PITTSFIELD, Maine — A Canaan man was arrested on domestic violence charges early Tuesday morning in Skowhegan after driving on the wrong side of the road with his girlfriend in the car, police said.
Joshua John Hartley, 27, was charged with domestic violence reckless conduct, domestic violence terrorizing and domestic violence assault, said Pittsfield police Sgt. Timothy Roussin.
Hartley grabbed his girlfriend by the arm, took her car keys and drove 80 mph into oncoming traffic on U.S. Route 2 near the Pittsfield-Palmyra town lines sometime on Monday, according to Roussin.
The girlfriend, who wasn’t identified, later told a family member about the incident. The family member then called police, said Roussin. Hartley was arrested at a Cumberland Farms store in Skowhegan at 3:07 a.m. Tuesday and taken to the Somerset County Jail in Madison.
“There were visible injuries to her, mostly bruises,” said Roussin.
Roussin said that after the reckless driving incident, Hartley dropped the woman off at her workplace in Newport and continued to drive her car with her permission.
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department and Skowhegan and Pittsfield police assisted in the arrest.
Hartley remained in the Somerset County Jail on Tuesday afternoon.
Did none of the oncoming cars call 911 to report this?
Go to this link, read the post at the bottom. More than half of all people that cause trouble issues in Skowhegan….are non Skowhegan residents. They live in the dumpy little cesspool towns near Showhegan. The out of town bums come into Skowhegan and give my town a bad reputation
http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/skowhegan-district-court_2012-01-26.html#comment-422200372
Ive been to Skowhegan,I don’t think it needs outsiders need to give the town a bad name.
Its 70 degrees and sunny outside with puffy white clouds in the sky right now, hows the weather in your part of Maine?
What happens in SkowVegas…stays in SkowVegas.
Well it’s probably true Tom…she is probably begging her friends for bail money to get the love of her life back home where he can beat her some more.
i agree.
females are desperate for anyone and go out with anyone around these parts of maine.
maybe because there isn’t much to choose from;>)
I dont care who you are that is funny
But he has a racing shirt on so it’s aite
I know I would have been terrified and wouldn’t have been able to go to work as if nothing happened.
How does one “fabricate” visible injuries including bruises?
From the above article, “There were visible injuries to her, mostly bruises,” said Roussin.
Some will say this is an aberration, but hardly a day goes by without similar stories somewhere in our fair but unhappy state – and the others as well. Violence begets violence begets violence. It’s a pretty sad commentary on the state of things, and none of us are bright or wise enough to offer a real solution, not one anyone will accept, anyway.
He thought he was in England.
He needs to be coddled and nurtured…..
That is what we do now…..
This guy is a menace..
Headline……He was driving the wrong side of the road with his girlfriend in the car??? Would it have been different if he had his father in the car???