IN AUGUSTA, Wednesday at 8:58 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Medical Center Parkway.

9:06 a.m., gross sexual assault was reported by a caller on New England Road.

9:58 a.m., a well-being check was performed on Old Winthrop Road.

11:55 a.m., a traffic accident causing an injury was reported on Eastern Avenue and Spring Road.

12:31 p.m., burglary from a motor vehicle was reported on Cony Street.

12:51 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Northern Avenue.

1:25 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Airport Road.

1:25 p.m., harassment was reported on Northern Avenue.

2:33 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water Street.

4:51 p.m., a well-being check was done on Eastern Avenue.

7:07 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Glenridge Drive.

7:50 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Gray Birch Drive.

8:29 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Gray Birch Drive.

8:34 p.m., theft was reported on Civic Center Drive.

9:07 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Industrial Drive.

10:14 p.m., a well-being check was done on Sewall Street.

11:14 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Green Street.

Thursday at 4:56 a.m., a well-being check was done on Green Street.

6:44 a.m., a well-being check was performed on Allenwood Park Road.

IN HALLOWELL, Wednesday at 7:04 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Water Street.

8:36 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Water Street.

9:33 p.m., littering was reported on Winthrop Street.

IN MONMOUTH, Wednesday at 9:06 a.m., a well-being check was done on Pine Hill Road.

10:38 a.m., threatening was reported on Old Lewiston Road.

IN READFIELD, Wednesday at 1:29 p.m., threats were reported on Millard Harrison Drive.

IN WEST GARDINER, Wednesday at 11:40 a.m., phone harassment was reported on Bog Hill Road.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA, Wednesday at 1:35 p.m., Jacob L. Pouliot, 28, of Augusta, was arrested on a warrant, on Union Street.

10:41 p.m., Demarrio S. Long, 28, of Augusta, was arrested on a warrant, on Water Street.

SUMMONSES

IN AUGUSTA, Wednesday at 11:35 p.m., a 64-year-old Augusta man was summoned on a charge of failing to register a vehicle (more than 150 days), during a traffic stop on Riverside Drive and Route 3.

11:57 p.m., Cole Lee Witham, 18, of Windsor, was summoned on a charge of motor vehicle speeding (more than 30 mph over the speed limit), during a traffic stop on Old Belgrade Road and Medical Center Parkway.

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office has charged two people with stealing returnable bottles and cans that had been donated to a popular charitable effort in Baldwin.

Police arrested Matthew Colby, 32, of Parsonsfield, and Christin E. Parmenter, 29, of Newfield, on Wednesday.

Over the last two weeks, deputies have investigated several reports of thefts from a donation trailer for “Cans for a Cure.”

The trailer was parked at the corner of Depot Street and River Road, and “Cans for a Cure” had been championed by two local boys, Riley and Bryce Deshaies.

Colby was charged with felony theft because of his prior convictions. He faces a maximum of five years in prison and/or a $5,000 fine. Parmenter was charged with misdemeanor theft, and her bail was set at $100. She faces up to six months in jail and/or a $1,000 fine.

Colby is being held without bail because he is alleged to have violated separate bail conditions in York County.

The investigation into the thefts will continue, and more arrests may be forthcoming, the sheriff’s office said.

After news of the thefts spread on social media, a group of social clubs in Sanford banded together to help the kids recoup their loss, said Peter Caramihalis, one of the volunteers who pitched in.

Caramihalis, 53, of Sanford, said he and several others organized a week-long drive by the Wolves Club, the Lafayette Club, the Springvale Social Club, the American Legion, the Elks Lodge, Above and Beyond Catering, the Sanford Amvets and the local VFW hall to collect returnables.

Last Friday, Caramihalis said he borrowed a pickup truck and a trailer to donate the proceeds – what he estimated was at least $1,000 in bottles and cans.

“These kids are working their tails off to do something good, and some idiot does something and I was afraid these kids would get a bad taste in their mouth,” Caramihalis said. “We wanted to show to these kids that not everyone in this world is bad.”

Matt Byrne can be contacted at:

mbyrne@pressherald.com

A third suspect in a burglary at Rob Gronkowski’s Massachusetts house that occurred while the New England Patriots star was at the Super Bowl was arrested Thursday by a Franklin County sheriff’s deputy in Chesterville, Maine.

Authorities received a call that a man and woman in a gray sedan had tried to force their way into a house on Chesterville Hill Road about 7 a.m. Lt. David Rackliffe stopped a white Ford Fusion with a Massachusetts registration leaving that road.

Shane Denn, 26, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, gave a false name and birth date to authorities, police said. Other officers and two K-9 teams responded, the car was searched and police said they found found evidence of criminal activity, including stolen items.

Denn was charged with driving without a license and taken to the Franklin County Detention Center in Farmington, where he admitted his true identity. He was also charged with being a fugitive from justice and giving a false name and date of birth to a law enforcement officer.

Denn is wanted in several other attempted burglaries in Massachusetts, and authorities will seek to have him extradited to that state, Foxborough, Massachusetts, Police Chief William Baker said.

Two other men, Eric Tyrrell and Anthony Almeida, have pleaded not guilty to charges in the February break-in at Gronkowski’s house.

Authorities earlier recovered an Apple watch, a Rolex watch and rare coins allegedly stolen from one of Gronkowski’s roommates.

Three handguns belonging to the roommate have not been recovered.

LEWISTON — Five Lewiston men were arrested Wednesday on warrants charging them with selling crack cocaine, police said.

Local police and state drug agents conducted a six-month undercover investigation that included purchases of crack from the five men at various locations around the city. More arrests are expected, police said Thursday.

Police arrested:

• James Earl Pontoo, 34, on four counts of aggravated trafficking in crack cocaine;

• Shane Daniel Pontoo, 30, for unlawful trafficking of crack and unlawful furnishing of crack;

• Cain Roberston, 26, aggravated trafficking of crack;

• Timothy Joseph Rodrigue, 53, for unlawful trafficking of crack;

• Christopher “CJ” McFarland, 43, for aggravated trafficking of crack.

Agents and police searched a home at 101 Pine St. where they seized items connected to drug trafficking, police said.

The suspects were taken to Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn. Cash bail for James Pontoo was set at $10,000; for Shane Pontoo, $2,500; for Robertson, $5,000; for Rodrigue, $2,500; and for McFarland, $5,000. Both Pontoos have posted bail and were released. The other three were scheduled to appear in 8th District Court on Friday for initial appearances.

Local police and drug agents were assisted in executing the arrest warrant by the County Sheriff’s Department and Central Maine Violent Crimes Task Force.

Steven Case is led away in handcuffs by MDEA agents and Lewiston police after being taken into custody Thursday afternoon in
Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

LEWISTON — A local man was arrested Thursday on a warrant charging him with selling fentanyl, a highly addictive opioid used to treat pain.

Steven Case, 28, of 15 Katie Ave. was indicted this week on charges of unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs, a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

An Androscoggin County grand jury also indicted him on a charge of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, a Class C felony, for which the maximum prison sentence is five years.

He was charged with a misdemeanor crime of violation of condition of release.

The drug charges stem from a Feb. 11 incident in which Case allegedly sold fentanyl, according to the indictment.

On the same date, Case possessed a drug that contained more than 200 milligrams of fentanyl, according to court papers

SKOWHEGAN — A former Fairfield man was sentenced to 55 years in prison Friday for the August 2016 murder of his wife, whose body he buried in a shallow grave behind his parents’ home in Fairfield.

Pictures of murder victim Valerie Tieman are displayed on a projector during the sentencing of Luc Tieman for the murder of his wife, Valerie, at the Somerset County Court House in Skowhegan on Friday. Tieman received 55 years in prison. Staff photo by Michael G. Seamans

A jury of seven men and five women deliberated for less than an hour April 9 before finding Luc Tieman, 34, guilty of intentional or knowing murder in the death of Valerie Tieman.

Valerie Tieman, who was 34, was shot twice in the head and neck.

Justice Robert Mullen said he was tempted to impose a life sentence, calling Luc Tieman’s testimony during trial “poppycock,” but said he feared that could open the possibility of being reversed in an appeal and forcing both families to endure another round of court hearings. He also noted Tieman’s apparent lack of remorse.

Tieman finally showed emotion in the courtroom Friday, his eyes red, wiping tears away as Allen Harmon, Valerie Tieman’s father, thanked him for his military service, adding that he couldn’t hate him. Harmon told Tieman that he was supposed to have loved and protected his daughter, but instead took her life and turned into a “habitual liar.”

“Murder is the worst kind of theft, because it is something that can’t be returned,” a weeping Harmon said in his impact statement before Justice Mullen, remembering his daughter telling him: “I love you, Daddy.”

Harmon noted that Valerie Tieman’s last name on her gravestone is Harmon — not Tieman.

The Harmons’ victim impact statements, including those by Valerie Tieman’s two brothers and her mother, Sarajean, were accompanied by photos of Valerie Tieman in a slideshow in the courtroom.

“This I will always know. She loved me and I loved her,” Sarajean said in a statement read by victim advocate Joanna Stokinger, noting Valerie Tieman had “stepped into heaven” the minute the first shot had struck her.

“The heartache and grief are real,” she said, adding that she was “overwhelmed with disgust” at what an evil-hearted man Luc Tieman was.

