AUGUSTA

Tuesday at 7:43 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Sturgis Lane.

8:19 a.m., theft was reported on Civic Center Drive.

8:39 a.m., a well-being check was performed on Second Avenue.

8:44 a.m., a personal injury traffic accident was reported on Whitten Road and Western Avenue.

12:44 p.m., simple assault was reported on Eastern Avenue.

1:10 p.m., criminal trespass was reported on Winthrop Street.

1:59 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Malta Street.

2:01 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Wabon Street.

2:03 p.m., criminal trespass was reported on Pleasant Street.

2:20 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on South Belfast Avenue.

2:46 p.m., property was recovered on Cony Street.

5:14 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Willow Street.

5:23 p.m., property was recovered on Western Avenue.

5:25 p.m., harassment was reported on Calumet Bridge.

6:20 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Sturgis Lane.

6:48 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Pike and Lincoln streets.

9:02 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on High Street.

9:54 p.m., violating conditions of release was reported on Oak Street.

10:18 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Oak Street.

Wednesday at 1:39 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Mount Vernon Avenue.

2:57 a.m., harassment was reported on Mount Vernon Avenue.

5:10 a.m., harassment was reported on Sewall Street.

ARRESTS

AUGUSTA

Tuesday at 10:05 a.m., Aaron M. Wiedemann, 35, of Augusta was arrested on two warrants for separate charges of having unpaid fines after a pedestrian check was performed on Whitten Road.

10:13 a.m., Kurt D. Koch, 53, of Fairfield was arrested on a charge of being a fugitive from justice after an agency assist was performed on Medical Center Parkway. Koch’s arrest report did not include a description of the earlier charge that led to his fugitive from justice charge, said Lt. Chris Read of the Augusta Police Department.

GARDINER

Tuesday at 8:12 p.m., Joseph David Parker, 36, of Gardiner was arrested on a warrant on Freemont Street.

9:38 a.m., Michael Roy Hamlin, 57, of Gardiner was arrested on a warrant on Brunswick Avenue.

A Norridgewock man arrested on drug charges in October pleaded guilty Wednesday to the charges in federal court as part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Justice’s Strategy to Combat the Opioid Epidemic.

Brandon Lancaster, 21, of Norridgewock, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to distributing oxycodone, according to a release from United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II.

On Aug. 31, 2016, in a Pittsfield parking lot, Lancaster sold 11 30-milligram oxycodone pills for $500 to a person working with law enforcement, according to court records.

Kristopher Sullivan, a special agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, filed an affidavit in court saying that he witnessed a confidential informant purchasing the tablets from Lancaster. Sullivan said the transaction was funded with $500 in government money.

Sullivan said he followed Lancaster again Oct. 18 until Lancaster was stopped in Sidney. Documents show he was arrested by federal authorities.

Lancaster faces up to 20 years in prison, a $1 million fine and between three years and life on supervised release. He will be sentenced after the completion of a pre-sentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com

Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Tuesday at 6:19 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on St. John Drive.

9:20 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

IN CLINTON, Tuesday at 3:09 p.m., a report of an assault led to an arrest on Hinckley Road.

IN CORNVILLE, Tuesday at 9:18 p.m., an assault was reported on West Ridge Road.

IN DETROIT, Tuesday at 11:27 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Troy Road.

IN FARMINGTON, Tuesday at 1:52 a.m., theft or fraud was reported on Sawtelle Lane.

6:21 a.m., threatening was reported on Lincoln Street.

10:24 a.m., harassment was reported on Franklin Avenue.

1:32 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Croswell Road.

11:02 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Croswell Road.

IN FAYETTE, Tuesday at 10:58 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Gile Road.

IN MADISON, Tuesday at 12:02 p.m., a scam was reported on Main Street.

IN OAKLAND, Tuesday at 8:50 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Summer Street.

1:57 p.m., theft was reported on Fairfield Street.

7:07 p.m., fraud or forgery was reported on Pleasant Street.

IN PALMYRA, Wednesday at 7:49 a.m., debris or dumping was reported on Interstate 95 southbound.

8:55 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Estes Avenue.

IN PITTSFIELD, Tuesday at 12:46 p.m., a railroad crossing problem was reported on Main Street.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Tuesday at 12:46 p.m., a scam was reported on Russell Road.

1:29 p.m., trespassing was reported on Madison Avenue.

7:53 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

Wednesday at 7:52 a.m., a bail violation was reported on Court Street.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 11:02 a.m., harassment was reported on College Avenue.

Noon, a traffic hazard was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

12:54 p.m., shoplifting was reported at Hannaford supermarket in JFK Plaza.

3:28 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Boutelle Avenue.

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

4:58 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

8:51 p.m., harassment was reported on Elm Street.

Wednesday at 2:34 a.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Union Street.

3:36 a.m., an unwanted person was reported on Union Street.

IN WILTON, Tuesday at 12:11 a.m., a road hazard was reported on U.S. Route 2.

IN WINSLOW, Tuesday at 11:17 a.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Clinton Avenue.

2:56 p.m., fraud or forgery was reported on Benton Avenue.

ARRESTS

IN CLINTON, Tuesday at 3:09 p.m., Gaige J. Hessert, 19, of Clinton, was arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault.

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Tuesday at 4:58 p.m., Jaymie Logan, 29, of Wilton, was arrested on charges of possession of scheduled drugs and operating a vehicle after a suspension.

Wednesday at 12:12 a.m., Jeremiah Pinkham, 23, of Chesterville, was arrested on charges of criminal mischief, criminal trespassing and burglary.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Tuesday at 4:47 p.m., Thomas R. Shaw, 52, of Anson, was arrested on a warrant.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 9:46 p.m., Tommy Glidden, 27, of Waterville, was arrested on two warrants.

IN WINSLOW, Tuesday at 3:41 p.m., Steven Boss Reed, 34, of Winslow, was arrested on a warrant.

SUMMONSES

IN ALBION, Tuesday at 1:58 p.m., Daniel E. Shea, 42, of Albion, was summoned on a charge of failure to comply with the sex offender registration act.

IN CLINTON, Tuesday at 3:09 p.m., a 16-year-old was summoned on a charge of domestic violence assault.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 3:52 p.m., Margaret Denis, 63, of Waterville, was summoned on a charge of operating a vehicle with a suspended or revoked license.

4:25 p.m., Corey M. Moorehead, 21, of Canaan, was summoned on a charge of operating a vehicle with a suspended or revoked license for operating under the influence.

5:41 p.m., Heather Joy Thomas, 35, of Winslow, was summoned on a charge of operating a vehicle with a suspended or revoked license.

