NOBLEBORO, Maine — Two young men were arrested on outstanding warrants after a standoff following a rowdy party at 204 Upper East Pond Road less than three months after three men were arrested for allegedly firing shots from a rifle at the same home, according to police.
Deputies responded to a complaint of a loud party at 1:50 a.m. Friday, according to Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett. When the officers arrived, some of the people who were coming out of the party said there was somebody inside making threats with a knife.
Deputies were able to coax most of the partygoers out of the home, but two people were left inside and one, Kody Wallace, 19, who lives in the home, threatened to use a firearm against the deputies, Brackett said. No firearm was displayed at the time, though people who had been inside the home told police there was a firearm present. A second person, Thomas Powell, 21, of Friendship, stayed in the home with Wallace.
Deputies pulled back and the state police tactical team was called in.
During the course of the standoff, which lasted several hours and involved the use of a loudspeaker by police trying to communicate with the men inside the house, police learned that the two individuals had outstanding warrants.
Wallace and Powell were arrested for unrelated charges of failure to appear in court and failure to pay restitution, which stemmed from theft convictions, according to Brackett. Wallace also is charged with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon in connection with Friday’s events.
The road was closed for most of the night, and neighbors said they were evacuated from their houses at 4 or 5 a.m. and had been sitting on the side of the road since. They said there had been rowdy behavior in the house in the recent weeks and months. The standoff ended when both men exited the home and surrendered. Police said a shotgun, ammunition and a large hunting knife were seized from the residence.
The investigation is ongoing and more charges are possible.
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and the Maine State Police Tactical Team were joined by the Nobleboro Fire Department and Damariscotta and Waldoboro police.
In March of this year, three men were arrested after they allegedly fired at least five shots from a .22-caliber rifle at the home at 1:30 a.m. Sumner Keith, 19, and Anthony McCullagh, 18, both of Nobleboro, and Chad Bolster, 19, of Augusta, were all charged with Class C reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon. Brackett said Friday that he was unsure whether either Wallace or Thomas was involved in the previous incident.
A tactical team for two belligerent guys? The LCSO could not deal with that?
Maybe they should have called you in the middle of the night to handle the two belligerent guys at the rowdy party, and let the tactical team and LCSO stay in bed sleeping.
Dont let the fact when you walk into the residence, the address has a history of parties where guns were being shot for fun.
Must be nice to be able to party on a Thursday night and not have a care in the world as to what’s going on around you! I wonder if they have anything important like school or jobs to attend in the morning? A good nights rest would be a better choice instead of causing a “standoff.” Come on people, get a life and party respectfully!
Believe me, they don’t have anything important going on. I have family that lives on that road…and the Wallace boys do not have a good reputation.
You’ll be continually reading about the exploits of these two individuals for the rest of their lives.
And that is because our judges give mere slaps on the writs, suspending most sentences and allowing a minimum time in prison for recidivists like these. There needs to be more of a deterrent to crime than 6-9 months in jail and probation for 3+ years which is almost always broken with a minimal penalty to follow.
I agree.
Subject: [bdn] Re: Two arrested after standoff following rowdy Nobleboro party
If i became a cop you wouldn’t. They would picking up their teeth off the cell floor after the jail cell door accidentally hit them in the mouth.
I don’t think that would solve anything. I am all for throwing people like this in prison, but prison life needs to change. There should be no television of any sort, no internet, basically no contact with the outside world whatsoever. Food should be very basic, enough to sustain themselves, but nothing more. Prison life is just too easy, while I cannot say this from personal experience, it would seem that if it was such a horrendous place, then these types wouldn’t continue to break the law. It seems like its just another routine, and allowing amenities such as cable television is just asinine. Make prison a terrible place to be that offers nothing. Force them to pay restitution through work programs in prison for not only the damage they caused but for all the bureaucratic costs such as the police showing up in riot gear and the costs surrounding their case in court. Maybe then it will be a real deterrent to crime, not just a place to live and a routine to get used to until a few months has gone by.
Anyone who thinks doing time in prison is easy has never been there or known anyone who has.
It’s not fun.
There is NO internet in prison. Where does everyone get that idea? And believe me, they aren’t getting fancy gourmet meals. Desserts were eliminated, and they receive just enough to sustain themselves.
And restitution is often ordered in crimes. That means, while in prison, if they receive outside money to buy overpriced extra food, at least 25% is taken out to pay these costs.
I agree.
Subject: [bdn] Re: Two arrested after standoff following rowdy Nobleboro party
You’d think “Mr. Bud” would be a bit :wiser”…
Boys will be boys.
The humble Farmer
Good thing these “picks of the litter” didnt sneak out the backdoor.
They might have evaded the law and warrants for failure to appear
for who knows how much longer.
Whoever designed that house should be charged with assault. It makes my eyes hurt!
Why did the poor neighbors have to be evacuated? At 4:00 a.m.?????
And to do what, sit on the side of the road, whereas they’d have been a lot safer in their houses. It seems to me the deputies should have just informed the neighbors of what was going on and advised them to stay in their houses.
Doesn’t make sense to me.
And the fire truck is for what, hot tempers?