Maine State Police Troop F Weekly Report – April 11-17

Here’s a look at the activity log of the past week from Troop F of the Maine State Police, headquartered in Houlton.

April 10  – Troopers dealt with a suspicious male running out of gas in various parts of the County each day from 4/10-4/14. Tr. Luce dealt with the man in Ashland and Tr. Darcy dealt with the man in Patten and Island Falls. The man lives in Medway and was driving around until he would run out of gas. The man would then sit in his vehicle since he had no phone and no money. He was given gas by a wrecker service and a Game Warden on two different occasions that he had run out of gas. He was also instructed to drive home with the gas but instead continued to drive around the area until again running out. On April 14, Tr. Darcy made contact with the man’s sister and learned he was off his medication. The vehicle was towed and he got a ride to her residence where she stated she would keep an eye on him. The man was not violent, his behavior was just odd. He had no reason for being in the area, he continued to talk about people he knew but did not know their names or where they lived.

April 11 – Tr. Sucy was conducting stationary traffic enforcement in Sherman. He observed a vehicle that had a passenger he recognized to have two active arrest warrants. Tr. Sucy attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle and when the vehicle pulled over the front passenger (man with the warrants) exited the vehicle and ran into a gravel pit. Tr. Sucy chased the man, caught him, and arrested him for the warrants as well as refusing to submit to arrest and for violation of bail. One of the warrants was a Class B Failing to Register as a Sex Offender Third Offense. This is the second time in recent weeks that that the male has had warrants and unsuccessfully attempted to run from Tr. Sucy, being caught each time.

April 12 – Tr. Levesque assisted Ashland PD with a bail check where the persons were on bail for possession of methamphetamines and OUI drugs. The check resulted in one male and one female being arrested for violating their conditions of release and for possession of methamphetamines.

April 14 – Cpl. Chuck Michaud assisted Caribou PD in Woodland. Cpl. Michaud and officers from CPD recovered evidence from a Woodland residence in regards to an investigation into counterfeit money that had been used in Caribou and Bangor. Officers from Caribou PD had arrested a man and woman from Woodland earlier in the evening. FULL STORY HERE.

April 14 – Tr. Endre responded to Easton for a stolen vehicle. The vehicle was stolen from a local potato farm the previous night.The vehicle was located the next day about six miles down the road. The box truck was not damaged, it still had three quarters of a tank of gas, and all of the tools in the back of the truck were still there. The owner told Tr. Endre that he would take it as a learning experience.
April 14- Tr. Darcy charged a Patten man with Attaching False Plates as the result of a traffic stop in Patten. This is the second time the man has illegally attached plates in the past few months.

April 14 – Tr. Sucy and Cpl. Quint responded to a family fight in Patten. The daughter of the male victim attacked him hitting him in the head with an object. The woman than used a sharp object to force her father to drive her to the post office in Sherman where she exited the vehicle and took off on foot. Tr. Levesque and K-9 Vitz were called to conduct a track. Vitz showed interest at an address on School Street in Sherman but no one would come to the door. Tr. Sucy had a temporary warrant entered and Tr. Saucier arrested the woman the next day for the domestic violence charges.

April 16 – Tr. Nick Casavant arrested an 18-year-old Presque Isle male for Domestic Assault. The female victim was 17 years old and the assault occurred on the side of Route 163 in Mapleton and was called in by a passerby who witnessed the incident.

April 16 – Tr. Luce observed a pickup driving 95/35 mph through the town of Madawaska. Tr. Luce pursued the vehicle with his emergency lights and siren activated but the driver refused to pull over. The chase was terminated within a short distance for safety reasons but Tr. Luce, Tr. Levesque, Sgt. Clark, and Madawaska PD officers continued to check the area for the described vehicle. Tr. Luce discovered the truck in a logging yard in Frenchville. The 19-year-old operator was found hiding in his vehicle and was arrested for eluding, driving to endanger, criminal speeding, and OUI. MORE DETAILS HERE

April 17 – Tr. Darcy charged a New Brunswick man with Operating after Suspension as the result of a traffic stop on I-95 in Oakfield. The man’s license had been suspended since 1992.

Troop F of the Maine State Police is responsible for Aroostook County and the extreme northern sections of Somerset, Piscataquis and Penobscot counties.