Maine State Police have arrested the estranged wife of an Acton man and charged her with murder in connection with the death of her husband, 42-year-old Scott Weyland of Acton.

Kandee Weyland

Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine State Police, identified the woman in a news release late Wednesday evening as 46-year-old Kandee Weyland of Acton.

She is being held at the York County Jail on the murder charge as well as a charge of violating a protection order. She is scheduled to appear in York County Superior Court on Thursday or Friday.

The cause of Weyland’s death is expected to be determined Thursday after an autopsy is completed by the state Medical Examiner’s Office.

Lt. Brian T. McDonough said during a news conference at the crime scene that when police arrived at the home at 1097 Milton Mills Road around 1 p.m., they found a “severely injured” man they later identified as Scott Weyland.

He was taken by ambulance to Southern Maine Health Care in Sanford, but died at the hospital, McDonough said. He provided no details of Weyland’s injuries or how he died.

McCausland said that Weyland was assaulted outside the home.

“We are investigating this as a homicide,” McDonough told reporters.

Investigators interviewed several witnesses who were present when Weyland was wounded, McDonough said.

McCausland said Wednesday night that “we have a pretty good idea of what happened, but we will wait for the medical examiner’s office to tell us what caused his death. And those results could be available as soon as (Thursday).”

Weyland was a resident at the home where he was found, police said.

The Weylands are the parents of two children, who are now staying with grandparents.

Members of the state police Evidence Response Team were expected to spend several hours at the home Wednesday night collecting and processing evidence.

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

dhoey@pressherald.com

AUGUSTA — Police didn’t have far to go to locate a suspect in a burglary reported Monday at a hair salon in Augusta.

Surveillance video captured the image of a man who looked very much like the upstairs tenant, Mickey Leigh Labreck, 47, according to an affidavit filed by Augusta Police Officer Matthew Sterling.

The report of a burglary in progress came in about 2:12 p.m. at Margo & Co. Hair Salon & Day Spa on Western Avenue.

Sterling’s affidavit said the footage “showed a Caucasian male with a bald head and goatee walk into the building. The surveillance footage showed the man stealing from the cash register.”

The salon owner identified the man as Labreck, the upstairs tenant.

Sterling said Labreck denied being the burglar after seeing the footage — even though Sterling noted that Labreck was wearing the same shoes as the person on the video — and said he did not know the building had video surveillance.

“Mickey also told me that the salon is ‘usually locked up like Fort Knox,'” Sterling wrote.

Sterling wrote that $200 was stolen.

Labreck was arrested and taken to the Kennebec County jail where a judge on Tuesday set bail at $1,500.

Labreck remained behind bars on Wednesday afternoon.

The affidavit also says Labreck has previous theft convictions.

He remains on probation for a conviction for theft by unauthorized taking from October 2016 in Kennebec County when he was sentenced to a three-year all-suspended jail term and placed on two years’ probation.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

SOUTH PORTLAND — Police Officer Kevin Theriault was recognized as 2016 Officer of the Year at Wednesday’s City Council meeting.

Theriault, along with his canine partner, Trigger, was involved in several high-risk incidents in Greater Portland last year, including the tracking and arrest of an armed robbery suspect in Portland. He was selected by sergeants and lieutenants from officers who where were named Officer of the Month is 2016, an honor he received in May and December.

“Officer Theriault has developed a reputation for being proactive and thorough in his patrol duties, excelling as a (canine) handler, and maintaining a positive and professional demeanor,” Police Chief Ed Googins said in a news release. “He comes to work each day prepared to serve our community and make South Portland a better place to live, work, visit and attend school.”

Googins presented a plaque and an award pin to Theriault, who also will get two paid days off.

Theriault and Trigger assisted Portland police when a driver ran off from a traffic stop, tracking the suspect to a nearby yard and finding keys that the suspect dropped while running. They conducted a drug search of a vehicle in South Portland that led to the seizure of marijuana and $4,000 cash.

They also worked in Gorham, where a driver had fled during a traffic stop and ditched drugs that he was suspected to be carrying. Theriault and Trigger ultimately found a container with 19.5 grams of heroin in a nearby yard.

Theriault joined the department in January 2011.

Two teenagers have been formally charged with the sexual assault of another teen inside a Westbrook motel room this month.

Juvenile petitions for criminal charges were filed Wednesday in Portland Unified Criminal Court against Ernest Lorange, 16, of Portland, and Rick Powers, 15, of Lisbon Falls. Both face one count each of gross sexual assault, a Class A felony. The names of juvenile offenders are not typically released unless they are charged with felonies.

The alleged assault took place Feb. 5 at the Super 8 Motel on Larrabee Road, and involved a third man, Garang Majok, 19, of Lewiston, who was also charged with one count of gross sexual assault.

Police began investigating the motel after receiving a report that morning of suspicious activity at the motel.

Attorneys for Lorange and Powers did not return calls seeking comment.

Lorange, who has been held in state custody at Long Creek Youth Development Center since his arrest Feb. 5, is expected to appear in court Thursday to answer to the charge.

Powers, who was released to the custody of his parents after a prior detention hearing, is expected to appear before a judge March 9 to answer the charge.

Little is known about the circumstances of the alleged sexual assault. The victim was a 16-year-old female.

The manager of the Super 8 did not return a call for comment about the incident Wednesday, and police have released few details.

Although Majok is charged as an adult, which typically means more information is filed publicly in court documents, his case has been ordered sealed. Majok is due in court April 20 for a dispositional conference.

When juveniles are charged with felony crimes, prosecutors have the option of requesting to try the juveniles in adult court. The process is known as bind-over, and requires a hearing before a judge that can sometimes take several days.

A decision on whether to bind over the juveniles has not been made, said Christine Thibeault, the assistant district attorney for Cumberland County who heads the juvenile prosecution division.

Matt Byrne can be contacted at 791-6303 or at:

mbyrne@pressherald.com

AUGUSTA

Wednesday at 7:28 a.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Cony Street.

9:59 a.m., a burglary was reported on Leighton Road.

10 a.m., theft was reported on Mount Vernon Avenue.

10:25 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Lincoln Street.

10:48 a.m., there was a traffic accident on Eastern Avenue and Stone Street.

12:16 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Western Avenue.

1:36 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on West River Road.

2:04 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Civic Center Drive.

3:01 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Community Drive.

3:57 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Capitol Street.

4:29 p.m., theft was reported on Cony Street.

5:09 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Cony Circle.

6:04 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Bond Brook Road.

6:37 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Western Avenue.

6:45 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Riverside Drive.

6:58 p.m., harassment was reported on Winthrop Street.

9:10 p.m., a hit-and-run accident was reported on Old Belgrade Road.

