Thursday, January 20, 2011

Police beat

Yelling driver gets DUI
On Feb. 24 at 1:20 a.m., an officer parked on Pine Street watching the Bear Brew Pub observed a large group exit the building. The officer then saw a vehicle moving up the street, the driver of the vehicle yelling at people as he passed them. The officer was able to stop the car by knocking on the window to get the driver’s attention.
The driver was identified as Nicholas Estabrook, 21, of Bangor. When Estabrook finally got out of the car, the officer noticed that he was visibly intoxicated. Estabrook was put through field sobriety tests, which he failed.
Estabrook resisted getting into the police cruiser and was eventually forced in by threat of a taser. Estabrook was charged with operating under the influence of an intoxicating beverage and was transported to Penobscot County Jail.

False name
On Feb. 10 at 1:59 a.m., an officer noticed a large group walking along MacMillan Drive. A male in the group appeared to be holding a beer bottle. The officer stopped the man and asked for his name. The man gave an incorrect name and date of birth, belonging to someone the officer later identified as the subject’s brother. Eventually the subject told the officer his correct name and date of birth. Jerrid Atwood, 19, of Bucksport was summonsed for illegal possession of alcohol by a minor.

Spat at Orchard Trails
On Feb. 10 at 10:28 p.m., the police received a report of a fight at Orchard Trails Building 8. When the officers arrived on the scene, they found a group of people standing outside in the parking lot. As a couple of officers spoke with this group, another officer went inside and spoke with a young woman. She identified the man who had started the fight as Zachary Gillespie, 20, of Calais. She then told the officer that she had recently broken up with Gillespie and didn’t want him at her residence. She eventually had to force him out of the apartment and that’s when the police were notified. Gillespie was found visibly intoxicated. The officer warned Gillespie not to return to the residence. Gillespie was issued a summons for illegal possession of alcohol by a minor.

Underage drinker at Orchard Trails
On Feb. 10 at 10:55 p.m., a man attempted to enter Building 8 at Orchard Trails. He was carrying a beer can. The man put the can on the floor in the entryway and attempted to leave the building. An officer stopped the man and identified him as Andrew Frost, 20, of Brewer. Frost was visibly intoxicated and received a summons for illegal possession of alcohol by a minor.

Face punch leads to assault charge
On Feb. 12 at 10:30 a.m., a man came into the police station to report an assault. The previous night he had been at a party and someone had punched him in the face. While at the party, the man had been speaking with a girl and her boyfriend had punched him. The boyfriend, identified as Alan Graffam, 22, of Orono, was interviewed and admitted to not liking the victim or the fact that he had been speaking with his girlfriend. Graffam also admitted to punching the victim in the face. Graffam was charged with assault.

Trying to hide the bottle never works
On Feb. 17 at 11:50 p.m., an officer was patrolling Orchard Trails Drive. The officer noticed a large group of people walking down the street. At the rear of the group, the officer saw a male and a female holding what appeared to be beer bottles. The officer stopped the two and identified them as James Stickney, 18, of Standish and Kayla White, 18, of Orono. White dropped her bottle into the snow as the officer approached and Stickney attempted to hide his. The bottles were identified as being beer containers and both Stickney and White were summonsed for illegal possession of alcohol by a minor.

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