ probation, $400 restitution.

Jeremy J. Hamner, 25, of Newport, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Dec. 8, 2015, in Skowhegan; $200 fine.

Gaige J. Hessert, 18, of Norridgewock, operating vehicle without a license Dec. 9, 2015, in Fairfield; $150 fine.

Philip E. Howard II, 29, of Fairfield, violating condition of release Feb. 10, 2016, in Fairfield; 48-hour jail sentence.

Dana C. Johnson, 40, of Boylston, Massachusetts, failure to provide and display registration Jan. 1, 2016, in Jackman; $100 fine.

Renee M. Jurdak, 30, of Fairfield, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer July 23, 2015, in Fairfield; $500 fine.

Deyon Kitchin, 19, of Madison, operating vehicle without a license Feb. 9, 2016, in Anson; 36-hour jail sentence.

Evan T. Lamphere, 22, of Anson, use of drug paraphernalia Nov. 28, 2015; $300 fine. Possession of marijuana, up to 1 1/4 ounce, Nov. 28, 2015, dismissed.

Blair Charles Laubenstein, 33, of Hallowell, harassment by telephone Dec. 1, 2015, in Fairfield; 180-day jail sentence, all but four days suspended, one-year administrative release.

Thomas J. Loeffler, 41, of East Hampsted, New Hamphire, violating snowmobile noise level limits Jan. 1, 2016, in Jackman; $100 fine.

Alexander R. Lurvey, 21, of Fairfield, failing to notify of motor vehicle accident Dec. 15, 2015, in Fairfield; $350 fine.

Jamie S. Marshall II, 24, of Canaan, operating vehicle without a license Nov. 20, 2015, in Skowhegan; $150 fine.

Stephen E. McDaniel, 26, of Skowhegan, failure to register vehicle Dec. 18, 2015, in Skowhegan; $100 fine.

Edward J. Mestieri, 63, of Fairfield, passing stopped school bus Dec. 22, 2015, in Fairfield; $250 fine.

Scott W. Morton, 51, of Canaan, allowing minor to possess or consume liquor Dec. 4, 2015, in Canaan; $300 fine.

Michael R. Mungovan, 24, of Spencer, Massachusetts, possession of marijuana, up to 1 1/4 ounce, Nov. 22, 2015, in Bingham; $350 fine.

Ernest N. Nault, 46, of Skowhegan, fogery Dec. 28, 2015, in Skowhegan; $400 fine.

Nicholas R. Nelson, 25, of Fairfield, operating while license suspended or revoked Dec. 15, 2015, in Fairfield; $250 fine.

Jason R. Pelletier, 36, of Millinocket, loaded firearm or crossbow in motor vehicle Dec. 3, 2015, in Russell Pond Township; $200 fine.

Chad M. Pressey, 30, of Athens, use of drug paraphernalia Dec. 22, 2015, in Bingham; $300 fine.

Norman W. Reid, of Spencer, Massachusetts, possession of marijuana, up to 1 1/4 ounce, Nov. 22, 2015, in Bingham; $350 fine. Use of drug paraphernalia, Nov. 22, 2015, in Bingham, dismissed.

David A. Richardson, 45, of Anson, loaded firearm or crossbow in motor vehicle Nov. 22, 2015, in Solon; $200 fine.

Richard A. Rush, 42, of Clinton, failure to register vehicle Dec. 31, 2015, in Fairfield; $100 fine.

Craig K. Seavey, 61, of Baileyville, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Nov. 4, 2015, in Skowhegan; $300 fine.

Richard L. Sprague Jr., 45 , of Pittsfield, fishing without valid license Jan. 15, 2016, in Smith Pond; $120 fine.

Forrest Stevens, 57, of Skowhegan, failure to register vehicle Jan. 27, 2016, in Skowhegan; $100 fine.

Corey S. Tart, 29, of Athens, use of drug paraphernalia Dec. 22, 2015, in Bingham; $300 fine.

Michael Allen Tayse, 38, of Madison, illegal possession of firearm Nov. 17, 2014, in Madison and operating vehicle without a license Feb. 8, 2016, in Anson; three-year Department of Corrections sentence, all but six months suspended, two years’ probation.

Johnny Thibodeau, 37, of Beauceville, non-resident muzzle-loading hunting without license Dec. 4, 2015, in Jackman; $200 fine.

Mitchell Thresher, 26, of Rumford, use of drug paraphernalia Nov. 22, 2015, in Bingham; $300 fine.

