LIBERTY — On June 16, 2017, the Waldo County Regional Dispatch Center received a complaint regarding two juveniles who had run away from a school in New Hampshire, and had subsequently stolen a vehicle from a neighboring town. Cpl. Greg Jones and Deputy Wiley McVety were assigned the complaint and told that it was believed that the two male juveniles had made their way to a residence on Mary Ordway Road in Liberty, which was owned by a relative of one of them.

Jones and McVety responded to the residence, located both of juveniles and coordinated their return to authorities in New Hampshire.

Three days later, on June 19, the Waldo County Sheriff's Office was contacted by officers of the Farmington Maine Police Department. Deputy Jonathan Shaw was advised that one of the male juveniles had again run away from New Hampshire, and was now a suspect in numerous motor vehicle thefts, including in the town of Farmington.

That same day, Jones again responded to the residence on Mary Ordway Road in Liberty and when he arrived, the 14-year-old juvenile was present but ran into the woods. Deputies searched into the night and started again on the morning on June 20 to locate the male juvenile without success.

Later that afternoon, around 3 p.m. the Sheriff's Office received a report that a camp on Stevens Pond appeared to have been damaged and entered. Deputy Shaw responded and once at the scene determined that the camp had just been vacated and based on evidence at the scene, believed the male juvenile being sought was responsible for the burglary and criminal mischief at the camp.

Deputies converged on the area of the camp, and Belfast Police Officer Travis Spencer and his K9 Dex were called to assist in tracking the 14-year-old. Shaw, McVety and Spencer tracked the suspect for nearly two hours before finally apprehending him.

During the subsequent investigation it was determined that the juvenile male had broken into at least three separate camps, stealing various items and causing damage to each of the camps. The juvenile was subsequently transported to Mountain View Juvenile Detention Center in Charleston, Maine.