Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Police Logs

Maine State Police and Hancock County Sheriff's Office Press Releases

Jan 30, 2024

The following incidents occurred in Bar Harbor and Mount Desert last week according to the Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Police Department police logs, which is publicly released information.

Monday, January 22, 2024

Officer Caleb Mora responded to the report of a disabled motorist in Somesville, but the vehicle was gone by the time he arrived.

Mental Health Liaison Melissa Tozier met with a community member in Bar Harbor who had concerns regarding mental illness.

Officer Shelby O’Neil took a report of an animal problem in Bar Harbor. No further information or disposition was given.

Officer Nathan Formby was advised of a trespassing complaint in Bar Harbor. It is currently under investigation.

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Officer Ted Cake was asked to try and do a well-being check on a person that may be in Bar Harbor. Officer Cake was unable to locate the person.

Officer Kaleb Payson was requested to do a well-being check on a person in Mount Desert and found that person to be all set.

MHL Tozier did a wellness check on an elderly resident in Bar Harbor.

Officer Caleb Mora attempted to have a vehicle that was inhibiting construction in Bar Harbor moved but could not locate the owner.

Officer Payson handled a municipal ordinance violation in Mount Desert.

Officer T. Cake was asked to perform a well-being check on a person that was supposed to be in Bar Harbor. Officer Cake contacted a family member on the phone and found out that the person was fine.

An officer went to a Bar Harbor residence for a requested welfare check but could not locate the subject of the check.

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Officer Amie Torrey assisted the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit with a case in Bar Harbor.

Officers assisted the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency in Mount Desert.

Officer Elias Burne responded to a citizen assist in Mount Desert. No further information or disposition was given.

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Lukas Keene, 22, of Bar Harbor, was driving a 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee on Sweet Fern Road in Bar Harbor when he allegedly failed to negotiate a slight right-hand turn due to icy road conditions. The Jeep left the roadway, struck a series of small trees, rolled over, and came to rest upright. There was no reported personal injury. The Jeep sustained significant damage and was towed from the scene.

Timothy Howie, 32, of Franklin, was driving a 2021 GMC pickup east on Peabody Drive in Mount Desert when a deer entered the roadway and was allegedly struck by Howie. There was no reported personal injury and the deer ran off. The truck sustained disabling damage to the front end and was towed from the scene.

Officer Tim Bland assisted with morning traffic at the school crosswalk in Bar Harbor.

Officer T. Cake received a report regarding a motor vehicle in Bar Harbor. The complaint is under investigation.

MHL Tozier spoke with someone in Bar Harbor about housing resources.

Officer Formby spoke with someone in Bar Harbor regarding credit card fraud and provided them with information for future interactions.

Officer Bland assisted another agency with looking for a vehicle in Bar Harbor but was unable to locate the vehicle.

Officer Judson Cake warned a woman in Bar Harbor for operating after suspension.

Officer J. Cake assisted the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office with a fatal motor vehicle crash in Trenton.

Officer Michael Allen assisted a neighboring law enforcement agency with a death notification in Mount Desert.

Friday, January 26, 2024

Officer Jerrod Hardy took a complaint of a dog running loose on Norway Drive in Bar Harbor. A good samaritan caught the dog and reunited it with its owner.

George Rasberry, 50, of Orland, Maine, was driving an Acadia National Park vehicle, a 2005 Dodge pickup, on Eagle Lake Road in Bar Harbor when the vehicle went off the road. There was no given explanation for why the truck went off the road. There was no reported personal injury. The truck sustained minor damage to the front passenger side from striking a tree and was towed back onto the roadway by other park service employees.

Officer J. Cake responded to a report of a manhole cover having come off in Bar Harbor but could not locate any missing manhole covers.

Officer Burne assisted another agency at MDI Hospital.

Officer J. Cake spoke with someone in Bar Harbor regarding a landlord tenant issue.

A Bar Harbor resident reported suspicious activity near their residence but responding officers could not locate anything suspicious.

Saturday, January 27, 2024

Officers responded to a report of a fight on Cottage Street in Bar Harbor. After investigation, it was determined that no physical contact had occurred. Three people were issued disorderly conduct warnings.

MHL Tozier checked on an elderly Bar Harbor resident.

