JAY – The president of the Spruce Mountain Ski Club is relieved that someone has finally been charged with recent break-ins and the theft of a snowmobile at the Spruce Mountain Ski Slope.

Both Jay Police Chief Larry White Sr. and Club President Rick Couture credit community members associated with the ski area and the collaboration between Jay and Livermore Falls police for helping get the snowmobile back.

Ronald J. Davis, 19, a transient, earlier said to live in Livermore Falls, was arrested Thursday on burglary and theft charges. He was summoned on criminal mischief, criminal trespass and a civil charge of operating an unregistered snowmobile. Police say he broke into a garage at the nonprofit ski area to get keys and then stole a snowmobile from a pole barn Thursday.

With the help of community members, police recovered the snowmobile, which a suspect was riding around trying to sell, White previously said. Davis was also charged on a burglary charge Friday while in jail after police say he admitted to at least four burglaries at the ski slope since late December.

Davis appeared Monday in 12th District Court in Farmington and had his bail reduced from $800 to $250 cash bail on a Maine pretrial service agreement. Franklin County Assistant District Attorney Andrew Robinson dismissed the civil charge.

Judge Michaela Murphy also banned Davis from going to the ski area.

“I think it was very good that police got on it as soon as they did and the help that was received by the community and Ski Club members in the community,” Couture said.

Once one of the people recognized the sled being driven around, he called a Club member to see if one was stolen, Couture said. The man went out and took the keys from the sled so it couldn’t go anywhere. Another person also lent police a snowmobile and gear and then they went out looking for the sled prior to finding it.

“I was just very grateful the community got involved with getting the machine back,” he said. “The person confessed to all the break-ins. At least now we know it was just one person. It makes it a little bit easier. We don’t have to keep worrying about what happens next.”