IN AUGUSTA, Tuesday at 8:48 a.m., harassment was reported on Bangor Street.

9:13 a.m., a 36-year-old Augusta man was summoned on a charge of criminal trespass on Gannett Street.

10:40 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Middle Street.

10:53 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on King Street.

11:34 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Old Belgrade Road.

11:57 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on North Street.

12:40 p.m., a 15-year-old juvenile was arrested on a warrant on Pierce Drive.

1:35 p.m., simple assault was reported on Bangor Street.

3:38 p.m., theft was reported on Weston Street.

3:41 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Western Avenue.

4:04 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue.

6:15 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Murray Street.

6:20 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Edison Drive.

8:03 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Old Belgrade Road.

8:04 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Glenridge Drive.

8:13 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Washington Street.

10:46 p.m., criminal threatening was reported on Northern Avenue.

IN BELGRADE, Tuesday at 11:45 p.m., a caller reported suspicious activity on Castle Island Road.

IN SIDNEY, Tuesday at 11:58 a.m., a Middle Road caller reported items stolen from a garage.

No one will be charged in the stabbing death of a 31-year-old man outside a Denny’s restaurant near the Portland-Westbrook line in 2016. Investigators determined that the dead man was the aggressor in the confrontation and the person who stabbed him was acting in self defense, the Portland Police Department said Wednesday.

Anthony Best, of Veazie, was stabbed during a confrontation at 1220 Brighton Ave. in the early morning of April 28, 2016, and died as a result of his injuries less than a month later.

Police did not indicate why the determination took two years, or whether that length of time represented a delay of any kind.

“It was a thorough investigation, a lot of work was done on it over the course of the years,” Portland police Lt. Robert Martin said in a statement. “Its hard to put a time-frame on something as serious as a murder that we investigate.”

Police said Best and some friends were involved in an earlier altercation at PT’s Show Club at 200 Riverside St.

Staff at the strip club removed Best and his friends because of their aggressive and confrontational behavior. The other parties in the confrontation at PTs waited a short time, in the hope of avoiding another encounter, and then left the club as well, police said.

Police say Best was with his friends in a car when Best’s group saw the other group pull into the Denny’s lot. Best’s group then followed them, police said.

Best confronted the group of two men and two women as they sat in their car, police said.

A fight ensued between Best and one of the men about 1:15 a.m., and during the altercation, the other man stabbed Best several times in the torso. Best was rushed to Maine Medical Center, where he died May 20, 2016.

The man who stabbed Best then fled with the people he was with, but police found the vehicle and identified everyone involved.

Investigators interviewed everyone who was present, police said.

“The investigation has shown that Best was the aggressor,” police said.

The decision not to charge the man, who has not been identified by police, was made in consultation with the Maine Attorney General’s Office, police said.

No one else involved in the incident has been identified, and Martin declined to answer further questions about the incident.

A message left for a friend of Best’s was not returned Wednesday. Police said previously that Best had two sons.

IN ANSON, Tuesday at 6:28 p.m., vandalism was reported on Wilson Street.

7:10 p.m., trespassing was reported on Embden Pond Road.

8:01 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Embden Pond Road.

IN CANAAN, Tuesday at 5:21 p.m., trespassing was reported on Mud Run.

Wednesday at 10:14 a.m., threatening was reported on Mud Run.

IN CLINTON, Tuesday at 10:34 p.m., a caller from Johnson Flat Road reported a person was missing.

IN CORNVILLE, Tuesday at 4:38 p.m., a fire with trees down was reported on East Ridge Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Tuesday at 9:14 p.m., vandalism was reported on Mountain Avenue.

10:53 p.m., loud noise was reported on Main Street.

11:32 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Summit Street.

IN FARMINGTON, Tuesday at 6:04 a.m., theft was reported on Prescott Street.

6:57 a.m., theft or fraud was reported on Bridge Street.

7:09 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported at Fairbanks Road and Pierpole Road.

5:42 p.m., trespassing was reported on Bridge Street.

8:23 p.m., threatening was reported on Main Street.

IN HARTLAND, Tuesday at 7:13 p.m., a burglary was reported on Vigue Road.

IN INDUSTRY, Tuesday at 8:48 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Chick Road.

IN MADISON, Wednesday at 12:36 p.m., a brush, woods or grass fire was reported on Lakewood Road.

IN OAKLAND, Tuesday at 1:11 p.m., a fire was reported on Elizabeth Street.

2:33 p.m., a case involving forgery or fraud was reported at Perkins Leasing & Management at Brickett Point Estates.

IN PALYMRA, Tuesday at 1:33 p.m., an assault was reported on Warren Hill Road.

Wednesday at 12:54 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

IN PITTSFIELD, Wednesday at 7:35 a.m., a fire was reported on Somerset Avenue.

10:56 a.m., a case involving larceny, forgery or fraud was reported on Hartland Avenue.

IN SALEM TOWNSHIP, Tuesday at 6:17 p.m., trespassing was reported on Salem Road.

IN SIDNEY, Tuesday at 11:58 a.m., a caller from Middle Road reported items were stolen from a garage.

5:01 p.m., a caller from West River Road reported a branch fell in the wires.

Wednesday at 12:34 p.m., a scam was reported on Ferry Road.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Tuesday at 10:02 a.m., an intoxicated person was reported on Gilblair Street.

10:39 a.m., a burglary was reported on Bailey Street.

6:43 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

Wednesday at 12:43 a.m., an intoxicated person was reported on Madison Avenue.

2:49 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Mount Pleasant Avenue.

8:25 a.m., an assault was reported on Academy Circle.

9:45 a.m., an assault was reported on Academy Circle.

12:38 p.m., trespassing was reported on Madison Avenue.

IN SMITHFIELD, Wednesday at 8:46 a.m., a fire with wires down was reported on Sand Hill Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Tuesday at 8:28 a.m., harassment was reported at Best Western Plus Waterville Grand Hotel on Main Street.

10:18 a.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Summer Street.

11:48 a.m., a case involving forgery or fraud was reported on Messalonskee Avenue.

12:08 p.m., an incident involving the school resource officer was reported at Waterville Junior High School on West River Road.

12:09 p.m., a theft was reported at The Woodlands on West River Road.

6:32 p.m., a caller from Pleasant Street reported receiving harassing or obscene phone calls.

Wednesday at 1:17 a.m., threatening was reported on Maple Street.

12:36 p.m., loud noise was reported on Western Avenue.

IN WILTON, Tuesday at 2:56 p.m., domestic disturbance was reported on Whittier Court.

4:08 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on U.S. Route 2.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Tuesday at 7:41 a.m., Christopher Allen Tracy, 24, of Farmington, was arrested on a charge of violating condition of release.

5:03 p.m., Korey J. Lizine, 47, of Brockton, Massachusetts, was arrested on a charge of criminal mischief and a warrant for failure to appear in court.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Tuesday at 8:22 a.m., Victor Jose Silva, 36, of Norridgewock, was arrested on a warrant and charged with disorderly conduct and assault.

9:44 a.m., Randy Mark Boivin, 36, of Norridgewock, was arrested on a probation violation.

10:40 a.m., Christopher Lee Brown, 43, of Augusta, was arrested on a warrant.