11:18 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Northern Avenue.

Thursday at 1:36 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Mount Vernon Avenue.

BELGRADE Wednesday at 6:14 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Route 135.

FARMINGDALE Wednesday at 5:49 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Maine Avenue.

GARDINER

Wednesday at 1:35 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Water Street.

HALLOWELL

Wednesday at 10:33 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Outlet Road.

6:08 p.m., a disabled vehicle was reported on North Street.

6:32 p.m., there was a traffic accident on Temple and Second streets.

MONMOUTH Wednesday at 12:29 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on U.S. Route 202.

READFIELD

Wednesday at 3:17 p.m., officers responded to an alarm on North Road.

WINTHROP

Thursday at 2:14 a.m., there was a traffic accident on Metcalf Road.

ARRESTS AUGUSTA

Wednesday at 9:21 a.m., Isaiah John Brathwaite, 28, of Augusta, was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault on Union Street.

BELGRADE

Wednesday at 8:06 p.m., Colby N.C. Black, 29, of Belgrade, was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault and unlawful possession of a scheduled drug after a domestic incident was reported on West Road.

ACTON — Police believe an Acton woman stabbed her ex-husband to death in front of their two children Wednesday shortly after she learned that a judge had awarded him primary custody, a relative of the victim said.

Gay Weyland, the mother of Scott Weyland, 42, said her son was stabbed to death just steps from her home after Kandee Weyland received a copy of their divorce judgment, dated Feb. 17. Scott Weyland had been staying with his mother since he and his wife split up, and Kandee Weyland drove there from the couple’s home on the same road.

“She had just got the notice in the mail,” said Gay Weyland, a retired Sanford police detective who learned details from state investigators. “She rammed his truck first, and he came out to see what the ruckus was. She jumped out and started stabbing him. We fought her for 10 months to get those kids away from her. She was toxic.”

Kandee Weyland was arrested Wednesday night and charged with murder, police said. She is being held without bail on the murder charge and a charge of violating a protection order, and is scheduled to appear at 1 p.m. Friday in York County Superior Court in Alfred. If convicted of murder, she will face 25 years to life in prison.

Losing custody of her children appears to have been the final development in a series of grim circumstances for Kandee Weyland, court records show.

She had worked in elder care for more than a decade at Southern Maine Health Care, but was out of work on temporary disability, she wrote in court filings that began in April.

She was under a doctor’s care for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and recurrent depression, as well as anxiety and panic attacks, which made it difficult for her to leave her house, according to the divorce judgment.

HOME UNINHABITABLE, IN FORECLOSURE

A Department of Health and Human Services investigator had found that the home she had shared with her ex-husband at 2455 Milton Mills Road was rendered uninhabitable by clutter and mess, according to court records. The home’s boiler had broken and its basement was flooded, the divorce judgment said.

Weyland told a judge during a two-day divorce hearing this month that she had not yet found a place to live.

“(Kandee Weyland’s) ability at this time to provide a safe, clean, secure and comfortable home for the parties’ two minor children is severely compromised,” the judge wrote in his judgment. “(Weyland) has testified that she has not yet secured housing for herself, or the children, once she is obligated to vacate the marital home due to foreclosure. (Weyland) is at great risk of becoming homeless in the near future.”

The couple split in April 2016 after an argument that Kandee Weyland said had become physical. She alleged that Scott Weyland had pressed his finger into her throat, causing her to choke, and that he had hit her four times in the previous year and had attended a batterer’s intervention program in Sanford, according to court records.

HUSBAND, WIFE HAD PROTECTION ORDERS

She sought and was granted a two-year protection-from-abuse order on April 21.

Scott Weyland was granted his own protection order against his wife in May. Gay Weyland was also granted a protection-from-harassment order against her daughter-in-law.

According to Gay Weyland, Kandee Weyland was issued a total of three summonses on charges of violating the two orders against her. One was dismissed, Gay Weyland said, a second was awaiting an initial court date and a third violation was pending in Superior Court.

In an interview Thursday, Gay Weyland said her daughter-in-law had become emotionally manipulative and unreliable, making baseless accusations and using the children as pawns in the divorce proceeding.

Court records show Scott Weyland alleged that his 11-year-old son had been instructed by Kandee Weyland to ask his father about adult matters related to the divorce, and that she once had hidden an audio recorder on the boy to record a supervised visit with his father.

‘HE DIDN’T WANT TO LOSE THE KIDS’

Scott Weyland, who worked at a local packaging company, had wanted to be a good father to his children, ages 11 and 7, Gay Weyland said, after his own father – Gay’s husband – died in an accident before Scott turned 3.

“He stayed with her as long as he did because he didn’t want to lose the kids,” Gay Weyland said.

The exact cause of Scott Weyland’s death is expected to be disclosed after an autopsy is completed by the state Medical Examiner’s Office.

Police said the couple’s children were staying with a grandparent, but Gay Weyland would not say whether it was her.

Police said during a news conference at the crime scene Wednesday that when police arrived around 1 p.m. at Gay Weyland’s home at 1097 Milton Mills Road, they found a “severely injured” man they later identified as Scott Weyland.

Gay Weyland, who was not at home at the time of the incident, said she came home to find police at her house. She said officials told her the couple’s son called 911 after witnessing the attack.

Matt Byrne can be contacted at 791-6303 or at:

mbyrne@pressherald.com

Twitter: MattByrnePPH

AUGUSTA — A Winthrop woman who embezzled $30,000 from the Winthrop United Methodist Church while she was its treasurer and office manager was sentenced Thursday on welfare fraud charge stemming from that.

Tricia L. Day, 35, had pleaded guilty in January to an indictment charging her with theft by deception and two counts of unsworn falsification that occurred in the period of August through December 2014.

At the sentencing hearing Thursday, the prosecutor, Assistant Attorney General Darcy Mitchell, said Day had embezzled from the church and failed to declare that income when she applied for public assistance from the state Department of Health and Human Services.

Judge Tom Nale imposed the two-year, all suspended sentence that was recommended by both Mitchell and Day’s attorney Kaela Jalbert.

Mitchell said she normally would not recommend a fully suspended sentence, but this case was an exception, partly because Day already has served time in prison for the related theft case.

For the church money theft, Day was sentenced to an initial 11 months in prison, with the remainder of the five-year sentence suspended and two years’ probation. In that case, a judge ordered Day to pay $3,000 restitution, to include $1,000 for the deductible amount the church paid its insurer. The probation on the new conviction is to be concurrent.

On Thursday, Nale also imposed the $9,155.67 restitution Mitchell sought for the benefit of DHHS.

