Police probe meat market break-ins
2/2/09 | 9 comments

Police probe meat market break-ins


Dover-Foxcroft, Guilford stores hit
By Diana Bowley
BDN Staff
BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS
Employee Frank Gilbert (background) scrapes broken eggs off the floor Monday morning after vandals left a mess sometime Sunday night or early Monday morning at Herring Brothers Retail Store in Guilford. Gilbert noticed the mess when he arrived for work there around 6:45 a.m., he said. The store was closed for cleanup Monday morning. Buy Photo

GUILFORD, Maine — The owners of Herring Brothers’ store on Route 15 in Guilford were busy Monday cleaning up a mess left behind by vandals who entered the store through a front window during the night.

Police said they believe the same individuals also entered Countryside Meats in Dover-Foxcroft the same night. Entry into that business was through a back window, according to Sgt. Gary West of the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department. No vandalism was reported at the store, but less than $100 in cash was taken, he said.

At the Herring Brothers’ store, the vandals did “fairly significant” damage, according to Investigator Guy Dow of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department.

Owners Andrea and Tom Gilbert said Monday evening that cartons of eggs were tossed about the building, the meat from the coolers was discarded onto the floor, bottles of beer and pickles were broken, a wall mount of a Highlands cow head was pulled from a wall and broken, the office was ransacked and hand lotion was poured into a copy machine.

Andrea Gilbert also noted that some deli turkey meat was placed onto a counter and stabbed with carving knives.

The owners, who are now back in business, estimated the damage at $700.

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On 2/2/09 at 2:39 PM, smartnup wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Ignorant kids. Dont know the value of anything. Mean while their parents are probly home wondering how to make ends meet. These kids should get into big trouble and then they might not get into it later.

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On 2/2/09 at 4:46 PM, dkenzie77 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

where in the world do you get kids did this. lol. Does it say somewhere in the article. It could be big adults. They are stupid enough to do it too

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On 2/2/09 at 6:01 PM, seeult wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Im sure they have drug problems and the rest of us should feel sorry them.

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On 2/3/09 at 8:16 AM, wallyo wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

I feel more sorry for us . We're going to have to support this vermin after they're caught and sent to jail. . Maybe we should have work camps for criminals so they can pay for thier crimes and restitution.

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On 2/3/09 at 10:14 AM, Tikitorch wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

dkenzie77.. maybe smartnup is elderly and everyone is a kid to him/her....

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On 2/3/09 at 11:20 AM, SAHMthehighlands wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Ohhhh I was just there Friday w my son. My children will miss the Highland. So sorry for you

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On 2/3/09 at 11:46 AM, milomaine wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

It must have been those snowmobilers. They can't respect road crossings or night volume levels when people are trying to sleep. It's that or the local vegan crowd. I wish the BDN would say what kind of beer they smashed. If it was bud or some other bad beer, they should get a reward. If it was the good stuff, they'll have to deal with Bacchus on the other side....

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On 2/3/09 at 12:13 PM, AMHI4ME wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

I used to frequent Herrings quite a bit when I was younger. Great people, and it sucks for them :(

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On 2/3/09 at 6:08 PM, dkenzie77 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

ty for clarifying that im ss

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