Also at 10:40 a.m., Kristian Vincent Broz, 41, of Benton, was arrested on a warrant.

8 p.m., Robert Alan Clark, 53, of Clinton, was arrested and charged with operating under the influence, operating unregistered vehicle more than 150 days, operating after suspension and permitting display of false registration device.

8:52 p.m., Erica Rae Curtis, 42, of North Anson, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, loud noise, private place.

9:23 p.m., Evan McLaughlin, 25, of Millinocket, was arrested on a warrant.

FARMINGTON — A Franklin County Superior Court justice has ordered 19 guns seized in a heroin trafficking investigation in 2016 to be turned over to the state.

Mark Barrett, 61, formerly of Farmington, is serving three years of an eight-year sentence with the Department of Corrections. He testified at a criminal forfeiture hearing Tuesday that he wanted to give his gun collection to his sister, who lives in Leeds.

Barrett was found guilty in September 2017 in Franklin County Superior Court in Farmington of importing and trafficking in heroin. He forfeited a car used to bring heroin to Maine from Massachusetts and a handgun that was in the car. More than 38 grams of heroin in the car were seized.

Police intercepted Barrett’s car, driven by Guy Stevens, 42, of Temple, in July 2016, on Lucy Knowles Road in Farmington. Besides searching the car, they searched the house where Barrett lived and found dozens of plastic bags laid out and a drug ledger with names and amounts listed, and 19 guns, which were seized.

Maine State Police Trooper Randy Hall testified Tuesday that he searched the house and found guns and prescription pills in unlabeled bottles.

Farmington police Officer Darin Gilbert testified that there were 60- and 10-milligram pills of oxycodone, Percocet and Ambien pills. Barrett did not have prescriptions for the drugs, he said.

Barrett testified he was prescribed 30-milligram oxycodone pills after undergoing foot surgery.

He said he invested more than $25,000 in a firearms collection using money from his 401(k) retirement savings plan and a disability settlement.

“I am not asking for the firearms for myself but to give them to my sister,” Barrett said. “The firearms was my savings account.”

Barrett had receipts for some of the firearms, but no prescriptions for drugs found in a safe. He said sometimes he and a housemate traded medication.

Defense attorney Adam Sherman argued that Barrett has a constitutional right to have firearms, and there has to be evidence a firearm was used in committing a crime, including in a threatening manner, or was brandished.

Justice Robert Mullen said the case fits the criminal forfeiture statute, which says law enforcement officers may seize all firearms and dangerous weapons they find in any lawful search for illegal drugs and in which illegal drugs are found.

IN AVON, Wednesday at 2:54 p.m., a structure fire was reported on Rangeley Road.

IN BINGHAM, Wednesday at 4:55 a.m., a burglary was reported on Main Street.

IN CANAAN, Wednesday at 2:49 p.m., mischief was reported on Park Drive.

IN CLINTON, Wednesday at 9:32 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on River Road.

1:34 p.m., harassment was reported on Main Street.

6:03p.m., a traffic accident causing injury was reported on Bangor Road.

8 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Bush Road.

8:02 p.m., threatening was reported on Bush Road.

IN DETROIT, Wednesday at 5:51 p.m., trespassing was reported on North Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Wednesday at 4:50 p.m., a theft was reported on Jodie Avenue.

7:30 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

8:39 p.m., harassment was reported on Green Road.

11:23 p.m., a caller from Skowhegan Road reported hearing shots fired.

Thursday at 8:56 a.m., harassment was reported on Main Street.

IN HARTLAND, Wednesday at 6:01 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Canaan Road.

4:58 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Main Street.

IN INDUSTRY, Wednesday at 7:59 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Industry Road.

IN LEXINGTON TOWNSHIP, Wednesday at 3:31 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Long Falls Dam Road.

Thursday at 6:05 a.m., debris was reported in the roadway on Long Falls Dam Road.

IN MADISON, Wednesday at 2:25 p.m., a fire with wires down was reported on John Street.

7:32 p.m., an assault was reported on Shusta Road.

Thursday at 9:25 a.m., loud noise was reported on Nichols Street.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Wednesday at 5:52 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Waterville Road.

6:48 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Spruce Terrace.

7:31 p.m., a burglary was reported on Upper Main Street.

IN RIPLEY, Wednesday at 2:06 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Chandler Hill Road.

IN ST. ALBANS, Wednesday at 4:05 p.m., an assault was reported on Palmyra Road.

IN SANDY RIVER PLANTATION, Wednesday at 8:15 p.m., a case involving theft or fraud was reported on Town Hall Road.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Wednesday at 3:18 p.m., a theft was reported on Waterville Road.

5:09 p.m., harassment was reported on Summer Street.

6:14 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Dore Street.

7:03 p.m., a theft was reported at the Skowhegan Fairgrounds Market Place.

7:46 p.m., an intoxicated person was reported on Canaan Road.

8:03 p.m., an assault was reported on Bennett Avenue.

8:23 p.m., an intoxicated person was reported on North Avenue.

Thursday at 7:43 a.m., a vehicle burglary was reported on Beauford Street.

8:09 a.m., a brush, woods or grass fire was reported on Palmer Road.

8:52 a.m., threatening was reported on South Factory Street.

IN SOLON, Thursday at 6:07 a.m., debris was reported in the roadway on North Main Street.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 10:19 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Autumn Street.

11:22 a.m., harassment was reported on Canabas Avenue.

11:42 a.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Summer Street.

11:48 a.m., a case involving forgery or fraud was reported on Oak Street.

12:37 p.m., noise was reported near Western Avenue and Elm Street.

2:16 p.m., noise was reported on Water Street.

2:32 p.m., noise was reported on King Court.

2:40 p.m., a shoplifter was reported at Walmart, on Waterville Commons Drive.

5:21 p.m., a caller from Western Court reported an unwanted person on the premises.

9:33 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Elm Court.

IN WILTON, Wednesday at 2:03 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on U.S. Route 2.

IN WINSLOW, Wednesday at 9:33 p.m., a caller from Halifax Street reported hearing shots fired.

9:34 p.m., a caller from Smiley Avenue reported hearing shots fired.

ARRESTS

IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, Wednesday at 9 a.m., Kenneth Bryant Loftus, 30, of Kingfield, was arrested and charged with operating under the influence.

9:26 a.m., Jason K. Ouellette, 41, of Wilton, was arrested on a probation hold and charged with violation of a protective order.

1:06 p.m., Corey Allen Williams, 35, of Farmington, was arrested on a warrant.

8:25 p.m., Frederick Owen Dougherty Jr., 36, of Phillips, was arrested on a warrant.

9:56 p.m., Rose Lynn Bernard, 34, of Industry, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Wednesday at 7:33 p.m., James Douglas Poirier, 52, of Augusta, was arrested and charged with two counts of violating condition of release.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 7:34 p.m., Samantha Beatham, 23, of Clinton, was arrested on a warrant.

SUMMONSES

IN SIDNEY, Wednesday at 8 p.m., Jacob J. Pyska, 20, of Sidney, was summoned and charged with aggravated driving to endanger, operating without a license and operating under the influence.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 4:27 p.m., Porscha Lynn Green, 24, of Waterville, was summoned and charged with habitual motor vehicle offender.

