FARMINGTON – A Farmington man has been charged in connection with a drive-by shooting in New Sharon last March. Mark Reynolds is accused of shooting several bullets into a Lane Avenue home just missing a teenager.

Reynolds, 20, faces charges in a separate incident in July for allegedly throwing a pipe bomb filled with a fluid that smelled like gasoline through a window of a Farmington home while a family slept.

Reynolds was charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon in relation to the New Sharon incident, Maine State Police Lt. Dale Lancaster said Wednesday.

Lancaster said police are taking its case to the District Attorney’s Office and it will be up to prosecutors if the charges are to be upgraded.

Suzanne and Wayne Mayo reported in March that their house had been shot at multiple times, with one of the bullets narrowly missing their 18-year-old daughter.

The family was uninjured but visibly shaken, State Police Sgt. Vicki Gardener said at the time.

Wayne Mayo had said back then that at least three shots came within a foot of his daughter.

Some of the bullets went through walls at the ranch-style home at the corner of Route 2 and Lane Avenue.

State Police seized Reynolds’ firearms in the course of the investigation.

The case came together, according to a police document, after the Mayos complained of phone harassment in June to State Police. The calls were allegedly made by Reynolds, the document stated.

Lancaster said the arrest was a collaborative effort with his agency, Farmington police, Franklin County deputies and Maine wardens.

State Trooper Mathew Casavant arrested Reynolds at the Franklin County jail where he is being held in connection with the Farmington incident on $5,000 cash or $15,000 surety.

Farmington police charged Reynolds in July with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and terrorizing with a dangerous weapon in connection for allegedly throwing the homemade pipe bomb-type device through Barlen Street family’s living room picture window.

The pipe bomb, which didn’t go off, was described in a police affidavit as “crudely” made out of plastic and metal, was about 6 inches long and about 1 inches in diameter.

Reynolds had told police that he hadn’t meant to hurt anyone just scare them, according to the affidavit. He also told them he made sure the device wouldn’t go off before he threw it.

Judge Robert Mullen had ordered Reynolds to undergo a mental competency evaluation when he was arraigned in July.

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