PARIS – Two Litchfield men were indicted Thursday on 47 counts each of burglary, theft and criminal mischief in connection with camp break-ins in Denmark last November.
Kyle James Cathey, 20, and Joshua D. Westberry, 19, both of 127 Richmond Road in Litchfield, were each summoned to appear in Superior Court by an Oxford County grand jury on charges of: 21 Class B felony burglaries, 20 misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief, one Class B felony theft, one Class C felony theft and four misdemeanor thefts.
The two cases are to be joined. An arraignment date has not been set.
According to the indictment, an investigation by Oxford County Cpl. Dane Tripp and Capt. James P. Miclon found that on Nov. 24, 2004, the two men reportedly broke into 21 seasonal camps along West Shore Road beside Hancock Pond in Denmark.
Among the items the pair are alleged to have stolen were: a Suzuki motorbike, liquor, a Ruger .357-caliber pistol, two shotguns and ammunition, a suitcase, leather coat, two passports, coins, binoculars, electronics, tools and a silver flask.
In December, Tripp estimated the stolen property and damage to buildings totals at between $10,000 and $15,000.
Tripp said in December that he was called to investigate a report of a burglary in progress on Nov. 24 and found Westberry, Cathey and a 16-year-old girl, who is originally from Lewiston, walking along the dirt road beside the pond, with a dirt bike and knapsacks.
After questioning, they were taken into custody.
The trio, Tripp said, had been living in one of the camps for several days, closing the rooms off so inside light couldn’t be seen from outside.
The girl, he said, was taken to Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, then released to her mother and put on house arrest. He said she was wanted by police in Florida.
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