DEXTER, Maine — A local man is in jail after setting fire to the car of his ex-girlfriend’s new partner on Tuesday night, police said.
A female resident on Grove Street called police at 11 p.m. Tuesday because her ex-boyfriend, Ernest Carrow, 28, of Dexter, was at her residence while she was with her new boyfriend, said Dexter police Sgt. Kevin Wintle, who is also the interim police chief.
While en route to the address, Officer Danny Gatcomb was called again, this time because a car at the same residence was set ablaze.
Carrow allegedly set fire to the trunk of the new boyfriend’s white Nissan Sentra. The fire was leading to a T-shirt that had been placed inside the gas tank.
“Officer Gatcomb took the T-shirt out of the gas tank and put out the fire,” Wintle said, adding that the car didn’t sustain much damage.
Wintle said a witness saw Carrow running from the scene down a railroad bed.
“He was being very uncooperative and very disorderly. He had been drinking,” Wintle said. “He was being very verbally abusive to Officer Gatcomb while [he was] trying to make the arrest. [He was also verbally abusive] to the new boyfriend.”
In his arrest report, Gatcomb said Carrow approached him in a threatening manner and was yelling and swearing at him. Gatcomb had to unholster his Taser but didn’t have to use it.
While in handcuffs in the back of the police cruiser, Carrow allegedly tried to kick out the passenger-side window with both feet. Wintle said Carrow didn’t damage the car.
Carrow was charged with arson, and more charges are pending, said Wintle.
Carrow was still at the Penobscot County Jail in Bangor as of Wednesday afternoon.
Wintle said Carrow has a criminal history. The case is still under investigation.
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department and Dexter police Corp. Alan Grinnell assisted in the arrest. The Dexter Fire Department was notified of the fire.
Dude. There are plenty of fish in the sea. Ain’t no woman worth going to jail for…
Dude? Seriously. U probably have a mullet.
what is wrong with a mullet. Dude.
Dude, everything.
Mr. Carrow’s drunken behavior may be part of the reason this former girlfriend is his “ex”……no surprise that Mr. Einstein has a “criminal history”…….Crazy……
…gives “flame” a whole new meaning.
Cue Kenny Rogers……”something’s burnin’…..and I think it’s love”. Who knows, maybe he was jealous of the guy’s wheels, seeing how he had to rely on the ‘ol Nikes to flee the scene.
Cue Johnny Cash and ‘Ring of Fire’! :)
What a tawdry Peyton Place move (on a much lower scale).
Grow up, dude!
1) Don’t date anyone named Ernest
2) Women of the Dexter area…LEAVE!!!
Related to the guy in Gardiner who shot his girlfriend’s truck a couple weeks ago?
Dana, not Danny.
So this dope couldn’t blow up a car, and couldn’t kick out the windows of the cop car? All I got out of this was cars 2 typical guy from dexter 0
I have concluded that, after reading through this newspaper, the highest crime-rate in the world is within a 50-mile radius of Bangor.
Wintle can get Carrow for trespassing on railroad property as he was ‘running down the railroad roadbed”.
Last fall I was warned by a railroad official that I could NOT stand by the side of the tracks (15 feet from the rails) and take photos and videos of the passing train with my grandson. This is at the same crossing where, when I was my grandsons age, the engineer would stop the train and let my cousin and I ride to Searsport and back.
Book ’em on the trespassing charge, too.
Cant burn a car, cant kick out a window. sheesh.
Ahhh, Dexter……..one crazy and sad story after another. You should be so proud. Surely, there are some normal ones there, but what the ___________?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Poor guy. You know the girl is only with this other guy to make the guy jealous. And the rebound guy can’t think this is going to go anywhere can he?
I think I might head up to Bangor to see if this poor fella needs some bail money.