Jalbert asked that Day be permitted to pay it at a rate of $20 a month. At that rate, it would take more than 38 years for her to pay the money back. Day told the judge she had no source of income.

“I do intend to start working as soon as I can so I can pay that and some to get this cleared up as soon as possible,” Day told the judge. In the meantime, she said, family members would help her to ensure the monthly fee was paid.

The indictment alleges Day committed theft by deception in receiving money from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and MaineCare after she “did intentionally create or reinforce the impression that she received no more than $500 to $800 semi-monthly, which impression was false and which the defendant did not believe to be true.”

It says she knowingly omitted information from a written application for benefits that would have indicated her income was higher than she had reported previously.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

IN BINGHAM, Wednesday at 6:38 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Milford Avenue.

8:40 p.m., wires were reported down on Milford Avenue.

9:13 p.m., wires were reported down on Rollins Avenue.

IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Wednesday at 9:57 a.m., theft or fraud was reported on Main Street.

IN CLINTON, Wednesday at 10:43 p.m., an unwanted person was reported on Baker Street.

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 10:20 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Norridgewock Road.

Thursday at 7:05 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Martin Stream Road.

IN FARMINGTON, Wednesday at 4:32 a.m., a road hazard was reported on Wilton Road.

4:37 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Farmington Falls Road.

IN JACKMAN, Wednesday at 4:27 p.m., an assault was reported on Main Street.

4:51 p.m., a scam was reported on Cook Street.

IN OAKLAND, Wednesday at 6:59 a.m., a traffic hazard was reported at Middle and Libby Hill roads.

1:46 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Gagnon Road.

3:48 p.m., a protection order violation was reported on Belgrade Road.

Thursday at 5:34 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Belgrade Road.

IN PITTSFIELD, Wednesday at 11:19 a.m., an assault was reported on Peltoma Avenue.

3:23 p.m., a scam was reported on Canaan Road.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Wednesday at 12:44 p.m., a scam was reported on Big Bird Street.

12:50 p.m., trespassing was reported on Madison Avenue.

2:35 p.m., trespassing was reported on Madison Avenue.

6:46 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Turner Avenue.

7:33 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Waye Street.

11:37 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Pineview Avenue.

IN STARKS, Thursday at 8:31 a.m., a chimney fire was reported on Chicken Street.

IN STRONG, Wednesday at 2:18 p.m., a vehicle fire was reported on Farmington Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 3:04 p.m., fraud or forgery was reported at St. Francis Apartments on Elm Street.

3:39 p.m., identity theft was reported on Main Street.

4:24 p.m., theft was reported at Marden’s Surplus & Salvage on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

5:11 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported near J&S Oil on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

8:40 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Water Street.

9:04 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Celtics Drive.

11:11 p.m., a noise complaint was taken on Gray Street.

Thursday at 1:29 a.m., a domestic dispute was reported on College Avenue.

2:12 a.m., an unwanted person was reported on Elm Street.

4:26 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Chaplin Street.

IN WINSLOW, Wednesday at 8:29 p.m., a call about a fight was taken from The 107 Store on Clinton Avenue.

Thursday at 3:40 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on China Road.

ARRESTS

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 7:23 p.m., Richard Akers, 18, of Albion, was arrested on a warrant.

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Wednesday, Terrence N. Jozens, 61, of Chesterville, was arrested on a warrant.

Lindsey Pollis, 32, of Farmington, was arrested on a warrant as well as a charge of refusing to submit to an arrest.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Wednesday at 1:04 p.m., Casey William Merry, 36, of Mercer, was arrested on two charges of violating a condition of release and one charge of operating a vehicle after a habitual-offender revocation.

2:21 p.m., Caleb Christopher Savoy, 23, of Bangor, was arrested on charges of being a fugitive from justice and on a probation revocation.

2:48 p.m., Ashley Lynn Antonino, 33, of Hartland, was arrested on a charge of violation of bail as well as a warrant on an affidavit.

4:59 p.m., Michael Joel Coslett, 33, of Pittsfield, was arrested on two charges of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.

Thursday at 12:42 a.m., James A. Vachon, 24, of Leeds, was arrested on a charge of violating a condition of release.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 6:52 p.m., Angel Stilkey, 29, of Waterville, was arrested on a warrant.

IN WINSLOW, Wednesday at 1:04 p.m., Amanda Catherine Jurdak, 39, of Winslow, was arrested on a warrant.

SUMMONSES

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 4:16 p.m., Adam S. Wentworth, 34, of Norrdigewock, was summoned on charges of attaching false plates, operating a vehicle without a valid inspection certificate and failing to produce evidence of insurance.

9:45 p.m., Curtis J. Martin, 18, of Fairfield, was summoned on charges of sale and use of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.

11:28 p.m., Brooke H. Nelson, 20, of Clinton, was summoned on a charge of operating a vehicle without a license.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 9:38 p.m., Duston Michael Allen McKeehan, 28, of Strong, was summoned on a charge of operating a vehicle without a license.

Gregory Nisbet attends the Superior Court hearing Thursday, seeking a new trial or a dismissal of his conviction for code violations related to a fire that killed six people in 2014. Staff photo by Ben McCanna

State prosecutors and the attorneys for a Portland landlord facing jail time in a 2014 fire that killed six young people clashed in court Thursday about whether the state fully disclosed information that may have affected the verdict.

Gregory Nisbet was convicted of a code violation for having third-floor windows too small to qualify as emergency exits, but was acquitted of six counts of manslaughter. His attorneys are seeking a new trial or a dismissal of his conviction. If neither are granted, the judge in the case said Thursday he expects an appeal, a prospect that upset family members of some of the victims.

The accidental fire, Maine’s deadliest in 40 years, was seen as a wake-up call for the city’s landlords. All six victims were under the age of 30: David Bragdon Jr., 27, Christopher Conlee, 25, Nicole Finlay, 26, Maelisha Jackson, 26, Steven Summers, 29, and Ashley Thomas, 29.

Nisbet was sentenced in November to three months in jail for the code violation and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine. He was due to begin serving his sentence Dec. 23, when his attorneys filed their motion for a new trial.

They argued Thursday that the state did not disclose a memo from the state Fire Marshal’s Office regarding concessions for buildings built before 1976. It’s believed that the Noyes Street apartment building was built in the 1920s.

Prosecutor John Alsop presents a diagram of a third-floor window in the apartment house on Noyes Street in Portland where a fire killed six people in 2014. The size and opening of the third-floor windows is the subject of debate in Gregory Nisbet’s bid for a new trial. Staff photo by Ben McCanna

A state prosecutor testified in Cumberland County Superior Court that prosecutors gave defense attorney Sarah Churchill a copy of the memo as soon as they learned about it, shortly after the trial began. But Churchill testified she received it from a different source after Nisbet was sentenced.

