ELLSWORTH — A 24-year-old Ellsworth man is facing numerous charges after he was found in possession of bath salts and other drugs.

Officer Chad Wilmot stopped Craig Strout-Desmond on Hancock Street Jan. 19 to check whether the Ellsworth man was complying with bail conditions stemming from a previous drug charge.

Police searched Strout-Desmond and his vehicle and found numerous pills and five grams of the synthetic drug bath salts.

Strout-Desmond was charged with unlawful possession of a schedule W drug (oxycodone), unlawful possession of a schedule W drug (Ritalin), unlawful possession of a synthetic hallucinogenic drug (bath salts) and violating conditions of release.

This is the first time Ellsworth police have charged someone with possession of bath salts since the state Legislature passed a law elevating the charge from a civil violation to a Class D misdemeanor crime.

Lt. Harold Page said the department did issue a civil violation over the summer.

Arrests and Summonses

Andrew Hutchinson, 28, Waltham, passing a stopped school bus with lights flashing.

Sara Norwood, 18, Southwest Harbor, illegal transportation of liquor by a minor.

Patrick Kane, 32, Ellsworth, criminal operating after suspension.

Dakota Dunphy, 18, Ellsworth, operating after suspension, violating conditional release and illegal transportation of a liquor by a minor.

Amy Armstrong-Holler, 19, Hancock, illegal possession of liquor by a minor and sale/use of drug paraphernalia.

Misty Wyman, 36, Newport, possession of schedule W drug (methadone).

Bobbi Hodgkins, 24, Surry, operating after habitual offender.

Boy, 17, Winterport, warrant.

Bar Fight

No one wanted to press charges following a fight at Chummies Friday night.

The people involved were told to leave and not return.

Suspicious Conditions

A woman reported seeing a woman in the car next to her light up a joint with a child in the vehicle Jan. 20.

Police located the vehicle and determined the item in question was a rolled tobacco cigarette.

False Alarm

A report of a vehicle on the ice on Shore Road Jan. 17 turned out to be a false alarm.

Vandalism

Two doors at Maine Shellfish were vandalized over the weekend.

Police are investigating the vandalism of a vehicle at Deane Street Apartments Jan. 20.

What was reported as vandalism of a vehicle on Meadowview Lane appears to have been damage caused by a snow scraper, police said.

Bad Checks

Police are investigating several cases of checks written to local businesses on closed accounts.

Speeding Tickets

Amy Trundy, 24, Ellsworth, 39 miles per hour in a 30-mph zone on Main Street Jan. 23.

Anthony Eaton, 45, Sunset, 45 mph in a 35-mph zone on Route 1 Jan. 22.

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