Christopher Warner, 22, of Clinton, possession of marijuana, up to 1 1/4 ounce, Jan. 8, 2016, in Skowhegan; $350 fine.

Devin J. Warren, 20, of Smithfield, operating unregistered ATV Dec. 4, 2015, in Smithfield; $200 fine.

Anna C. Wells, 19, of Norridgewock, disorderly conduct, offensive words, gestures Dec. 24, 2015, in Skowhegan; $500 fine. Domestic violence assault Dec. 24, 2015, in Skowhegan, dismissed.

Hunter A. Wentworth, 19, of Cornville, possessing unregistered deer Nov. 6, 2015, in Skowhegan; $300 fine.

Katherine J. Wilder, 42, of Norridgewock, operating vehicle without a license Dec. 23, 2015, in Skowhegan; $100 fine.

Christopher A. Wildhaber, 19, of Winslow, possession of marijuana, up to 1 1/4 ounce, and use of drug paraphernalia, both Dec. 13, 2015, in Fairfield; $650 in fines.

Craig R. Young, 28, of Madison, placing bait to entice deer Dec. 8, 2015, in Madison; $200 fine.

AUGUSTA — An attorney for Justin Pillsbury, who was convicted of murder earlier this month in the stabbing death of Jillian T. Jones in Augusta, has filed a motion seeking a new trial, alleging the prosecutor’s description of Pillsbury as “a green-eyed monster” during the trial had racial connotations that prejudiced the jury.

The prosecutor, meanwhile, said he was referring to jealousy, not race, with that comment, and that the issue raised in the motion was already raised and rejected by the court during the trial.

In a motion filed in superior court Thursday, Stephen Smith states the origins of the term green-eyed monster can be traced to the William Shakespeare play “Othello,” in which Othello, a black Moor, kills his wife, Desdemona, following rumors of her infidelity.

In his opening statement in the trial, Assistant Attorney General David Macomber said Pillsbury’s motive in killing Jones, his girlfriend, was jealousy and that “a green-eyed monster was uncaged in that apartment.”

Smith alleges that statement prejudiced the jury and combined with the testimony of a witness he argued should have been inadmissible should result in a new trial.

“In this case, the prosecutor simply could have argued that the evidence would demonstrate that the victim died because of the defendant’s jealousy,” Smith wrote in the motion filed at the Capital Judicial Center Thursday. But the prosecutor, Smith said, instead went further, using the phrase a “green-eyed monster was uncaged” to describe Pillsbury’s actions in stabbing Jones in a Crosby Street apartment.

“Whether intended or not, the prosecutor’s words appealed to the jurors’ subliminal prejudices and fears,” Smith said.

Macomber said the state certainly denies there were any racial overtones in the “green-eyed monster” comment.

“It was clear to the jury that I was referring to the defendant’s jealousy and not to his race,” Macomber said in an email Thursday. “This issue was already raised by the defense during the trial, and the court rejected the defense motion for mistrial at that time.”

Macomber added that he offered to make clear in his closing statement that he was only referring to the defendant’s jealousy, but the defense and court did not allow him to do so.

Pillsbury, 41, was found guilty March 17 of stabbing and killing Jones, 24, during an argument that escalated after Pillsbury took Jones’ cellphone and refused to give it back, according to trial testimony. Jones, a Bingham native, was attending beauty school in Waterville at the time of her death.

Macomber said during the trial that Pillsbury was jealous and believed Jones was communicating on her cellphone with another man.

“Othello,” Smith writes in the motion for a new trial, is a tragedy in which the title character, a general in the army of Venice, elopes with Desdemona, the daughter of one of the city-state’s senators. Othello is driven to kill Desdemona by Iago, a trusted friend. Iago desires Desdemona for himself, Smith wrote, and whispers rumors of her infidelity to Othello.

Smith quotes Iago in the court filing:

“O beware, my lord, of jealousy;

It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock

The meat it feeds on; that cuckold lives in bliss

Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger;

But, O, what damned minutes tells he o’er

Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves!”

Smith also cites in his argument for a new trial the testimony of witness Brittany York, who testified she was in Pillsbury’s apartment in Benton in July of 2013 when Pillsbury accused Jones of cheating on him and shoved her into the couch. Smith said that testimony should have been deemed inadmissible because it was inflammatory and prejudicial.

Keith Edwards — 621-5647

kedwards@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @kedwardskj

WATERVILLE — A graphite drawing of a woman holding a gargoyle by Waterville artist Brian Vigue was stolen from the 26th annual Maine Juried Art Show at Waterville Public Library and police are investigating.

