RICHMOND — Police are looking for a pickup truck reportedly used to steal a load of firewood from a U.S. Route 201 homeowner Monday morning.
Officer Josh Staples said a homeowner spotted a couple men loading the cut and split firewood into a pickup truck around 7:45 a.m. after her husband left for work. Staples said the men may have believed nobody was home because the family has just one vehicle.
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The men fled when the woman scurried out of the house to confront them. Staples said the woman tripped and fell down the stairs, suffering a minor knee injury.
The homeowner estimated the men took at least two wheelbarrow’s worth of wood.
Staples said the black truck was a Chevrolet S-10 or Ford Ranger. Staples said the home is not visible to any neighbors.
Staples asked anyone with information to call him at the Police Department at 737-8518.
Augusta
Sunday
At 4:51 p.m., an intoxicated person was reported on Bangor Street.
8:18 p.m., a 30-year-old Augusta woman was charged with theft by police responding to a shoplifting complaint at Walmart on Civic Center Drive.
10:11 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on State Street.
11:15 p.m., an assault was reported on Dam Pond Road.
Monday
At 1:49 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Parkview Terrace.
2:40 a.m., there was a report of a burglary from a vehicle parked on Gage Street.
4:46 a.m., injury was reported after a crash on Hospital Street.
11:17 a.m., fraud was reported at Target on Crossing Way.
11:30 a.m., there was an accident on Cony Circle.
12:36 p.m., shoplifting was reported at KMart on Western Avenue.
12:44 p.m., theft was reported at Darling Chrysler Dodge Hyundai on Western Avenue.
1:37 p.m., fraud was reported on Franklin Street.
2:45 p.m., there was an accident on Abenaki Road.
Belgrade
Friday
At 11:12 a.m., there was a 911 hang-up on Augusta Road.
9:18 p.m., there was an accident on Route 27.
Saturday
At 6:59 p.m., a burglar alarm sounded on Castle Island Road.
Sunday
At 2:27 a.m., a burglar alarm sounded on Sebago Drive.
Chelsea
Sunday
At 11:45 p.m., there was an accident on Hallowell Road.
China
Sunday
At 6:57 a.m., a vehicle being driven by Daniel Erwin Chase, 29, of Windsor, was involved in a crash on Parmenter Hill Road. Chase was charged with operating under the influence and failing to give motor vehicle accident information.
1:35 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Route 3.
5:11 p.m., an assault was reported on Maple Grove Road.
Gardiner
Friday
At 2:55 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Harrison Avenue.
9:54 p.m., a burglary was reported on Highland Avenue.
Saturday
At 10:13 a.m., a burglar alarm sounded at Bank of Maine on Enterprise Avenue.
6:02 p.m., an assault was reported on Blueberry Hill Lane.
11:08 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on West Street.
Sunday
At 11:16 a.m., suspicious activity was reported at Rite Aid on Spring Street.
3:31 p.m., there was an accident on Maine Avenue.
5:44 p.m., juvenile offenses were reported on Spring Street.
Monday
At 12:09 a.m., there was an accident on Enterprise Avenue.
8:10 a.m., a burglar alarm sounded on River Avenue.
Litchfield
Friday
At 6:15 p.m., a burglar alarm sounded on Lewiston Road.
11:52 p.m., a burglar alarm sounded on Buker Road.
Manchester
Friday
At 9:08 a.m., a burglar alarm sounded at Maine Dental Association on Association Drive.
Saturday
At 9:18 p.m., there was a 911 hang-up on Scribner Hill Road.
Monmouth
Friday
At 5:04 p.m., there was an accident at U.S. Route 202 and Route 132.
5:35 p.m., there was a 911 hang-up on Route 135.
7:54 p.m., a person was reported missing from Norris Hill Road.
Saturday
At 12:51 p.m., a burglar alarm sounded on Wilson Pond Road.
Mount Vernon
Friday
At 9:54 a.m., there was an accident on North Road.
Saturday
At 12:08 p.m., injury was reported after a crash on Belgrade Road.
Pittston
Sunday
At 11:58 a.m., theft was reported on Pinkham Road.
Randolph
Sunday
At 6:24 p.m., there was an accident on Water Street.
Readfield
Friday
At 3:22 p.m., there was a 911 hang-up at Readfield Elementary School on South Road.
Sidney
Friday
At 3:43 p.m., there was an accident at Birch Circle.
Saturday
At 1:59 a.m., injury was reported after a crash on Belgrade Road.
Wayne
Friday
At 12:34 p.m., a burglar alarm sounded on Main Street.
9:20 p.m., injury was reported after a crash on Main Street.
West Gardiner
Friday
At 6:11 p.m., suspicious activity was reported on Terri Lane.
Windsor
Sunday
At 4:37 p.m., injury was reported after a crash on Weeks Mills Road.
Arrests
Gardiner
Friday
At 4:06 p.m., Christian Wendell Brackett, 40, of Gardiner, was arrested on a warrant on Brunswick Avenue.
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