A bicycle came off a vehicle in Bar Harbor and the owner returned to pick it up about an hour later.

STATE POLICE PRESS RELEASES

These are the Maine State Police press releases from the last few days. The Bar Harbor Story will include this each week though most (and sometimes all) do not occur in Bar Harbor.

Maine Capitol Police investigate suspicious package at Cross Building

On Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at approximately 4:20 pm, Capitol Police responded to an office on the fourth floor of the Cross Building in Augusta after a white powdery substance was discovered in a piece of mail during regular processing. Capitol Police were able to clear the fourth floor and there was no further impact to the rest of the Cross Building or the State House which both remained open. The Augusta Police and Fire Departments, the Maine State Police, the Department of Environmental Protection, and the National Guard Civil Support Team (CST) responded to assist. The powder was safely secured and field tested on-site. All tests were negative. No one was injured. The incident remains under investigation.

The envelope that contained a white powdery substance and tested negative was opened in an office at the Bureau of Corporations, Elections, and Commissions which is located on the fourth floor of the Cross Building. Given the location the Bureau of Motor Vehicles will be the lead investigative agency.

Maine State Police Investigates Wrong Way Driver and Related Crash on I-95

On Thursday, January 25, 2024, at approximately 12:21 p.m., the Augusta Regional Communications Center started receiving calls about a white 2019 Chevy Silverado traveling northbound in the southbound lanes on I-95 near mile marker 127. Troopers were responding when they received a report of a tractor-trailer crash that happened at mile marker 131 southbound in Fairfield. The initial investigation indicates that the tractor trailer was traveling southbound in the passing lane when the driver saw the white pickup truck driving towards him in the passing lane the wrong way. The driver of the tractor-trailer was able to avoid the truck.

He slammed on his brakes and swerved to the left which caused the tractor-trailer to roll over in the median. The wrong way driver continued northbound in the southbound lanes until he turned around at mile marker 134 and started traveling southbound in the southbound lanes. The driver then exited the Interstate at mile marker 133 where a Clinton police officer spotted the pickup truck and was able to conduct a traffic stop without incident on Route 201 near the restaurant the Purple Cow.

The driver, 71-year-old Randolph Gerry, of Winslow, was charged with driving to endanger and operating the wrong way on a divided highway. He was issued a summons to appear in court at a later date. Officers say Gerry did not show any indications of impairment and there are no known medical conditions at this time. The incident remains under investigation.

The tractor-trailer which was hauling potatoes was registered to River View Transport out of Houlton. The crash at mile marker 131 closed the passing lane.

Fire Marshal’s Office Investigates Intentionally Set Fire at Apartment Building in Clinton

On Wednesday, January 24, 2024, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the Clinton Fire and Police Departments responded to a fire at a muti-unit apartment building at 12 Roderick Road in Clinton. The fire was contained but caused moderate damage to a single apartment in the building. Tenants in the building at the time were able to get out of the building safely. They were also able to re-enter their apartments after the fire was extinguished. The Fire Marshal’s office was requested to respond.

The investigation determined the fire originated in and on a kitchen stove in the apartment where the damage occurred and that the fire was intentionally set. Investigators established that the fire was started by 30-year-old Jamie Perry who is currently living in the apartment in question. Perry was arrested for arson and transported to the Kennebec County Jail. No one was injured in the fire and there were working smoke detectors in the building. Also assisting on scene was the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office.

Maine State Police Arrests New Hampshire Man Wanted For Assault of a Child

On January 19, 2023, officers responded to a residence to assist with a medical emergency. The medical emergency involved a four-year-old boy who sustained apparent serious head and facial injuries.

Detectives were assigned to further the investigation. In the course of the investigation, 25-year-old Jose Gurley was identified as the suspect of a first-degree assault – class A felony. A warrant was applied for and granted charging Gurley with first-degree assault.

Detectives learned that Gurley had fled to the state of Maine. The Nashua detectives coordinated with the Maine State Police and located a vehicle Gurley had been associated with at a residence in Cornish, Maine. Maine State Police applied for a search warrant of the residence and located Gurley. Gurley was arrested without incident on January 26, 2024, by the Maine State Police. Gurley is currently being held at the York County Jail in Maine, awaiting extradition back to New Hampshire.