LIVERMORE FALLS – Police are looking for information about who destroyed two vending machines at PalletOne of Maine/Isaacson Lumber Co. on Park Street and stole money.
The incident occurred between 1 and 5 a.m. on Tuesday, May 31, and there have been no leads on the case so far, Livermore Falls police officer Brock Caton said Monday.
A crowbar was taken from the millwright’s room and used to pry open soda and snack machines, Caton said.
An unknown amount of cash was taken and a light blue Mag-Lite flashlight, Caton said.
More valuable equipment that was not secured was left behind, he said, and “none of the snacks were taken, just the coins.”
“We found a set of fingerprints on the glass of the vending machine,” he said.
He estimated about $1,000 damage was done.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Caton at 897-3424.
In a separate incident, a Texas man was charged with criminal mischief after he broke the flag pole and tore down patriotic banners at the gazebo Wednesday, Livermore Falls Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Monday.
Clarence Patten, 29, of Shelby, Texas, was charged after he came to the police station and turned himself in saying he was a probation violator, the chief said, and he was suicidal, homicidal and intoxicated.
Police were taking him to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston by cruiser for evaluation but ended up pulling over in Turner and calling an ambulance, Steward said.
The man had his hands cuffed in front of him and had wrapped the seat belt around his neck three times and momentarily stopped breathing until the seat belt was unwrapped from his neck, Steward said.
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