IN AUGUSTA, Wednesday at 8:48 a.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Eastern Avenue.

8:54 a.m., theft was reported on Glenridge Drive.

9:31 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Bridge Street.

9:38 a.m., property was recovered on Elm Avenue.

10:02 a.m., property was recovered on Civic Center Drive.

10:07 a.m., a well-being check was done on Water Street.

11:19 a.m., an animal welfare check was made on Hidden Haven Lane.

11:33 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Boothby Street.

12:13 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Civic Center Drive.

12:24 p.m., a well-being check was done on Cedar Street.

1:24 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on North Belfast Avenue.

1:37 p.m., a well-being check was done on Cedar Street.

1:46 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Green Street.

1:51 p.m., shoplifting was reported on Civic Center Drive.

2:20 p.m., theft was reported on Myrtle Street.

2:32 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Winthrop Street.

2:34 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Gage Street.

2:56 p.m. a well-being check was done on Memorial Circle.

3:00 p.m., a city ordinance violation was reported on Memorial Circle.

3:09 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Bangor Street.

4:13 p.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Gage Street.

4:20 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Union Street.

4:49 p.m., a well-being check was done on Civic Center Drive and Interstate 95.

8:07 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Bangor Street.

8:16 p.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Eastern Avenue.

8:39 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Riverside Drive.

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

10:40 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Summer Street.

10:45 p.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Riverside Drive.

1:05 p.m., a well-being check was done on Littlefield Street.

Thursday at 12:25 a.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Greenlief Street.

3:22 a.m., simple assault was reported on Medical Center Parkway.

IN FARMINGDALE, Wednesday at 9:50 a.m., suspicious circumstances were reported on Roberta Street.

IN HALLOWELL, Wednesday at 8:33 a.m., a mental health and well-being check was done on Summer Street.

IN MONMOUTH, Wednesday at 9:11 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on U.S. Route 202.

11:13 a.m., sex offenses were reported by a caller at an unidentified location.

2:46 p.m., harassment was reported on Warren Road.

4:36 p.m., sex offenses were reported by a caller on Packard Road.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA, Wednesday at 9:01 p.m., Nathanial M. Keith, 19, of Gardiner, was arrested on charges of violating conditions of release and possession of alcohol or liquor by a minor, after disorderly conduct was reported on Union Street.

SUMMONSES

IN AUGUSTA, Wednesday at 8:07 a.m., Shamso E. Hirsi, 56, of Augusta, was summoned on charges of assault and refusing to sign a criminal summons, after a disturbance was reported on Winthrop Street.

IN MANCHESTER, Wednesday at 7:39 p.m., Joshua Evan Martel, 40, of Manchester, was summoned on charges of operating under the influence and operating a vehicle without a license, on Granite Hill Road.

IN SIDNEY, Wednesday at 8 p.m., Jacob J. Pyska, 20, of Sidney, was summoned on charges of aggravated driving to endanger, operating a vehicle without a license and operating under the influence, on West River Road.

AUGUSTA — A co-defendant in a drug-fueled murder case admitted he lied when he was interviewed by police two days after Joseph Marceau was found beaten to death on Nov. 23, 2015, in Augusta.

Michael Sean McQuade, 47, of Augusta, previously pleaded guilty to felony murder and robbery of Marceau and in exchange for a recommended 25-year sentence, with an initial 10 to 15 years to serve behind bars.

He spent Thursday morning being cross-examined about his testimony and his interviews on the third day of the trial of co-defendant Aubrey N. Armstrong, 29, of Far Rockaway, New York.

Armstrong is charged in the beating death of Marceau, 31, of Augusta, at a fourth-floor apartment on Washington Street. The nonjury trial is scheduled to resume Friday at the Capital Judicial Center.

In a later interview with police and on the witness stand at trial, McQuade pointed to Armstrong, known by the street name “Butter,” as the man who inflicted the fatal beating on Marceau.

“This is not a sweetheart deal, OK?” McQuade said in response to a question by Armstrong’s defense attorney Brad Grant. “I didn’t sign (on) to murder anybody, and I’m getting 10 to 15 years.”

McQuade insisted the plan was not to kill Marceau, but rather rob him of 5 grams of heroin that Marceau had been trying to market for several days.

Another co-defendant, Damik “Doughboy” Davis, 28, also of New York, pleaded guilty to the same charges as McQuade in exchange for the same deal. The deals are contingent on the men testifying truthfully at trial of any co-defendants.

Davis did not testify Thursday and it was unclear whether he was going to be called as a witness by the state.

McQuade on Thursday described the fatal beating again, saying he saw a milk bottle being smashed onto Marceau’s head, which was followed almost immediately by a wooden rocking chair being broken over Marceau.

On Thursday under cross-examination by Grant, McQuade insisted that Armstrong swung the bottle. “I’m positive it was Butter,” McQuade said, referring to Armstrong by his nickname.

In the initial interview on Nov. 25, 2015, McQuade did not mention Armstrong at all.

McQuade said he changed his story in January 2016 shortly before he, girlfriend Zina Fritze, Davis and Armstrong all were indicted on charges of murder, felony murder and robbery in connection with the killing of Marceau.

Fritze hanged herself in jail a day after pleading not guilty to those charges.

On Thursday, McQuade also testified that although Fritze was in the apartment at the time the fatal beating was inflicted, she did not participate in it.

“Was she capable of violence?” Grant asked.

“Yeah, all 90 pounds of her,” McQuade said. “I could stop her, and I was 130 pounds at the time.”

Fritze was a tall, thin woman, and both she and McQuade were heroin addicts. McQuade, who remains behind bars, is visibly heavier now than he was two and a half years ago.

McQuade said he tried to get Davis and Armstrong to stop and leave because neighbors would be calling police. McQuade said Davis did, but Armstrong did not.

On Wednesday, the state’s chief medical examiner testified that Marceau suffered “multiple blunt trauma to multiple parts of the body,” but the fatal blows were those inflicted at the neck level and above. Photos of Marceau’s head show badly swollen and blackened features.

Another witness on Thursday, Amanda Ware, 31, of Sidney, testified that she had encountered Armstrong in Augusta and in various drug deals, and recalled he used a white or silver cellphone. Ware said that a white cellphone found by investigators on the ground outside McQuade’s apartment building could be the one she saw Armstrong using. It was shown to her in a plastic evidence bag.

She also testified that she had talked with Armstrong about marijuana — which she said was his drug of choice, not hers — and that he told her “something about him being down 10 grand and he had to come up with 10 grand before going home.”

Ware pleaded guilty in March 2018 to a federal charge of using/maintaining a drug-involved premises and aiding and abetting in connection with a central Maine drug conspiracy. She is being held in the Hancock County jail pending sentencing.

She said she and her attorney had negotiated various immunity agreements about her testimony.

On Thursday afternoon, Christine Waterhouse, a forensic biologist with the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory, testified that she found no DNA belonging to Armstrong on any of the items of clothing tested or any items removed from the crime scene at 75 Washington St., Apartment 8.

The prosecution, in its opening statement, said there was none.

Dawn Ego, of the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit, testified that she analyzed the white cellphone in 2016 and was unable to extract any data from it. However, another round of testing in March 2018 with more sophisticated testing software allowed her to see messages on the phone, including one sent Oct. 18, 2015, from a “Nicole,” which said, “You need to call me what the hell, Aubrey.”

