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Jump to full article: Maine Today, 2009-07-30
Author: DAVID HENCH, Staff Writer
Intro: PORTLAND -- Norman Thompson, a man whose capture by a newspaper photographer in Lewiston two years ago made national news, has been caught again, this time charged with stealing more than $1,000 worth of cigarettes.
Portland police arrested Thompson, 36, on Wednesday in connection with two commercial burglaries this week.
Police say he smashed a window and stole Marlboros and cash from Donatelli's Market on Washington Avenue about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. He also is charged with breaking into the Extra Mart at 865 Brighton Ave. at 3 a.m. Tuesday and stealing just over $1,000 worth of cigarettes: Camels, Kools and Newports in addition to Marlboros, police said.
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