ELLSWORTH, Maine — A Blue Hill teenager has been ordered to serve 60 days in jail for participating in several burglaries earlier this year.
Jordan T. Lord received an overall sentence of 3½ years with all but 60 days suspended after pleading guilty to felony burglary and other misdemeanor charges last month in Hancock County Unified Criminal Court. He also was ordered to serve two years probation and to pay $2,420 in restitution to his victims, according to court documents.
Lord began serving the sentence on Oct. 31.
Lord and three other teenagers — Elijah McCarthy, 19, of Penobscot, and two 17-year-old juveniles — were accused of twice breaking in to a house on Gray Ridge Road in Penobscot this past April. The house was being renovated but was unoccupied at the time of the burglaries, according to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department.
Lord also pleaded guilty last month to his involvement in a Jan. 20 burglary at a screen printing shop in Blue Hill.
The teens were indicted on burglary and related charges in August.
Lord, McCarthy and the two teens were accused of stealing a case of beer from the Penobscot house on April 8 and, on April 21, of breaking into and vandalizing the house, causing nearly $2,000 in damage.
According to police reports, the group sprayed a fire extinguisher on a pool table, damaged furniture with a saw, threw paint around on walls, windows and floors, and painted vulgar words and a swastika on a set of sliding glass doors. A sheriff’s deputy found empty Budweiser cans inside the home after the property owner contacted police to report the April 21 break-in.
McCarthy pleaded no contest in August to his involvement in the Penobscot burglaries and received an overall sentence of three years behind bars with all but 30 days suspended, according to court documents. He also was ordered to serve two years of supervised probation upon his release and to pay $1,900 in restitution for damage to the house.
As for the Blue Hill break-in, Lord got a 60-day concurrent jail sentence after pleading guilty to that burglary last month as well. He and two other teenage boys were accused of stealing T-shirts, mugs, water bottles and a cash register that contained about $20 in change from the screen printing shop, according to Maine State Police. The loss to the business because of the incident is estimated to be $520.
