Lt. John A. Allen reports for the Wiscasset Police Department for the weeks of July 10 through August 2:
There were 201 incident reports that were taken and/or investigated; of these were – four burglaries, 10 citizen assists, three thefts, 15 motorist assists, one fraud, 11 business assists, one disorderly conduct, 16 law enforcement agency assists, three harassments, 46 property checks, 10 suspicious activities, two ambulance assists, seven business alarms, 33 traffic offenses and/or erratic operations, three family altercations, 11 motor vehicle accidents – seven non-reportable, one trespass, two unwanted subjects, four arrests/and or summons, two loud noise complaints, two animal problems, two 9-1-1 hang-up checks, one criminal mischief, one threatening, one probation violation, one pedestrian assist, one unwanted subject and one loud noise complaint.
On Aug. 1 Officer Mike Smith investigated an accident that occurred on Rt. 1 involving Ralph A. Farnsworth, 29, of Claremont, N.H. Farnsworth was making a left hand turn into the Clipper Mart parking lot and struck the traffic island with curb causing damage underneath the vehicle. Damage to his 2010 Subaru (registered owner Lindsay Batchelder) estimated at 41,000.
On July 31 Lt. Allen arrested Shannon M. Mahan, 20, of Pemaquid for criminal trespass and escape.
On July 31 Officer Simmons issued a civil summons to Jason T. McPhail, 37, of Topsham for possession of a usable amount of marijuana.
On Aug. 1 Officer Simmons arrested Richard Merritt, 54, of Thorndike on a Washington County warrant for failure to appear.
