Officer Robert Creamer Arrested for Assault

ELIOT, Maine

A longtime patrolman with the Kittery Police Department and former school resource officer at Traip Academy was arrested over the weekend after allegedly assaulting a staff member at the Regatta Banquet and Conference Center.

Robert Creamer, 57, of Kittery, was arrested at 7 p.m. Saturday on allegations that he shoved one of the employees and then refused to leave the premises during a comedy show featuring Bob Marley.

Creamer was arrested by Eliot police after they responded to the banquet hall, located at the Eliot Commons, following a 911 call from staff regarding an "unwanted person."

He faces two misdemeanors, one charge of simple assault and one count of criminal trespass, which could result in fines and a possible year in jail.

According to Eliot Police Chief Ted Short, Creamer had been drinking alcohol during the show and after becoming disruptive was asked to leave by employees.

Short said Creamer was escorted out of the banquet center by staff after the alleged shoving and when he was later asked to leave several times by staff and police he became "argumentative."

It was for that alleged refusal to leave the premises that Creamer was charged with criminal trespass.

No one was injured in the physical altercation, Short said.

Following his arrest, Creamer was taken to the Eliot police station and released on $300 cash bail, with an arraignment date of April 9 at the York District Court.

Kittery Police Chief Ed Strong said Creamer has since been placed on administrative leave with pay pending an internal investigation.

Creamer has been with the Police Department since 1983, said Short, and was once the school resource officer at Traip Academy before his position was eliminated due to budget cuts.

Strong said he could not comment further on Creamer's alleged conduct because of the internal investigation.

Information: http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090203-NEWS-902030395