Sarajean asked for a life sentence.

Tieman’s mother, Laurelle, in her impact statement, cited her son’s post-traumatic stress disorder after three combat tours overseas and being wounded and disabled.

Laurelle spoke at length of the “good men” who go off to war, as her son had, and who come back a different person after experiencing “the big horribles” of life on the battlefield.

She said her son was “shrinking … dying before our very eyes” after he returned home from the army. She also cited veteran suicides — 23 such deaths every day.

“This PTSD — it’s real,” she said, noting that she was not making excuses for her son, only asking for consideration and mercy. “These are good men who were hurt and need help, your honor. I ask you to consider the whole life of Luc Tieman. I ask you to consider the whole person and balance justice with mercy.”

During his trial, Tieman admitted to having an affair with another woman, and he was aware that a Waterville woman had sent his wife messages saying that he was cheating on her, but he said he didn’t kill his wife. He said Valerie had died of a drug overdose.

Drugs were found in Valerie Tieman’s body during an autopsy performed Sept. 21, 2016, but the drugs did not kill her. Two gunshot wounds to the head and neck were the cause of death, according to a state medical examiner.

Tieman faced 25 years to life in prison.

Assistant Attorneys General Leane Zainea and Leanne Robbin, the state prosecutors, sought the sentence of 55 years to the Department of Corrections based on sentencing guidelines and previous cases, such as that of Robert Burton, who was sent to prison for 55 years in December 2017 for killing his girlfriend in 2015.

There is no parole in the state of Maine.

Following sentencing Friday, Zainea and Robbin said they were satisfied with the sentence, noting, as Mullen had, that Tieman will be a old man when and if he ever is released.

They said the Harmon family is happy with the sentence and had opted not to speak to the news media, resting on their statements made Friday in court.

“We’re very pleased with the sentence that was imposed here today,” Zainea told reporters outside the courthouse. “It was the sentence that the state recommended based upon what had transpired during the investigation as well as during the trial.”

Zainea said the judge duly noted that Tieman never took responsibility for the death of his wife and showed no empathy toward the Harmon family.

Robbin added that it was one thing to take police investigators on “a wild goose chase,” but it was quite another to consistently lie to police about everything.

Inside Valerie Tieman’s shallow grave, police, in September 2016, found a Mason jar containing flower stems, Luc Tieman’s wedding band and a handwritten note on an index card.

The note opened with the words “To my one and only Joy-Joy. Flower. Forever.”

The words in the note read: “I love you Valerie Joy T. I’ll love you forever. Rest in peace. My heart in Jesus,” with an X and an O, “hugs,” exclamation points, and an apparent reference to Luc Tieman’s marriage nickname “Luc-e” the bear, or “Luc-e Da Bear.”

The grave note contained language similar to that in other notes found among Valerie Tieman’s possessions taken that September from the Tieman home at 628 Norridgewock Road in Fairfield.

Valerie Tieman’s body was found wrapped in an orange, black and white blanket with the Mason jar “near her head.”

Under the body, police found a potato chip bag, a box of SweeTarts candy, a plaid shirt, a blue-and-gold woven knit hat and a bottle of Gucci cologne or perfume called Guilty.

Statements made Friday by both the Tieman and the Harmon families showed intense emotion, with both sides citing God and prayer as having a hand in the developments as Valerie Tieman’s body was found and her husband was preparing to stand trial for her murder.

Al Tieman, Luc Tieman’s father, cited a psalm expressing his own “valley of tears” for his son, whom he said he would always love.

Contemplating a life sentence for Tieman, Mullen also noted that he had to weigh the aggravating and mitigating circumstances of the case. He said there are seven guidelines to follow in order for a life sentence to stand up to appeal, based on a 1990 Law Court case called State vs. Shortsleeves.

They are:

• Premeditation-in-fact;

• Multiple deaths;

• Murder committed by a person who previously has been convicted of homicide or any other crime involving the use of deadly force against a person;

• Murder accompanied by torture, sexual abuse or other extreme cruelty inflicted upon the victim;

• Murder committed in a penal institution by an inmate of that institution;

• Murder of a law enforcement officer in the performance of his or her duties;

• Murder of a hostage.

Mullen said he could not impose a life sentence because none of those seven reasons was present in the Tieman case.

Investigators with the Maine State Police and the Maine Warden Service look for evidence in the death of Valerie Tieman, whose body was found Sept. 20, 2016, buried in a shallow grave behind 628 Norridgewock Road in Fairfield. The jury forewoman, Rose Gray, commended law enforcement officers for the job they did collecting evidence and investigating the case. Staff file photo by Michael G. Seamans

In his statements to the court Friday, Tieman’s lawyer, Stephen Smith, asked for Mullen to impose a sentence of 35 years, highlighting his client’s combat duty with the Army.

He noted how powerful Allen Harmon’s statements to the court were and even referred to Valerie as “Miss Harmon,” not Mrs. Tieman.

“Luc Tieman did three tours in three combat zones in 10 years and was honorably discharged,” Smith told the judge. “He is not a monster; he’s a human being.”

As the Harmons had done, Smith called Tieman’s family members to give impact statements, including his grandmother Charlene Post, who said she and Luc are close and that he was “always gracious and kind.”

Tieman, who had shown no emotion through all of his five-day trial and final jury verdict, continually drew tissues at the defendant’s table, wiping his eyes and nose.

Smith said they were “very disappointed” with the sentence and that, on Tieman’s behalf, he is appealing both the conviction and the sentence imposed Friday in Somerset County Superior Court.

“We believe his service should have weighed more in the balance,” Smith told reporters.

The murder of Valerie Tieman, Justice Mullen said Friday, boiled down to just one word: Why?

There was no explanation, he said.

Doug Harlow — 612-2367

dharlow@centralmaine.com

Twitter:@Doug_Harlow

IN ATHENS, Thursday at 6:25 p.m., theft was reported on Chapman Ridge Road.

Friday at 8:44 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Fox Hill Road.

IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Thursday at 9:38 a.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Carrabassett Drive.

IN CAMBRIDGE, Thursday at 4:33 p.m., trespassing was reported on Main Street.

IN CLINTON, Thursday at 6:29 a.m., a caller from River Road reported receiving harassing or obscene phone calls.

IN FAIRFIELD, Thursday at 10:58 a.m., a theft was reported at Rite Aid on Main Street.

IN FARMINGTON, Thursday at 9:30 a.m., threatening was reported on Middle Street.

8:25 p.m., noise was reported on Middle Street.

IN HARTLAND, Thursday at 5:12 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Hubbard Avenue.

7:48 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

IN MADISON, Thursday at 12:17 p.m., theft was reported on Weston Avenue.

IN NEW SHARON, Thursday at 1:18 p.m., harassment was reported on Hampshire Hill Road.

IN PALMYRA, Thursday at 10:28 p.m., breaking and entering was reported on Ell Hill Road.

IN SMITHFIELD, Thursday at 12:51 p.m., threatening was reported on Village Road.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Thursday at 1:10 p.m., theft was reported on Main Street.

2:10 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Silver Street.

4:16 p.m., an assault was reported on Sesame Street.

4:47 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Fairgrounds Market Place.

5:03 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Fairgrounds Market Place.

8:56 p.m., theft was reported on Dartmouth Street.

IN ST. ALBANS, Thursday at 1:26 p.m., trespassing was reported on Melody Lane.

5:20 p.m., theft was reported on Ripley Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 7:27 a.m., a case involving identity theft was reported on Main Street.

12:56 p.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported near People’s United Bank on Main Street.

1:20 p.m., a theft was reported on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

2:19 p.m., a theft was reported at Cumberland Farms on College Avenue.

4:34 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on North Street.

5:16 p.m., juvenile offenses were reported at Head of Falls off Front Street.

6:14 p.m., juvenile offenses were reported at T.J.’s Burgers and Dogs on College Avenue.

7:13 p.m., noise was reported on King Street.

Friday at 12:36 a.m., a disturbance was reported at Cumberland Farms on College Avenue.

IN WINSLOW, Thursday at 8:26 a.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported on Augusta Road.

Friday at 4:01 a.m., trespassing was reported on Augusta Road.

ARRESTS

IN FAIRFIELD, Thursday at 8:12 p.m., Gerald Clayton Perri, 49, of Fairfield, was arrested and charged with violation of conditions of release and probation violation.

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Thursday at 3:15 a.m., Everard J. Cooper, 29, of Farmington, was arrested and charged with operating under the influence.

9:40 a.m., Shane Joseph Denn, 26, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, was arrested and charged with being a fugitive from justice, operating without a license and failure to provide correct name, address and date of birth.

7:46 p.m., Christyne L. Stevens, 34, of New Sharon, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, loud unreasonable noise, and assault.

10:37 p.m., Zachary R. Heath, 29, of Livermore Falls, was arrested and charged with operating under the influence.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Thursday at 11:11 a.m., Dustin Dale McGillian, 32, of Presque Isle, was arrested on warrants.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 4:14 p.m., Allen Nutt, 35, of Waterville, was arrested on two warrants and charged with operating under the influence, violation of condition of release and operating after suspension.

11 p.m., John Bishop, 37, of Waterville, was arrested on a warrant and charged with possession of scheduled drug,

SUMMONSES

IN WINSLOW, Thursday at 11:58 a.m., Amie Gail Lopes, 43, of Winslow, was summoned and charged with operating while license suspended or revoked.

