Bridgton Police blotter

These items appeared on the Fryeburg Police Department log (this is a partial listing):

Monday, April 20

3:18 a.m. Suspicious activity on Portland Road.

10:17 a.m. Custodial interference (failure of parent to drop off children); Officer Swiatek responded.

1:23 p.m. 9-1-1 hang-up on Harrison Road.

4:12 p.m. 9-1-1 hang-up on Luck Grove.

5:36 p.m. 9-1-1 hang-up on Ingalls Road.

5:52 p.m. Phone scam; caller tried to get resident to send a money order.

6:09 p.m. Simple assault complaint on South High Street; Officers Muise and Regis, and Sgt. Reese responded.

9:28 p.m. Noise complaint (neighbor using a chainsaw) on South High Street.

Tuesday, April 21

10:18 a.m. Motor vehicle crash in Walgreens parking lot.

11:52 a.m. 9-1-1 hang-up on Muirfield Drive.

4:05 p.m. Request for officer to “keep the peace” while tenant moves out of a South High Street unit.

Wednesday, April 23

12:07 a.m. Parking problem (van in the Emergency area lot blocking MRI trailer’s access) at hospital.

7:03 a.m. Suspicious person on North High Street; police learned it was a worker who was there to paint.

6:27 p.m. Mental health event  on Quarry Road.

6:48 p.m. Sgt. Jones and Cumberland County Deputy Feeney responded to the Hannaford parking lot for a welfare check regarding man sitting in a vehicle, acting “very erratic.” The man reportedly left the vehicle, “scratching himself all over” and being loud. He allegedly “took his pants off at one point.”

7:14 p.m. Attempt to locate a Buick, reportedly “swerving into the other lane” on Route 302, traveling from Naples to Bridgton.

9:57 p.m. Juvenile problem (subject reportedly out of control and intoxicated) on Sandy Creek Road.

Thursday, April 24

8:13 a.m. Water District worked on a broken line on Pine Street. Roadway closed.

3:39 p.m. Citizen assist (disposal of a bullet) on Main Street.

4:10 p.m. Report of an illegal dump site on a trail off Sam Ingalls Road.

5:55 p.m. Welfare check on Brookdale Road.

7:34 p.m. Police assisted a county deputy to locate fleeing vehicle from a disturbance (alleged assault and property damage) in Baldwin.

10:01 p.m. Suspicious situation on Highland Road.

11:50 p.m. Disturbance at a Main Street residence. Subject located at the cemetery on Kansas Road, who told police he left the residence following an argument with his brother, who reportedly was intoxicated and had caused damage to the residence.

Friday, April 25

8:09 a.m. Criminal trespass and theft on Pond Road.

8:21 a.m. Request to remove subject from Main Street address.

9:52 a.m. Attempt to locate white Chevy reportedly “all over the road” on Mountain Road and North High Street.

9:54 a.m. Criminal mischief (house was “egged”) on Cross Street.

10:32 a.m. Attempt to locate vehicle that reportedly struck a car at McDonald’s.

11:10 a.m. Assist citizen with sex registry registration.

11:35 a.m. Attempt to locate “disoriented” male on Harrison Road.

1:50 p.m. Welfare check on Walker Street.

3:23 p.m. Threatening (“creepy messages” and texts) complaint on Fowler Street.

3:49 p.m. Threatening complaint (involving teens) on Cross Street.

6:43 p.m. Speed complaint on “sharp corner” on Burnham Road.

9:01 p.m. Assist county deputy with arrest warrant served at Main Street location.

9:08 p.m. Weapons offense (five gunshots) on Norman Lane area.

9:18 p.m. Noise complaint (loud party and fireworks) on Whitetail Ridge.

Saturday, April 16

9:21 a.m. Driveway light vandalized on Harrison Road.

10:09 a.m. Fire at transfer station.

11:19 a.m. Fraud complaint (money scam) reported by Holden Hills resident.

12:33 p.m. Community policing detail by Officer Regis on Main and Depot Streets.

1:28 p.m. Report of a man blowing dirt from his driveway onto North High Street causing a potential traffic hazard. Fryeburg Police passed the information to BPD after receiving the report from a motorcyclist.

2:07 p.m. Criminal mischief report on Middle Ridge Road.

3:07 p.m. Traffic hazard (line of small rocks) on Bruce Warren Lane.

3:35 p.m. A Ford Expedition struck a parked vehicle in the Hannaford parking lot.

4:36 p.m. Suspicious person report on Main Street.

6:50 p.m. Police were notified that noises could be heard at a vacant home in South Bridgton. Officer Regis dispatched.

7:36 p.m. Assault complaint on Walker Street; Officers Swiatek, Regis, McCloud and Mailman responded. Suspect reportedly broke a door and glass, and allegedly struck a male subject.

8:41 p.m. Domestic assault (two female subjects) situation on North Bridgton Road; Officers Regis and McCloud responded.

9:40 p.m. Noise complaint (originally reported as a loud party, but police found a family around a fire pit having conversations, no music) on Knights Hill Road. 

Sunday, April 27

10:18 a.m. Theft of two shotguns from a Main Street location.

4:59 p.m. Attempt to locate white Nissan, which reportedly tried to run caller off the road on Portland Road.

6:36 p.m. Missing person report (male who had left Garden Way on foot and had not returned); Officer Regis and Sgt. Reese handled the call.

8:13 p.m. Animal problem on Harrison Road.