Two arrests in one week for Whitefield man
A Whitefield man who had bail conditions to not drink alcohol was arrested twice within the span of a week for allegedly being intoxicated.
Kimber Niles, 61, of Whitefield was arrested July 3 and July 8 after allegedly being intoxicated against court orders.
Niles was originally charged with Class D criminal mischief and Class D criminal OUI in October 2014 after he allegedly crashed his truck in Whitefield near his home. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Beck was called to investigate a reported domestic disturbance in Whitefield, according to the incident report.
Once there, Beck spoke with a woman who lived in the house who claimed Niles had allegedly been drinking when he drove his truck off the road and came to the house on foot. Once inside, he reportedly started yelling at her before going into another room where he allegedly began destroying things.
When Beck spoke with Niles, he allegedly claimed that his truck had gotten stuck. Beck wrote that Niles appeared intoxicated, and when he asked if Niles had drank anything since returning home Niles allegedly said no.
Niles was arrested and charged with the two Class D crimes.
On May 18 Niles was entered into a deferred disposition at the Lincoln County Courthouse that stipulated that he refrain from using or possessing alcohol and to not commit any new crimes.
On July 3, Niles was arrested after Deputy Joel Seekins performed a random search and allegedly found Niles to be intoxicated. According to Seekins’ arrest report, Niles is not supposed to consume alcohol or even have alcohol in his house.
On July 8 Deputy Kenneth Hatch responded to Whitefield after receiving a call that Niles was allegedly intoxicated while on bail conditions to neither possess nor consume alcohol.
When Hatch reportedly spoke with Niles, he claimed Niles had slurred speech, glassy eyes, smelled of “intoxicants” and was “very unsteady on his feet.” According to the arrest report, Niles refused an intoxilyzer test. Hatch arrested Niles and charged him with Class E violating the conditions of his release.
The district attorney's office has requested that Niles’ bail be revoked for the two violations of the condition of release.
Niles will have a court date in Wiscasset on Aug. 27. Both Class D and E crimes are misdemeanors, with the maximum penalty being 364 days in jail and up to a $2,000 fine for Class D crimes and six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for Class E crimes.
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