MADAWASKA, Maine — A transient with ties to Madawaska was arrested Thursday after he allegedly stole a vehicle to drive himself to the hospital.
Andrew Stewart, 26, who is from southern Maine, was charged with theft by unauthorized taking, according to officer Danielle Levesque of the Madawaska Police Department.
The 2000 Ford Windstar was last seen by its owner around 9 p.m. Wednesday and reported stolen at 8:12 a.m. Thursday.
Stewart was spotted driving the vehicle by members of the U.S. Border Patrol around 10:45 a.m. on Brisse Coulotte Road in Frenchville, Levesque said.
The officers followed Stewart, who Levesque said was driving at the posted speed limit, until he hit a patch of ice and went off the road.
The officers detained Stewart at the scene until members of the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department arrived and arrested him and turned him over to the Madawaska Police Department.
Levesque said Stewart indicated he had injured himself Wednesday evening and said he needed a ride to Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent.
Stewart told the officer he found the keys in the Windstar and drove it to NMMC where he was treated and released for the unspecified injury.
Stewart was not injured when the stolen van went off the road and the vehicle, which was towed back to Madawaska, was not damaged, Levesque said.
Stewart is being held without bail at the Aroostook County Jail in Houlton.
“This was a great effort by all agencies involved in this case,” Levesque said Thursday afternoon. “It showed real teamwork.”
“This was a great effort by all agencies involved in this case,” Levesque said Thursday afternoon. “It showed real teamwork.”
Be proud of yourself when you solve a real crime would ya.
This guy crashed in the ditch!
While driving the speed limit.
Almost eluded the North Countries Finest.
Good collar Johnny Law.
2 donuts.
… How many cruiser tires did the LEO’s shred on this apprehension?
your comments are unbelievable…too funny….
So we have pedophiles out on bail all the time, but this guy is held without bail for stealing a minivan that is probably worth $1200?
So I feel a hangnail coming on. Gonna slip on down to the nearest Mercedes dealership and borrow a car. Then i’m gonna take my ride to the nearest hospital on one of them white sandy beaches on the Miami Strip and soak up the sun till my boo boo heals.
A bank got robbed in Skow just before 5pm, wheres that story BDN?
Turns out they where only applying for a job to be a bank teller.
“the shape of things to come”
….hello
Ah Ha! Law enforcement in action in northern Aroostook County….amazing they could put this together.
Wow form Madawaska this is big news.. The only crime you see there usually involves drugs or drunk driving. Once in a while a fist fight in the bar because of alcohol, etc. etc… Not much in the way of car thefts and burglaries and the like… Heck thats what i liked about the place when i lived there, Never lock a door keys right in the ignition for weeks no one bothers ya.. Lol then i read this lol.. Because he is a transient they are afraid he will jump bail so they hold him with no bail in jail till he goes to court as is common for all transients especially in a border town..
This is a direct result of Obamacare gone crazy…..
To you genius commenters on this board with your loosey-goosey smartypants quips: the guy comes from YOUR part of the state, where transients are manufactured by you. Maybe you should look at yourselves sociologically where you live – yes, in Massachusetts Lite. If you’d like better entertainment for better quips, send us some more of your “southern maine work ethic” transients, or non-transients (the same) so we can live up to your standards of TV’s Law and Order to satisfy you. Oh wait… as Massachusetts wannabees, you can model yourself after a better state for crime, and look in your back yard. Yuk, Yuk, Smack…