Jailed over Memorial Day weekend / another warrant since issued for my arrest!

I was jailed over Memorial Day weekend for failing to appear to pick a jury regarding phony charges in Aroostook County for which I was arrested on July 10 by Corporal Ted Martin. I had telephoned Maine State Police to make a complaint about a tenant who had yelled quite violently at his brother and I as we stood in the driveway attempting a conversation. 

Two nights earlier we had called police when the guy locked us out of the home he shared with Pete; and on June 6 he'd sent us disturbing texts and telephoned us at 2:30 a.m. claiming to have been shot by so-called friends of our oldest son. The officer didn't even look at the texts I told him about, or interview the guy's brother regarding my claim on July 10 that Kevin was being disorderly. Below is a text he sent to Aaron. I had called police and confirmed there'd been no reports of gunfire in the small town of Saint Agatha; Kevin was lying. He knew Aaron was severely beaten by gang members in Lewiston in October of 2022.

Martin spent about a half hour speaking with Kevin while Pete and I waited in the garage. Meanwhile we had a slight argument, and it's for that I was arrested and charged with attempted disorderly conduct!?!? The district attorney, Todd Collins, dropped that charge, saying the wrong subsection had been cited...but added one for disorderly conduct! We started the eviction process, but Kevin moved out before we got very far with it.

In his report, Corporal Martin lied... said I was intoxicated on July 8. I was not and can prove it; I recorded audio and I am speaking clearly, not slurring my speech as he claimed. I requested trial by jury and was scheduled to pick one on May 5; however I forgot to add the date to my calendar. I received notices regarding two other court dates in Lincoln County around the same time; and I'll tell you what for later. Pete and I left Lewiston for Northern Maine on April 25, and I didn't bring the notices with us and I missed the hearing.

It was during the eviction of yet another tenant, Michael Morgan (AKA Goldilocks), on May 23 in Fort Kent District Court that I was arrested. Judge Nelson was presiding over that case too, and he recognized me. I spent the first 18 hours of my confinement in Aroostook County jail in "the hole" because during processing I didn't answer the question "Where were you born?" I wasn't given a phone call until Tuesday afternoon just before my release. And here's the status of my case now. 

D.A. Todd Collins dismissed the charges. He should be indicted for malicious prosection and Corporal Ted Martin for the false arrest, and his failure to issue at least a warning to Kevin Thibeault regarding the threats and intimidation. Can I still get a trial by jury trial please, and an attorney? As stated in the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure regarding the right to a trial by jury, it cannot be withdrawn without the consent of both parties. 

Regarding the charges in Lincoln County which I mentioned earlier, my son's ex claims I am stalking my grandsons who she has succeeded in alienating us and their father from for about 4 years now. Judge John Martin granted a temporary protection order and then allowed it to become permanent, despite that she lied about me visiting the school in the beginning of March. I didn't go to the school, but did call asking to speak with the counselor. And I asked a coach for a schedule of sports events I believed my grandsons were in. There was no protection order on me at the time, and my actions do not meet the definition of stalking.

Shane was similarly charged for violating a protection order she had placed on him without real good reason. The court had not set certain days for visits, and when she ignored our requests, he wrote to her about "something other than to arrange visits" and because that was considered a violation of the protection order, he was denied mediation in their family matters case...also presided over by Judge John Martin. Shane is now incarcerated in Warren on unrelated charges.

Maine man says he received settlement from Maine cops

I read about a case of warrantless arrest a while back, like 4 or 5 years ago. Since then I've been wondering its status. Caleb Gaul had the assistance of the ACLU of Maine to sue law enforcement after he was arrested in his yard. 

Well, I found him on Facebook recently and friended him. He put out a short video. Apparently, his ex is keeping him from his children. He says so at the very beginning of the video when he lights up paperwork regarding the guardian ad litem. 

Then he says he was paid off by the cops and will eventually be paid off by the judges in Maine. He's no longer in Maine by the way. Here's the video. 

Taxpayers are the ones paying the cost of settlements when State of Maine employees misbehave. Maybe Caleb is under an obligation not to discuss or disclose the terms of a settlement; but Maine taxpayers have the right to know how their dollars are spent...to know how much the misdeeds of law enforcement cost us.  

Arrest, and dismissal of charges after incarceration

From a story at News Center Maine in 2018 by Shannon Moss "Getting out of jail in Maine: Who decides someone's bail after arrest" Anne Jordan says the bail commissioners set the bail amount and/or other conditions of release, and

...the taxpayers of Maine don't pay a penny for them. Bail commissioners make up to $60 dollars for each case, money paid for by the individual arrested.

Really? Taxpayers don't pay? I paid the $60, plus 4 days and 4 nights of my freedom on Memorial Day weekend 2025. I wouldn't pay the $250 for failing to appear to pick a jury for what would obviously be a sham trial, and Judge Nelson issued a warrant for my arrest. 

Nelson was the judge presiding over cases in Fort Kent on May 23 where we were scheduled to appear to evict a tenant who was renting a portion of the home in Saint Agatha, yet trying to claim it all as his and sleeping in our bedroom, in our bed! He's earned the nickname Goldilocks. 

The judge read the list of cases/names, and asked some to mediate. Soon the marshall politely told me that I was going to be arrested. It was Pete's name I put on the paperwork in case I couldn't be there. He and the tenant mediated; I wasn't allowed into the room! That's okay, in the adjacent room I could hear alot of what was said by putting my ear to the wall. 

The Fort Kent Chief of police soon arrived. He's Michael DeLena. Then an Aroostook County sheriff deputy arrived to take me to Houlton County jail; Pete recorded the arrest on his cell phone.

During processing I was thrown in the hole for not complying, and left there for 18 hours. "I was born in Fort Kent, Maine" is all I would have had to say to avoid that. Sing and exercise is all I could do. Sleep was impossible on a narrow hard bench with nothing but a blanket, and the screams of desperation from guys in nearby cells.  

One guy was begging to go back to the shower, saying it hurt. I found out he'd been pepper sprayed. He was in for criminal mischief; I didn't ask for more details. It was difficult to hear each other through the prison doors. He was only 20 years old. I asked if he had family that helped him. He said he did. I asked if he had a girlfriend. I was surprised by his answer because it sounded like "f*** you". It was actually "a few." When he was making noise some of the guys were telling him to "shut the f*** up", so I hollered out "he's just a kid."

The water was horrible, tasted like chlorine. After several hours in the hole, I started to cough. My throat felt irritated; I soon realized that it was due to the ammonia vapors in the room. I asked for them to flush the toilet - a hole in the cement floor.

In passing by other inmates to get my lunch tray when I was moved to the general population, I mentioned my son's name. One of the inmates said her boyfriend, who'd just been released was Shane's friend in prison in Warren. 

It took a whole day to get something for my lips; by Tuesday they were so chapped they were about to bleed! I asked a few different guards but it was only when the medic came around that I got some from her. 

I wasn't even given a phone call until Tuesday afternoon shortly before I was released. One of the girls said from their window she could see a man in a white truck had been parked there for hours...it was Pete. He thought I'd see the judge and be released on Tuesday morning. I didn't see the judge.

The district attorney, satisfied that I'd been punished enough, dismissed the charges... though the only thing I'm guilty of is failing to consent to a kangaroo court proceeding and a waste of taxpayer dollars.