CARIBOU, Maine — A 46-year-old Houlton man who was arrested on March 8 and charged with numerous crimes in connection with the assault and robbery of a Hodgdon man has been indicted by the Aroostook County grand jury.
Brady M. Bridges, 46, of Houlton, was indicted on June 8 on charges of burglary, robbery, theft, assault, two counts of criminal threatening with a weapon and kidnapping.
Aroostook County Sheriff Darrell Crandall said that Bridges is accused of entering a male victim’s home in Hodgdon in mid-February and threatening the resident with a claw hammer he’d brought with him. The victim convinced Bridges to go outside with him because the victim’s daughter also was home at the time, the sheriff said. Once outside, Bridges assaulted the man repeatedly with his fists. Crandall said that the victim suffered minor injuries in the altercation.
Bridges informed the victim that his family would not be harmed if the man gave Bridges $3,000, Crandall said. Bridges accompanied the victim to a bank in Houlton and watched as he withdrew the cash. The victim then gave the money to Bridges.
Crandall said that the sheriff’s office did not find out about the incident until much later due to the victim’s fear of repercussion.
Bridges has a lengthy criminal history in Maine, dating back to 1990, including multiple convictions for theft, as well as for drug trafficking, criminal threatening, tampering with a witness and domestic violence assault. He also is awaiting sentencing for manufacturing methamphetamine in New Jersey.
Other indictments also handed down by the grand jury were:
Joe T. Chambers, 40, Bridgewater: gross sexual assault (two counts), unlawful sexual contact and sexual abuse of a minor.
Bryan D. Ingalls, 57, Sherman: aiding escape.
Nick J. Ivey, 41, Houlton: unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs.
Philip E. Sprague Jr., 53, Presque Isle: trafficking in prison contraband.
Gregory L. Huntley, 33, Sherman: operating after revocation.
Derek A. Doughty, 26, Houlton: aggravated assault, obstructing the report of a crime and domestic violence criminal threatening.
Kristin E. Chambers, 27, Houlton: aggravated criminal trespass and assault.
Lorrie A. Losinger, 46, Linneus: domestic violence assault and refusing to submit to arrest.
John M. Morrow, 40, Littleton: domestic violence criminal threatening with weapon and criminal threatening with weapon.
Eric A. LaBreck, 31, Presque Isle: violation of condition of release and unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs.
Kayla C. Nason, 27, Houlton: misuse of public benefits and theft with priors.
Shawn M. Michaud, 32, Stacyville: escape and violation of condition of release.
Adam S. Murphy, 25, Presque Isle: violation of condition of release (six counts), domestic violence stalking (six counts), domestic assault; and tampering (four counts).
Alicia L. Perkins, 27, Mars Hill: violation of condition of release, domestic assault, assault on an officer and refusing to submit to arrest.
David P. Tremblay III, 35, Presque Isle: stealing drugs and trafficking in prison contraband.
Zachary W. Austin, 30, Amity: theft with priors.
Logan A. Grant, 20, Houlton: unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs.
Jordan M. Lincoln, 31, Houlton: aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs.
Neil C. Gahagan, 34, Fort Fairfield: theft with priors.
Macie N. Jones, 25, Caribou: failure to report.
Crystal N. Noble, 45, Caribou: theft by unauthorized taking and misuse of public benefits.
Harley D. Simon, 38, Woodland: theft by unauthorized taking.
Dustin D. Levesque, 21, Frenchville: unlawful operation of a methamphetamine lab.
Jared A. Page, 33, Madawaska: unlawful operation of a methamphetamine lab and trafficking of scheduled drugs.
Casie M. Thibeault, 34, Madawaska: aggravated operation of a methamphetamine lab (two counts).
Carl P. Thibeault, 37, Madawaska: aggravated operation of a methamphetamine lab (two counts) and aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs.
Timothy J. Burns, 51, Limestone: gross sexual assault (two counts).
