The Waldoboro Police Department reports the following activity for the period of April 25 to May 5:
Arrest
Kenneth St. Pierre, 31, Waldoboro, warrant, May 2.
Accidents
April 25: Officer Thomas Bartunek investigated an accident on Depot Street at 12:06 a.m. Alan Blackington, 43, of Waldoboro, was driving a 2000 Toyota pickup truck north and ran off the side of the road, striking a Central Maine Power Co. pole.
April 26: Sgt. Jamie Wilson investigated an accident on Stagecoach Road at 4:45 p.m. Robert Buck, 15, was driving a 2001 Volvo sedan east on Stagecoach Road. The vehicle was fishtailing as Buck accelerated on the dirt road. The vehicle went around a corner, slid into the ditch on the opposite side of the road, rolled onto its driver’s side, and its roof struck a large tree.
May 3: Officer Andrew Santheson investigated an accident on Jefferson Street at 10:28 a.m. Corydan Hawkes, 42, of Harspwell, was driving a 2016 Chevrolet pickup truck. Carol Gammon, 62, of Warren, was driving a 2007 Toyota sedan. Hawkes was backing up a gravel hill to exit a business. Gammon’s unoccupied vehicle was legally parked at the top of the hill in a small parking area. Hawkes backed to the right and failed to avoid the Gammon vehicle.
May 4: Sgt. Wilson investigated an accident on Atlantic Highway at 7:50 p.m. C. Dale Flint, 63, of Union, was driving a 2015 Ford sedan north on Atlantic Highway. A deer ran into the roadway and struck the vehicle in its front driver’s side corner.
May 5: Sgt. Wilson investigated an accident on Old Route 1 at 4:10 p.m. Lavonne Beal, 80, of Waldoboro, was driving a 2004 Pontiac sedan. Beal was pulling into a parking space at Coles Hills Apartments when Beal accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake pedal. The vehicle hit a small steel table, an outdoor gas grill, and a steel lamp post. Beal tried to contact the owners of the items and came into the station the next day to report the accident.
May 6: Officer Fuller investigated an accident on Depot Street at 2:36 p.m. Nicholas Deschesne, 18, of Waldoboro, was driving a 2011 Chevrolet sedan when he fell asleep. The vehicle went off the roadway and struck a power pole guide wire, a shrub, and a lawn embankment before coming to rest.
Investigations
April 28: Officer Jeffery Fuller investigated a report from The Big Apple of a $10 gasoline drive-off.
May 1: Officer Fuller investigated a report of a theft of a boat cradle.
May 3: Sgt. Wilson investigated a report that someone broke the complainant’s window.
May 5: Sgt. Wilson investigated a report that someone damaged the complainant’s grill and picnic table.
May 6: Officer Fuller investigated a report of a theft of medication.
Officers responded to 311 calls for service.
