Calais teen charged with arson
CALAIS – A teenager has been charged with arson following an attempt to set fire to her room at a Calais youth facility.
The State Fire Marshal's Office have charged a teenage girl with arson after she set fire to her room at the Aroostook Mental Health Clinic Children’s Project on Palmer St. in Calais. Fire Investigators charged the 17-year-old after she set fire to her mattress and bedding.
A smoke detector was activated and a staffer of the facility dragged the smoldering mattress out of the building, where the fire was extinquished. No one was injured.
The teenager was transported to Mountain View Correctional Center in Charleston.
Lewiston PD releases accident video of mayor-elect
LEWISTON (AP) — The Lewiston Police Department has released a video of the city’s mayor-elect hitting a woman in a crosswalk with his van.
The crash happened in October, before Mark Cayer won the mayoral election. Cayer has admitted to hitting Julianne Dawson of Lewiston in the crash. He didn’t contest a charge of failing to yield to a pedestrian and paid a $180 fine.
The Bangor Daily News obtained the video via a public records request on Wednesday.
Dawson has said the crash left her arm badly bruised, and she also had a bruised leg and road rash. Her attorney, Alex Spadinger, said in an e-mail the crash is an example of the danger of distracted driving.
Cayer said it was his responsibility “to be aware of everything that was around me.”
Portland man bungles burglary
PORTLAND (AP) — Police in Maine say a man broke into an apartment, but left behind his wallet that authorities later used to find and arrest him.
Authorities say police were called to a Portland apartment early Wednesday when residents awoke to find a stranger in their living room.
Police say 32-year-old Troy Day was gone by the time they arrived, but they said he left his wallet behind with an ID card listing his name.
The Portland man was found a short distance away and arrested.
The Portland Press Herald reports that Day was been charged with burglary, theft and unlawful possession of scheduled drugs. He is being held on $10,000 bail and is due in court Friday. It was unclear if he had a lawyer.
