SOUTHWEST HARBOR — A Trenton man who reportedly tried to steal beer from Gott’s Store on Sept. 17 was arrested a short time later on charges of operating while under the influence of an intoxicant (OUI) and eluding an officer.

An employee called police to report a man had stuffed beer down his pants and attempted to leave the store without paying. As Lt. Mike Miller neared the store in response, he saw the suspect’s vehicle traveling toward downtown Southwest Harbor in the oncoming lane.

Lt. Miller turned his police cruiser in pursuit, putting on the siren and blue lights. The vehicle finally stopped near the Herrick Road and the driver, Adrian Arango, 33, was arrested.

The theft of medication from an unlocked vehicle parked on Forest Avenue was reported Monday.

David Roy, 18, of Washburn was summonsed on a charge of speeding Sunday.

A vehicle at the Harbor Ridge condominiums was broken into on Sept. 19. Exterior lights at the complex also were damaged, police said.

Meryl Nass, 57, of Southwest Harbor and Timothy Lary, 18, of Dexter, were summonsed on speeding charges on Sept. 18 and Sept. 19, respectively.

Jody Woods, 30, of Ellsworth was summonsed Sept. 17 on a charge of operating with an expired driver’s license.

Bar Harbor

Two businesses in Town Hill were broken into sometime Monday night or early Tuesday morning, while a third business was the subject of an attempted burglary, according to police reports.

Mother’s Kitchen takeout restaurant, at the intersection of Gilbert Farm Road and Route 102, apparently was entered through a door, as there were no signs of forced entry at the business. At Salsbury Hardware, located just feet away from the restaurant, a window was broken. Both businesses were robbed of money from their cash registers, said Sgt. David Kerns. He declined to say how much cash was missing.

At MDI Imported Car Service, just down the road on Route 102, police were notified that a security alarm was going off at 12:15 a.m. on Tuesday. Officers found a broken window at the auto repair business but no signs that intruders had entered the building.

The burglaries were still under investigation at press time Wednesday. Sgt. Kerns said that with the current state of the economy and the price of heating oil and gasoline, he anticipates there could be more break-ins than usual this time of year. “We urge people to make sure their doors are locked and not to keep cash on site,” he said.

A 1997 Toyota Corolla reported stolen from a Woodbury Road driveway the night of Sept. 18 was located by Hancock County Sheriff’s Department deputies at a gravel pit in Hancock four days later, on Sept. 22. Police are investigating several leads in the incident. There are conflicting reports as to whether the keys had been left in the vehicle when it was stolen.

Joey A. Kanareff, 24, of Bar Harbor, was summonsed on a charge of sale or use of drug paraphernalia and Aaron M. Howlett, 25, of Mars Hill, on a charge of possession of a useable amount of marijuana after police observed what allegedly appeared to be a drug deal between the two on Main Street on Sept. 17.

James Farley, 21, of Southwest Harbor, was summonsed on a charge of possession of a useable amount of marijuana on the village green on Saturday.

A teenager reporting that he had loaned his iPod to someone who would not return it on Sept. 16, was discovered by police to have traded the device for cigarettes.

Jason E. Lovley, 37, of Bar Harbor, was arrested on a warrant out of York County for failure to appear after he was involved in an altercation behind a Rodick Place bar Sept. 16.

Half a dozen cans of gasoline were reported stolen from a shed on the Cromwell Harbor Road Sept. 16.

Jeffrey D. Walls, 42, of Bar Harbor, was arrested on a charge of OUI and summonsed on charges of sale or use of drug paraphernalia and possession of a useable amount of marijuana on Kennebec Street on Sept. 17.

Cows were reported loose on the Russell Farm Road on Saturday.

Christopher M. Buttery, 35, of Missouri, was summonsed on a charge of operating without a license on Kennnebec Street on Sept. 17.

Two men were reported sleeping in a vacant apartment the landlord was preparing to show to prospective renters on Eden Street on Sept. 18.

