The Maine State Police Troop F barracks in Houlton responded to 124 calls for service throughout Aroostook County for the week of Jan. 3-10. Troopers completed nine school visits/checks during the week and had one speaking engagement.
Total arrests for the week: operating after suspension, three; operating under the influence, one; domestic violence, one; and arrest on warrants, three.
Jan. 3 — Trooper Casavant conducted a traffic stop in Bridgewater on a tractor trailer truck for speeding. As a result the 46 year old Castle Hill man was charged with OAS and possession of marijuana after Tr. Casavant smelled the marijuana and found a bag during the subsequent search. The man’s employer was contacted.
Jan. 4 — Troopers Saucier and Sylvia were called to Patten for a domestic assault. As a result of the investigation an 18-year-old Sherman man was arrested and charged with domestic violence terrorizing, criminal mischief and obstructing the report of a crime on his 20-year-old girlfriend.
Jan. 5 — Troopers Sucy and Lilley were looking for a wanted subject in the Sherman and Patten area. The man was wanted for unpaid restitution. Trooper Lilley was looking for the man for theft and Trooper Sucy needed to issue the man a trespass warning. While checking some campers on the Golden Ridge Road in Sherman the man exited one of the campers. Lilley informed the man that he was under arrest for a warrant. The man took off running and Sucy chased after the man tackling him and placed him under arrest. The man was charged with theft and served with the trespass warning. The man was also charged with possession of marijuana. The man provided drug/meth intelligence to Sucy, which will be forwarded on to MDEA. He was transported to the Aroostook County Jail.
Jan. 5 — Troopers Marquis and Casavant served a cease harassment and trespassing order on a 74-year-old St. Francis man after he returned to his ex-girlfriend’s apartment and an argument ensued. This has been an ongoing problem recently and the man received his final warning before being charged.
Jan. 6 — Trooper Endre stopped a motor vehicle traveling 88 mph in a 45 mph zone. The operator was a 16-year-old juvenile. After smelling the odor of marijuana Endre searched the driver and vehicle. The trooper seized a baggie of marijuana, a joint, and two packs of cigarettes. The operator was summonsed accordingly and his mother was called.
Jan. 6 — Trooper Levesque responded to the Woodland Elementary school for a report that a parent had walked onto the bus and was confrontational and used vulgar language to the bus driver. The bus driver had to speak with the man’s stepson for not sitting while on the bus. Levesque learned that the mother of the boy had made contact with the school and the problem was resolved.
Jan. 6 — Troopers Stoutamyer and Endre responded to a call from a third party about a protection violation, between a man and woman that have protection orders against each other. Upon arrival the male subject said that the woman was not there but she was earlier. Endre arrested him and transported him to the ACJ. About an hour later we received a call saying that the female party just left the residence. Sgt. Carney from Ashland PD stopped the vehicle; once Stoutamyer arrived he spoke to the female party and arrested her as well.
Jan. 7 — Trooper Sucy was on routine patrol and observed a pickup with an inspection sticker that appeared to have been altered. Sucy stopped the pickup and inquired about the inspection sticker. The man stated that he got the inspection sticker from a friend off of a wrecked car. The operator also advised that his truck would not pass inspection. The man’s license to operate was currently under suspension. Sucy summoned the man for displaying an invalid inspection sticker, OAS, no proof of insurance, expired registration. The vehicle was towed.
Jan. 8 — Cpl. Michaud conducted a traffic stop in Caribou and as a result charged a 37-year-old Presque Isle man with operating without a license after learning he moved to Maine from Kansas and his right to operate there was suspended. The man was also given multiple warnings.
Jan. 9 — Trooper Endre summonsed a 42-year-old male for telephone harassment after he continued texting and calling his ex-wife after Trooper Quint had warned the male subject for harassment.
Jan. 9 — Trooper Marquis arrested an 18-year-old Madawaska man for OUI and illegal transportation stemming from a traffic stop in Frenchville. Trooper Marquis stopped the vehicle after meeting it and he noticed the vehicle did not have its headlights on. The investigation showed the man was fired from his job this morning and decided to ride around drinking rather than tell his parents he was fired.
Jan. 10 — Cpl. Michaud and Recruit Pescitelli were called out to an assault in Mapleton. Upon further investigation, troopers learned the two females among others were drinking and an argument ensued with one woman slapping and the other and then both pulling each other’s hair. The woman who was slapped did not want to press charges and both parties were warned for disorderly conduct and separated.
