A 75-year-old transient male was arrested at 4:13 p.m. July 7 near Portland and Main streets and charged with misuse of 911 and criminal threatening. The same man was arrested the next day at 11:03 a.m. near at the corner of Portland and Main streets and charged with littering, according to Deputy Chief Scott Stephens. Details about the alleged criminal threatening were not available this week.
Also during the period from June 30 to July 13, a 42-year-old male from Eliot was arrested at 9:50 a.m. July 2 during a motor vehicle stop near Cumberland Farms on Route 236 and was charged with failure to appear in court; and a 40-year-old male from South Berwick was arrested at 9:17 p.m. July 7 on Warren Pond Road on a warrant from the Buxton Police Department (charges not indicated).
There were seven motor vehicle accidents reported during the two-week period, with no injuries logged:
- June 30, 3:31 p.m., near Cumberland Farms and Route 236
- July 3, 1:08 p.m., on Boyd’s Corner Road
- July 3, 1:55 p.m., near Norton and Main streets
- July 6, 11:57 a.m., near Jewett Avenue and Portland Street
- July 8, 1:16 p.m., on Lower Main Street
- July 8, 5:28 p.m., near Main and Park streets
- July 12, 12:15 a.m., near Route 236 and Main Street
The following is a summary of police logs entries for June 30 through July 13:
- Motor vehicle stops: 92 (87 warnings and 5 summonses, 1 arrest)
- Building area checks: 115
- Directed patrols: 111
- Medical assists: 30
- Suspicious activities: 9
- Assist citizens: 7
- Community police contacts: 6
- Animal complaints: 5
- Disturbances: 4
- Civil complaints: 3
- Vandalism: 3
- Serve warrant: 1 (1 arrest)
- Mental health call: 1 (1 arrest)
- Fireworks complaint: 1
- Foot patrol: 2
- Larcenies: 2
- Alarm-Fire: 1
- Domestic disturbance: 1
- Found/lost property: 1
- Littering: 1 (1 arrest)
- Odor: 1
