Troop B Weekly Report 02/17/2020-02/23/2020

Incident Type: FIREARM RELATED INCIDENT

Date:                           2/23/2020

Town:                          Freeport                                 

Trooper:                     TR. JAMES

Brief Synopsis:            Tr. James received a traffic complainant of a vehicle speeding and slowing in Falmouth on I295.  The driver of the erratic vehicle waved a gun at the complainant when she passed the vehicle. Tr. James conducted a felony stop on Robert Zinger (24) of Sidney in Freeport on I295. A loaded 9mm Smith & Wesson was located in the vehicle. Zinger first stated he wasn’t waving it around and then admitted to having it in his hand because the other vehicle was scaring him. The gun was confiscated, and Zinger was charged with Criminal Threatening with a Dangerous Weapon.

 

Incident Type: OUI

Date:                           2/19/2020

Town:                          Naples

Trooper:                    CPL. HINK

Brief Synopsis:            Cpl. Hink noticed a white Ford sedan on the side of the road on Rt.302 with a person leaning over the center console.  Cpl. Hink stopped to check the male to see if he was ok.  During the investigation, Cpl. Hink learned that the male had stopped at a store a few hours prior, bought a pint of vodka, went to his AA meeting in South Portland, drank half the bottle in the parking lot and drove to Naples where he lives from the meeting.  Cpl. Hink arrested the male for operating under the influence and transported him to Bridgton PD for a breath test. He was charged with Operating Under the Influence and Operating After Suspension. 

 

Incident Type: ARREST - OTHER

Date:                           2/23/2020

Town:                          Freeport

Trooper:                     Tr. James

Brief Synopsis:            Tr. James stopped Brad Skeean (24) of Portland on I295 in Freeport for having an expired registration. It was determined the vehicle’s registration was also suspended due to toll violations. Skeean was charged accordingly and the vehicle was towed.

 

Incident Type: OAS

Date:                           2/17/2020

Town:                          South Portland

Trooper:                     DET. ROYLE

Brief Synopsis:            Det. Royle initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle being operated on I-295 NB at 82 Mph in a posted 55 Mph limit.  The male operator identified as CORMIER, JONATHAN M (37) was found to have a SUSPENDED license. CORMIER was served a USAC for OPERATING AFTER SUSPENSION (OAS).

 

Incident Type: ARREST - TRAFFIC

Date:                           2/22/2020

Town:                          South Portland

Trooper:                     DET. ROYLE

Brief Synopsis:            Det. Royle initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle being operated on I-295 NB at 77 Mph in a posted 55 Mph limit.  The male operator identified as DE LOS REYES (31) was found to have no valid license. REYES was served a USAC for OPERATING WITHOUT A LICENSE. REYES was also served a VSAC for the speeding violation, no insurance and no inspection.   
 

Incident Type: CRIMINAL SPEED

Date:                           2/22/2020

Town:                          Portland

Trooper:                     DET. ROYLE

Brief Synopsis:            Det. Royle initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle being operated on I-295 NB at 82 Mph in a posted 50 Mph limit.  The female operator identified as GALLANT, STEPHANIE D (40) was found to have no valid license. GALLANT was served USAC for EXCEEDING POSTED SPEED LIMIT BY 30+ MPH.  GALLANNT was also served a VSAC for FT produce evidence of insurance.

     

Incident Type: Troop B

Date:   Week of 02/16/2020-02/23/2020

Town:  I 295 Corridor

Brief Synopsis:  Over the Course of the week Troopers on 295 covered 8 Non reportable crashes; 32 Property damage crashes; and 5 Injury crashes.