Justice Thomas Warren did not issue a decision Thursday. He said attorneys would make their final arguments in writing after they receive a transcript of witness testimony. Once those transcripts are available, the defense will have 14 days to file its argument and then the state will have 14 days to reply.

Warren also said that he was told Nisbet would likely appeal his conviction if the court did not agree to a new trial or decide to dismiss the conviction.

RELATIVES OF VICTIMS IRRITATED

The ongoing legal wrangling and the prospect of an appeal did not sit well with family members of the victims who attended Thursday’s hearing.

Ashley Summers, who lost her husband Steven in the fire, noted that Nisbet and his attorneys claimed during sentencing that he was taking responsibility for his actions.

Ashley Summers, the widow of fire victim Steven Summers, speaks to reporters after Thursday’s court hearing for Gregory Nisbet. She noted that Nisbet and his attorneys claimed during Nisbet’s sentencing that he was taking responsibility for his actions. Staff photo by Ben McCanna

“I’m just in a little shock,” said Summers, whose two daughters were left without a father. “The frustration is we’re trying to start moving on. For (Nisbet), it’s going to be a little blip in his life. He’s going to be dealing with the consequence for a short period of time. For us, 20 years from now, I’m still going to be talking to my kids about everything.”

Nisbet’s motion for a new trial is based on a state fire marshal’s memo issued to code officers, firefighters and landlords a year before the Nov. 1, 2014, fire about looser safety requirements for homes built before 1976.

Assistant Attorney General Bud Ellis testifies at Thursday’s hearing to determine whether the state fully disclosed information that may have affected the verdict in last year’s trial of Portland landlord Gregory Nisbet. Staff photo by Ben McCanna

For Nisbet to prevail, the defense must prove, among other things, that the state had the evidence and failed to provide it, that it would have likely changed the outcome, that it was discovered since the trial, and that it is material to the issue.

The size of the third-floor windows is the subject of debate, with witnesses offering varying estimates about how far the windows opened and whether the opening was large enough to meet code.

Assistant Attorney General Bud Ellis said he first learned about the memo shortly after the week-long trial began last October, so it wasn’t part of the 1,073 pages of pre-trial discovery. He said he immediately informed defense attorney Churchill and provided her with a copy, but she didn’t seem that interested in it.

“My recollection is we discussed the memo,” Ellis said. “I remember she didn’t seem that terribly upset or concerned about it.”

MEMO’S VALUE AS EVIDENCE

Churchill, however, offered a different account. She said the memo first came to her attention shortly after Nisbet was sentenced. She could not recall whether Nisbet had forwarded her the memo, or whether she received it from another source. She said she and her legal secretary scoured their files and offices to make sure they did not have a copy before filing the motion.

Churchill said she would have admitted the memo as evidence, since it would have been a counterpoint to testimony by Assistant Fire Marshal Richard McCarthy that allowances were typically made for minor violations.

Superior Court Justice Thomas Warren presides over Thursday’s hearing on Gregory Nisbet’s bid for a new trial. At issue was whether state prosecutors disclosed information that would have helped the defense’s case. Warren did not issue a ruling, giving the defense and prosecution time to make final arguments in writing. Staff photo by Ben McCanna

“I think the example he gave was an eighth-of-an-inch off the measurements, which clearly isn’t correct when you compare it to that memorandum,” she said.

Ellis, however, said the contents of the memo were discussed, even though the memo itself was not referenced. He said it was clear that a window, when opened, needed to have an opening of 24 inches high and 20 inches wide and that the window itself had to measure at least 5 square feet.

McCarthy, who also testified Thursday, said the window on the third floor was still not up to code.

“(The memo) does not change my opinion,” he said. “I don’t think it would have been able to open 24 inches.”

Randy Billings can be contacted at 791-6346 or at:

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AUGUSTA — A Hallowell man being sentenced Thursday for manufacturing methamphetamine at his home apologized for putting his neighbors in danger.

“I’m sorry for bringing my problems to your doorstep,” said Christopher Kessell, 37, at a hearing at the Capital Judicial Center.

He said he moved back to Maine to be with relatives and get a fresh start and still intends to do that when he finishes his sentence.

Kessell pleaded guilty in January to unlawful trafficking (manufacturing) of methamphetamine that occurred Oct. 5, 2016, at his home at 11 Spring St. in Hallowell.

The state and Kessell’s defense attorney, William Baghdoyan, recommended a five-year sentence with two years of probation but argued Thursday over how much time should be served initially.

The prosecutor, Assistant Attorney General Katie Sibley, wanted Kessell to serve 18 months behind bars; Baghdoyan asked Judge Tom Nale to impose only six months of initial incarceration.

According to an affidavit by Maine Drug Enforcement Agent Jonathan Richards, a search of Kessell’s home produced 17 “one pot” or “shake and bake” method production vessels that contained remnants of methamphetamine production, as well as some hydrogen chloride gas generators, battery components and other items used to make methamphetamine. Richards said he determined that Kessell, over 11 months, had made 52 pseudoephedrine purchases. That substance, contained in cold medications, is essential to the manufacture of methamphetamine. Police said Kessell’s van also contained a substance that tested positive for fentanyl.

A charge relating to possession of fentanyl was dismissed in exchange for the plea.

Nale agreed that a five-year underlying sentence was appropriate, saying Kessell had “pled to a crime that involves a meth lab and a young child in the home where this production was taking place.”

Kessell maintained he cooked the methamphetamine in a shed on the property and brought the equipment into the basement of the home to hide it only on the days when his landlord came by to pick up the trash.

“The state looks suspiciously on the claim that manufacturing was done in a shed,” Sibley said. “That makes no sense to bring all the equipment and products and store them in a basement.”

Kessell was arrested Oct. 5, 2016, after police were called to the home initially to investigate a domestic disturbance.

Kessell apologized to his family and his landlord, as well as to the neighbors.

“I want people to know I am taking responsibility for my choices and actions,” Kessel said, promising to make amends.

He said he was “a high functioning, closet drug addict” and should have requested help sooner with his addiction.

Baghdoyan said Kessell had no prior criminal record, had always been employed and has been working in the jail kitchen. He also said Kessell’s family, who came to the hearing and spoke on his behalf, promised to house and help him on his release. Baghdoyan said no one else was involved, and Sibley confirmed there were no incidents of trafficking.

Kessell said he hoped to get out of jail and be able to help raise his two sons, who now are living in Florida.

Nale ordered Kessell to serve an initial nine months, saying, “Anything greater than nine months would do more harm than good.”