“Alive in the Darkness,” a 12-inch-by-16-inch black and white drawing with a gray mat and silver metal frame, was likely taken sometime Thursday, as library employees check the art show each night before closing, according to Library Director Sarah Sugden.

Sugden said she is sick about the theft, which was discovered by an employee doing rounds.

“We find it really distressing and really disappointing that this has happened,” Sugden said late Thursday afternoon at the library. “We hold a responsibility to keep these precious artworks safe.”

Vigue co-owns The Framemakers downtown with his wife, Amy Cyrway, who is president of the Waterville Area Art Society, which presents the show along with the library and Waterville Main Street. More than 100 works by artists from all over the state are on display on the first floor of the library in an area known as the fireplace room. Vigue’s piece was hanging with other works on the second partition as one enters the room.

Vigue was home sick Thursday, but Cyrway was at the library, speaking with Sugden and later with Waterville police Officer Matt Libby, who arrived shortly after Sugden reported the theft.

“I know he’s going to be very upset,” Cyrway said of her husband.

Later, Vigue said in a phone interview that he was disheartened to learn his drawing had been stolen.

“It’s the first time it’s happened to me,” he said. “It was not good news to receive.”

Vigue worked four months on the piece, which bore a price tag of $300 at the show.

His wife said she will do everything possible to try to recover the piece.

“I had artwork stolen before, 13 years ago, and it’s a violation because you put your heart and soul into something like that and someone just takes it, and it’s heartbreaking,” she said.

Also an artist, Cyrway said she and Vigue work on art wherever they go and whenever they have time off.

“He’s very detail oriented,” she said. “We work on art at home. He worked on it pretty much everywhere we went. When he had a break at work he worked on it.”

Works at the juried art show were judged March 20 and prizes were awarded. The stolen drawing did not receive an award.

A Vigue piece is given each year to the business that wins Waterville Main Street’s Business of the Year Award. Vigue said he learned Wednesday that the City Council may consider curbing funding to Waterville Main Street, and if that occurs, it could mean elimination of the award as well. So in addition to being sick for several days, Vigue has received two pieces of distressing news, he said.

Meanwhile, Sugden says she feels responsible for the theft because the library hosts the show. Measures are being taken to try to ensure further pieces are not stolen, she said.

“I’m sorry,” she told Cyrway. “I’m so sorry.”

Sugden said a historical photo disappeared from a first floor wall at the library last month and has not been recovered. It was not part of the art show, which opened March 20 and continues until April 22.

Sugden planned to post a notice at the library with a photo of Vigue’s stolen piece, asking anyone who may have seen it to contact police.

The show features oils, watercolors, pastels, acrylics and other media. Awards are funded mostly through sponsorship donations from the Art Society, Colby College Museum of Art, The Framemakers, Kennebec Savings Bank, Maine State Credit Union and other sources.

Amy Calder — 861-9247

acalder@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @AmyCalder17

IN BINGHAM, Thursday at 1:30 p.m., a scam complaint was investigated on Lois Lane.

IN CANAAN, Friday at 8:59 a.m., an assault was reported on Mud Run.

IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Thursday at 9:29 p.m., a fire was reported on Beaver Brook Lane.

IN CLINTON, Thursday at 9:59 a.m., harassment was reported on Canaan Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Thursday at 10:07 a.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Summit Street.

12:46 p.m., a report of suspicious activity was investigated on Main Street.

1:27 p.m., larceny or fraud was reported on Hardwood Lane.

Friday at 4:34 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Green Road.

IN FARMINGTON, Thursday at 9:49 a.m., a traffic accident with injury was reported near Farmington Falls Road and Stanwood Park Circle.

4:12 p.m., a burglary was reported on Fairbanks Road.

7:01 p.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Wilton Road.

IN HARTLAND, Thursday at 9:31 a.m., a report of domestic disturbance was investigated on Blake Street.

5:13 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Burton Street.

Friday at 7:44 a.m., a report of burglary was investigated on Academy Street.

IN JAY, Thursday at 9:19 p.m., a road hazard was reported near Franklin and Davis roads.

IN MADISON, Thursday at 3:20 p.m., a report of threatening was investigated on Park Street.

4:56 p.m., a report of theft was investigated on Locust Street.

5:58 p.m., a fire was reported on Nathan Street.

8:31 p.m., a report of loud noise or music was investigated on East Madison Road.

Friday at 12:14 a.m., loud noise or music was reported on Main Street.