A Somerville man has been charged with a civil infraction in connection with a crash that resulted in the death of a Windsor physician who was riding her bicycle.

It’s among just a handful of publicized cases in Maine relying on a law passed nearly a decade ago allowing for someone to be charged with “motor vehicle violation resulting in death,” even if no criminal behavior is involved.

James M. Mayo, 22, is scheduled to be at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta on Monday for an arraignment. Dr. Carol Eckert was struck Oct. 10, 2016, and died three days later in the hospital.

Investigators said Mayo was driving a pickup south on Wingood Road and said the sun was in his eyes. He stopped because he heard a noise and thought he had hit someone.

Mayo told police at the time he saw a bicycle on the shoulder and a woman in the ditch.

A report by Sgt. Michael Dutil indicated that Mayo started chest compressions on the bicyclist, identified as Eckert by a wallet found nearby, while a passenger in his pickup called 911.

Eckert, who had been wearing a helmet, suffered head injuries and fractures and was unconscious when rescue personnel arrived.

Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney, whose office filed the complaint, said it took some time to decide what charge to file against Mayo, and ultimately the prosecutor decided against a criminal count of manslaughter.

“Dr. Carol Eckert was very loved and very valued in the community, and (Assistant District Attorney Frayla Tarpinian) wanted to have a full understanding of what happened to make a decision between manslaughter and a traffic infraction,” Maloney said. “It was hard to decide that this was going to be a traffic infraction rather than a crime.”

Maloney noted that Mayo pulled over after the crash, attempted to aid the victim, and consented to a blood draw and was upset about what happened.

She also said that as for the traffic infraction, Mayo was driving “slightly over the speed limit” — no precise speed was specified — and didn’t give the bicyclist 3 feet of space. Maine “Rules of the Road” say a motor vehicle driver passing a bicycle proceeding in the same direction must leave a minimum distance of 3 feet between the two.

Maloney said prosecutors talked with Eckert’s husband as well about the decision.

“He expressed that his biggest concern is James Mayo driving,” Maloney said. “We’re going to look for a long license suspension.”

A state statute says, “A person commits the civil violation of motor vehicle violation resulting in death if that person, while operating a motor vehicle and committing a traffic infraction, causes the death of another person.”

The penalties include a fine of up to $5,000, some of which can be satisfied by community service work; and a license suspension of 14 days to four years.

The civil infraction has been charged in a handful of publicized cases across the state since its adoption in 2009.

In January 2017, a Lewiston woman was charged with that infraction in connection with a November 2016 accident that killed a 13-year-old boy who was in a crosswalk on his way to school. After a trial, Laurie Young was fined $3,000 and her license was suspended for three years, according to published reports.

No attorney is listed for Mayo in the file at the Capital Judicial Center, and the district attorney said no attorney has notified the office regarding Mayo. No phone number for Mayo is listed.

A year after the crash, some 70 bicyclists did a “Share the Road With Carol” ride in her memory, placing a white “ghost bike” at the site of the crash. The event was organized by volunteers from Health Reach Community Health Center, where she worked; the Residency Program at MaineGeneral Health; and Eckert’s family.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

This photo posted on the Dexter Police Department’s Facebook page shows the 2014 Ford Explorer police cruiser that Tyler Tibbetts is believed to have stolen.

A man escaped custody and stole a police cruiser Friday morning in Dexter and later led officers on a high-speed chase in another vehicle before crashing and suffering serious injuries, Maine State Police said.

Tyler Tibbetts Photo courtesy Maine State Polilce

Tyler Tibbetts, 22, stole a fully marked Dexter police cruiser at 11:29 a.m. Friday following his arrest on outstanding warrants.

Although he had been handcuffed with his hands behind his back and placed into the back seat of a Dexter police cruiser, he managed to contort himself to move the cuffs to the front of his body, get out of the cruiser and get behind the wheel of a second cruiser and drive away, state police spokesman Stephen McCausland said. It was not clear Friday where the Dexter officers were at the time. No police officers were injured.

Tibbetts was still in handcuffs when he stole the cruiser, a White Ford Explorer, and was seen driving on Garland Road in Dexter, police said.

The cruiser was found abandoned off the Parkman Road in Garland about 1:15 p.m., but Tibbetts remained at large.

Shortly after 2 p.m., police spotted Tibbetts in a different vehicle, but he refused to stop. Officers pursued him in a high-speed chase through Dover-Foxcroft. Tibbetts crashed into some woods off Bangor Road, or Route 15, in Corinth, McCausland said.

Tibbetts suffered serious injuries in the crash and was pinned inside the wreckage. A LifeFlight helicopter was dispatched to take Tibbetts to Eastern Maine Medical Center, McCausland said. Calls inquiring about Tibbetts’ condition at the Bangor hospital were not returned Friday night.

It was unknown whether Tibbetts acquired a firearm when he stole the cruiser, although during the more than two hours he was on the loose, police advised the public that Tibbetts should be considered armed and dangerous. It also was not clear how he acquired the second vehicle and whether he was still handcuffed when he crashed.

The original charges were not known Friday night, but Tibbetts has a record for assault, theft and other crimes.

According to the State Bureau of Identification, Tibbetts has a criminal record that began in 2013 when he was a juvenile and was found responsible for a burglary and theft by a judge in Dover-Foxcroft District Court. He served 18 days but later violated his probation and was sent to jail for one year and a month.

Tibbetts later was charged by the Milo police with felony aggravated assault, was found guilty and served six months of an 18-month sentence.

In 2014 Tibbetts also paid restitution for a misdemeanor theft, and served 30 days in jail for resisting arrest.

His record also includes convictions for criminal mischief, another theft charge, violating the conditions of his release, aggravated forgery and other less serious charges.

Matt Byrne can be contacted at 791-6303 or at:

mbyrne@pressherald.com

Twitter: MattByrnePPH

IN AUGUSTA, Thursday at 12:47 a.m., a Stone Street caller reported harassment.

1:27 p.m., a Chamberlain Street caller reported a gross sexual assault.

2:14 p.m., a Gage Street caller reported a person was missing.

3:28 p.m., a Cony Road caller reported finding needles.

8:37 a.m., a Melville Street caller reported criminal mischief.

11:23 p.m., a caller from Mount Vernon Avenue complained about a dog barking.

IN WINTHROP, Thursday at 10:24 p.m., a caller from Turkey Lane reported a suspicious person or circumstance.

SUMMONSES

IN AUGUSTA, Thursday at 9:41 a.m., a 32-year-old Augusta woman was issued a summons charging her with operating with suspended registration during a traffic stop on Bangor Street.

10:15 a.m., a 37-year-old Augusta woman was issued a summons charging her with (having) habitually truant student after a follow-up investigation.

4:35 p.m., a 39-year-old Winthrop man was issued a summons charging him with criminal mischief following a report of a traffic problem from a North Belfast Avenue caller.

Brooke Victoria Fritz, 20, of Augusta, was summonsed on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer during a pedestrian check at Capitol and Federal streets.

Friday at 12:49 a.m., a 29-year-old Canaan woman was issued a summons charging her with operating while license suspended or revoked during a traffic stop on Riverside Drive.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA, Thursday at 10 a.m., David H. Dickens, 28, of Augusta, was arrested on two warrants charging failure to appear in court and a charge of aggravated trafficking of heroin.

2:18 p.m., Marion C. Porter, 43, of South China, was arrested on a charge of operating while license suspended or revoked during a traffic stop on North Belfast Avenue.

6:55 p.m., Kaitlyn E. Bouchard, 22, of Livermore Falls, was arrested at the Kennebec County jail on a charge of failure to appear in court.

8:51 p.m., Kevin Swift, 48, of Whitefield, was arrested on two warrants from Wiscasset District Court during a pedestrian check at Northern Avenue and Canal Street.

Kristina G. Kittredge, 32, of Augusta, was arrested on a warrant after an attempt to locate on Cumberland Street.

Friday at 3:50 a.m., Pierre E. Girard, 62, of Richmond, was arrested on a warrant from Cumberland County after a Stone Street caller reported a disturbance.

IN LITCHFIELD, Thursday at 3:52 p.m., Anthony Chase Stilkey, 73, of Jefferson, was arrested on charges of operating under the influence and operating vehicle without a license after police received a report of a vehicle off the road and in a ditch along Lewiston Road.

AUGUSTA — An Albion man who spent 20 days behind bars two decades ago for unlawful sexual contact with a 9-year-old girl began serving 42 months in prison Friday for possessing child pornography.

Asher C. Gifford, 56, was sentenced at the Capital Judicial Center to five years in prison, with 42 months to be served immediately, and the remaining time suspended while he spends six years on probation.

He was convicted by a jury Jan. 31 of nine counts of possessing sexually explicit images depicting children under 12.

The indictment says Gifford had those images around May 11, 2016, and June 20, 2016, at his home in Albion.

Gifford did not testify at his trial and did not address the judge at the sentencing hearing. Instead, he let his attorneys argue on his behalf.

The sentence was imposed shortly after Justice Robert Mullen denied the defense motions for acquittal and for a new trial.

Assistant District Attorney Kristin Murray-James sought consecutive sentences, asking for an initial six years bars and 12 years of probation.