Nale also urged Kessell to get counseling, a job and community support set up before he leaves jail.

“You will rehabilitate, and you will reunify with your family,” he said.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

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A Biddeford man lured a woman from Ohio to Maine with her three children, then stole her credit card and abandoned her, police say.

James A. Stone, 45, of 63 Bradbury St., was arrested Wednesday on several outstanding warrants, police said in a news release.

Biddeford police received a 911 call around 11 a.m. Wednesday from a 46-year-old woman who told them she had dropped off her boyfriend at a bank on Main Street that morning and had not seen him since.

The woman said she had her three children in her vehicle, but was worried about running out of gas while waiting for the man, whom she had not seen since 9 a.m.

Based on her description, police arrested Stone, whose outstanding warrants included receiving stolen property in Gretna, Louisiana; fraud in Erie, Pennsylvania; felony theft by deception in Biddeford; and a parole violation in Topeka, Kansas. Because of the out-of-state warrants, he was charged with being a fugitive from justice. , Biddeford police also charged him with two felony theft counts.

Police say this is the second time Stone has used social media and online dating sites to establish relationships with women, lure them to Maine and take cash and credit cards from them.

He is being held at the York County Jail in Alfred, where he is also awaiting extradition to Kansas.

He has prior convictions for theft, receiving stolen property, forgery and fraud in Kansas, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, South Dakota, Washington and Ohio.

Biddeford police contacted the woman’s family in Ohio to help her and her children return there.

BELFAST — The Troy woman charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of her infant son pleaded not guilty to the charge Friday afternoon in court.

Miranda Hopkins, 32, has been free on bail after a Waldo County grand jury indicted her on the manslaughter charge, a lesser count than the original charge of murder filed by authorities. Manslaughter is a Class A felony that’s punishable by a period of time in prison not to exceed 30 years, whereas a conviction on a murder charge would have brought a sentence of 25 years to life in prison.

Hopkins was dressed Friday in dark clothing and a beige sweater, no longer in a jail outfit since she was released from Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.

Hopkins entered the courtroom about 1 p.m. with her lawyers, Christopher MacLean and Laura Shaw McDonald, with Justice Robert Murray presiding.

Following Hopkins’ not guilty plea, Murray ordered a psychological evaluation of the woman.

After the court hearing, McDonald said, “Miranda has never been diagnosed with any mental illness before.”

Assistant Attorney General Leane Zainea, who is prosecuting the case, originally filed a motion for both a forensic psychological evaluation and a competency evaluation, but with rebuttal in the courtroom by MacLean, the lead defense attorney, the competency request was withdrawn.

Forensic psychology involves the study of human behavior as it applies to the law, and in this case, the violent death of an infant.

Zainea said the primary reason she was asking for a forensic psychological examination was to preserve evidence of Hopkins’ state of mind as close as possible to the date the infant died, in case Hopkins’ defense team raised issues of criminal responsibility or abnormal condition of the mind at trial.

“It’s always very helpful to know what the defendant’s state of mind was at the time of the alleged criminal conduct,” Zainea told the justice.

MacLean objected, noting additional “interrogation” would serve no purpose, adding it would be best to wait until a dispositional hearing in April “as a better compromise.”

Murray split the difference, ordering a psychological evaluation to be done on Hopkins by an examiner from the State Forensics Service.

“The evaluation will be impounded from the state until, or unless, she (Hopkins) raises some sort of issue on the issues of abnormal conditions of the mind or criminal responsibility, and we don’t expect that that will happen at this time,” McDonald told reporters outside the courthouse.

A dispositional conference with both sides and the justice has been set for 8:30 a.m. April 24 at the Waldo County courthouse in Belfast.

Hopkins did not speak to reporters following the arraignment. Two friends of the family who attended the hearing declined to comment outside the courthouse.

McDonald said they were happy with the outcome of Friday’s arraignment in superior court.

“Miranda has plead not guilty to a charge of manslaughter, and she’s feeling very confident about going forward and having her day in court,” McDonald said. “Miranda is doing exceptionally well. We’ve been very impressed with her throughout this entire proceeding.”

Hopkins was originally charged with knowing or depraved indifference murder related to the death Jan. 12 of 7-week-old Jaxson Hopkins.

Following her indictment on the manslaughter charge, Hopkins was released earlier this month on $50,000 worth of property and was ordered not to use or possess alcohol or illegal drugs and is subject to random searches and testing. She will be allowed to see her two other sons. McDonald would not say if Hopkins has seen or visited with her two sons.

Hopkins contends in court documents that one or both of her boys, both of whom are autistic, might have caused the death of their infant brother, possible by crushing the child while rolling over in bed.

But police and prosecutors have pointed to Hopkins’ own admission that she had been drinking whiskey and took a dose of the antihistamine drug Benadryl, according to a police affidavit filed with the court. Hopkins told police she must have “blacked out” and was “so drunk that she did not remember,” according to the document.

The baby’s cause of death was listed as blunt force head injuries that included cuts and bruises on the head and skull, rib fractures, and bleeding on the surface of the brain.

Hopkins allegedly told authorities she had awakened to find her baby cold, white and “beat to hell.” The infant was pronounced dead at the scene.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

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Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

ALFRED — The mother of the Acton woman accused of killing her ex-husband in front of their children Wednesday said her daughter was pushed over the edge by years of domestic abuse that went ignored by local police.

Linda Griffin of Acton said her daughter, Kandee Weyland, 46, was abused for years by Scott Weyland, 42, but that her daughter’s attempts to seek help were ignored because Scott Weyland’s mother is a retired Sanford police detective. Family members also alleged that the divorce proceedings were tilted in Scott Weyland’s favor because his mother knew the judge.

Griffin, during an emotional statement to reporters outside York County Superior Court in Alfred, where Kandee Weyland made her first court appearance Friday afternoon, said her daughter only sought to confront Scott Weyland at his mother’s house, where he was staying.

“My daughter is not a killer,” Griffin said tearfully. “She told me, ‘I need to go confront him to ask how can you do this to me, take everything from me?’ ”

Griffin said she and one of Kandee’s adult sons tried to talk her out of the confrontation and to leave her children with someone else so she could rest.

“I said,’You go home and sleep,’ ” Griffin said. ” ‘That’s what you should do. If not, go to your counselor, your psychiatrist at CSI, tell them how you’re feeling, and that you need to be put in a hospital.’ And she wouldn’t do that. She didn’t do that.”

Police allege that Kandee Weyland killed Scott Weyland on Wednesday afternoon outside her ex-mother-in-law’s home after learning that a District Court judge in Sanford had awarded primary custody of the couple’s two children to Scott in their divorce. Gay Weyland, Scott Weyland’s mother, said police told her that her son was stabbed to death.