In raw data, Ego said she found a longer message referencing “Aubrey.” Part of the message, displayed on a screen in the courtroom, said, “Hopefully you can be a better father to your daughter soon.”

Grant objected to the testimony and the use of the data found, saying it came in too close to the start of the trial and the defense did not have time to do its own investigation into it.

Justice Daniel Billings overruled the objection. “Once that data was extracted from the phone, it was provided to the defense in a timely manner,” Billings said. “The court is not going to penalize the state for extra diligence.”

The prosecution’s theory is that Armstrong dropped that cellphone when he fled the apartment building that night. Another cellphone was found in the pocket of a sweatshirt abandoned on an apartment fire escape railing that night. That sweatshirt and cellphone were linked to Davis, not Armstrong.

Neighbors who heard loud thuds and other sounds from the supposedly vacant fourth-floor apartment had called police, and Davis answered the door before fleeing.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

INDUSTRY — A local woman is accused of getting into an argument with a 14-year-old family member and choking the teenager Wednesday night at a home on Industry Road, State Trooper Randy Hall said.

Rose Lynn Bernard, 34, was arrested on a felony charge of aggravated assault and a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child, Hall said Thursday.

The incident was reported about 8 p.m.

Bernard is being held without bail at Franklin County Detention Center in Farmington until she goes before a judge Friday.

A conviction on an aggravated assault charge is punishable by a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine, while a conviction on an endangering charge carries up to 364 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.

The state is denying most of the allegations in a lawsuit that claims an 11-year-old boy being held at the Long Creek Youth Development Center was beaten and had two teeth knocked out when officers at the detention center bashed his head against a metal bed frame.

The lawsuit alleges the son of Sadiya Ali of Portland – identified in court documents as A.I. – was not treated for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and was locked up in his cell alone in July 2017. When he threatened to try to set off fire sprinklers, two guards “bashed his head in” on the metal bed frame, said Emma Eaton Bond, the lawyer representing his mother, Sadiya Ali, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine.

The result was that one of the boy’s teeth was knocked out and another was broken off, the suit alleges.

The lawsuit is unfolding as the facility comes under increasing scrutiny. In late April, another lawsuit was filed challenging the appropriateness of Long Creek to rehabilitate teenagers accused of minor crimes. In that case, the attorney for a 15-year-old from Skowhegan who was serving an 18-month sentence for a series of property crimes said the juvenile court abused its discretion and didn’t properly evaluate whether the teen posed a danger to society, noting that in many cases sending youth offenders to the South Portland facility was inappropriate and harmful.

Researchers also say that youthful offenders might be treated more effectively at smaller, community-based treatment centers.

The lawsuit filed by Ali and the ACLU says that A.I. had attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and other issues that were not addressed by the staff at Long Creek.

This week, the state denied the allegations, saying guards didn’t try to restrain A.I. and denying that they knocked out A.I.’s teeth and delayed getting him medical care.

The state Department of Corrections’ response said the incident was videotaped and the tape is in the department’s hands.

Bond said she hasn’t seen the tape, but will seek a copy in the discovery phase of the suit, which is expected to take place this summer. The case is scheduled for trial in early 2019.

Bond said she was pleased that the state admitted it had a videotape of the incident and wasn’t seeking to have the case dismissed.

A call to the lawyer representing the state in the lawsuit was not returned Thursday.

The suit alleges that A.I.’s mental health issues and ADHD were ignored by the Long Creek staff, who dealt with escalating behavioral problems as a result. Those culminated on July 26, the suit said, when A.I. became upset when he was told he would not be allowed to attend a picnic planned for that day.

After he threw his breakfast tray on the floor, A.I. was locked up in his cell by himself, the suit says. The lawsuit alleges that the reaction to the news about the picnic, as well as escalating events during the morning, were the result of his untreated ADHD, which left him unable to regulate his impulses.

After his teeth were knocked out, according to the suit, A.I. was given “indifferent” medical care at Long Creek and he wasn’t taken to see a dentist for six days. The suit says there was a narrow window during which dentists might have been able to re-insert the tooth, but that opportunity was lost because of the delay in getting treatment for A.I.

In its response, the state denies the allegations and doesn’t admit or deny that the boy’s mother wasn’t notified of the injury for days. The state’s response points out the Sadiya Ali doesn’t speak English,

Bond said the ACLU of Maine and the boy’s mother are seeking damages and a declaration that A.I.’s rights were violated.

Edward D. Murphy can be contacted at 791-6465 or

emurphy@pressherald.com

A Poland couple offered a $1,000 reward Thursday for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of people involved in slashing the tires on more than 20 RSU 16 school buses early Wednesday.

Classes were canceled Wednesday to give crews time to replace the damaged tires. Classes resumed Thursday.

Damage was estimated at more than $12,000.

The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office reported that tires had been punctured on 22 buses and a school pickup truck. Surveillance video showed two white males, who used T-shirts to conceal their faces, on school property.

Around the same time, a residence near the school on Rosewood Drive also was vandalized. Authorities were investigating a possible link.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Deputy Jon Guay at 753-2599.

LOS ANGELES — Authorities say a man who broke into Rihanna’s Hollywood Hills home and spent 12 hours there has been charged with stalking the singer, who was not home at the time.

Los Angeles County prosecutors say 26-year-old Eduardo Leon of Fullerton was charged Monday with felony counts of stalking, burglary and vandalism, and a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest. He has not entered a plea and it’s not clear if he has an attorney.

Leon is accused of climbing over a fence and breaking into the house on May 9. Authorities say Rihanna’s assistant found him and called police.

When Kristi Smith and her husband, Patrick, bought their Subaru from a Standish man in January 2017, she knew something seemed off.

The 2005 Outback had only 117,000 miles on it, and for the Smith family, the price was right – $3,500.

“We went to go buy the car and the guy wouldn’t look me in the face,” said Kristi Smith, 43. “But it was a really good deal with low miles, so it was like, ‘Whatever.’ ”

Now, 15 months and several thousand dollars in car repairs later, the Smiths are among more than a dozen car buyers who were allegedly suckered by James Shaw, 35, who has been charged with tampering with the vehicles’ odometers and other crimes.

Shaw was supposed to appear Thursday in Cumberland County Unified Criminal Court to answer to the 17-count complaint, but he didn’t show up, so a judge issued a warrant for his arrest, court records show.

The complaint, issued by the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles, is the culmination of two years of work.

Until Thursday, the Smiths were unaware that their vehicle was the subject of a criminal complaint, or that the car’s mileage was fraudulent.

When Kristi Smith heard the charges that Shaw faces, things clicked. The car that Shaw sold the Smiths had closer to 200,000 miles on it when they bought it, the complaint said.

“It actually answers a bunch of questions for us,” she said. “We’ve had nothing but problems with that stinkin’ Subaru.”

The couple has sunk another $3,500 into repairs of the car, and Patrick Smith, 42, said he wouldn’t feel right about selling it knowing it had so many problems.

