OLD TOWN, Maine — A fight between relatives on Water Street late Monday led to one man being arrested after he refused to heed police warnings, Old Town police Capt. Kyle Smart said Tuesday.
Lydon E. Cacavollia, 27, took a cellphone, charger and a pack of cigarettes from a relative after fighting with him at around 10:40 p.m. in the apartment building they both reside in, the police captain said.
The victim did not want to press charges and only wanted his items returned, but Cacavollia did not answer his door when police knocked the first time. After leaving and being called back about 20 minutes later when Cacavollia reportedly pounded on the door of his victim, Officers Debbie Holmes and Jim Fearon were able to speak with him.
“At first he denied he took anything,” Smart said.
After the phone and charger were returned, police repeatedly warned Cacavollia to stay away from his relative.
Even though Cacavollia agreed to stay home, “about 10 seconds after [Holmes and Fearon left], they heard a door open and close and then him banging on the door” of his relative, the police captain said.
Cacavollia was arrested and charged with criminal trespass and taken to the Penobscot County Jail in Bangor.
He has a lengthy criminal record, according to court listings printed in the Bangor Daily News. Cacavollia has convictions over the last five years for disorderly conduct, refusing to submit to arrest, operating a vehicle with a suspended or revoked license, failing to appear for court, violating a condition of release, operating a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants and possession of marijuana, the BDN listings state. (Nok-Noi Ricker, BDN)
He appears to be well groomed…..
Agreed – those brows are definitely plucked. “…the phone, charger, and TWEEZERS were returned…”
Mascara?
nope, naturally gorgeous eyes!
Dear copy desk:
The suspect was arrested ON SUSPICION of trespassing, not for trespassing. A court will decide whether the suspect actually trespassed. Oh, and the police don’t have the ability to file charges; that’s up to the district attorney.
They file the charges the police do, the district attorney prosecutes but can drop the charges, why do you have to correct the editors or copy desk
No, the police don’t. All they do is send a report to the district attorney’s office. The district attorney decides whether to file charges in court. The police have wide discretion in whether a complaint ever goes to the district attorney, and the district attorney has wide disrection whether to do anything with it. In a lot of cases, charges are never actually filed because the district attorney doesn’t believe there is enough evidence to get a conviction. And in many cases, the district attorney will file charges completely different than what the police think the charges should be.
For example, the police may be called on a complaint of domestic assault. They may arrest a suspect and state in the report that they did so on the belief the suspect committed domestic assault. But the district attorney may decide there is not enough evidence for an assault charge and may opt to file a charge for disorderly conduct.
In either case, the suspect has not been arrested for doing anything, only because he (or she) has been SUSPECTED of doing something.
” Cacavollia was arrested and charged with criminal trespass and taken to the Penobscot County Jail in Bangor.”
Um, what is your point? That’s what the reporter wrote. That doesn’t mean it’s correct. In fact, this same reporter wrote in yesterday’s paper that a woman near the Bangor Mall Hannaford drove her car into Meadow Brook. Meadow Brook isn’t anywhere near Hannaford. The woman drove into Penajajwoc Stream. Did the paper correct this after the error was pointed out three times in reader comments? No.
So in that case Ryan, we are to assume that the wonderful DA that we have, Mr. Almy’s office not only reduces the charge, but then has the audacity to plea that same charge down even more before it ever gets to court…giving the accused a huge slap on the wrist…What a wondeful justice system we have in this here state…..NOT!!!!!
First, my previous comments were in regard to inaccurate reporting of police news.
But since you raise the issue of how the legal system works, I would certainly hope that a district attorney’s office keeps the police in check. It sounds as though you think the police should be the arbiters of which charges, if any, should be filed. That’s a scary thought, considering that police officers aren’t exactly well-versed in what the law is.
Part of the justice system involves weeding out weak and frivolous complaints before charges are ever filed.
Not every arrest results in charges.
“dictrict attorney”….nice spelling.
There are misspellings, and there are typos.
you are the one spelling it wrong,it is spelled district attorney,like ryan had.
I think he might have edited it after it was pointed out. I notice sometimes comments will say when they have been edited and sometimes they do not.
Whats you point? It seems all these cases lately is causing you concern that they aren’t being treated fairly. Maybe in order to satisfy your angst toward the treatment of these fine upstanding individuals, instead of arresting them, the police just take down the perceived facts, interview the parties involved, (victim, and suspect), then leave the scene with all parties left unencumbered to go about whatever they were doing, then let the D.A. make the determination at a later date, all the while do so without the media getting involved, just so we can protect the privacy of the suspect. We want to make sure that individual has nothing holding him back from committing other fine acts of decency.
You need to read my first comment on this story. The police have nothing to do with this.
At least give me the butts! I’m jonesing over here!
Tobacco : gateway drug.
Old Town in the news.
You can take my cell phone, you can take the phone charger, but you will have to take my smokes from my COLD DEAD HAND!
Get a life.
You can’t pick your relatives…
but you can pick on them.
Another story of a 20yearold-something that still lives at home…am i right? am i right?
sure i am. he does not mind going to jail, it is like a vacation from hearing his mother tell him to be a good boy
Lydon, now you be a good boy in jail , when you come home from jail, your mommie will make you pudding
He doesn’t live “at home”. He has an apt. in the same building. Besides, he doesn’t like pudding!
He doesn’t live “at home”. He lives in the same apt building.
Book him Danno!!!!!!
Skowhegan resident: The article says they live in the same building, not the same apt. He’s actually very helpful to his disabled mother.
Oh Lydon, looks like your brother doesn’t have much to say about this…
wow comments on here lol cant help but laugh at some of them!