The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the theft of letters and numbers over the weekend from four business signs on Mercer Road, U.S. Route 2, in Norridgewock.
Chief Deputy James Ross said the thefts happened sometime late Friday night or early Saturday morning. Witnesses reported seeing three young men, possibly teenagers, running away from one of the businesses. Ross said police also are waiting for the businesses to open Monday morning to see whether video surveillance cameras are at any of the locations and might have captured the action.
“There were four entities over in Norridgewock that had numbers and letters stolen from their outside advertising signs,” Ross said by phone Sunday afternoon. “An employee of one of the businesses happened to be driving by around that time and saw the three young men who ran when they were seen, so that’s why they suspect it was them.”
Businesses that were targeted were Hardy’s Motorsports, Oosoola Country Store, Frederick’s Dar-I-Whip and Mill Stream Elementary School, Ross said.
Ross said the thefts are misdemeanor crimes.
Doug Harlow — 612-2367
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