The Police Department has sought support for a 75-year-old male, described by police as a transient, who was arrested twice in the first half of July and twice more during the July 14-July 27 period.
The individual was most recently charged with violating conditions of release at 11:37 a.m. July 14 following a trespassing call near the Early Bird Café on Main Street and arrested on the same charge at 5:21 p.m. July 17 during a probation/bail conditions check near P. Gagnon & Son on Main Street.
In response to questions about the frequency of arrests, Deputy Chief Scott Stephens said the police reached out to Erin McGann, the town’s behavioral health liaison, to assist the individual.
“Erin is working with the man’s family, the DA’s office, and his attorney to get him the help he needs,” Stephens said, referring to the York County district attorney’s office.
Stephens also provided information on five other arrests during the July 14-27 period:
- July 16, 1:15 p.m., a 26-year-old male from Saco was charged with violating conditions of release on Dennet Road.
- July 17, 9:47 p.m., a 39-year-old male from Rollinsford was charged with operating with a suspended registration during a motor vehicle stop on York Woods Road.
- July 22, 11:56 a.m. a 44-year-old male from South Berwick was charged with leaving the scene of property damage during a motor vehicle accident on Route 236 near Cumberland Farms.
- July 25, 1:29 p.m., a 22-year-old male from Berwick was charged with operating with a suspended registration during a motor vehicle stop on Route 236 near Cumberland Farms.
- July 25, 2:28 p.m., a 31-year-old male from Hiram was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear in the Oxford County Court (details not included in police log) near Main and Norton streets.
Eleven accidents were listed in the logs, with no injuries reported:
- July 14, 11:28 p.m., near Buttonwood Road and Willand Drive
- July 15, 12:50 p.m., on Emery’s Bridge Road
- July 17, 3:21 p.m., near Aroma Joe’s on Main Street
- July 18, 7:08 p.m., near Boyd’s Corner Road
- July 19, 4:18 p.m., on Portland Street
- July 19, 7:01 p.m., on Agamenticus Road
- July 20, 11:10 a.m., on Academy Street
- July 22, 11:56 a.m., on Route 236 near Cumberland Farms
- July 23, 5:52 a.m., on Route 236 near South Berwick Police Department
- July 23, 2:51 p.m., near Portland and Colcord streets
- July 23, 12:14 p.m., on Ogunquit Road
The following is a summary of police log entries for July 14 through July 27:
- Motor vehicle stops: 108 (89 warnings, 16 court summonses, 3 arrests)
- Building area checks: 120
- Directed patrols: 85
- Medical assists: 35
- Animal complaints: 12
- Motor vehicle accidents: 11 (1 arrest)
- Welfare checks: 11
- Assist Citizens: 9
- Arrests: 7
- Found/lost properties: 6
- Domestic disturbances: 5
- Larcenies: 5
- Suspicious activities: 5 (1 arrest)
- Trespassing: 5 (1 arrest)
- Community police contacts: 4
- Mental health checks: 3
- Disturbances: 2
- Foot patrols: 2
- Serve restraining order: 1
- Shoplifting: 1
- Complaint: 1
- Disabled motor vehicle: 1
- Harassment: 1
- Juvenile runaway: 1
- Line/tree down: 1
- Missing person (not runaway): 1
- Phone/mail/computer fraud: 1
- Probation/bail conditions check: 1 (1 arrest)
- Traffic control: 1
- Vandalism: 1
- Noise complaint: 1
- Concealed weapon applicant: 1
- Road hazard: 1