SUSPECT COULD FACE MULTIPLE YEARS IN JAIL

In all, Shaw is charged with 14 counts of odometer tampering, a Class C felony, and one count each of aggravated forgery, theft by deception, and selling cars without a dealer’s license. Shaw faces up to five years in prison and a maximum $5,000 fine if convicted of the aggravated forgery charge, and one year in jail on each of the odometer tampering charges.

A call to a phone number for Shaw listed in the complaint was not working, and a phone number for his multiple addresses in Standish and Steep Falls could not be located.

Shaw lists himself as self-employed on Facebook, and his page features a prominent photograph of a pristine, late-model Chevrolet Camaro.

According to court records, detectives confronted Shaw at the garage he rents at the Limington airport. When shown documents describing the mileage discrepancies, Shaw said he didn’t remember the sales because of injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident while going 130 mph.

He admitted to replacing odometers in some of the vehicles, but would not say where he got the lower-mileage parts. Shaw said he was told by an employee at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles that he did not need to tell potential buyers that the odometer had been replaced and the mileage was not accurate.

According to a detective, Shaw dealt mostly with vehicles over 10 years old to avoid close scrutiny of the mileage during the title transfer process.

“Shaw admitted to changing the odometers because they were broken when he purchased the vehicle and not disclosing that fact based on inaccurate or incomplete information provided to him,” Detective Roger P. Nagy wrote. “It is nearly impossible to have purchased at least 13 vehicles with broken odometers.”

ONE VICTIM REACTS: ‘YOU’VE MADE MY DAY’

Some of Shaw’s alleged victims also were close to him.

In one case described in the detective’s narrative filed in court papers, a Gorham woman, Gina Pressey, told investigators that Shaw had been her friend for some time and that she was also his hairstylist.

Pressey told them that Shaw bragged how he often bought and sold vehicles without getting the title in his name – a practice known as “floating” a title.

In Maine, a vehicle dealer is considered anyone who buys vehicles for the purpose of resale, sells more than five vehicles in any 12-month period, or who in a 30-day period advertises three or more vehicles for sale, or displays three or more vehicles for sale on a premises they control.

Pressey asked Shaw if he could find her a car with less than 120,000 miles. Shaw told her he found a 2004 Ford with 88,000 miles on it, but because the car’s computer had been changed, it showed 190,000 miles.

Pressey believed him that the actual mileage was lower and bought the car. She told detectives that if she had known the car had been driven nearly 200,000 miles, she wouldn’t have bought it.

Another alleged victim, Carol Fahey of Wells, bought a Subaru from Shaw in June 2016, but quickly discovered that one of the car’s subframes, the heavy metal structure onto which the suspension is attached, was rotted out.

Shaw had painted over the rust to conceal it, the court records state.

Fahey confronted Shaw and he told her he would fix the car – a promise he never followed through on, she said in a phone interview.

That was nearly two years ago, she said. Fahey kept calling the BMV detective and feeding him information on Shaw’s activities online.

When Fahey learned that Shaw was to face felony charges, she rejoiced.

“You’ve made my day,” said Fahey, 61. “I’ve been obsessed with this guy.”

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

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In 2008, the state of Maine consolidated county jail operations under a statewide Board of Corrections. The law stipulated that county spending on jails be capped at the amount approved in 2008; the state, via the Board of Corrections, was to fund any other costs needed to keep the jail system functional.

Although, under this system, a few efficiencies were found, the funding of the jails was never properly considered and no realistic budget planning ever took place. With this system, by the time the jails were allowed to submit yearly budgets, funding had already been allocated without consideration of needs. The jails had to operate with less funding than was required, and many had to utilize capital improvement funds saved prior to 2008 for general operations.

The Board of Corrections system was dismantled in 2015. The complete operation of each jail was given back to the counties. A new law provided legislative funding for the jails as well as the authority to lift the original cap. Sheriffs could request a 3 percent increase in county tax expenditures on jails. This was increased to 4 percent in 2016.

Unfortunately, the partisan infighting during this last session of the 128th Legislature has allowed the session to end without 2019 funding appropriated for the jails. Although the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee unanimously approved $17.2 million for jail funding, it was never voted on by the full legislative body.

If the Legislature and the governor decide not to fund the county jails in 2019, this will create a huge impact on all of the jails and on Maine communities. Fiscally, it means the state will be allowing county tax appropriations for jails to grow by 4 percent, while the state’s lack of funding will cause a 17 percent decrease in resources.

Some of the jails may close, as they will not be able to raise enough funding through property taxes to sustain a complete year, causing law enforcement to spend significant time taking inmates to jails in other counties instead of patrolling their own counties. Larger jails would be unable to take boarders from counties that could not fund them, ultimately shifting that burden onto their taxpayers.

Most jails are already understaffed and would have to eliminate even more staff, causing an unsafe environment. Sheriffs could be faced with the prospect of releasing prisoners early in order to close inmate housing units. Programs implemented to provide education and training to inmates, with the goal of reducing recidivism, would be slashed or eliminated.

It is important to remember that we work with people in jails. We are mandated to supply inmates with safety, health care and a humane environment. Where is the logic behind partisan initiatives that are potentially jeopardizing the safety of Maine citizens?

On Feb. 28, U.S. News & World Report rated Maine the safest state in the U.S., concluding that our rate of violent crime was the nation’s lowest and that we have the fifth-lowest rate of property crime in the country. Also, our state’s handling of overall crimes and corrections was rated the best in the nation. This is a testament to the men and women working in Maine’s law enforcement agencies and county jails. Working with critically low funding, we have learned to make do with what we have. This is also a testament to the quality of life that Mainers expect to be provided by their law enforcement officials and jails.

I think you will agree that jails are a necessity of our society. It is important to remember that jails house human beings, not widgets. We must provide a safe and humane environment to all who pass through our doors. I believe this is what we want as a community and a state. It has earned us the distinction of best in the United States.

Many people who are remanded into our care are suffering from mental illness and substance use disorders. This limits how much we can lower our budget and still be able to provide a safe and humane environment – with no funding, which is where we currently stand, this is next to impossible.

It is time for the state of Maine to address funding of the jails much like any other necessity of a community’s infrastructure. By planning and commitment to excellence instead of hoping the jails will just go away, we can lay a foundation and a pathway for this state’s jails that is both humane and affordable.

I ask all of our legislators to please return to Augusta as soon as is practical and address this and the other critical issues that have been left unresolved. We are counting on you!

Danny Olson was stopped driving this big rig in Auburn on Thursday. He is accused of avoiding tolls for years. Photo courtesy of Maine State Police

A Turner man who drives a big rig was charged Thursday with felony theft of services after investigators say he systematically avoided paying tolls over six years along the Maine Turnpike.

Danny Olson Photo courtesy of Maine State Police

Troopers from the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit of the Maine State Police charged Danny Olson, 61, a long-haul truck driver and owner of Olson Transportation, with one count of felony theft of services and a litany of misdemeanor charges, including failing to take a legally prescribed rest after long stints behind the wheel, failing to retain his truck’s previous logbooks, illegally attaching registration plates, theft of registration plates and failing or neglecting to pay tolls.

State police said Olson avoided about $1,300 in Maine tolls, and is estimated to have avoided thousands more from other New England states.

Troopers stopped Olson in Auburn after he had driven north on the turnpike from New Hampshire.