Their 11-year-old son called 911, Gay Weyland said.

An autopsy of Scott Weyland’s remains was scheduled for Thursday, but the state medical examiner’s office did not respond Friday to a request for the official cause and manner of death.

Both children, ages 11 and 7, had lived with their mother since April after the couple’s acrimonious separation, and were with her Wednesday before the killing. A Sanford judge finalized their divorce last Friday. The judgment was mailed to Kandee Weyland, triggering the fatal confrontation Wednesday, relatives on both sides of the family said.

During Kandee Weyland’s first court appearance on the murder charge Friday, Superior Court Justice Wayne Douglas ordered her held without bail pending an indictment.

Weyland arrived in court dressed in a patterned blouse, dark pants and orange Crocs, and appeared forlorn during the brief proceeding. Her attorney, Molly Butler Bailey, waived a reading of the charges and said her client was likely to apply for a court-appointed attorney.

Douglas withheld bail on the homicide charge and set cash bail at $10,000 on a separate count of violating a protection order.

Griffin said that after she tried to talk her daughter out of confronting Scott, Kandee Weyland’s 11-year-old son called Griffin to tell her that his mother planned to go for a drive. But when Griffin heard emergency sirens, she suspected they were related to her daughter.

Scott and Kandee Weyland had competing protection from abuse orders against each other since April 2016 that forbade contact with the other.

The couple split that month after an argument that Kandee Weyland said turned physical. She alleged that Scott Weyland had pressed his finger into her throat, causing her to choke, and that he had hit her four times in the previous year and had attended a batterer’s intervention program in Sanford, according to court records.

She sought and was granted a two-year protection from abuse order on April 21.

Scott Weyland was granted his own protection from abuse order against his wife in May. Gay Weyland, Scott’s mother, was also granted a protection from harassment order against her daughter-in-law.

Gay Weyland said Kandee Weyland was issued three summonses for violating the two orders against her. One was dismissed, a second was awaiting an initial court date and a third violation was pending in Superior Court.

In an interview Thursday, Gay Weyland said her daughter-in-law had become emotionally manipulative and unreliable, making baseless accusations and using the children as pawns in the divorce proceeding. On Friday, Gay Weyland, 63, dismissed any notion that her son was abusive to Kandee Weyland or to their children, and said Kandee had been using allegations of domestic violence for years to gain sympathy and control.

“That’s not an excuse to murder someone, even if it did happen,” Gay Weyland said. “But it did not happen. I know my son. He would never lay his hands on a woman. She pushed him to the brink.”

Gay Weyland said that after the April argument, police offered Kandee Weyland opportunities to file a police report but she declined. Gay Weyland said that she knew the judge who presided over the couple’s divorce process in a professional capacity during her previous job as a law enforcement officer, and their past professional relationship was disclosed in court.

During the divorce proceedings, Gay Weyland said Kandee, who represented herself, did not produce any evidence of the multiple accusations she had made against Scott Weyland regarding abuse or neglect.

Matt Byrne can be contacted at 791-6303 or at:

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IN ANSON, Thursday at 5:04 p.m., loud noise of music was reported on Valley Road.

IN CANAAN, Thursday at 10:16 p.m., a structure fire was reported on Hill Road.

IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Thursday at 6:56 a.m., a noise complaint was taken on Fall Line Drive.

9:26 a.m., theft or fraud was reported on Main Street.

3:04 p.m., theft or fraud was reported on Main Street.

4:07 p.m., a missing person was reported on Main Street.

IN CLINTON, Friday at 4:59 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Hinckley Road.

5:20 a.m., a complaint was taken on Hinckley Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Thursday at 7:05 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Martin Stream Road.

12 p.m., trespassing was reported on Ohio Hill Road.

4:01 p.m., trespassing was reported on Main Street.

10:17 p.m., threatening was reported on Crane Drive.

11:10 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

Friday at 4:22 a.m., a loud noise or music complaint was taken on Main Street.

IN FARMINGTON, Thursday at 4:55 p.m., harassment was reported on Middle Street.

IN JAY, Thursday at 3:18 p.m., threatening was reported on Bridge Street.

IN MADISON, Friday at 2:37 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

IN NEW SHARON, Thursday at 7:55 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Mile Hill Road.

IN OAKLAND, Thursday at 1:56 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Main Street.

Friday at 4:21 a.m., a fire call was reported on Swain Hill Road.

4:25 a.m., a fire call was taken on Ward Avenue.

IN PALMYRA, Thursday at 1:32 p.m., larceny/forgery/fraud was reported on Libby Hill Road.

IN PITTSFIELD, Thursday at 6:38 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Somerset Avenue.

Friday at 1:25 a.m., threatening was reported on Somerset Avenue.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Thursday at 3:24 p.m., theft was reported on Canaan Road.

3:34 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Family Circle.

4:22 p.m., threatening was reported on Research Drive.

4:28 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Cross Street.

11:50 p.m., loud noise or music was reported on Winter Street.

Friday at 8:32 a.m., a complaint was taken on East River Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 6:06 a.m., an assault was reported on Kimball Street.

10:19 a.m., an unwanted person was reported on Highwood Street.

4:17 p.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Elm Street.

8:58 p.m., a noise complaint was taken on Central Avenue.

Friday at 12:44 a.m., theft was reported at Mayflower Hill Drive.

3:17 a.m., a noise complaint was taken on Trafton Road.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Thursday at 1:22 p.m., Michael Allen Davis, 22, of Farmington, was arrested on a writ for prosecution.

10:05 p.m., Dillon Matthew St. Peter, 21, of Anson, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence.

10:26 p.m., James Leo O’Clair, 19, of Embden, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and drinking in public.

IN KENNEBEC COUNTY, Thursday at 9:51 a.m., Angel Kuilan, 29, of Waterville, was arrested on charges of failure to appear.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Thursday at 10:54 a.m., Brian David Keenan, 43, of Smithfield, was arrested on warrants.

12:26 p.m., Matthew David Cyr, 29, of Skowhegan, was arrested on a charge of probation revocation.

7:24 p.m., Scott Magoon, 53, of Somerset County, was arrested on a charge of hunting deer after having killed one.

7:39 p.m., Christopher Ryan Washburn, 29, of St. Albans, was arrested on warrants.

9:03 p.m., Lacey Elizabeth Wilson, 30, of Waterville, was arrested on a warrant.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 7:18 p.m., Meagan Hasson, 31, of Waterville, was arrested on a charge of violating conditions of release.

