Aroostook indictments include Presque Isle man charged in spree of thefts at Walmart

CARIBOU, Maine — A Presque Isle man charged in October in connection with a large-scale shoplifting spree has been indicted for multiple crimes by the Aroostook County grand jury.

Steven F. Bouchard, 23, was indicted on Jan. 6 on charges of theft, three counts of violation of conditions of release and also operating without a license.

The Presque Isle Police Department obtained the aid of the Maine State Police tactical team to arrest Bouchard in October after he was identified as a suspect and officers found a photo of him on Facebook displaying a submachine gun and handgun.

“It turned out that they were Airsoft guns, but they would have fooled any police officer,” Presque Isle Police Chief Matt Irwin said after Bouchard’s arrest. “They did not have red tips around them or anything.”

Local and state police executed search warrants in October at the residences of Bouchard and of a 14-year-old girl alleged to be his accomplice. Bouchard and the teen are accused of stealing, over a three-day period, thousands of dollars in merchandise from the local Walmart, including Airsoft guns, Nintendo DS systems and accessories, iPod accessories and hunting knives.

Police said the thieves went into the store armed with knives in order to cut special packaging and security features off gaming machines and other products. In once instance, they allegedly stole the display model of one gaming system by cutting off packaging used to secure it and then cut open the box to another system in order to steal wires to run the display model.

The teenage girl has been charged with felony theft and is being handled by the juvenile justice system. When the thefts occurred, she was on probation for robbery and assault committed when she was 13 years old, according to police.

Bouchard has a prior criminal history in Massachusetts with convictions for receiving stolen property, larceny, receiving a stolen vehicle and breaking and entering.

Additional indictments handed up on Jan. 6 included:

Daniel J. Ouellette, 19, Caribou, burglary, criminal mischief, theft.

Ryan C. Young, 31, Presque Isle, theft, unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.

Robert Hawco, 31, Presque Isle, theft.

Edna M. Engel, 37, Old Town, aggravated unlawful furnishing of scheduled drugs, endangering the welfare of a child, furnishing liquor to a minor, allowing a minor to possess alcohol.

Lewis W. McKinney, 50, Presque Isle, sexual abuse of a minor.

Daniel L. Leavitt, 43, Caribou, theft.

Christine M. Hart, 27, Presque Isle, unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, violation of conditions of release.

Michael J. Saucier Jr, 29, Presque Isle, theft, assault, operating after suspension.

Christopher M. French, 32, Presque Isle, aggravated criminal mischief.

Jacob L. Weiss, 22, Westfield, aggravated criminal trespass, domestic violence assault, criminal mischief.

Kyle S. Anderson, 25, Stockholm, receiving stolen property.

Neil A. Nelson, 41, Stockholm, receiving stolen property.

Herbert M. Adams III, 52, Presque Isle, criminal threatening, two counts assault, unlawful use of license, disorderly conduct, unlawful sexual touching.

Patricia Caron, 62, Madawaska, theft.

Michael T. Daigle, 44, Madawaska, aggravated assault, criminal mischief.

Charles R. Hartsgrove, 24, aggravated criminal trespass, assault.

Melissa A. Ayotte, 30, Van Buren, acquiring drugs by deception.

Joseph M. Delvalle, 26, Fort Kent, domestic violence criminal threatening, assault.

Judy Theriault, 59, Fort Kent, theft.

Carrol Theriault, 70, Fort Kent, theft.

Jerry J. Seel Jr, 42, Van Buren, theft, two counts violation of protection order.

Kevin A. Makepeace, 31, Stockholm, two counts unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, violation of conditions of release, possession of a firearm by a felon, operating after revocation, unlawful possession of synthetic hallucinogenic drugs.

James L. Kelly Jr, 46, Caribou, criminal operating under the influence, operating after suspension.

Ashley M. Theriault, 26, Caribou, two counts failure to give correct name, operating under the influence, operating after revocation, aggravated operating after revocation, trafficking in prison contraband, violation of conditions of release.

Jessica L. Brown, 29, Caribou, burglary, theft, criminal trespass.

Amanda L. Adams, 22, Caribou, aggravated assault, unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.

Lawrence R. Doody, 55, Caribou, terrorizing, violation of conditions of release, obstructing criminal prosecution.

Glen R. Kleinart, 33, Limestone, theft, criminal mischief, violation of conditions of release.

Hayley L. Goudreau, 19, Caribou, stealing drugs.

Kristopher G. Ruest, 30, Caribou, unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, criminal operating under the influence.

Jordan M. Lincoln, 26, Houlton, two counts burglary, two counts theft.

David F. McGuire, 25, Littleton, theft, forgery, misuse of identification.

Nathan J. Swallow, 27, South Berwick, operating under the influence.

Kayla C. Nason, 22, Houlton, aggravated criminal mischief, unauthorized use of property, failure to report accident, four counts burglary of motor vehicle, two counts theft.

Paul K. Albright, 36, Houlton, attempted robbery.

Matthew T. Clark, 32, receiving stolen property, violation of conditions of release.

Joshua T. Clark, 28, Linneus, theft.

Reggie A. McGary, 31, Houlton, domestic violence assault, assault, violation of conditions of release.

Michael J. Epley, 35, Patten, two counts theft, attempted theft.

Susan R. Rich, 40, Patten, three counts theft.

Karla M. Libby, 55, Linneus, possession of oxycodone, operating under the influence.

Jeremiah A. Drew, 22, Patten, domestic violence reckless conduct, terrorizing, improper plates.

Scott C. Thomson, 35, Dyer Brook, stealing drugs, violation of conditions of release.

Gary W. Roshto Jr, 43, Crystal, aggravated criminal trespass, unlawful sexual contact, unlawful sexual touching, criminal trespass, unauthorized use of property, operating after revocation.

Gary L. Sanders, 67, Linneus, two counts unlawful sexual contact, two counts assault, two counts prohibited contact with a minor.