Police have arrested a woman who allegedly was in the company of a Lewiston man who is facing burglary charges.
On Monday night, police arrested Amanda Mitchell, 25, who has lived in Bath, on two outstanding warrants. Police also summonsed Mitchell on a charge of receiving stolen property, relating to an alleged break-in and theft of jewelry Sunday night on Oak Grove Avenue.
Lt. Stanley Cielinski said Tuesday that police saw Mitchell in the company of Joshua Amaral on Sunday night at a motel on Pleasant Street in Brunswick. A taxi driver had told them that the couple gave him a piece of jewelry as collateral for cash, police said. Officers were able to determine the jewelry was taken from the home on Oak Grove Avenue.
Bath officers, with the assistance of Brunswick police, located the suspects at the Brunswick motel. A large amount of stolen property was recovered from their hotel room, linking Amaral to the burglary and car breaks on Oak Grove Avenue, police said.
Police saw Mitchell wearing jewelry that later was identified by the owners of the burglarized home, Cielinski said. They did not arrest her at the time because she was in the company of children, he said.
“She turned herself in on Monday night on the warrants,” Cielinski said.
The warrants are for failure to appear on a theft charge and for an unpaid fine, Cielinski said.
Mitchell was unable to post bail, and is being held at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset, Cielinski said.
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