Two Bridges inmates face drug charges

Two men indicted by a Kennebec County grand jury in February are among a group of a half-dozen inmates charged with trafficking in illegal contraband at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.

John W. Grotton, 26, of Augusta, was charged May 11 with trafficking in prison contraband, Maj. Ken Mason of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Grotton also was charged with violating conditions of release.

Jacob D. Russell, 27, of Bass Harbor, was charged May 16 with trafficking in prison contraband.
Police did not specify what the contraband was.

The charges stem from a joint investigation by Detective Sgt. Kenneth Hatch of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and Sgt. Robert Banks of Two Bridges Regional Jail.

Grotton was indicted in Kennebec County Superior Court on 93 charges, including 40 counts of burglary, 38 counts of theft by unauthorized taking, 13 counts of violation of condition of release and one count each of stealing drugs and attempted burglary. The burglaries occurred last fall across central Maine.

Russell was indicted on charges arson, aggravated criminal mischief, leaving the scene of an accident, four counts each of theft by unauthorized taking and burglary of a motor vehicle and one count each of operating after suspension and driving to endanger, all May 22, 2010, in Augusta, China and Winslow.

Four other men were arrested as a result of the investigation, Mason said. All were charged with trafficking in prison contraband.

Augusta
May 14
A 39-year-old woman was charged with marijuana possession and illegal possession of prescription drugs. The woman was a passenger in a car stopped on Route 9 for driving with a turn signal on without turning.
A 30-year-old Augusta man was charged with operating after suspension during a traffic stop on U.S. Route 202.
Monday
At 5:07 p.m., there was an accident on North Belfast Avenue.
6:26 p.m., there was an accident on Capitol Street.
6:40 p.m., there was a report of disorderly conduct at Williams Playground on Quimby Street.
8:59 p.m., there was a report of a disturbance on Boothby Street.
Tuesday
At 7:36 a.m., mischief was reported at Cony High School on Pierce Drive.
11:08 a.m., there was an accident on Memorial Circle.
11:38 a.m., mischief was reported at the Maine Army National Guard on Western Avenue.
1:26 p.m., there was a report of a domestic disturbance on Fowler Street.
1:54 p.m., there was a complaint involving juveniles at the Maine State Board of Bar Examiners on Court Street.
4:25 p.m., there was an accident at the intersection of Weeks Mills Road and North Belfast Avenue.
4:44 p.m., a person was reported missing from Gage Street.

Belgrade
Monday
At 12:25 p.m., theft was reported on Barnett Way.
4:03 p.m., theft was reported on Smithfield Road.

China
Thursday
A 36-year-old man was charged with negotiating a worthless instrument by police responding to a report of a bad check being written at a Route 3 store. The charged man confessed to writing the checks and was given five days to pay the store, police said.
Friday
Police responded to a hit-and-run crash in the parking lot of a Route 3 crash.
Police responded to a theft complaint at a Route 3 business. Sometime between May 15 and May 18, someone broke into a utility truck and took several tools, police said. The truck was parked in a pole yard owned by Fair Point Communications across the street from Greg’s Restaurant.
Police responded to Wing Road after someone slashed the rear tires of a vehicle the night of May 16.
A 22-year-old man was charged with criminal mischief after cracking a car’s windshield with a rocked kicked up while the man was doing burnouts on Pleasant View Ridge Road.
Four people, including a 20- and an 18-year-old and three juveniles were each charged with illegal possession of liquor by a minor during a traffic stop for a loud exhaust on Route 3.
Saturday
A 56-year-old man was charged with operating after suspension during a traffic stop for an expired sticker on Route 3.
A 23-year-old man was charged with sale and use of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop on Route 3.
Sunday
A 34-year-old Unity man was charged with sale and use of drug paraphernalia and possession of a useable amount of marijuana after his car was pulled over on Route 3 for failing to stop for a stop sign.

Farmingdale
Monday
At 5:47 p.m., theft was reported on Louden Street.

