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Police charge two men caught laying on railroad tracks
An officer on patrol on Pine Street in Orono noticed two males laying on the railroad tracks, appearing to be in each other’s arms. He shined a spotlight on the individuals and told them to come over to him. At this point, they jumped up and started to run away from the officer. He ordered them to stop; their response was peppered with expletives. The officer managed to catch one male and ordered him to the ground and told him to stay, which he did. The second male was still running and yelling curse words. The officer caught up with the second male and handcuffed him after placing him on the ground. Samuel Connery-Mehorter, 23, of Orono, and Payson Welch, 23, of Litchfield, were placed under arrest and charged with trespassing and failing to submit to arrest. Connery-Mehorter was found with marijuana and was charged with possession of marijuana as well.
Man, 18, charged for concealed weapon, trespassing at Ushuaia
Multiple offenses led to a man’s arrest Wednesday night at Ushuaia. While passing by a bouncer, Matthew Danis, 18, of Arundel, was found with a set of brass knuckles. The brass knuckles were confiscated, and he was escorted out of the building. He was issued a summons for possession of or carrying a concealed weapon. The officer noticed that he was also intoxicated and issued Danisa summons for possession of alcohol by a minor by consumption. He was also given a criminal trespassing warning.
At 8:17 p.m., approximately an hour after the concealed weapon incident, Orono police were dispatched back to Ushuaia to remove Danis from the property, once again. When Danis saw the officer approaching he ran into the woods toward the new construction site behind Ushuaia. Danis was later found at the rear door of Ushuaia covered in mud upon which he was arrested for criminal trespassing and transported to Penobscot County Jail.
Two arrested at night club after taunting police officers
Officers responded to a report of a fight in the Ushuaia parking lot 12:51 a.m. Friday. Joseph Grenier, 23, of Alton, and James Michaud, 22, also of Alton, were arguing and pushing each other around. Officers ordered them to stop and to leave the premises and gave them a warning for disorderly conduct. Michaud then started to yell at the officers, taunting them to arrest him. Approximately a half-hour later, Michaud and Grenier were on the sidewalk near Ushuaia and continued to taunt the officers to arrest them. A state trooper, who was at Ushuaia for the original fight complaint, told Michaud that he was under arrest for disorderly conduct. When he moved to arrest Michaud, Grenier stepped in between to try to stop the arrest at which point he was pushed aside and grabbed by another officer and placed under arrest. Michaud and Grenier were both charged with disorderly conduct and Grenier was also charged with obstruction of government administration.
Two arrested after skirmish
in credit union parking lot
Two males were arrested for disorderly conduct in the parking lot of the University Credit Union Technology Center at 1:36 a.m. Friday. Officers noticed a male take off his shirt and begin fighting with another male. When the officers got to the scene, the shirtless male was on top of the other and it appeared that they were about to hit each other. The officers ordered them to stop fighting. The individuals then stated that they were best friends and were just fooling around. Michael Giglia, 23, of Old Town, and Scott Bartlett, 22, of Portland, were advised that they were being disorderly and were warned that they would be arrested if they continued. Gigilia began to walk away on Park Street and Bartlett stayed behind to ask a question to one of the officers. When Giglia was about 25 yards away, Bartlett took off running after him and tried to tackle him. Bartlett then jumped off Giglia and jumped on another individual. Bartlett was arrested for disorderly conduct and was transported to Penobscot County Jail.
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