According to troopers, Olson attached license plates to his truck and trailer that did not belong to him when he went through Maine tollbooths.

One of the plates belonged to a person who was dead. Another set of plates belonged to a local person who was not involved in the thefts, police said.

When police caught up with Olson, they found him in possession of the illegal plates, troopers said. Olson was driving for K&E Transport of West Newfield, police said.

Olson was booked at the Androscoggin County Jail and was released overnight on $2,500 bail. His truck was placed out of service and towed away because troopers found two imminent life-safety violations on the vehicle.

Troopers are investigating whether other states could have also been victims of theft, and federal prosecution is being considered, police said.

The maximum penalty for the theft of services charge, a Class C felony, is a $1,000 fine, up to a year in jail or both.

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

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A Garland man on Thursday pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender when he moved from Massachusetts to Maine.

Roger Edward Picard, 66, entered his plea in U.S. District Court in Bangor.

Picard was convicted of raping a child in Massachusetts in 1983 and was required to register as a sex offender. He moved to Garland, in Penobscot County, in 2016 and failed to register, officials said. Picard was arrested in March.

He will be sentenced at a later date and faces up to 10 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and up to three years on supervised release.

IN AUGUSTA, Thursday at 8:42 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Eastern Avenue.

9:51 p.m., theft was reported on East Chestnut Street.

10:24 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Washington Street.

2:41 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Eastern Avenue.

3:11 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Northern Avenue.

3:59 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Noyes Court.

4 p.m., a car fire was reported on Interstate 95.

4:07 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Water Street.

4:40 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Washington Street.

5:26 p.m., intoxicated people were reported on Water Street.

7:15 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Crosby Street.

7:52 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Nitro Lane.

Friday at 2:04 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Oxford Street.

6:03 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Riverside Drive.

10:58 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Western Avenue.

IN FARMINGDALE, Thursday at 8:58 a.m., fraud was reported on Litchfield Road.

IN HALLOWELL, Thursday at 3:56 p.m., suspicious activity was reported.

10:45 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Water Street.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA, Thursday at 11:58 a.m., Christopher M. Dougherty, 54, of Augusta, was arrested on a warrant, on Edison Drive.

IN GARDINER, Thursday at 11:40 a.m., Allisha Savage, 29, of Manchester, was arrested on a warrant and charged with failure to give correct name, address or date of birth and sale or use of drug paraphernalia, on Highland Avenue.

IN BELGRADE, Thursday at 2:25 p.m., John Keith Paradis, 47, of Vassalboro, was arrested on a charge of operating while license suspended or revoked, on Depot Road.

At 4:11 p.m., Megan Elizabeth Hutchinson, 30, of Belgrade, and Steven A. Raneri, 36, of Belgrade, were both arrested on charges of domestic violence assault, on Timberpoint Road.

IN ANSON, Friday at 3:18 p.m., mischief was reported on River Road.

IN ATHENS, Friday at 11:32 a.m., theft was reported on Boothby Road.

IN BENTON, Thursday at 5:48 p.m., a fire call was taken on River Road.

IN CAMBRIDGE, Thursday at 10:19 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Ham Hill Road.

IN DETROIT, Friday at 11:45 a.m., theft was reported on Main Street.

IN FARMINGTON, Thursday at 9:09 a.m., a theft was reported on Bridge Street.

6:20 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Lucy Knowles Road.

IN FAIRFIELD, Thursday at 3:52 p.m., theft was reported on Water Street.

5:59 p.m., threatening was reported on Serenity Circle.

8:29 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Newhall Street.

9:33 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Industrial Road.

Friday at 12:02 a.m., a brush fire was reported on Island Avenue.

2:13 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Main Street.

IN HARTLAND, Thursday at 8:57 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Commercial Street.

IN JAY, Thursday at 10:19 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

IN MADISON, Thursday at 6:28 p.m., a past burglary was reported on Shusta Road.

9:17 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Shusta Road.

Friday at 9:27 a.m., a structure fire was reported on Main Street.

11:02 a.m., an assault was reported on Old Point Avenue.

12:41 p.m., mischief was reported on Landry Lane.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Thursday at 3:40 p.m., threatening was reported on Oak Hill Road.

3:48 p.m., theft was reported on Oak Hill Road.

Friday at 12:01 a.m., burglary of a motor vehicle was reported on Fairmount Circle Drive.

IN OAKLAND, Thursday at 2:08 p.m., threatening was investigated on Summer Street.

IN PALMYRA, Thursday at 7:21 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Oxbow Road.

9:27 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on St. Albans Road.

Friday at 12:53 a.m., vandalism was reported on Camp Road.

12:54 a.m., vandalism was reported on Main Street.

1:13 a.m., a complaint about shots being fired was reported on Camp Road.

2:05 a.m., vandalism was reported on Camp Road.

IN PITTSFIELD, Thursday at 12:23 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Somerset Avenue.

6:29 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Somerset Avenue.

Friday at 5:38 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Central Street.

6:45 a.m., a harassment complaint was reported on Main Street.

10:33 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Main Street.

11:16 a.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on North Main Street.

IN SALEM TOWNSHIP, Thursday at 8:36 p.m., trespassing was reported on Salem Road.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Thursday at 3:12 p.m., burglary of a motor vehicle was reported on Water Street.

3:34 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Court Street.

7:33 p.m., theft was reported on Bigelow Hill Road.

7:52 p.m., loud noise or music was reported on Joyce Street.

9:24 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Ruth Lane.

9:57 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Madison Avenue.

9:57 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Ruth Lane.

Friday at 5:50 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Silver Street.

7:19 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on North Avenue.

10:25 a.m., trespassing was reported on McClellan Street.

2:53 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on North Avenue.

IN WATERVILLE, Thursday at 9:42 a.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Oak Street.

12:23 p.m., fraud or forgery was investigated on Oak Street.

12:30 p.m., a report of a missing person was investigated on Western Avenue.

1:29 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Roosevelt Avenue.

1:40 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Roosevelt Avenue.

1:59 p.m., a report of fraud or forgery was taken on Roosevelt Avenue.

2:29 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Red Sox Drive.

2:36 p.m., threatening was investigated on Western Avenue.

3:16 p.m., a theft was investigated on Gilman Street.

3:29 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Elm Street.

3:42 p.m., juvenile offenses were investigated on Kelsey Street.

5:03 p.m., an unwanted person was reported on Wester Court.

6:55 p.m., an unwanted person was reported on Elm Street.

7 p.m., a civil issue was investigated on Brook Street.

7:18 p.m., a warrant arrest was made on Main Street.

7:42 p.m., a civil issue was investigated on Water Street.

7:59 p.m., a disturbance was investigated on Waterville Commons Drive.

8:08 p.m., a disturbance was reported at Walmart on Waterville Commons Drive.

9:36 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Water Street.

9:37 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Water Street.

10:27 p.m., a theft was investigated on Summer Street.

11:25 p.m., a noise complaint was taken on Main Street.

11:49 p.m., an unwanted person was reported on College Avenue.

Friday at 3:47 a.m., criminal mischief was reported on Messalonskee Avenue.

3:59 p.m., a summons was issued after a report of criminal trespassing at Cumberland Farms on College Avenue.

IN WILTON, Thursday at 2:54 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Main Street.