She told the judge that Gifford continually has denied responsibility for his actions and had maintained he was using the images he downloaded to make portraits.

“Who makes portraits of naked toddlers being sexually assaulted?” she asked.

Murray-James said Gifford “actively downloaded these images” that depict children as young as 2 years old being sexually abused by adult males.

She cited “a look of pain” in the eyes of the children.

“These are real children being sexually assaulted for the pleasure of the viewer, in this case Asher Gifford,” she told the judge.

Mullen said he viewed the 77 images submitted by the state for the purposes of the sentencing hearing, finding that they were “uncharged criminal conduct.”

Scott Hess, one of Gifford’s two defense attorneys, said, “The state is asking for a longer sentence than any other comparable case we could find.” Hess said it was six times the length of sentence the state offered if the case had been resolved before trial.

“Certainly they are disturbing images,” he said. “That’s why these types of images are illegal.” But he added that Gifford had neither paid for them nor transmitted them further.

At trial, Hess argued that Gifford had made a mistake and unknowingly downloaded the images through a peer-to-peer sharing program while searching images of teen models.

Hess also said that a lengthy prison term for Gifford would be particularly punitive because he has severe medical problems having to do with a failing kidney transplant. Hess recommended a sentence of four years in prison, with all but an initial nine months and one day suspended, and four years of probation.

In imposing sentence, Mullen said, “The thing that troubles me the most about the defendant’s history is that he has a prior conviction of a sex offense, and I have a difficult time ignoring that. I’ve wrestled with it.” He also said he could not locate any precedent for imposing a consecutive sentence in the case and declined to do so.

Gifford was convicted in 1998 in Kennebec County of two counts of unlawful sexual contact with a 9-year-old relative. He was sentenced to five years in prison, with all but 20 days suspended, and six years of probation. The prosecutors said Gifford received the relatively short period of incarceration because he was part of an unofficial court program for first-time sexual offenders.

Gifford, who was ordered Friday to register as a lifetime sex offender under the state’s Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, went into custody immediately after the hearing. Two women who accompanied him to court brought in his medication so it could be sent to the prison with him. He had been free on post-conviction bail.

Conditions of probation prohibit him from contact with children under 16 and set restrictions on his use of electronic devices.

Hess also said the defense intends to appeal a number of rulings in the case.

As she was leaving the courtroom after the hearing, District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said she was pleased with the sentence imposed.

“I do see this as a significant sentence,” Maloney said. “The court agreed with the state that it’s not a victimless crime and needs to be taken seriously.”

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

A Somerville man has been charged with a civil infraction in connection to a crash that resulted in the death of a Windsor physician who was riding her bicycle.

James M. Mayo, 22, is scheduled to be at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta Monday for an arraignment. Dr. Carol Eckert was struck Oct. 10, 2016, and died three days later in the hospital.

Dr. Carol Eckert

Investigators said Mayo was driving a pickup south on Wingood Road and said the sun was in his eyes. He stopped because he head a noise and thought he had hit someone.

Mayo told police at the time he saw a bicycle on the shoulder and a woman in the ditch.

A report by Sgt. Michael Dutil indicated that Mayo started chest compressions on the bicyclist, identified as Eckert by a wallet found nearby, while a passenger in his pickup called 911.

Eckert, who had been wearing a helmet, suffered head injuries and fractures and was unconscious when rescue personnel arrived.

Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney, whose office filed the complaint, said it took some time to decide what charge to filed against Mayo, ultimately deciding against a criminal count of manslaughter.

“Dr. Carol Eckert was very loved and very valued in the community, and (Assistant District Attorney Frayla Tarpinian) wanted to have a full understanding of what happened to make a decision between manslaughter and a traffic infraction,” Maloney said. “It was hard to decide that this was going to be a traffic infraction rather than a crime.”

Maloney noted that Mayo pulled over after the crash, attempted to aid the victim, and consented to a blood draw and was very upset about what happened.

She also said that as for the traffic infraction, Mayo was driving “slightly over the speed limit” and didn’t give the bicyclist 3 feet of space. Maine “Rules of the Road” say a motor vehicle driver passing a bicycle proceeding in the same direction must leave a minimum distance of 3 feet between the two.

Maloney said prosecutors talked with Eckert’s husband as well with regard to the decision.

“He expressed that his biggest concern is James Mayo driving,” Maloney said. “We’re going to look for a long license suspension.”

A state statute adopted in 2009 says, “A person commits the civil violation of motor vehicle violation resulting in death if that person, while operating a motor vehicle and committing a traffic infraction, causes the death of another person.”

The penalties range from a fine of up to $5,000, some of which can be satisfied by community service work, and a license suspension of between 14 days and four years.

No attorney is listed for Mayo in the file at the Capital Judicial Center, and the district attorney said no attorney has notified the office regarding Mayo. No phone number of Mayo is listed.

A year after the crash, some 70 bicyclists did a “Share the Road With Carol” ride in her memory, placing a white “ghost bike” at the site of the crash. The event was organized by volunteers from Health Reach Community Health Center, where she worked, the Residency Program at MaineGeneral Health, and Eckert’s family.

IN AUGUSTA, Friday at 8:42 a.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Winthrop Street.

8:54 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Riverside Drive.

8:55 a.m., harassment was reported on Union Street.

9:10 a.m., theft was reported on Western Avenue.

10:04 a.m., property was recovered on Leighton Road.

10:09 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Senator Way.

11:52 a.m., indecency was reported on Bennett Street.

1:57 p.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported on Riverside Drive.

2:30 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Water Street.

4:20 p.m., an overdose rescue was made on Sparrow Drive.

4:34 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Washington Street.

6 p.m., a stray cat was reported on Mount Vernon Road.

6:24 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Winthrop Street.

6:32 p.m., property was recovered on Whitten Road.

6:39 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Civic Center Drive.

9 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Mount Vernon Avenue.

9:06 p.m., a well-being check was done on Old Belgrade Road.

9:07 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Washington Street.

9:43 p.m., a well-being check was done on Green Street.

Saturday at 12:24 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water Street.

12:40 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Community Drive.

3:54 am., a disturbance was reported on Jefferson Street.

IN CLINTON, Friday at 11:27 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on Bellsqueeze Road.

IN HALLOWELL, Friday at 10:22 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Water Street.

Saturday at 1:13 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Water Street.

IN OAKLAND, Friday at 1:20 p.m., a disturbance was reported on North Alpine Street.

4:54 p.m., harassment was reported on Webb Road.

7:58 p.m., police made an arrest following a protection order violation.

8:10 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Porter Drive.

9:18 p.m., shoplifting was reported at a smoke shop on College Avenue.

Saturday at 12:35 a.m., police made an arrest after a report of an unwanted person at a hotle on Main Street.

12:46 a.m., police made an arrest during a traffic stop on Silver Street.

IN WATERVILLE, Friday at 10:15 a.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Wilkes Street.

10:18 a.m., fraud or larceny was reported to police at the station.

10:22 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on College Avenue.

11:47 a.m., a theft was reported at a hotel on Main Street.

12:08 p.m., a complaint about threatening was taken from Elm Street.

12:16 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Main Street.

1:46 p.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Gilman Street.

2:55 p.m., a complaint about threatening was reported at the police station.

4:51 p.m., a theft was reported on West River Road.

4:55 p.m., an unwanted person was reported at a restaurant on Main Street.

6:46 p.m., a fight call was taken from Water Street.

7:02 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Elm Court.

7:09 p.m., police made an arrest after a report of shoplifting at Walmart.

IN WINSLOW, Friday at 11:09 a.m., a summons was issued for assault at the high school.

11:23 a.m., a noise complaint was taken from Bassett Road.

2:50 p.m., a theft was reported on Beck Street.

ARRESTS

IN WATERVILLE, Saturday at 12:45 a.m., Kenneth Coller, 39, of Gardiner, Massachusetts, was arrested on Main Street on charges of assault and disorderly conduct.

1:05 a.m., Jonathan Thibodeau, no correct age showing, of Fairfield, was arrested on Silver Street on a charge of operating under the influence.

1:33 a.m., Rosemarie Young, 42, of Waterville, was arrested on Spring Street on a charge of operating under the influence.

SUMMONSES

IN AUGUSTA, Friday at 12:34 p.m., a 42-year-old Augusta man was summoned on a charge of operating while license was suspended or revoked, on Green Street.

1:36 p.m., David H. Dickens, 28, of Augusta, was summoned on two charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, on State Street.

3:19 p.m., Patricia A. Scribner, 69, of Skowhegan, was summoned on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer (less than $500), after shoplifting was reported on Stephen King Drive.

Saturday at 1:25 a.m., a 31-year-old Augusta man was summoned on a charge of operating a vehicle without a license, after suspicious activity was reported on West River Road.

POLAND — It was an ordinary Thursday in late May 1998. Sunny. Warm. Perfect for 16-year-old Ethan Barton to hop on his bike after school and ride a few miles down the road to Range Pond to go swimming.

He’d been making the trip since he was 11 or 12. Ethan’s father, Bob Barton, didn’t think anything of it when he came home from work to find his son heading out. Ethan’s mother, Suzanne Barton, pulled into the driveway just as Ethan was riding off wearing his father’s bathing suit – not a big surprise, she mused, since his room was such a mess that he probably couldn’t find his own.

