MONROE, Maine
(NEWS CENTER) -- A Monroe man has been arrested and charged with stealing thousands of dollars worth of items from his former employer, the Viking Lumber Company in Lincolnville.
State Police searched the home of 32-year-old Ryan Weaver at 98 Back Brooks Road in Monroe Thursday. The search was a result of an employee theft investigation from Viking Lumber which started earlier in the month. Police found stolen building materials and new power tools including routers, drills, a laser transit and a lawn mower at Weaver's home. Several chainsaws from the lumber company had previously been recovered from various pawn shops around Maine.
Weaver was charged with receiving stolen property and possessing hypodermic apparatus. Weaver's girlfriend, 31-year-old Maranda McCafferty, was also arrested and charged with violating conditions of release and possession of schedule W drugs.
This investigation is ongoing and additional charges are likely.
