BANGOR, Maine — Four people found late Tuesday at an unrented apartment on Catell Street told police “they came to party,” but instead they were arrested, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said Wednesday.
Meagan R. Desveaux, 27, of Bangor, who had been charged with criminal trespassing on Monday at the same location, was seen sitting on the porch of the residence when Officers Joe Page and Kevin Haefele and the property owner arrived just before 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to Edwards.
“They go inside and see three males sitting on the floor in the kitchen,” the sergeant said. “They said they came to party.”
Paul M. McDonald, 32, Steven M. Phair, 21, and Raymond J. Tellier, 45, all listed as transients, and Desveaux were arrested Tuesday and charged with criminal trespassing. McDonald, who initially gave police a fake name, also was charged with failing to provide his correct name and date of birth, Edwards said.
All four squatters were taken to the Penobscot County Jail. Desveaux and McDonald had been released as of Wednesday, and Phair was still being held, a jail official said. Tellier, who appeared in court Wednesday, was released on bail later in the day, a jail official confirmed.
No hopes, No dreams. no factory jobs for them, what are they going to do? We lost. the service industry isn’t for everyone, nor should it be. Shop Wal-Mart
Oh yes, shop Walmart… soon to have a independent grocery store near you… http://articles.hbindependent.com/2012-07-25/news/tn-hbi-0726-walmart-20120724_1_walmart-neighborhood-market-supermarket-photo-center Look out Hannaford and Shaws…
Ronny Reagan announced that America had “switched from a manufacturing economy to a service economy.” Which apparently was GOP-speak meaning that most of the blue-collar, unskilled jobs had already been shipped overseas and the rest were soon to follow.
“No hopes, no dreams, no factory jobs for them.” pretty well sums it up… Sorry, no job at the mill, week paid vacay, 2nd hand car and a pension — scram…
Say it ain’t so, Bill!
Not our beloved Ronny ‘Hands drenched in Central American blood’ Reagan?
Thbbft!
Right, in the 1960’s, most drove American cars/trucks and everybody was working, I got my start with a $300.00 piece of land, build a one room camp, an outhouse, got a kerosene lamp, put in a sink and bunk and it was home, I could save some money to improve later, but kids now-a-days do not have chances like that, if I was 20 now, instead of pushing 70, I think I would be on the street or living in my car, (if I had one.) (my first car was $50.00, no insurance required, $7.00 to register it.)
No, you would have still figured out a way because you clearly have perseverance and determination – something that our young 20 somethings and under do NOT have. If it isn’t something that gets handed to them and something that they can brag about to their friends, they don’t want it. Most of them wouldn’t be caught dead using an outhouse, let alone having it on their property!
Spot On
My first car cost fifty, too — a 1956 Buick Special. Horrifying gas mileage by todays measure, but gas only cost $.23/gl and the thing could pull tree stumps if necessary.
This is going to be a more frequent occurrence if the GOP gets their way and throws more people out onto the streets.
Right…. I’m sure the GOP is to blame for the reason why these troublemakers are on the streets. Have some more Kool-Aid
Why not just blame it on Lepage, i mean come on its his fault when a business closes. NOT
I have a friend that works for law enforcement. Business is booming and yes, you pay for that with your taxes too.
personal choices has a lot to do with being a transient
Lack of options also plays a strong role, cap. This ain’t the old days anymore…
Absolutely right.
People make choices in life. Even countries that make all the choices for you still have homelessness, poverty, etc… Even that utopian example of socialism Russia had two classes of people, the ruling class and the rest.
many times lack of options results from burning your bridges with family members, again a lot of times it’s personal choices
There’s that, and I rarely disagree 100% about personal choices, yet that pile of options has grown smaller and smaller since I was that age. The old ‘burning bridges’ adage once had more gusto to it as well…
At some point in time people need to take responsibility for their life choices.
I remember the days when all my pals partied all night and then rolled out of bed to hit the stick mill for a shift in front of a machine. Those jobs are long gone and I would be surprised if any of them could have ever passed a drug test. Times have changed.
And that’s IF we made it home to bed at all. Hey, I might have worked there — nah, that was the paper company. LOL Back then a drug test was, “Okay take a hit of this, cool. Now try this one…” Those were the days, my friend…
But it sure was great when someone could walk out of high school and have a job. Then they figured out it was more profitable to ship logs to china to make toothpicks. Thank the 1%er’s.