IN NEW VINEYARD, Thursday at 6:03 p.m., vandalism or criminal mischief was reported on Barker Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Thursday at 10:40 a.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Walker Road.

3:59 p.m., a report of suspicious activity was investigated on Main Street.

IN OAKLAND, Thursday at 9:09 a.m., threatening was reported on Middle Road.

IN PALMYRA, Thursday at 4:19 p.m., a report of domestic disturbance was investigated on Ox Bow Road.

IN PITTSFIELD, Thursday at 5:14 p.m., a report of mischief was investigated on Lancey Street.

Friday at 5:50 a.m., a vehicle fire was reported on Higgins Road.

6:36 a.m., shoplifting was reported on Somerset Avenue.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Thursday at 12:43 p.m., a report of violation of bail was investigated on Madison Avenue.

2:31 p.m., a scam complaint was investigated on East River Road.

3:04 p.m., a report of theft was investigated on Water Street.

3:39 p.m., a report of disturbance was investigated on Winter Street.

5:12 p.m., a report of disturbance was investigated on Waye Street.

6:56 p.m., a report of domestic disturbance was investigated on Water Street.

7:08 p.m., a report of disturbance was investigated on Madison Avenue.

7:36 p.m., a report of theft was investigated on Waterville Road.

7:37 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Madison Avenue.

8:45 p.m., a report of disturbance was investigated on West Front Street.

9:39 p.m., a report of suspicious activity was investigated on Pooler Avenue.

10:30 p.m., a report of theft was investigated on West Front Street.

11:42 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Pleasant Street.

Friday at 2:22 a.m., a report of suspicious activity was investigated on Industrial Park Road.

4 a.m., an arrest was made on Water Street.

IN SMITHFIELD, Thursday at 9:02 a.m., a structure fire was reported on Village Road.

IN ST. ALBANS, Thursday at 6:11 p.m., a report of suspicious activity was investigated on Mountain Road.

Friday at 2:22 a.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Square Road.

IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Thursday at 9:09 p.m., a road hazard was reported on Weld Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 6:33 a.m., threatening was reported at Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter on Colby Street.

8 a.m., police were called to Hillside Avenue for a report of a youth out of control.

8:42 a.m., threatening was reported on Western Avenue.

9:10 a.m., police returned to Hillside Avenue for a youth out of control.

11:27 a.m., a shoplifter was reported at Wal-Mart at Waterville Commons.

2:25 p.m., a theft was reported on Nudd Street.

2:45 p.m., a theft was reported on Nudd Street.

3:41 p.m., a theft was reported at Madlyn’s Clothing on Main Street.

4:26 p.m., a theft was reported at Waterville Public Library on Elm Street.

5:28 p.m., a vehicle burglary was reported on Pearl Street.

6:57 p.m., a drug offense was reported in The Concourse parking lot.

7:48 p.m., harassment was reported on Gray Street.

IN WILTON, Thursday at 2:22 p.m., harassment was reported on U.S. Route 2 West.

IN WINSLOW, Thursday at 7:05 a.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported near China and Randall roads.

9:59 a.m., a theft was reported at the 107 Store on Clinton Avenue.

3:46 p.m., a burglary was reported on South Pond Road.

5:40 p.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Dallaire Street.

IN WYMAN TOWNSHIP, Thursday at 8:54 p.m., a burglary was reported on Carrabassett Road.

SUMMONSES

IN OAKLAND, Thursday at 9:09 a.m., Alex M. Robinson, 18, of 31 Meadow Brook Drive, Belgrade, was summoned on Middle Road on a charge of terrorizing.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 10:32 a.m., Nicole Pepin, 23, of 39 Canaan Road, Clinton, was summoned on Silver Street on a charge of operating while license suspended or revoked.

5:11 p.m., Brandi M. Lee, 25, of 3 King Court, Apt. 3, was summoned on Grove Street on charges of operating while license suspended or revoked, prior, and violating condition of release.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Thursday at 5:18 p.m., Daniel Keirstead, 27, of Rangeley, was arrested on a warrant.

9:25 p.m., Devin Leonard, 23, of Albany Township, was arrested on three warrants.

IN OAKLAND, Thursday at 9:48 p.m., Jeffrey Scott Witham, 44, of 19 Taylor Court, Sidney, was arrested on Main Street on a probation hold.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Thursday at 7:10 p.m., Jo-Ann McKenney, 63, of Milton, New Hampshire, was arrested on charges of operating under the influence and unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.