3:22 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Thompson Street.

4:33 p.m., domestic disturbance was reported on Depot Street.

IN WINSLOW, Thursday at 4:07 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Clifford Avenue.

4:20 p.m., criminal mischief was investigated on Dallaire Street.

7:13 p.m., a noise complaint was investigated on Bellevue Street.

8:11 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Rosseau Street.

ARRESTS

IN SOMERSET COUNTY, Thursday at 10:41 a.m., Randall S. McEwen, 21, of Corinna, was arrested on a charge of probation violation.

4:17 p.m., Damien S. Towers, 27, of Skowhegan, was arrested on a probation hold.

7:12 p.m., Daniel L. Boyer, 45, of Worthington, Massachusetts, was arrested on charges of operating under the influence and operating after habitual offender revocation.

9:53 p.m., Jelinda Cleggett, 52, of Worthington, Massachusetts, was arrested on charges of unlawful use of permit and operating under the influence.

10:51 p.m., Brittany J. Roseberry, 26, of Madison, was arrested on charges of falsifying physical evidence and refusing to submit to arrest or detention.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 11:05 a.m., Charles Manning, 75, of Waterville, was arrested on a warrant.

IN WINSLOW, Thursday at 12:59 p.m., Jessica L. Pooler, 30, of Waterville, was arrested on three charges of violating condition of release.

AUGUSTA — Aubrey N. Armstrong’s defense attorney maintained Friday that the state has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that his client murdered or robbed Joseph Marceau two and a half years ago.

Attorney Brad Grant suggested that Armstrong wasn’t even there when the killing took place, foreshadowing an argument that someone else is responsible for Marceau’s death.

The remarks from Grant came in his opening statement on the fourth day of Armstrong’s murder trial at the Capital Judicial Center. Closing arguments in the case are expected Tuesday.

Armstrong, 29, of Far Rockaway, New York, is accused of bludgeoning Marceau, 31, of Augusta, to death on Nov. 23, 2015, in a trash-strewn fourth-floor apartment in the city.

Grant had delayed presenting an opening in the nonjury trial, which began Tuesday, but offered a brief one Friday morning, saying witnesses saw co-defendant Zina Fritze, rather than Armstrong, in a hooded sweatshirt at the scene.

Fritze was 27 when she committed suicide by hanging herself in jail a day after pleading not guilty to the murder charges.

Armstrong has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. On Friday Justice William Stokes, who is not presiding at the trial, came in to advise Armstrong that he has a right to testify at his own trial or to decide against testifying.

“Justice (Daniel) Billings will not hold that against you in any way shape or form. It will be given no consideration by the judge at all,” Stokes said. Grant said Armstrong will make that decision Tuesday, the day the trial resumes.

Grant also sought to have admitted into evidence a videotaped interview of Fritze from Nov. 25, 2015, and one which shows her in the apartment doing a re-enactment of what happened to Marceau. On Friday afternoon, Billings ruled against admitting what he termed “hearsay evidence.”

Grant said in the interview that Fritze “admits setting up a felony drug transaction and said she only allowed her apartment to get used if she got paid.”

Grant also said Fritze’s DNA was found on a back pocket of Marceau’s jeans.

On Thursday afternoon, Christine Waterhouse, a forensic biologist with the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory, testified that she found no DNA belonging to Armstrong on any of the items of clothing tested or any items removed from the crime scene at 75 Washington St., Apartment 8.

One of Armstrong’s co-defendants, Michael Sean McQuade, 47, of Augusta, testified that he saw Armstrong crash a milk bottle over Marceau’s head that night, followed by Damik “Doughboy” Davis, 28, also of New York, striking Marceau with a wooden rocking chair. McQuade, also known as “Dirty,” said Armstrong and Davis beat Marceau to the ground at the entry door. McQuade said Davis stopped at one point and came over to speak to him, but that Armstrong continued, eventually dragging a hog-tied, hollering Marceau into a bedroom at 75 Washington St., Augusta.

That’s where police, who had been called to investigate loud thumping noises, found Marceau’s body shortly afterward. On Friday, Tim Lane, who lives with his family in the apartment below, testified he called police after his light fixture came off the ceiling, a picture fell off the wall and he heard a loud thud like someone hitting the floor. He said the noises and the shaking of the building came about 10 minutes after he heard three people go up the stairs and that he recognized Fritze’s voice as one of them.

McQuade testified that he, Davis and Armstrong had planned to rob Marceau of 5 grams of heroin he had been trying to market for several days and that McQuade and his girlfriend, Fritze, had lured Marceau to their former apartment.

McQuade said the attack on Marceau was a surprise and took place as McQuade and Fritze sifted through their belongings. They had been evicted recently from the apartment.

Armstrong, Davis, McQuade and Fritze were all indicted on charges of murder, felony murder and robbery in Marceau’s death.

Davis and McQuade have pleaded guilty to felony murder and robbery and are awaiting sentencing. Both signed agreements to testify against any co-defendants. Davis, however, was not called as a witness by the prosecution.

On Wednesday, Karen Lea, 42, formerly of Augusta, who was granted immunity by the state, testified that Armstrong, who had street names of “Butter” and “Acon,” had been staying at her 37 Washington St. apartment and using it as a “trap house” to sell drugs that he had brought from his New York home.

She said Marceau had come to her apartment that day, shared “molly” or MDMA with a number of other people there — including McQuade and Fritze — and that Lea herself was drug-sick, trying to get off heroin, and lay on her couch, wanting them to go away.

McQuade testified the robbery plan was concocted there, but Lea testified she heard nothing about it.

However, Lea also said that she awoke to emergency vehicle sirens sounding in the neighborhood later that night and saw Fritze, McQuade and Armstrong entering her home by climbing in through a fire-escape window.

She said Fritze was crying uncontrollably and vomited, that McQuade tried to comfort her, and that Armstrong immediately went into the bathroom with her daughter, put his clothes in the tub and mixed chemicals with them.

Lea also testified that she had been with Armstrong a week earlier at the Vassalboro home of Joseph Gagnon, where another drug dealer, Richard J. Baker, also known as “Stash,” said that Armstrong owed him money for drugs.

Lea said Baker told Armstrong “he had to kill someone, rob someone and one other thing” in order to make up for it.

On Thursday, another witness, Amanda Ware, 31, of Sidney, testified that Armstrong told her he owed “10 grand.”

Ware has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of using/maintaining a drug-involved premises and aiding and abetting in a 20-person drug distribution conspiracy and is in custody awaiting sentencing.

Betty Adams — 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com

Twitter: @betadams

A 59-year-old Limerick man was arrested Friday night on a 21-year-old warrant after police arrived at a home in the York County town to investigate a possible domestic assault.

York County Sheriff William King said in a statement Saturday that Russell Campp was arrested after deputies received a call from Colorado authorities reporting a woman was behind held against her will at a Limerick address. Deputies went to the address and met with Campp and a female companion. Deputies determined that Campp and the woman were having a disagreement and Campp would not let the woman leave, although no assault had taken place.

Deputies did determine that Campp was wanted on an outstanding Cumberland County warrant from 1997 for failure to appear in court for charges of operating a vehicle after suspension or revocation of a license and operating under the influence of alcohol. He is being held on $10,000 bail at York County Jail but may be transferred to Cumberland County Jail, police said.