Bob went back in the house. Suzanne took their daughter, Anna, a high school senior, out to run errands.

It was the last time they would see their son alive.

Minutes after Ethan took off down Empire Road to go swimming, a drunken driver hit him from behind, sending him flying over the hood of her truck and into the windshield with such force that he cracked the glass. As Ethan lay in the road, his neck broken from the impact, the woman drove away.

She would quickly be identified as Gale Chapman, then 37 and living in Poland. She told police she thought she’d hit a deer.

About an hour and a half after the crash, Chapman’s blood-alcohol level was measured at 0.24, three times the legal threshold.

Police found pieces of Ethan’s bathing suit stuck in the grille of her truck.

At home, Bob and Suzanne learned that their son, who’d ridden off to go swimming hundreds of afternoons just like that one, wouldn’t be coming back this time.

“There’s plenty of things I worried about,” Suzanne said, “but it never occurred to me to worry about him riding a bicycle around.”

Two decades later, the couple is living in Westbrook, in a house chosen for the fresh start it could provide.

Ethan’s high school friends have long since stopped calling and visiting, though a framed collage of Ethan-centric photos made by his friends and teachers after his death hangs prominently in the hallway.

And in the driveway sits an old bike, a first coat of white paint covering its tires, frame and chain.

On May 21, the Bartons will mark the 20th anniversary of their son’s death by posting the “ghost bike” at the site of the crash on Empire Road. Although ghost bike memorials are found around the world and throughout the United States, the Bartons believe this will be the first of its kind in Maine.

They hope it will prompt people to remember Ethan. But they also hope it reminds drivers how vulnerable cyclists are on the road.

“There was a boy hit just recently on a bike,” Bob said. “I thought this (memorial) is something a little different. Flowers are good, you know, flowers are great. But it’s been 20 years and this is something different.”

‘HE WAS JUST HERE’

Ethan was a big kid, about 6 feet tall at 16 and muscular, a soccer goalie who’d helped his town’s youth team get to more than one championship. He delighted in dyeing his light blond hair bright blue or pink or purple, and he did it so often that his father had taken to jokingly calling him “My Little Pony,” a reference to the candy-colored children’s toys.

Ethan was such a good guitar player that his music teacher praised his talent and an uncle who owned a music store thought he probably could have made a career performing if he wanted. His parents aren’t exactly sure what Ethan dreamed of doing after graduation; he had expressly forbidden them from asking him any questions about his future until his sister – older by 19 months – had graduated and was off to college.

She graduated a month after he died.

At Edward Little High School in Auburn, where Ethan was wrapping up his sophomore year, he was known as a kind kid, the type who’d talk with a classmate everyone else ignored.

He was also smart – he’d won the regional spelling bee in eighth grade – but that afternoon of May 21, 1998, when Suzanne heard thunder rumble in the distance while she was running errands, her mind immediately jumped to Ethan at Range Pond and she thought, “I hope he knows enough to get out of the water.”

“So when I get home and there are state troopers in our driveway … I said, ‘Was it lightning?’ ” Suzanne remembered.

In the house, his backpack lay on the floor where he’d dropped it after school. His keys were on the counter. He’d polished off the spaghetti casserole left over from his father’s birthday dinner and the empty casserole dish sat on the counter.

“You think, ‘He’s never going to be here again? But he was just here,’” Suzanne said.”

In the weeks and months after, the Bartons were enveloped by the community. People dropped off food. Ethan’s classmates gathered at the house. But the support gradually drifted away.

That fall, Ethan’s sister went to college in Boston as planned. Bob and Suzanne found themselves with an empty home. The couple coped “poorly,” Bob said.

“I remember a lot of people saying, ‘I could never go through that.’ You don’t have a choice, you just have to,” he said.

For a while, there was Chapman’s trial to focus on. Early on, she was charged with manslaughter, operating under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident.

But by the time she went to trial, manslaughter had been dropped and only operating under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident remained – both misdemeanors at the time.

After two days of testimony, a deal was struck. She would plead guilty and in exchange would serve 18 months in prison. Superior Court Justice Carl O. Bradford also ordered a year of probation. Her license was suspended for a year, she was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and she was required to complete 200 hours of public service by speaking to high-schoolers about drunk driving. Because Chapman’s blood-alcohol level hadn’t been tested immediately after the crash – the local hospital had declined to do the test and it took police some time to find someone else to draw her blood, the Bartons said – there was some question about the test’s admissibility in court. The prosecutor agreed to the plea rather than risk losing that evidence and getting a not guilty verdict, the Bartons said. The couple went along with it unhappily but feeling like they didn’t have much of a choice.

Shortly before the sentencing in the fall of 1999, Chapman wrote a letter to the Bartons. It was not, the couple said, particularly heartfelt.

“The closest she came to apologizing was she said, ‘I used poor judgment that day,’” Suzanne said.

On the day of her sentencing, Chapman was more apologetic.

“I need you all to know how sorry I am,” she said, shaking as she stood in front of the judge to address the court and the Barton family.

The Bartons believe Chapman served nine months at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, then spent time on work release and living in a halfway house.

Meanwhile, after the trial, the Bartons had only their loss to focus on.

“After a couple of years, you realize this isn’t going to turn around. This is like the rest of your life,” Suzanne said.

DRIVER ARRESTED AGAIN

For a time, the Bartons separated.

They reunited after two and a half years but decided they had to start over somewhere else. They moved from Poland to Westbrook, 30 miles away.

In 2005, Chapman – under her new name, Shannon Ross – was arrested for drinking and driving again, this time in Belfast, where she had moved. She served six months in the Waldo County Jail. “I sort of felt like – not that I was willing to sacrifice Ethan so that she would learn something – but it was like, ‘You took this life and just wasted it,’” Suzanne said.

In 2015, Chapman killed herself. According to the state medical examiner’s office, she was found hanged in her home on April 24. She had moved back to Poland.

Her death came just weeks shy of the 17th anniversary of Ethan’s death. The Bartons wonder whether that was a factor. “I think that she felt really guilty,” Suzanne said.But that didn’t lighten their grief.

“I’m amazed at people who say they need the death penalty,” Suzanne said. “It’s not going to make you feel better. Honestly, it’s not. You’re still not going to have what you want. (Chapman’s suicide) didn’t fix anything.”

A NEW MEMORIAL

As the 20th anniversary of Ethan’s death approached, the Bartons looked for a way to honor their son.

For two decades, they’ve maintained a standing memorial at the site of the crash, including a cross made by Ethan’s elementary school principal and a granite marker made by a family friend. Every year, the couple plants flowers at the site, but the soil is poor and salt washed from the road makes it worse; the flowers never grow.

Bob learned about ghost bike memorials online. It struck him as something new for Maine, something poignant and eye-catching. Something that would not only memorialize Ethan’s death but would serve as a stark reminder to drivers to be aware of the riders around them.

“I think people need to pay a lot of attention to people on bicycles,” Bob said.

On Facebook, Bob asked if anyone had an old bike he could use. The father of one of Ethan’s friends offered up a bike that someone had dumped on his property a year ago.

It happened to look a lot like Ethan’s bike.

Bob has started painting the black bike in ghost-like white, the first coat already covering the seat, frame, wheels, chain and pedals.

To help ensure the bike isn’t stolen once it’s at the site, it will be placed there with flattened tires and a broken chain.

A heavy metal plaque will hang from its crossbar: “On May 21, 1998, on this site Ethan Barton was killed by a drunk driver. Ethan was riding his bike to the beach when he was struck from behind. Ethan was 16 years old.”

The Bartons will place the white bike at the site in about a week, on the 20th anniversary of Ethan’s death. They hope it will stay there permanently.

At the same time, they will replace the weather-beaten cross Ethan’s former principal had placed there 20 years ago. And they will try – again – to plant flowers. This time they’ll bring in their own soil and plant them in a box.

When he was a little boy, Ethan referred to forget-me-nots as “don’t-forget-me.” That seems appropriate now.

“I would like to get those growing there,” Suzanne said. “They’re pretty hardy, I think.”

Lindsay Tice can be contacted at:

ltice@sunjournal.com

IN ANSON, Saturday at 7:36 p.m., a theft was reported on New Portland Road.

7:56 p.m., a theft was reported on New Portland Road.

IN AVON, Friday at 2:07 p.m., trespass was reported on Rangeley Road.

IN BINGHAM, Sunday at 12:26 a.m., a noise complaint was taken from Old Canada Road.

IN CANAAN, Saturday at 5:14 p.m., an assault was reported on Mud Run.

IN CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Saturday at 6:39 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Carrabassett Drive.

IN CHESTERVILLE, Saturday at 9:53 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Zions Hill Road.

IN CLINTON, Saturday at 4:59 p.m., an unwanted person was reported on Club House Road.

IN DETROIT, Saturday at 2:42 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Brann Place.

IN FAIRFIELD, Saturday at 1:23 p.m., a violation of bail or of a protection order was reported on Ohio Hill Road.

3:58 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Main Street.

5:15 p.m., police made an arrest following a motor vehicle stop on Gilberth Street.

5:47 p.m., police made an arrest following a report of a domestic disturbance on Middle Road.

11:12 p.m., trespass was reported on Island Avenue.

IN FARMINGTON, Friday at 8:47 a.m., threatening was reported on Middle Road.