Friday at 4:27 a.m., Beth Janton, 52, of Manchester, Connecticut, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear in court on a charge of operating under the influence.

9 a.m., Derek Edward Keenan, 32, of Skowhegan, was arrested on charges of obstructing report of crime and probation revocation.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 3:25 a.m., Stephanie Sprague, 27, of 27 Drummond Ave., was arrested on Drummond Avenue on a charge of aggravated assault.

1:25 p.m., William Freeman, 52, of 80 Elm St., No. 6, was arrested on Elm Street on a warrant.

Friday at 1:29 a.m., Ashley Zikorus, 26, of 28 Crestwood Drive, Apt. 8A, was arrested on West River Road on a charge of operating under the influence.

IN WINSLOW, Thursday at 9:10 a.m., Robert Vernon Calder, 21, of 339 Dudley Corner Road, Skowhegan, was arrested on Bassett Road on charges of burglary, criminal attempt burglary and aggravated criminal mischief.

Also at 9:10 a.m., Jacob Michael Adkins, 18, of 171 Bassett Road, was arrested on Bassett Road on charges of burglary, criminal attempt and aggravated criminal mischief.

SKOWHEGAN — The following cases were closed Feb. 15-21, 2016, in Somerset County Superior Court and Skowhegan District Court.

Jessica M. Basler, 27, of Solon, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Feb. 26, 2011, in Skowhegan; 24-hour jail sentence.

Ivan Beaulieu, 53, of Smithfield, failing to provide and display registration Jan. 31, 2016, in Smithfield; $100 fine.

Archie Brown, 41, of Skowhegan, aggravated assault Dec. 30, 2015, in Madison, dismissed.

Kenneth P. Burke, 64, of North New Portland, failure to register vehicle July 4, 2015, in North New Portland, dismissed.

Jonathan A. Charron, 28, of Madison, loaded firearm or crossbow in motor vehicle Oct. 31, 2015, in Starks; $200 fine.

Charlene M. Clements, 27, of Skowhegan, endangering the welfare of a child Nov. 14, 2014, in Skowhegan, dismissed.

Gino Cobb, 20, of Waterville, assault Jan. 24, 2016, in Skowhegan; $300 fine, 180-day jail sentence, all but one day suspended, one-year administrative release. Assault on an emergency medical care provider Jan. 24, 2016, in Skowhegan, dismissed.

Raven S. Creamer, 21, of Skowhegan, criminal mischief Dec. 19, 2014, in Skowhegan, dismissed.

Richard I. Hanny, 43, of St. Albans, fraudulently obtaining license or permit Nov. 4, 2015, in St. Albans; $100 fine.

Travis Martin, 32, of Detroit, harassment by telephone Jan. 30, 2016, in Detroit; 180-day jail sentence, all but five days suspended, one-year administrative release. Violating condition of release Jan. 30, 2016, in Detroit, dismissed.

Mathew A. Morton, 23, of Canaan, violating condition of release Feb. 9, 2016, in Skowhegan; six-day jail sentence.

Stephen Peabody, 39, of Fairfield, operating while license suspended or revoked Nov. 16, 2015, in Fairfield; $250 fine.

Maxwell S. Pinkham, 44, of Skowhegan, operating under the influence and aggravated assault both Jan. 16, 2016, in Athens, and five counts violating condition of release, all Feb. 1, 2016, in Skowhegan; $500 fine, five-year Department of Corrections sentence, all but nine months suspended, four-year probation, 150-day license suspension. Domestic violence assault Jan. 16, 2016, in Athens, and two counts violating condition of release Feb. 1, 2016, in Skowhegan, all dismissed.

Melanie Jean Rossignol, 37, of Skowhegan, burglary July 25, 2014, in Skowhegan, dismissed.

Tatiana G. Sanders, 23, of Pittsfield, operating after habitual offender revocation Aug. 26, 2015, in Palmyra; $500 fine, 30-day jail sentence. Possession of marijuana, up to 1 1/4 ounce, Aug. 26, 2015, in Palmyra, dismissed.

David P. Underhill, 22, of Etna, false public alarm or report and falsifying physical evidence, both Oct. 24, 2015, in Canaan; 30-day jail sentence. Operating while license suspended or revoked, use of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, up to 1 1/4 ounce, and driving to endanger, all Oct. 24, 2015, in Canaan, dismissed.

Dustin Charles Whipple, 25, of Madison, operating while license suspended or revoked Nov. 25, 2015, in Skowhegan; $250 fine.