Police said they did not know yet how Colorado authorities learned of the disagreement in Limerick.

IN ANSON, Friday at 9:20 a.m., a civil complaint was made on West Mills Road.

3:18 p.m., mischief was reported on River Road.

IN ATHENS, Friday at 11:32 a.m., a theft was investigated on Boothby Road.

IN AUGUSTA, Friday at 11:14 a.m., a brush fire was reported on Cony Street. The fire was extinguished.

11:47 a.m., theft was reported on Northern Avenue.

12:14 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Glenridge Drive.

12:47 p.m., theft was reported on Civic Center Drive.

1:34 p.m., counterfeiting was reported on Stephen King Drive. Two other incidents of counterfeiting were reported elsewhere on Civic Center Drive, at 2:38 p.m. and 3 p.m.

2:03 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Cony Street.

2:55 p.m., a 21-year-old Waterville man was summoned on a charge of criminal mischief on Medical Center Parkway.

3:21 p.m., fraud was reported on Capitol Street.

3:30 p.m., a protection order violation was reported on Sherbrook Street.

4:12 p.m., criminal mischief was reported on Stone Street.

4:47 p.m., fraud was reported on Ridge Road.

4:50 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Quimby Street.

6:53 p.m., harassment was reported on Eastern Avenue.

8:34 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Bangor Street.

9:18 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on West River Road.

11 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Leighton Road.

Saturday at 1:04 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Water Street.

5:47 a.m., a disturbance was reported on Medical Center Parkway.

IN CAMBRIDGE, Friday at 9:33 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on North Road.

IN CANAAN, Friday at 5:44 p.m., a theft was reported on Battle Ridge Road.

IN DETROIT, Friday at 11:45 a.m., a theft was investigated on Main Street.

IN FAIRFIELD, Friday at 12:06 pm., a complaint was investigated on Military Avenue.

2:13 p.m., a harassment complaint was investigated on Main Street.

3:51 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Main Street.

11:48 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Pirate Lane.

IN MADISON, Friday at 9:27 a.m., a fire was extinguished on Main Street.

11:02 a.m., an assault was investigated on Old Point Avenue.

12:41 p.m., mischief was investigated on Landry Lane.

3:46 p.m., a domestic disturbance was investigated on Shusta Road.

3:54 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Preble Avenue.

6:21 p.m., an intoxicated person was reproted on East Madison Road.

6:43 p.m., a report of an intoxicated person was investigated on Main Street.

9:37 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Weston Avenue.

11:01 p.m., a noise complaint was taken on Madison Avenue.

IN NORRIDGEWOCK, Friday at 12:01 p.m., a burglary of a motor vehicle was investigated on Fairmount Circle Drive.

8:45 p.m., a report of gunshots was taken on Meadow Ridge Road.

10:29 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Waterville Road.

IN OAKLAND, Friday at 8:08 a.m., a warrant arrest was made on High Street.

Saturday at 12:24 a.m., a noise complaint was taken on Summer Street.

IN PALMYRA, Friday at 8:57 p.m., a noise complaint was taken on Madawaska Road.

IN PITTSFIELD, Friday at 10:33 a.m., an arrest was made after a report of a disturbance on Main Street.

11:16 a.m., a domestic disturbance was investigated on North Main Street.

2:11 p.m., a scam complaint was investigated on Lincoln Street.

7:33 p.m., a disturbance was investigated on Hartland Avenue.

IN SKOWHEGAN, Friday at 10:25 p.m., trespassing was investigated on McClellan Street.

2:53 p.m., a domestic disturbance was investigated on North Avenue.

5:21 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Water Street.

6:26 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Fairview Avenue.

8:40 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Madison Avenue.

11:19 p.m., an intoxicated person was investigated on Water Street.

IN SMITHFIELD, Friday at 7:37 p.m., a theft was reported on Sand Hill Road.

IN WATERVILLE, Friday at 7:07 a.m., a noise complaint was taken on Boutelle Avenue and Main Street.

10:54 a.m., a civil issue was reported on Silver Street.

12:33 p.m., a theft was reported on Elm Court.

1:05 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Main Street.

3:07 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Western Avenue.

4:56 p.m., an intoxicated person was investigated on Merryfield Avenue.

6:54 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Pleasant Street.

8:46 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken on Elm Street.

10:48 p.m., an oral warning was issued after a report of suspicious activity at the boat landing on Water Street.

11:00 p.m., a disrturbance was reported at Cancun Restaurant on Silver Sreet.

11:03 p.m., a domestic dispute was reported on Gold Street.

Saturday at 1:31 p.m., a noise complaint was taken on Boutelle Avenue.

1:58 a.m., a burglary of a motor vehicle was investigated on Lloyd Road.

IN WINSLOW, Friday at 11:30 a.m., a disturbance was investigated at Rite Aid on China Road.

12:36 p.m., a report of sex offenses was investigated on Clifford Avenue.

5 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Cushman Road.

7:03 p.m., a theft was investigated at Rite Aid on China Road.

7:18 p.m., a theft was investigated on Bellevue Street.

8:06 p.m., a harassment complaint was taken at Asian Cafe Restaurant on Bay Street.

IN WINTHROP, Friday at 5:54 p.m., harassment was reported on Memorial Drive.

Saturday at 12:19 a.m., harassment was reported on Toby Street.

ARRESTS

IN AUGUSTA, Friday at 9:23 p.m., Maurice W. Harrington, 62, of Augusta, was arrested on Cedar Street on a warrant.

10:13 p.m., Aaron M. Lettre, 37, of Augusta, was arrested at the intersection of Route 3 and West River Road and charged with operating under the influence.

Saturday at 12:08 a.m., Richard Leland Thayer, 45, of Augusta, was arrested on Mount Vernon Avenue on four warrants.

1:20 a.m. Andrew S. Farrington, 29, of Augusta, was arrested on a warrant; and Samantha L. Peaslee, 26, of Augusta, was arrested and charged with violating a condition of release, on Water Street.

IN WATERVILLE, Friday at 3:01 p.m., Jermaine Blunt, 33, of New York, New York, was arrested on three charges of aggravated traficking of schedule W drug and a charge of failure to give correct name, address or date of birth.

4:42 p.m., Brandon Bradbury, 34, of Waterville, was arrested on a warrant.

Saturday at 1:15 a.m., Crystal T. Cougle, 25, of Waterville, was arrested on charges of violating condition of release and unlawful possession of scheduled drug.

1:15 a.m., Rosa N. Colon, 40, of Waterville, was arrested on a warrant.

5:17 p.m., Eric St. Peter, 30, of Waterville, was arrested on a charge of habitual motor vehicle offender.

IN WINSLOW, Friday at 11:47 p.m., Michael D. Clark Jr., 34, of Jonesport, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence.

11:47 p.m., Heather M. Mea, 27, of Jonesport, was arrested on a charge of obstructing government administration.

11:47 p.m., Kathleen M. Goodblood, 54, of Clinton, was arrested on charges of obstructing government administration and assault.

Saturday at 1:31 a.m., Jessica A. Andreozzi, 39, of Waterville, was arrested on a charge of operating under influence.