SUMMONSES

IN KENNEBEC COUNTY, Thursday at 5:31 p.m., a 15-year-old was summonsed on charges of assault and a minor possession alcohol.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 3:21 p.m., Ashley Dubay, 31, of Fairfield, was summonsed on a charge of failure to register a vehicle.

Winthrop police arrested a man last week on a charge of domestic violence assault and two charges of assault after the man allegedly pulled his girlfriend’s hair during an argument, then knocked her mother down and spit in the face of an arresting police officer.

Police arrested the man, 21-year-old Alexander Brochu, at a home on Turkey Lane after receiving a call from the woman’s mother, said Officer Paul Ferland, who was one of three officers to respond. They made the arrest after receiving the call at 2:51 a.m. on Feb. 15.

Brochu — whose place of residence was not immediately available — had an arraignment scheduled at the Capital Judicial Center on Friday. His bail was set at $2,000 cash.

Ferland didn’t know if Brochu was brought to Kennebec County jail or released on bail after his arrest, but said that Brochu did stop by the Winthrop police station later to retrieve his possessions.

Police arrested Brochu after responding to a complaint that he allegedly pulled his girlfriend’s hair during an argument and pushed her mother to the ground, Ferland said.

While they were arresting Brochu at the Turkey Lane home, he also allegedly spat on Ferland’s face, which led to the second assault charge.

“I was the officer he spit on,” Ferland said. “Twice.”

Ferland said Brochu later apologized to him when he stopped by the station.

No one was injured during the alleged assaults.

Charles Eichacker — 621-5642

ceichacker@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @ceichacker

AUGUSTA

Thursday at 7:20 a.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Edison Drive.

9:56 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Cony Street.

9:57 a.m., criminal trespass was reported on Pleasant Street.

10:20 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Jefferson Street.

10:40 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Hospital Street.

11:29 a.m., harassment was reported on Union Street.

12:25 p.m., counterfeiting was reported on Cony Street.

1:46 p.m., criminal trespass was reported on Washington Street.

2:04 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Civic Center Drive.

2:46 p.m., criminal trespass was reported on Western Avenue.

3:16 p.m., indecency was reported on Water Street.

3:17 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Civic Center Drive.

3:59 p.m., harassment was reported on Chapel Street.

4:19 p.m., criminal threatening was reported on Parkview Terrace.

4:56 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Church Hill Road and North Belfast Avenue.

6:29 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Cony Street.

7:38 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Parkview Terrace.

10:22 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on New England Road.

11:49 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Dean Court.

Friday at 12:39 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Civic Center Drive.

1:39 a.m., criminal trespass was reported on Community Drive.

7:00 a.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Medical Center Parkway.

GARDINER

Thursday at 4:59 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Maine Avenue.

WAYNE

Thursday at 5:51 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Main Street.

ARRESTS

MOUNT VERNON

Thursday at 5:31 p.m., a 15-year-old juvenile was arrested on charges of assault and a minor possessing liquor after assault was reported on Bean Road.

WINTHROP

Thursday at 4:15 p.m., Sharron Wallace, 29, whose residence wasn’t available, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence on Route 133.

IN ATHENS, Saturday at 3:14 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Fox Hill Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Friday at 2:48 p.m., a scam was reported on Summit Street.

5:24 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Mountain Avenue.

11:24 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

Saturday at 12:02 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Skowhegan Road.

7:43 a.m., a motor vehicle burglary was reported on Crane Drive.

8:09 a.m., a motor vehicle burglary was reported on Main Street.

IN FARMINGTON, Friday at 10:21 a.m., a road hazard was reported on Bailey Hill Road.

6:07 p.m., a road hazard was reported on Wilton Road.

10:25 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Prescott Street.

IN HARMONY, Friday at 10:22 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Cooley Road.

IN INDUSTRY, Friday at 7:37 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on West Mills Road.

IN MADISON, Friday at 9:15 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on River Road.

2:41 p.m., a scam was reported on Nichols Street.

IN NEW SHARON, Friday at 12:22 p.m., theft or fraud was reported on Swan Road.

IN PALMYRA, Friday at 11:05 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Oxbow Road.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Friday at 1:31 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Fairview Avenue.

3:59 p.m., an assault was reported on Water Street.

5:29 p.m., theft was reported on Madison Avenue.

6:40 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Madison Avenue.

IN WATERVILLE, Friday at 7:10 a.m., theft was reported on Gilman Street.

7:25 a.m., theft was reported to the Police Department.

7:26 a.m., an unwanted person was reported on Highwood Street.

9:15 a.m., harassment was reported on Sherwin Street.

10:27 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Elm Street.

12:06 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

1:01 p.m., juvenile offenses were reported at Hazelwood and Central avenues.

1:07 p.m., fraud or forgery was reported on Edwards Street.

1:14 p.m., a city ordinance violation was reported on First Rangeway.

2:56 p.m., threatening was reported on College Avenue.

3:45 p.m., criminal trespassing was reported at Wal-Mart in Waterville Commons.

5:12 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Abbott Street.

6:11 p.m., theft was reported at Flagship Cinema on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

6:33 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Union Street.

6:36 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on North Street.

6:46 p.m., harassment was reported on East Benton Road.

8:38 p.m., a traffic hazard was reported on Main Street.

9:03 p.m., theft was reported at Scotty’s Pizza on Water Street.

9:44 p.m., a noise complaint was taken on Washington Street.

Saturday at 2:48 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Central Avenue.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Friday, David Ames, 33, of Livermore Falls, was arrested on a charge of operating a vehicle under the influence.

Scott Young, 44, of Livermore, was arrested on three warrants.

Benjamin Platner, 46, of Kingfield, was arrested on a warrant.

Andrew Tibbetts, 27, of Farmington, was arrested on charges of operating a vehicle under the influence and violating conditions of release.

Derek McGinty, 39, of Livermore, was arrested on charges of operating a vehicle under the influence and criminal trespassing.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Friday at 1:15 p.m., Troy Anthony Hampton, 23, of Skowhegan, was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct.

4:33 p.m., Norman D. Chamberlain, 27, of Auburn, was arrested on a warrant for failing to appear.

8:03 p.m., Jared Wade Skidgell, 26, of Canaan, was arrested on a charge of operating a vehicle after a suspension.

IN WATERVILLE, Friday at 6:40 p.m., Joshua Noble, 36, of Waterville, was arrested on a warrant.

6:45 p.m., Alanson Noble, 58, of Waterville, was arrested on a probation hold.

7:36 p.m., Kari Derosby, 27, of Waterville, was arrested on a charge of operating a vehicle under the influence.

11:54 p.m., Kenneth Donahue, 28, of Auburn, was arrested on a charge of operating a vehicle under the influence with prior offenses.