JAY – Police arrested two local men early Friday morning after a report of shots fired near 80 Main St., police Chief Larry White Sr. said.

Arrested back to back and only a few hours apart were Craig Brewster, 23, and Brandon Parker, 22. The two lived in separate apartments at 80 Main St., police said.

Brewster was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and reckless conduct with a firearm and issued a summons for possession of drug paraphernalia, White said.

Parker was arrested a few hours later on a charge of terrorizing and summoned to court on a charge of criminal mischief.

Both men were taken to the Franklin County jail.

Brewster’s arrest came after neighbors reported shots being fired at about 1:45 a.m.

Jay officer Mike Mejia and reserve officer John Irving investigated with help from Livermore Falls police officers Joe Sage and John Furr, White said.

The officers discovered bullet casings on the porch of the apartment building and Mejia heard people inside talking loudly. When he went to the apartment where the noise was coming from, Mejia was confronted outside by Brewster, who was intoxicated and disorderly, White said.

Brewster told them someone else was in his apartment, White said.

Worried somebody may have been injured in a shooting, police went to the apartment door but nobody answered so they entered looking for a possible victim.

Inside police found Parker, who appeared to be under the influence and was lying on the couch, White said.

As police were leaving the apartment they noticed two shotguns and a 9 mm handgun with ammunition, which was the same type and caliber as the casings found on the porch, White said.

Parker, who was not immediately charged with a crime, left the apartment to go back to his, and Brewster was taken to the Franklin County jail in Farmington.

But about 3:45 a.m. police received a second complaint of windows being broken and shots being fired at a house at 84 Main St., White said.

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department, at Mejia’s request, called White and Jay police Sgt. Troy Young to help, White said.

All the officers who responded to the first call along with the additional officers and Sheriff’s Cpl. Nate Bean surrounded the apartment building at 80 Main St. where the victims believed the shots had come from, White said.

Mejia and Young went to Parker’s apartment because the victims reported Parker had threatened people, White said.

Police started looking at the evidence at 84 Main St. and found it appeared Parker had thrown rocks breaking three windows there, White said.

Parker was arrested.

White estimated damage to the small windows at $100.

Both men were released on bail about noon Friday; Brewster on $3,000 unsecured; and Parker on $500 cash, according to a corrections officer. Both men are scheduled to appear in court Jan. 22, 2009.