A woman’s attempts to avoid police triggered a report of suspicious activity that then led to her arrest on Thursday afternoon.

Gardiner police received a call from Summer Street reporting that a woman was seen climbing into the trunk of a car. Then two other people got into the car and drove off with the woman in the trunk.

Police stopped the car near the Gardiner-Randolph bridge and found that the woman in the trunk was Staci Ann King, 28, of Litchfield.

There were four warrants out for King’s arrest, and she was a suspect in a forgery case Gardiner police had been investigating. Chief James Toman said King has been traveling in car trunks to avoid arrest.

King was arrested on the warrants and was charged with unlawful possession of a scheduled drug because she had a hypodermic needle on her that showed traces of a drug, Toman said. She also was charged with forgery in connection to the department’s investigation into forged prescriptions.

Toman said he appreciates the attentiveness of the person who called the department.

“If it wasn’t for that person being heads up in reporting something suspicious — and that was certainly something suspicious — then we’d probably still be looking for her, and she’d probably still be out committing additional crimes and trying to acquire drugs by any means possible,” he said.

AUGUSTA

Thursday at 4:01 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Cony Road.

6:37 p.m., a theft was reported on Crosby Street.

7:25 p.m., a theft was reported on North Street.

7:53 p.m., a theft was reported on Boothby Street.

Friday at 12:10 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Boothby Street.

3:06 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Northern Avenue.

8:18 a.m., there was a missing persons report at Glenridge Gardens Apartments on Glendridge Drive.

9:37 a.m., criminal trespass was reported at the Workers Compensation Board office on Stone Street.

9:49 a.m., there was a fire alarm at the Blaine House on State Street.

10:49 a.m., there was a fire alarm at the Alfond Center for Health on Medical Center Parkway.

11:30 a.m., shoplifting was reported at Shaw’s supermarket on Western Avenue.

1 p.m., criminal trespass was reported at Goodwill Industries on Leighton Road.

1:02 p.m., a theft was reported at Riverfront Barbeque and Grille on Water Street.

1:09 p.m., a theft was reported on Chapel Street.

1:32 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Oxford Street.

2:03 p.m., there was a fire alarm at Cumberland Farms on Mount Vernon Avenue.

3:28 p.m., a past burglary was reported on Chapel Street.

4:26 p.m., there was a fire alarm at Cote’s apartments on Water Street.

LITCHFIELD

Thursday at 10:11 a.m., an assault was reported on Nutting Lane.

MONMOUTH

Thursday at 7:54 p.m., a burglary was reported on Main Street.

WAYNE

Thursday at 3:12 p.m., a vehicle struck a deer on Kents Hill Road.

ARRESTS

AUGUSTA

Friday at 11:30 a.m., Steven K. Jasper, 38, of Augusta, was arrested on a warrant and charged with theft by receiving stolen property after police responded to a report of shoplifting at Shaw’s supermarket on Western Avenue.

12:10 p.m., Holly Chapman, 39, of Augusta, was charged with having a habitually truant student at Lincoln Elementary School on Lincoln Street.

1:02 p.m., Bobbie-Jo L. Rollins, 38, of Augusta, was charged with theft by unauthorized taking or transfer. Police were responding to a report of theft at Riverfront Barbeque and Grille on Water Street.

BELGRADE

Thursday at 9:39 p.m., Glen A. Carlow, 42, of Oakland, was charged with violating conditions of release.

GARDINER

7:35 p.m., Shannon Aheard, 44, of South Gardiner, was charged with operating under the influence after being stopped by police on Warren Avenue. Police had received a report of a possible drunk driver.

8:58 p.m., Donna L. Christopher, 42, of Bowdoinham, was charged with operating under the influence after crashing her car on U.S. Route 201.