TRENTON, Maine — At around 6:15 pm., officials told NEWS CENTER Maine that James Berube had been caught by a Dysart's gas station in Trenton.
The arrest was made in the convenience store attached to the Dysart's gas station.
In a release from the Hancock County Sheriff's Office, Berube is being held for failing to stop for an officer, eluding, and driving to endanger. These charges were a result of the incident earlier Sunday which started in Ellsworth and ended in Trenton.
The convenience store manager, Mickie Gray, told NEWS CENTER Maine that around 5:30 p.m. Berube came in to buy a root beer with cash, which Mickey thought nothing of at the time.
“I didn’t think anything of it at first," said Gray.
After purchasing the root beer, Berube went outside to make a phone call. After making the phone call, Berube came back into the convenience store, where Gray said he paced the back of the store and tried to go into the back room meant for storage.
When Berube caught a glance of the Sheriff's office vehicles outside, he began to hide in the back of the store.
An officer asked Gray and one other customer in the store to go outside.
“A police officer came to the door and took his gun out," said Gray. "He told us to get out. We got out and they called 911."
While outside the convenience store, Gray and his customers began waving down the helicopter flying above.
“They flew straight over and hovered," said Gray.
Berube was arrested inside the store, put in handcuffs, and brought to the Hancock County Jail.
Meanwhile, Gray said he’s looking forward to a return to normalcy.
“That’s enough excitement for the small town of Trenton," finished Gray.