11:14 a.m., harassment was reported on Lamkin Lane.

5:51 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Philbrick Street.

11:36 p.m., police were called to assist another agency on Stewart Avenue.

Saturday at 2:25 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Exchange Street.

2:25 a.m., police were called to assist another agency on Middle Street.

2:42 p.m., theft or fraud was reported on Knowlton Corner Road.

7:49 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Wilton Road.

9:45 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Middle Street.

Sunday at 12:04 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Middle Street.

IN JAY, Friday at 11:03 p.m., a person was to be removed on Smith Avenue.

Saturday at 1:31 p.m., theft or fraud was reported on Hyde Road.

Sunday at 1:19 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Jay Plaza Lane.

IN KINGFIELD, Friday at 8:21 a.m., police were called to assist another agency on Main Street.

IN MADISON, Saturday at 2:42 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Weston Avenue.

10:28 a.m., a harassment complaint was taken from Madison Avenue.

IN MERCER, Saturday at 1:40 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on West Sandy River Road.

IN NEW SHARON, Friday at 4:29 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Starks Road.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Saturday at 8:20 a.m., a burglary was reported on River Road.

10:05 a.m., a violation of bail or of a protection order was reported on Maple Street.

IN OAKLAND, Saturday at 2:40 p.m., fire units were sent to a call on Oak Street.

IN PALMYRA, Saturday at 12:48 p.m., a brush fire was reported on Main Street.

IN PITTSFIELD, Saturday at 10:59 a.m., a brush fire was reported on Arbor Terrace.

IN RANGELEY, Saturday at 10:20 a.m., a motor vehicle accident, with injuries, was reported on Rumford Road at South Shore Road.

IN ROCKWOOD, Saturday 2:40 a.m., police were called for accident reconstruction on Rockwood Road.

IN ST. ALBANS, Saturday at 4:46 a.m., a brush fire was reported on Diamond Road.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Saturday at 1:35 a.m., someone was taken to the hospital following a report of a disturbance on Main Street.

1:45 a.m., threatening was reported on Heselton Street.

8:54 a.m., police made an arrest following a traffic stop on Waterville Road.

8:59 a.m., threatening was reported on West Front Street.

11:37 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Pennell Street.

1:17 p.m., fire and wires down were reported on Lambert Road.

2:23 p.m., an intoxicated person was reported on Island Avenue.

2:23 p.m., an assault was reported on Island Avenue.

3:47 p.m., police made an arrest following a traffic stop on Main Street.

9:37 p.m., police made an arrest following a report of a domestic disturbance on Waterville Road.

10:55 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on West Front Street.

IN STARKS, Saturday at 11:05 a.m., a brush fire was reported on River Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Saturday at 8:13 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on the Concourse.

8:38 a.m., a report of identity theft was investigated on King Street.

8:52 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on First Rangeway.

9:34 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Central Avenue.

10:30 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Burleigh Street.

12:20 p.m., an assault was reported at the Thayer Center for Health on North Street.

1:30 p.m., a shoplifter was reported at Walmart.

1:43 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Gray Avenue.

3:04 p.m., a theft was reported at a business on Main Street.

4:03 p.m., a theft was reported on Pine Street.

5:15 p.m., police were called to assist another agency at the Public Works and Parks and Rec Department on Wentworth Court.

7:44 p.m., a report of fraud or forgery was taken from Broadway.

9:04 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Water Street.

11:07 p.m., police made an arrest on Elm Street.

11:11 p.m., an unwanted person was reported at a hotel on Main Street.

Sunday at 12:23 a.m., suspicious activity was reported at a store on Elm Street.

2:02 a.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Summer Street.

IN WILTON, Saturday at 7:22 p.m., a missing person report was taken from Main Street.

IN WINSLOW, Saturday at 9 a.m., criminal mischief was reported at a playground on Norton Street.

9:21 a.m., a fire was reported on Whitefish Road.

12:17 p.m., court paperwork was served on Frankwood Drive.

3:44 p.m., fire units were sent to a call on Route 32.

4:59 p.m., a burglary was reported on Choate Street.

7:21 p.m., a person was reported missing on Benton Avenue.

9:58 p.m., a violation of bail conditions was reported on Cushman Road.

Sunday at 12:56 a.m., police made an arrest following a motor vehicle stop on Clinton Avenue.

1:04 a.m., police made an arrest following a motor vehicle stop on Clinton Avenue.

ARRESTS

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Saturday at 12:39 a.m., Rebecca Lee Bruce, 23, of Winterport, arrested on a warrant for unpaid fines or fees on a conviction for operating under the influence.

8:28 a.m., Lawrence James Church, 30, of Somner, arrested on charges of burglary, theft and criminal mischief.

9:37 a.m., Michael Chad Everett, 41, of Skowhegan, arrested on a charge of operating after habitual offender revocation.

1:27 p.m., Matthew David Cyr, 30, of Skowhegan, arrested on a charge of violating the conditions of release.

4:34 p.m., Jaceb Dillingham, 25, of Skowhegan, arrested on a charge of operating after habitual offender revocation, with a prior.

10:23 p.m., Reynold Joseph Thibodeau, 31, of Skowhegan, arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an assault charge.

10:57 p.m., Jessica Marie Crockett, 34, of Fairfield, arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on charges of disorderly conduct, loud noise, private place.

IN WATERVILLE, Saturday at 11:37 p.m., Isaac O’Connor, 21, of Clinton, arrested on Elm Street on charges of criminal trespass and assault and on a probation hold.

IN AUGUSTA, Saturday at 8:33 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Lees Court.

9:04 a.m., a personal injury traffic accident was reported on Civic Center Drive.

9:55 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on Piggery Road.

11:46 a.m., a dog bite was reported on North Street.

12:32 p.m., harassment was reported on Congress Street.

1:08 p.m., criminal trespass was reported on Western Avenue.

4:18 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Sparrow Drive.

4:20 p.m., harassment was reported on West River Road.

4:53 p.m., property was recovered on Marketplace Drive.

5:12 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on North Belfast Avenue.

6:35 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Northern Avenue.

6:42 p.m., harassment was reported on Stone Street.

7:05 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Flagg Street.

7:19 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Davenport Street.

7:32 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Gray Birch Drive.

8:05 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Winthrop Street.

8:06 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Jefferson Street.

9:03 p.m., a well-being check was performed on Glenridge Drive.

9:29 p.m., a disturbance was reported on West Crescent Street.

9:32 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Pierce Drive.

9:46 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Glenridge Drive.

10:02 p.m., criminal threatening was reported on Washington Street.

10:06 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was performed on Eight Rod Road.

10:30 p.m., a past burglary was reported on Eastern Avenue.

IN HALLOWELL, Saturday at 10:39 a.m., theft of a motor vehicle was reported on Water Street.

2:12 p.m., criminal trespass was reported on Beacon Road.

6:37 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Union Street.

ARREST

IN AUGUSTA, Saturday at 9:21 a.m., Ryan H. Leeman, 42, of Palermo, was arrested on a charge of violating a protection from abuse order, on Mud Mill Road.

AUGUSTA — This is a roundup of cases closed May 3-9, 2018, in courts in Augusta and Waterville.

Zachary W. Abram, 24, of Randolph, operating after registration suspended, Nov. 29, 2017, in Randolph, dismissed.

Dylan Austin, 19, of Waterville, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Feb. 20, 2018, in Waterville; $200 fine, $19.42 restitution

Keith Belz, 47, of Winthrop, domestic violence assault Aug. 18, 2017, in Winthrop, dismissed.

Cassidy A. Bridges, 29, of Augusta, operating while license suspended or revoked March 31, 2017, in Augusta; $500 fine, 21-day jail sentence.

Roger Caret, 48, of Winthrop, operating under the influence Nov. 19, 2017, in Winthrop; $500 fine, 10-day jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Kayla M. Carpenter, 28, of Waterville, permiting unlawful use March 22, 2018, in Waterville; $150 fine.

Edna Carranza, 43, of Winslow, assault Jan. 14, 2018, in Winslow; $300 fine.

Michael A. Chamberlain, 27, of Albion, criminal mischief March 17, 2018, in Waterville; 30-day jail sentence all suspended, one-year administrative release, $1,100.27 restitution.

James T. Champion, 27, of Augusta, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer May 2, 2018, in Augusta; 24-hour jail sentence.

Miranda L. Chavez, 28, of Winslow, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer March 24, 2018, in Waterville; $200 fine.

Courtney L. Corson, 24, of Waterville, failure to register vehicle March 17, 2018, in Waterville; $100 fine.

Terri Jean Cushman, 36, of Waterville, unlawful possession of scheduled drug Sept. 2, 2017, in Winslow; $400 fine, 90-day jail sentence all suspended, one year probation, $120 restitution. Operating while license suspended or revoked May 4, 2018, in Waterville; $250 fine, 48-hour jail sentence.

David R. Dean, 36, of Winslow, allowing dog to be at large Jan. 31, 2018, in Winslow; $50 fine.

Scott A. Dearborn, 33, of Pittston, use of drug paraphernalia Aug. 25, 2017, in Pittston, dismissed.

Dylan M. Dehetre, 25, of Lisbon Falls, reckless conduct April 20, 2016, in Farmingdale; $500 fine.

Chad J. Drake, 44, of Mount Vernon, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Sept. 4, 2016, in Winthrop, dismissed.

