FARMINGTON — A local teenage boy is accused of threatening to kill a family member and burn down their house Saturday, police said Monday. He also is accused of damaging a window in one cruiser and a cage in another.
The 17-year-old boy was arrested on charges of aggravated criminal mischief, criminal threatening, terrorizing and criminal mischief, Farmington police officer Courtney Krause said Monday.
Police responded to a call at 11 a.m. Saturday. Krause said she issued a juvenile summons on a charge of domestic violence assault Friday to the boy. He was accused of physically assaulting the same family member on that day. The victim did not take the police recommendation to have no contact with the teen.
Police returned to the Barlen Street residence Saturday morning on another 911 call. Franklin County Sheriff Deputy Matthew Brann, Farmington police officers William Tanner and Krause were conducting interviews when another family member pulled up in a vehicle and ran toward the teenage boy, Krause said. The two got into a physical altercation that police broke up.
Brann put handcuffs on the teenager, and officers tried to calm the situation.
The original family victim refused to press charges and wanted the boy to go to Spring Harbor Hospital in Westbrook, Krause said. The teen was in custody and continued to yell and scream at the victim, she said.
Police put him in the back of a cruiser and he started kicking a rear-passenger window and popped the top half of it out. Police restrained him so he would not be able to do more damage or hurt himself, but he got his hands in front and started choking himself and threatened to kill himself, Krause said.
The boy said he was willing to be evaluated by Evergreen Behavioral Services so police brought him there but once there, he declined treatment.
Police brought him to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department and made arrangements to take him to Mountain View Youth Development Center in Charleston.
Krause said she drove the teenager to the center and on the three-hour ride he found a way to kick the cage in the county’s cruiser with his knees. She said she warned him that if he broke it, he would face another charge. By the end of the ride, the cage was dented, she said.
The teenager is expected to appear in juvenile court this week.
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