ROCKLAND — A  Brunswick resident who was arrested for trying to gain access to a Brink’s armored truck in Camden in August 2017, will not serve any jail time if he follows the terms of an agreement reached with the state.

Jon Baribeau, 49, appeared before Judge Beth Dobson in Knox County Unified Court Nov. 29. He entered a plea for the charge of criminal attempt.

The state and Baribeau agreed to a year-long deferred disposition for his sentence.

The terms of his agreement include that he must refrain from any further criminal activity, take his prescribed medication and comply with all conditions of his bail.

If Baribeau is successful, the state will amend the charge of criminal mischief to a misdemeanor with a fully suspended sentence of 364 days in jail with one year of probation. If he does not comply with the terms of the deferred disposition, then he will face open sentencing in November 2019.

According to the affidavit filed in court by Camden police, they received a report around 10 a.m. on Aug. 28, 2017, from the manager at a local grocery store that a person dressed in a yellow rain suit and wearing a ski mask, attempted to get into the back of a Brink’s armored truck that was parked outside the store.

The man, later identified as Baribeau, was unsuccessful and then ran off in the woods behind the shopping center.

Belfast police officer Travis Spencer, and his trained dog, Dex, a Dutch-German shepherd mix, assisted with the search but they did not locate the man.

Baribeau had been living in his boat that was in dry dock in Camden at the time of the incident, documents said. He had gone to the grocery store that morning to get a cup of coffee, according to the affidavit.

On Sept. 2, Camden police were contacted by Brunswick police about a possible suspect, who was living in that town. A resident there told police of suspecting that Baribeau was the one who tried to gain access to the Brink’s truck, the report said.

Camden Police Detective Curt Andrick said that police had also received new leads on the case from witnesses, and video evidence, according to a previous news release. Detective Don Murray of the Knox County Sheriff’s Office also assisted with the investigation.

Police obtained a search warrant and searched the apartment of the sister in Brunswick where they collected a dark woolen knit hat and a yellow raincoat as evidence, according to the court document.

Baribeau was arrested Sept. 5, 2017 in Brunswick and transported to the Knox County Jail.

At his initial court hearing the following day, Judge Susan Sparaco set his bail at $1000 cash and he was ordered not to return to any financial institution and the Camden market.

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