You really believe yourself don’t you. Maybe if these people and more like them would make the choice to become productive with their lives, they wouldn’t need the liberal left in the first place. But I know, the liberal left likes to line their pockets with people like this to make society dependent on their policies.
Cmy, quite a speech about ‘them,’ and ‘these people’ and what ‘they’ ought to do, golee. Now back to reality. All that liberal left and antique right and stuck in the middle stuff and back to the bottom of the side is the bunk to keep the non-thinkers busy trying to tag and label and blame that the obvious flies right by — so spare me all that malarkey. Okay we get it, you decided not to like liberals — aside from that your point is what?
You say, “Make a choice to become productive with their lives.” Sounds real homey until that choice comes down to an HS diploma and then Mc Donalds, Burger King or WalMart for minimum wage. Choice depends a great deal on options… Yeah, and the hardcore Right is the group that created ‘people like that.’ LOL
High school diploma here. I’ve grossed over 100K for the last 12 years. It just takes focus and ambition.
WTG!
Cat my daughter has a HS Diploma, less than a month of college and is part owner in TWO successful local businesses.
It may not be easy or the path most people would take but a college degree is NOT necessary to be successful in this country. Drive and a dream to make yourself better is.
jd, great to hear that — that’s the American Dream I was raised on. May take 14 hour days and plenty of paperwork at home for a couple or three years, so be it. Easy to forget in the era of big corporations that a lot of our grandfathers did just that a hundred years ago…
There is also the choice of a trade school or the military. Or do you like limiting yourself?
Been there and done that, trade school was the best decision I ever made. Factories and mills may come and go, but I’ll always be a carpenter. LOL
You are correct.
What do you mean by “throws more people out onto the streets”. Is it the governments job to support these four people so that they do not need to work or take care of themselves? The real problem is that people believe it is their right to have the government provide them with food shelter and cash in their pockets so they can spend their time doing whatever they want instead of providing for their own needs, or the needs of their family.
Even though this has been an issue for awhile. I will make a prediction if Mitt Romney gets elected president (he will) . All of a sudden we will see daily reports regarding the homeless, the unemployed and underemployed, deaths in Afghanistan, the high cost of food and fuel … The left in this country is so transparent.
As a practicing Liberal I’d like to take this opportunity to ask you to shut the f–k up and stop making the rest of us sound as dumb as the lunatics on the Conservative side who make up wild scenarios and post the same type of gibberish.
Seriously not everything needs to be political. I can’t wait for this !@#$!ing election to be over…
“Practicing Liberal,” hmm… How long ya gotta practice to become a full-fledged member anyhow? LOL Just joking. I have to agree that all this clap-trap and yatta, yatta, yatta about current politics gets tired. Most of it is just a dog & pony show to keep our attention while the big corporations do whatever they want anyhow. Most of the problems with the economy today started around the end of WWII…
” They came to party”?
Wonderful idea.
Wrong location.
Smarten up, fools.
Somehow, it’s not hard to picture one of them telling the other three about the cool spot to hang-out and nobody will know and yatta, yatta, yatta, and not even a jug of cheap vodka, a joint or a pill between the four of them. Times are tough…
Great now McDonald and Desveaux are hanging out on the corner of Garland St. and Essex St. Hope the police are still patroling heavily!!! McDonald was sitting on the curb near the frequently policed green apt. and Desveaux appeared to be making a “deal” near my house…….Hope they find their way back to where they came from.
whos that 80 year old in the bottom picture, oh wait i ll bet hes in his 40 s,hey kids if you look at that guy, thats sure to make you want to say no to drugs
charles manson
I do not go to Bangor because of the Bum problem. Bangor needs to get the drug problem/transient problem under control.
What a bunch of losers..
She has that “thousand mile stare” going on.
Transient turmoil.
looks like they could all use a job
And a shower.
Bangor zombie walk.
I hope they get and stay out of jail until after the election; Obama needs their votes……..
Put them to work.(volunteer that is) There is plenty of clean up available in the Jersey area.
When I read the headline “four squatters” I at first thought it was four women.
i’m glad steven got what he deserved he got kick out of our building for his behavior and now this. Karma will come back and hit hard they should have kept him in Dorothea Dix where he came from