Troop F report
Editor’s Note: An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at criminal proceedings.
HOULTON, Maine — The Maine State Police Troop F barracks in Houlton responded to 144 calls for service from May 30-June 5, 2016.
Thursday, June 2
– Tr. Sylvia responded to School Street in Mars Hill for an intoxicated male wanting a female removed from his residence. Both parties were found to be extremely intoxicated and arguing, but no crime was committed. The female was removed by her father.
Friday, June 3
– Trooper Levesque responded to the Mars Hill IGA for a shoplifting complaint. Levesque summonsed a 24-year-old female for theft after she took an item from the shelf and hid it on her person. The store caught the incident on camera and the woman was seen stealing the item and leaving the empty box on the shelf. Trooper Levesque issued a criminal summons for theft by unauthorized taking/transfer as well as a trespassing warning prohibiting the woman from returning to the store.
Saturday, June 4
– Trooper Pescitelli was on patrol driving through Mars Hill and he noticed a black sedan parked in the parking lot of the Shell service station. The officer stopped to make sure they were all set and he made contact with the juvenile male operator. Trooper Pescitelli noticed what appeared to be an empty beer bottle in the cup holder of the driver’s side door as the operator was closing the door. After questioning and a search of the vehicle, the trooper discovered another full bottle of alcohol in the trunk. The male was charged with possession of liquor by a minor.
– Troopers Bell and Pescitelli and Sgt. Fuller investigated the report of an adult male running around naked outside of his house near a busy road in Bridgewater. Multiple witnesses observed the male naked and descriptions of the male were consistent. The male suspect and female homeowner denied the allegations. The male was summonsed for indecent conduct.
Sunday, June 5
– Cpl Quint investigated a road rage incident that started in Bridgewater. The victim reported a vehicle following too close and the driver was shaking his fist at him. The victim then told the dispatcher that the man hit his vehicle. Presque Isle police stopped the suspect in Presque Isle. The suspect stated the man passed him too quickly and he felt that he was “disrespected in his own neighborhood.” The suspect also told Cpl Quint that he purposely passed the vehicle and then cut him off when pulling back into the travel lane to teach the man a lesson. Cpl Quint did not observe any damage to either vehicle. The suspect was issued a criminal summons for driving to endanger.
