BANGOR, Maine — A local woman was arrested Tuesday morning after police were called to Bangor Efficiency Apartments on Hammond Street to investigate suspicious activity, namely a ladder that had been propped up against an outside wall.
Though the ladder didn’t turn out to be suspect, at least one of the people nearby did.
While checking the identities of some of those in the area when police responded to the complaint about the ladder, they ran across a woman who initially gave them a fake name, Bangor police Sgt. Rob Angelo said Tuesday night.
The woman eventually was identified as Candessa Celino, 28, of Bangor, Angelo said, citing an arrest report. She was arrested on a charge of failure to provide a correct name and date of birth to police. She was released on bail later in the day, a jail official confirmed.
Celino was indicted by the Penobscot County grand jury in June on two counts of theft by unauthorized taking and violation of condition of release, according to Bangor Daily News archives.
In September 2010, Celino was sentenced in Lincoln District Court to 30 days in jail for one count of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and to 30 days for a count of violating condition of release, according to BDN archives.
You don’t have to give your name or ID to police unless they suspect you of committing a crime.
Very true she did not need to but because she chose to and did so given a false name is an arrestable offence
And if you have nothing to hide it takes an entire 1 minute of your time to do so. Earlier this year, during the winter months the Bangor jump up boys rolled up on me after midnight as I was walking home from a local convenience store.
When they jumped out the first officer said to me “I know you” and I said to him “I don’t think you do” and he asked me for ID and while I had not broken any sort of law I simply reached into my pocket and once he saw my concealed firearms permit right below my Maine D/L he simply handed it back to me and said have a good night.
He never asked if I was armed or anything else, just simply said. Have a good night and I told him to do the same. Took less than 1 minute of my time and they have yet to jump out on me since that night.
So go ahead, be a pain in the butt when they ask you for ID. Get detained for several minutes instead of just walking away in under one.
Exactly!
I have to disagree with you. This woman did the wrong thing by giving a false name, but as deltamike2 stated, “You don’t have to give your name or ID to police unless they suspect you of committing a crime.” The more times you give in to this type of police behavior, the more they will do it, and we become conditioned to just roll over. I’m not saying to be disrespectful, but to politely stand your ground. Ask them why they need to know. If they can’t provide you with a valid reason such as a crime was just committed in the area and the suspect’s description is similar to yours, then I would refuse. I don’t view the police as the enemy, quite the opposite, but their powers need to be held in check.
The more times? It has happened to me once in my 42 years on this planet so I don’t mind taking an entire minute of my time to show them my ID.
Who is really being the pain in the butt, the cops harassing a citizen for something they are not required to give or a citizen, not subject, asserting their civil rights?
The officer never harassed me at all. He asked me if I had ID on me which I showed him and that was the end of it. He was very polite about the entire situation.
sometimes something in the past may bite you in the butt to some people
Didn’t her mother ever tell her lying gets you into trouble?
She got caught in a BPD dragnet, lazy police work here for a non-crime.
Hm the Police arrest a lady for false name but what about the three College students that beated and ended up killing my cousin, Oh wait they got no charges due to one of the students mother is the supertendent of Bangor schools. So the police brushed it all under the table. But karma will come to all three of those students in time. This just shows how the Bangor police force is corupt.
More to the story another Kids mother was an administrator for the county jail.
favoritism to people who have stature or money
If one gives the police a false name or ID it most likely means they are hiding something (obviously) and will always lead to problems for said individual because the officer will eventually find out the truth…….unless you are wanted for murder then being truthful up front will usually, in my experiences, make things better for someone….of course having a conscience and a respect for the law helps in being truthful when questioned by authorities…..
Never Ever talk to police!! This is NOT the soviet union or china. There is no law that requires you to say anything to a policeman! That includes you, comrade Kevin.
Circumstances around contact with police dictate whether or not one is required to talk to or provide info asked by said police….also, state laws differ in regards to these circumstances and one’s obligation to abide…..if you are ever asked by police to provide ID then they probably have reason to ask for such info….your response will dictate how things go from there….I suggest you do not ask the ACLU how one should respond to such approaches by law enforcement……
Right, the right to remain silent exists before they give you the miranda warning.
Well you can ask for a lawyer. I have nothing to hide so I will gladly talk to the police unless I have committed a crime or feel I need to consult a lawyer before answering questions but if I’m walking down the street and they jump out again, I’ll simply show them my ID so everyone can have a safe and happy night.
wow, about time this girl got locked up.