By Joseph Cyr
Staff Writer
HOULTON — The Shiretown experienced a larger than usual amount of police activity involving individuals over a two-day period July 9-10, as three separate incidents resulted in three arrests.
And while none of the three cases were related, there was a common thread of threatened use/possession of deadly weapons and a dwelling at 159 Main St., according to Houlton Police Chief Butch Asselin.
On Tuesday, July 9, at about 4:09 p.m., Houlton police responded to a report of a disturbance at 5 Mechanic St. involving a knife. Kyle Mailloux, 20, of Haynesville, was observed leaving 5 Mechanic Street and ignored an officer’s command to stop.
Mailloux was located and detained by police on Main Street by the Houlton Elk’s Lodge. He was was returned to 5 Mechanic Street, where he informed officers that he witnessed his sister, Stacia Mailloux, 23, of Hodgdon, and her boyfriend, Jonathon Carr, 28, of Hodgdon, involved in a verbal dispute.
“Believing that his sister had been assaulted, Kyle Mailloux became upset and obtained a knife from the kitchen area which he used to threaten Carr with,” Asselin said.
Seeing the knife, Carr quickly fled the scene. He was later located at 159 Military St. where it was determined he was uninjured.
Alcohol was involved, the chief said.
“The department received three separate calls reporting this disturbance,” Asselin added.
Kyle Mailloux was charged with the Class C felony criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and was transported to the Aroostook County Jail. Stacia Mailloux denied being assaulted by Carr and he was not charged.
Investigating officers were Stewart Kennedy, Eric Sucy and chief Asselin. Trooper Jill Monahan of the Maine State Police provided additional assistance.
Later on July 9, at about 6 p.m., Ryan Norton, 22, of Houlton, came in to the Houlton Police station to file a complaint that an individual had threatened him with a knife while he was at 159 Military St. Police returned to that residence and attempted to locate Ronald Smiley, 57, of Houlton.
Witnesses were interviewed and Smiley was subsequently arrested and taken to the ACJ. He was charged with the Class C felony of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon. Police did not recover the alleged weapon and there were no injuries.
Officers Kennedy, Sucy and Cpl. Dana Duff investigated.
The next day, Wednesday, July 10, at about 1:40 a.m., Houlton Police received a call from an employee of a local nursing home reporting that her former boyfriend was making disturbing phone calls to her. As a result of the calls, the complainant felt unsafe, the chief said.
HPD units began canvassing the area looking for Lee Shorey, 42, of Corinth. As a result of repeated phone calls made to Shorey on his cellular phone and information received from the tenants at 55 High St., officers were able to locate the man inside the complainant’s basement apartment.
“Shorey informed the officers that he was armed with a knife and intended to kill himself,” the chief said. “As a precaution, residents from the other apartment units in the building were evacuated. Shorey indicated that he wasn’t coming out until police allowed him to speak with the complainant. Shorey also indicated that he had firearms and if anyone entered the apartment, they would be killed.”
Sgt. Chad Fuller and his K-9 were requested to assist HPD during the entry into the apartment. Sgt. Fuller arrived at approximately 4 a.m. and the premises were searched. Shorey was not located in the apartment.
Police then began a wide search for Shorey, canvassing the area between Hillview Avenue and Court Street.
Asselin said officer Sucy recalled seeing Shorey during the afternoon of July 9 at 159 Military St. and decided to investigate.
Around 5:30 a.m. Officer Sucy located Shorey at the rear of 159 Military St. Additional law enforcement units responded and he was taken into custody. Shorey offered no resistance, the chief said.
Shorey was charged with domestic violence criminal threatening; domestic violence terrorizing; and creating a police standoff. Upon his arrest, no knives or firearms were found in his possession.
“Because of his alleged threats to harm himself, Shorey was transported to the Houlton Regional Hospital for a mental health evaluation,” the chief said