James H. Dufault, 39, of Augusta, criminal trespass and assault Jan. 1, 2018, in Augusta, dismissed.

Brandon M. Dunton, 18, of Clinton, sale or furnishing of tobacco to minor March 12, 2018, in Clinton, dismissed.

Joseph A. Dyer, 32, of Waterville, theft of lost, mislaid or misdelivered property March 21, 2018, in Waterville; $500 fine.

Koren Dyer, 46, of Oakland, keeping unlicensed dog Feb. 1, 2018, in Oakland, dismissed.

William Edgecomb, 24, of Litchfield, operating while license suspended or revoked March 30, 2018, in West Gardiner; $250 fine.

Pat Ehrenzeller, 62, of Oakland, keeping unlicensed dog Feb. 1, 2018, in Oakland; $50 fine.

Line G. Ellis, 54, of Augusta, operating under the influence Nov. 3, 2017, in Manchester; $700 fine, 364-day jail sentence all but 21 days suspended, one-year probation, three-year license and registration suspension.

Jessica L. Estabrook, 34, of Vassalboro, negotiating a worthless instrument Nov. 20, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed.

Margaret Ferguson, 54, of Waterville, unlawful possession of scheduled drug March 17, 2018, in Waterville; $400 fine.

Jay A. Fortin, 27, of Vassalboro, obstructing government administration March 25, 2018, in Waterville; $250 fine.

Suhaila J. Foteh, 32, of Greensboro, North Carolina, unlawful possession of scheduled drug Dec. 2, 2016, in China; $400 fine.

Lorraine M. Gagnon, 61, of Augusta, operating under the influence Oct. 7, 2017, in Augusta, dismissed.

Kristina A. Genica, 21, of Waterville, theft by deception Nov. 30, 2017, in Waterville; $150 fine.

Karla Goodwin, 47, of Oakland, keeping unlicensed dog Feb. 1, 2018, in Oakland; $50 fine.

Sherry Googe, 61, of Waterville, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer Dec. 23, 2017, in Waterville; seven-day jail sentence.

Michael C. Grant, 57, of South China, motor vehicle speeding more than 30 mph over speed limit Jan. 3, 2018, in China; $400 fine.

Graham Haley, 32, of Portland, failure to register vehicle March 15, 2018, in Augusta, dismissed.

William R. Harding, 38, of Oakland, keeping unlicensed dog Feb. 1, 2018, in Oakland; $50 fine.

Kari A. Hartley, 19, of Clinton, operating vehicle without license Jan. 11, 2018, in Waterville; $100 fine.

April M. Hayward, 30, of Augusta, disorderly conduct, loud noise, private place May 3, 2018, in Augusta; 48-hour jail sentence.

Ashlyn A. Himelright, 22, of Augusta, unlawful possession of scheduled drug May 28, 2015, in Augusta; $400 fine.

Garrett S. Holt, 26, of Windsor, motor vehicle speeding more than 30 mph over speed limit Jan. 1, 2018, in China, dismissed.

Hunter T. Jaramillo, 19, of Farmingdale, domestic violence assault Sept. 1, 2017, in Farmingdale, dismissed.

Taras Kovtun, 22, of Glenburn, theft by deception April 18, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed.

Eric John Lachappelle, 32, of Skowhegan, operating vehicle without license March 21, 2018, in Waterville; $150 fine.

Dillon E. Labrie, 23, of Oakland, permitting use of license or identification card March 24, 2018, in Waterville, dismissed.

Brandee Lewis, 22, of Hartland, criminal mischief Feb. 16, 2018, in Waterville; 24-day jail sentence; violating condition of release Feb. 16, 2018, in Waterville; 24-day jail sentence.

Nicholas C. Lizotte, 37, of Sidney, rule violation March 5, 2018, in Vassalboro; $200 fine.

Eric C. Logan, 37, of Winthrop, attaching false plates April 5, 2018, in Waterville; $100 fine.

Jonathan R. Marcoullier, 28, of Brunswick, operating under the influence Jan. 12, 2018, in Gardiner; $500 fine, 96-hour jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Iara P. Martinez, 24, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, motor vehicle speeding more than 30 mph over speed limit Aug. 31, 2017, in Clinton; $400 fine.

Thomas J. Mauro, 20, of Pittston, forgery and theft by unauthorized taking or transfer May 5, 2016, in Winthrop, dismissed.

Joseph McBride, 29, of Waldo, violating condition of release March 23, 2018, in Waterville; $200 fine.

Brandon L. McInnis, 27, of Somerville, failure to register vehicle Sept. 23, 2017, in Winthrop; $100 fine.

Cathy McKenna, 56, of Sidney, operating under the influence Dec. 2, 2017, in West Gardiner; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension.

Michael A. McLaughlin Sr., 32, of Chelsea, operating while license suspended or revoked Jan. 23, 2018, in Augusta; $250 fine.

Akram J. Mohammad, 25, of Augusta, nuisance livestock April 9, 2018, in Augusta; $50 fine.

Nathan Lee Moreau, 44, of Boston, Massachusetts, operating under the influence July 2, 2017, in Waterville; $500 fine.

Marshall A. Nash, 38, of Palmyra, assault July 26, 2016, in China; $300 fine.

Gary L. Nightingale, 38, of Old Orchard Beach, operating while license suspended or revoked June 2, 2017, in Clinton; $1,000 fine.

Christopher A. Paquette, 25, of Pittsfield, motor vehicle speeding more than 30 mph over speed limit March 21, 2018, in Clinton; $500 fine.

Elwood Jade Patterson, 48, of Waterville, unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs Nov. 21, 2017, in Waterville; $400 fine, $400 suspended, two-year six-month Department of Corrections sentence; unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs Nov. 22, 2017, in Waterville; $400 fine, $400 suspended, two-year six-month Department of Corrections sentence; two counts aggravated trafficking of schedule W drug, Nov. 21, 2017, and Nov. 22, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed. Criminal forfeiture of property, Dec. 14, 2017.

Shawn Peaslee, 29, of Belgrade, operating while license suspended or revoked and operating after registration suspended Oct. 12, 2017, in Waterville, dismissed.

Richard Pellerin, 29, of Hallowell, unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs Feb. 6, 2018, in Augusta, dismissed.

Wayne D. Penny, 35, of Waterville, operating while license suspended or revoked March 15, 2018, in Waterville; $250 fine.

Dustin Perry, 18, of Fairfield, operating vehicle without license Feb. 18, 2018, in Clinton, dismissed.

Jaquan Pugh, 28, of Waterville, operating vehicle without license Jan. 27, 2018, in Waterville; $100 fine.

Louis A. Rancourt, 61, of Montville, operating under the influence Jan. 2, 2018, in Augusta; $600 fine, seven-day jail sentence, 150-day license suspension.

Pamela Rich, 44, of Waterville, permiting unlawful use Jan. 27, 2018, in Waterville; $100 fine.

Jennifer S. Ring, 48, of Augusta, assault Feb. 22, 2018, in Augusta; $300 fine; domestic violence assault, same date and town, dismissed.

John Rolfe, 38, no town of residence listed, violating condition of release May 8, 2018, in Augusta; 24-hour jail sentence.

Bryan W. Rood, 34, of Albion, operating under the influence Feb. 7, 2018, in Albion; $2,100 fine, six-month jail sentence, 10-year license and registration suspension; operating vehicle without license-conditions/restrictions Feb. 7, 2018, in Albion; six-month jail sentence. Violating condition of release Feb. 18, 2018, in Waterville; six-month jail sentence.

Gary E. Smith, 64, of Augusta, operating under the influence Nov. 9, 2017, in Augusta; $700 fine, 180-day jail sentence, all but seven days suspended, one year probation, three-year license suspension.

Ashley Souza, 27, of Jefferson, operating after registration suspended Aug. 19, 2017, in Augusta; $150 fine, $150 suspended. Operating while license suspended or revoked Nov. 19, 2017, in Augusta; $250 fine, $250 suspended.

Kenneth W. Spear, 28, of West Gardiner, operating while license suspended or revoked May 6, 2017, in China, dismissed.

Zachary D. Stevens, 26, of Oakland, operating under the influence March 16, 2018, in Waterville; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension.

Colbi Stevens Davis, 25, of Augusta, violating condition of release May 8, 2018, in Augusta; 24-hour jail sentence. Operating under the influence April 10, 2018, in Waterville; $500 fine, 150-day license suspension; failure to register vehicle, same date and town, dismissed.

Daniel T. Uhlig, 23, of Monmouth, criminal threatening, criminal mischief and aggravated criminal trespass Dec. 3, 2016, in Augusta, dismissed.

Erlon T. Vannah Jr., no date of birth listed, of South China, failure to register vehicle Jan. 9, 2018, in Augusta, dismissed.

Christopher W. Warren, 19, of Waterville, operating vehicle without license March 22, 2018, in Waterville; $100 fine.

Kristin White, 47, of Augusta, operating after registration suspended Nov. 20, 2017, in Gardiner, dismissed.

John M. Wiechman, 30, of Buxton, theft by deception Jan. 5, 2016, in Augusta; $1,000 fine.

Jacob Arthur Willey, 26, of Clinton, operating after habitual offender revocation Nov. 1, 2017, in Clinton, $1,000 fine, six-month jail sentence.

