LEWISTON – The Lewiston Police Department responded to 791 calls for service from 7 a.m. May 15 to 7 a.m. May 22.

Motor vehicle stops: 199

Accidents: 36

Disorderly disturbances: 71

Domestic disputes: 25

Arrests: 29

Criminal mischief

A vehicle parked at Bardwell Street and Campus Avenue had a driver’s side window broken at 11:45 p.m. May 19.

Two bird feeders at 115 Strawberry Ave. were destroyed overnight May 15-16.

A vehicle parked at 103 College St. was keyed overnight May 19-20.

The Enterprise Foundry at 40 South Ave. had windows broken over the weekend May 15-18.

A vehicle parked at 95 Horton St. was keyed overnight May 18-19.

A trellis at the garden at the Lewiston High School was damaged prior to 3:30 p.m. May 18.

The ice cream vending machine at Lewiston High School was damaged between noon May 9 and noon May 11.

An apartment at 141 Bartlett St. had a window pushed in between 11:30 p.m. May 16 and 9:30 a.m. May 17.

Three windows of an apartment at 78 Pierce St. were broken before 3 a.m. May 16.

Several vehicles parked at 199 Bartlett St. had their windows broken at 2:45 a.m. May 16 by someone throwing rocks.

Thefts

A red Raleigh bicycle was stolen from outside of the Milliken House at 11 Campus Ave. between 6 p.m. May 19 and 9:30 a.m. May 20. A bicycle security chain was cut to free it.

An employee of the Dollar Tree at 1035 Lisbon St. had their purse stolen before 2:30 p.m. May 21.

A bicycle was stolen from the porch of 76 Howard St. overnight May 16-17.

A customer of Del’s had their purse stolen before 3 p.m. May 17.

A red and black Mongoose full suspension bicycle was stolen from the hallway of 48 Knox St. overnight May 16-17.

Advertisement

Burglaries

An office at the Alumni Gym at 124 Central Ave. was burglarized before 11 a.m. May 15 and a laptop computer was taken from inside.

An apartment at 213 Webster St. was burglarized before 5 p.m. May 17.

An office at 1 College St. had damage done to its door during an apparent attempted burglary overnight May 20-21.

Aggravated assault arrest

Officers responded to Maple and Knox streets at 11:15 p.m. May 16 for a report of a man down and bleeding from the face. They discovered a man suffering from a severe assault. A local juvenile was arrested and charged with aggravated assault.

Gross sexual assault arrest

Joshua Whitlock, 30, was arrested on four counts of gross sexual assault and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor at 10:48 a.m. May 16. The alleged victim is a 2-year-old child.

Advertisement

Kidnapping arrest

Lance Richards, 32, was arrested on a charge of burglary, criminal mischief, cultivating marijuana, domestic violence assault, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and kidnapping at 1:52 a.m. May 19 at 68 Bradley St. The alleged victim reported he came to her residence, became violent and made threats to her life. She escaped.

Operating after suspension arrests

Mukhtar Sheikh-Yousef, 20, was arrested on a charge of operating after suspension and violating conditions of release at 1:39 p.m. May 17 at Spruce and Knox streets.

Dennis McLellan, 33, was arrested on a charge of operating after habitual offender status at 10:13 p.m. May 18 at 186 Lisbon St.

Wayne Bailey, 37, was arrested on a charge of operating without a license at 12:10 a.m. May 22 at 88 College St.

Operating under the influence arrests

Kayla Valsecchi, 21, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence at 2:10 a.m. May 18 at Oak and Elm streets.

Marc Chamberlain, 28, was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence and unlawful possession of schedule drugs at 12:51 a.m. May 17 at Lisbon and Main streets.

Claude Plourde, 47, was arrested on a charge of operating under the Influence at 1:16 a.m. May 20 at Webster Street and East Avenue.

Wanted

Nicholas Lowell, 20, is wanted on a warrant charging failure to appear for violating conditions of release.

Ronald Baker, 45, is wanted on a warrant charging failure to appear for operating under the influence.

Michael Blouin, 50, is wanted on a warrant charging domestic assault.

Please notify LPD immediately at 207-784-6421 or e-mail mdornelio@ci.lewiston.me. with any information.


Only subscribers are eligible to post comments. Please subscribe or login first for digital access. Here’s why.

Use the form below to reset your password. When you've submitted your account email, we will send an email with a reset code.