About nine hours after being released from the Kennebec County jail, a man stole a truck, led Lisbon police on a high-speed chase and crashed the truck through a guardrail and down an 80-foot embankment early Friday, authorities say.
Tony R. St. Pierre, 44, also committed burglaries at several businesses in Lisbon, according to police.
An officer was checking on some Lisbon businesses on Capital Avenue around 4 a.m. Friday when he noticed that a truck, normally parked next to Restorations Home Remodeling, was missing, police said. Moments later, the officer saw the truck on Capital Avenue, turning onto Route 196.
The officer said the truck was moving erratically, so he tried to get the driver to stop. Instead, police said, the driver sped up and forced other vehicles off the road before failing to negotiate a turn onto the Lisbon/Durham bridge on Canal Street. The truck went through the guardrail, plunged down the embankment and ended up next to the Androscoggin River.
The truck was a total loss, but St. Pierre sustained only minor injuries. He was treated at Central Maine Medical Center and then charged with motor vehicle burglary, operating under the influence, burglary of a commercial building, theft, aggravated criminal mischief, unauthorized use of property, eluding a police officer and aggravated operating after habitual offender revocation.
Lisbon police said they suspect St. Pierre in other burglaries Thursday night and Friday morning. They also said that St. Pierre has “an extensive criminal history,” including burglaries and thefts, and has spent “numerous years in prison.”
Less than 24 hours after being released, St. Pierre was back behind bars, but this time at the Androscoggin County Jail, where he was being held Friday night on a probation hold and $5,000 cash bail.
Edward D. Murphy can be contacted at 791-6465 or at:
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