WALES — A man was shot and killed early Monday morning in a confrontation with a state trooper in the Androscoggin County town of Wales, according to a spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety.

William N. Derick, 54, was shot and killed at his mobile home at 485 Pond Road in Wales, according to a statement released to news media by spokesman Stephen McCausland. The shooting occurred after police were called to the home off Route 132 Sunday night for a report of a domestic violence incident in which a gunshot had been fired at a woman, McCausland said. The woman was not injured.

The state trooper who killed Derick was identified as James MacDonald, a seven-year veteran who is a member of the State Police Tactical Team.

Information on Derick’s Facebook page says he works for the carnival — “I’m a Carnie” — and that he graduated from Oak Hill High School and is married.

Sharon Seigel, treasurer and office manager for the Town of Wales, confirmed those details separately by telephone on Monday. Seigel, who knew Derick from her work with the town, said he was a veteran, and his Facebook page says he was a former repair mechanic at the U.S. Navy.

Seigel said along with doing videos with drones, Derick also did some DJ work for social events. “He was active in the American Legion,” she said. “Bill was a very kind-hearted fellow.”

She said he was known for his bald head, his tan and his penchant for wearing John Lennon-style sunglasses.

Seigel also said both Derick and his wife, Carrie Mccoy, grew up in Wales.

State police — including negotiators and members of the tactical team — responded to the home and attempted to make contact with Derick for several hours, McCausland said. At about 3:30 a.m. Monday there was an armed confrontation and a member of the tactical team shot and killed Derick. No police officers were injured.

Route 132 was closed most of the night from Bull Run Road to Center Road and reopened later Monday. Derick’s body was taken to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy, McCausland said.

The Maine Attorney General’s Office is investigating the incident, which is standard procedure in all police-involved shootings.

MacDonald has been placed on administrative leave with pay as the attorney general’s office reviews the shooting, which is standard.

As of January 2018, the Attorney General’s Office reported 53 officer involved shootings in Maine from Jan. 1, 2012, to Dec. 2017, resulting in 28 deaths.

An investigator is seen Monday outside a mobile home in Wales where 54-year-old William N. Derick, who lived there at 485 Pond Road, was shot and killed by State Trooper James MacDonald. Staff photo by Andy Molloy

‘THEY’RE NICE PEOPLE’

Around 1 p.m. Monday, yellow caution tape hung across the front of Derick’s property and investigators from the Maine State Police were walking in and out of the single wide unit, which was painted barn red with white trim.

Old furniture was piled on the front lawn, next to a small green shed, and a maroon van with bumper stickers was parked in the driveway. Two large signs were stuck to the front of the home, one on top of the other, with the phrases “Space Out” and “Defies Gravity” spelled in block letters. A fake road sign was planted at the end of the short driveway, declaring it “Harms Way.”

Two neighbors who live just a couple hundred feet down the road, Rosemary and Greg Johnson, said that Derick was married to a woman who also lived at the home, but they didn’t know the couple well and had never been aware of any arguments between them.

Police have not identified the woman Derick allegedly fired a weapon at on Sunday.

The Johnsons are siblings who grew up on Pond Road, and on Monday afternoon they were preparing a garden on one of their family properties, which overlooks Sabattus Pond.

The Johnsons still live in homes on that road, and the only nuisance that Greg Johnson can recall was that Derick sometimes lit fireworks late at night. The noise disrupted the neighbor’s sleep, and he worried about a fire being sparked.

Greg Johnson, 62, also has heard from other people that Derick sometimes walked down the street late at night talking to himself, but Johnson never observed it himself.

Derick moved to the neighborhood with his parents decades ago, around 1970, the Johnsons said. They came from Massachusetts. Derick’s father died several years ago, but his mother, Wilma Derick still lives on Pond Road, according to the Johnsons.

“They’re nice people,” Greg Johnson said of the parents. “I feel for Mrs. Derick,” he added, referring to Wilma Derick.

William Derick has a scant criminal history, according to a statewide records search. He was arrested Feb. 28, 2012, by Auburn police on a Class E misdemeanor charge of theft of services, found guilty, and fined $50.

‘A SAD SITUATION’

The Johnsons also expressed shock and concern that the shooting could have happened in their neighborhood, which they consider to be especially safe and quiet.

“We wish it didn’t happen,” said Rosemary Johnson, who is 68. While she thinks William Derick probably did something bad, she questioned whether police had to stop him with a fatal gunshot.

“I’m sure the police did what they had to,” said her younger brother.

Randall Greenwood, a Wales selectman and former legislator, said Monday he knew Derick’s family.

“I knew his dad well and I know his mom well.” Greenwood said on Monday.

“It is a sad situation,” he added, referring to the shooting.

Greenwood said Derick was very active making videos with his drones.

“He was always doing video up and down Sabattus Lake with his drones,” Greenwood said. “From where he lived, you could almost see the lake.”

Greenwood said he believed that was Derick’s hobby.

A woman answering the phone at the home of Wilma Derick, Willam Derick’s mother, who lives across Pond Road from her son’s house told a reporter on Monday, “Excuse me, do not call this number again.”

The phone number listed for William N. Derick’s home was disconnected.

Staff writer Betty Adams contributed reporting.

Adam Sanborn

A Buxton man was arrested on Mother’s Day and charged with threatening his mother with a handgun.

Buxton police were called to 768 Parker Farm Road around 7:55 p.m. Sunday in response to a report that a woman had fled the home after being threatened by 26-year-old Adam Sanborn. Sanborn was alone in the home and refused to speak with officers, police said.

Buxton police set up a perimeter around the house and shut down Parker Farm Road, also known as Route 112, with the help for three police officers from Gorham and three deputies from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.

Sanborn eventually left the house on his own and started to walk toward a car parked in the driveway. A team of officers apprehended Sanborn before he got into the car, police said.

Police said Sanborn threw a loaded handgun under a car in the driveway while he was being arrested.

Sanborn was charged with domestic violence criminal threatening with a firearm and domestic violence assault. He is being held at York County Jail.

Sanborn’s mother, who was not named by police, was not harmed during the incident.

Parker Farm Road was closed for about two hours.

Dexter police say the suspect who stole a police cruiser after he was taken into custody Friday squeezed through a small opening in a partition in the vehicle to get from the back seat into the driver’s seat.

According to a statement by the department and an officer there, Tyler Tibbetts, 22, was placed in handcuffs behind his back by a probation and parole employee and secured in the rear of a police SUV. Between Tibbetts and the front driver’s area was a partition with an 11-by-11-inch opening.

Tibbetts is believed to have contorted himself to bring the handcuffs in front of his body before squeezing himself through the opening. He then stole the cruiser, according to police.

According to the State Bureau of Identification, Tibbetts weighs about 130 pounds and stands 5 feet 9 inches tall.

The account clarifies an earlier version of events from the Maine State Police in which Tibbetts was said to have escaped one cruiser only to steal a second cruiser nearby – which Dexter police said was not accurate.

The release also provides new details about the circumstances of Tibbetts’ arrest. Police were called to 872 Garland Road in Dexter about 10:30 a.m. by a staffer at Maine Probation and Parole who had an active arrest warrant to revoke Tibbetts’ probation status.

When officers arrived, they determined Tibbetts was home and took him into custody.

While officers were on the scene, they also assisted Tibbetts’ girlfriend and a young child, who police say have since been evicted from the property. It was at that point that Tibbetts took control of the cruiser and fled the area.

Police left the cruiser running with the partition open “due to climate control safety issues for the prisoner in the back,” according to a statement by the department.

Although a Dexter police officer did not divulge the year, make and model of the cruiser involved, Dexter police posted on Facebook in 2013 about their purchase of a 2014 model year Ford Explorer police vehicle. Rear passenger climate control was optional on some versions of the vehicle, according to a user manual for that model year.

Tibbetts fled the area in the vehicle but abandoned it off Parkman Road in Garland by 1:15 p.m. Police caught up with him shortly after 2 p.m., when officers spotted him driving another vehicle.

When Tibbetts refused to stop, police engaged in a brief high-speed chase through Dover-Foxcroft and Tibbetts crashed into some woods off Bangor Road, also known as Route 15, in Corinth, according to the Maine State Police.

Tibbetts suffered serious injuries in the crash and was pinned inside the wreckage. A LifeFlight helicopter was dispatched to take him to Eastern Maine Medical Center, McCausland said. A nursing supervisor at the Bangor hospital said Sunday that she had no information about a patient named Tyler Tibbetts.

It was unknown whether Tibbetts acquired a firearm when he stole the cruiser, although during the more than two hours he was on the loose, police advised the public that Tibbetts should be considered armed and dangerous. It also was not clear how he acquired the second vehicle and whether he was still handcuffed when he crashed.

According to the State Bureau of Identification, Tibbetts has a criminal record that began in 2013 when he was sentenced as a juvenile by a judge for a burglary and theft. He served 18 days but violated his probation and was sent to jail for one year and a month.

Tibbetts later was charged by the Milo police with felony aggravated assault, was found guilty and served six months of an 18-month sentence.

In 2014 Tibbetts also paid restitution for a misdemeanor theft, and served 30 days in jail for resisting arrest.

His record also includes convictions for criminal mischief, another theft charge, violating the conditions of his release, aggravated forgery and other less serious charges.