Patrick T. Lynn, 21, of Gouldsboro, was summonsed on charges of not wearing a seatbelt, failure to stop at a stop sign, and failure to provide proof of insurance on Cottage Street on Sept. 19. Mr. Lynn also was warned for traveling the wrong way on a one-way street, not using a turn signal, and having an open container of alcohol in the vehicle.

A woman who admitted spending $1,600 for a psychic reading reported afterward that she felt she had been the victim of a scam Sept. 19.

Dakota Harkins, 18, of Franklin, was arrested on a charge of OUI and summonsed on charges of operating after suspension, violating the conditions of his bail, and having an open container of alcohol in the vehicle on Route 102 on Saturday.

A woman reported that she was harassed by one of her inlaws on Sept. 17.

Robert Robicheaux, 51, of Somerville, Mass., was arrested on a charge of OUI on Highbrook Road on Saturday.

A dead tiger cat with a purple collar was reported on Main Street on Sept. 18.

Maria B. Karimova, 28, of Hancock, was arrested on a charge of OUI after initially being pulled over by an Acadia National Park ranger on Route 102 on Saturday.

A woman handing out flyers from an antique car was warned for violating town ordinance on Main Street on Sept. 18.

Bangor Hydro Electric Company was notified of a tree branch resting on a wire causing sparks on Woodbury Road on Tuesday.

Mark Pinkham, 25, of Bar Harbor, was summonsed on charges of possession of a useable amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia on Cottage Street on Sunday.

Geric Brown, 45, of Orland, was summonsed on a charge of speeding on Route 3 on Sept. 18.

Karl F. Hasse, of Brillion, Wis., was arrested on a charge of OUI on Route 3 on Sunday.

Kim Marie Kuehn, 27, of Edmond, Okla., was arrested on a charge of OUI on Route 3 on Sunday.

Pamela Vincent, 52, of Rothesay, New Brunswick, was summonsed on charges of speeding and operating after suspension on Route 3 on Sunday.

Scott R. Higgins, 28, of Old Town, was summonsed on a charge of speeding on Route 3 on Sunday.

Sarah S. Smith, 21, of Madison, was summonsed on a charge of speeding on Route 3 on Sunday.

Polly J. Kirchner, 50, of Bar Harbor, was summonsed on a charge of speeding on Atlantic Avenue on Sunday.

Mount Desert

Perhaps it was the draw of the tuna sandwich at Subway or maybe the need for a change of scenery but a seal reportedly was spotted Saturday evening on Route 102 near Somesville One Stop. Officer Jacob Day patrolled the area but saw neither fin nor tail of the animal.

A rear-end collision Sept. 19 in Somesville caused a total estimated damage of $2,000.

Police said Julia Madore, 47, of Berkeley, Calif. had stopped the 1994 Volvo she was driving to make a turn into the Somesville post office when the vehicle was struck from behind by a 2000 Dodge driven by Douglas Eaton, 17, of Bar Harbor. No injuries were reported.

Trenton

State police enlisted the help of a police dog named Zack and deputies from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department to find the suspect in a Sept. 17 assault on Bayview Circle.

The victim told police her boyfriend assaulted her and broke her laptop computer after he accused her of phoning her ex-boyfriend. The suspect, Cody Sargent, 18, of Mariaville, fled on foot as police arrived. He was located later about a mile away, near a home on the Buttermilk Road in Lamoine, and arrested on charges of domestic assault, aggravated criminal mischief and violating his bail conditions.

A 53-year-old Trenton man was arrested Sept. 11 on a domestic assault charge after he allegedly struck a woman holding a week-old baby.

Kirk Clark, 53, was arrested by Maine State Police troopers and taken to the Hancock County Jail in Ellsworth.

Tremont

Maine State Police Trooper Barry Curtis responded to a Sept. 18 report of a woman screaming and a man leaving the building a short time later. The reporting party said she believed something bad had happened to the woman inside. Trooper Curtis arrived to find a painter who had been working inside the building all that day. The owner of the building arrived a short time later. Both stated they had heard no screams or anything else unusual.

A subdivision sign was reported stolen on Sept. 15.