Gardiner
Monday
At 10:20 a.m., there was a report of a burglary at a Technology Drive business. The report proved false.
2:40 p.m., there was a report of suspicious activity on Highland Avenue.

Pittston
May 16
A 61-year-old woman was charged with driving a car with an expired registration greater than 150 days during a traffic stop on Route 27. The woman told police she shared the car with her son and that he had applied online to renew the car’s registration. The registration had been expired since August.
Saturday
Deidra Plummer, 20, of Palermo, was charged with operating under the influence after a traffic stop on Route 27.

Randolph
May 16
A 44-year-old man was charged with driving a car with an expired registration greater than 150 days during a traffic stop on Route 126.

Richmond
May 14
At 10:06 a.m., there was a report of truancy on Main Street.
2:57 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Dingley Road.
May 15
At 2:49 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Lincoln Street.
10:03 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on High Street.
May 16
At 9:48 a.m., there was a report of suspicious activity on High Street.
1:21 p.m., trespassing was reported on Alexander Reed Road.
3:39 p.m., there was a report of threatening on Brunswick Road.
7:28 p.m., there was a report of a suicidal person on Beech Street.
10:58 p.m., there was a report of suspicious activity on Front Street.
Friday
At 1:05 p.m., theft was reported on Toothaker Road.
2:11 p.m., there was a report of a weapon offense on Main Street. 
6:55 p.m., theft was reported on Brunswick Road.
7:49 p.m., there was a complaint involving an animal on Kimball Street.
9:41 p.m., there was a complaint involving an animal on Lincoln Street.
Saturday
At 1:25 a.m., there was a report of disorderly conduct on Springer Street.
6:51 p.m., there was a complaint involving an animal on Mallard Drive.
Sunday
At 10:44 a.m., fraud was reported on Rokell Farm Road.
7:54 p.m., there was a report of disorderly conduct on Front Street.
Monday
At 10:10 a.m., there was a complaint involving an animal on Brunswick Road.
11:15 a.m., suspicious activity was reported on Post Road.
3:22 p.m., there was a report of a suicidal person on Pleasant Street.
4:42 p.m., theft was reported on Grants Drive.

Sidney
Monday
At 8:01 p.m., a burglar alarm sounded at a Lyons Road business.
West Gardiner
Monday
At 12:01 p.m., there was an accident on High Street.

Whitefield
Sunday
There was a report of stolen ground wires to a Central Maine Power transformer. The wire is worth about $1,500.
A 38-year-old Chelsea man was thrown from his 2002 Harley Davidson motorcycle when he attempted to pass a turning car on Grand Army Road. A report did not indicate whether the motorcycle drive was injured.

Windsor
May 13
Police responded to a complaint at an Augusta/Rockland Road business after someone stole five to 10 gallons of regular gasoline from an above-ground tank. Similar thefts occurred three other times during the previous two weeks. Police are investigating.
Thursday
Police responded to a theft report at a Ridge Road store after a woman left the store around 2 p.m., with a package or residential wiring worth about $400. 

Arrests

Augusta
Tuesday
At 3:04 p.m., Laura R. Penney, 32, of Augusta, was arrested on a warrant, on Crosby Street Place.

China
Saturday
Micha Kanaris, 28, was arrested on a charged of operating under the influence, on Route 3.

Dresden
Thursday
Albert Landry, 37, of Dresden, was arrested on a charge of violating conditions of release, on Carriage Court.

Gardiner
Monday
At 6:53 p.m., Linus Joseph Nicholas, 51, of Gardiner, was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct, on Beech Street.

Jefferson
Friday
Robert O. Rector Jr., 38, of Jefferson, was arrested on a warrant and a charge of failure to register or update information, on North Clary Road.

Richmond
Saturday
At 8:48 a.m., Nathanul Hobart, 21, of Gardiner, was arrested on warrants charging refusing to submit to arrest or detention and unpaid fines.