RUMFORD — A local man was arrested New Year's Day after police say he drove drunk into the side of Jake's Garage on Prospect Avenue.
Jeremy Dow, 22, was charged at 1:10 a.m. with operating under the influence, leaving the scene of a property-damage crash and felony aggravated criminal mischief. He was released on $1,000 unsecured bail and will be arraigned Feb. 5 in Oxford County Superior Court in Paris.
According to the uncompleted report of Rumford police officer Donald Miller, Dow was driving a black 2002 Dodge pickup truck when it left the roadway, struck the garage and continued down the road.
As of Wednesday morning, officer Miller had not provided a damage estimate in his report for either Jake's Garage or Dow's pickup truck. No one answered the phone at the garage or the door, which was locked.
A pickup truck with a plow blocked the access road into the business lot closest to the damaged wall across from which stood a pile of stacked debris.
On Wednesday morning, white sheets of plastic covered the office wall at Jake's Garage at 529 Prospect Ave. in Rumford. The wall was destroyed early New Year's Day when a pickup truck slammed into the building and left, according to Rumford police officer Donald Miller's report.
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