Logan Valle, 18, remained in the Cumberland County Jail on Tuesday after his arrest Saturday night on charges of burglary, theft, criminal mischief and criminal trespass. The staff at the jail in Portland said he could not grant interviews because he was under medical observation.
Following Valle’s arrest, it was determined that he had overdosed on drugs and suffered from frostbite, the court documents state. After the incidents, friends said they believed his behavior was attributable to drug use.
Police and witness statements submitted to Cumberland County Unified Criminal Court in support of the charges against Valle provided more details on what happened that night. The reports make scant reference to the fire that destroyed the Valle family home about the same time and do not mention an attempt to set fire to Valle’s car, which was parked at the Falmouth Country Club, not far from the family’s house at 12 Inverness Road.
Officers were on their way to the house fire at 10:45 p.m. Saturday when they received a call about a naked man running on Fieldstone Lane – about two miles away – with a homeowner in pursuit.
An officer who accompanied Valle later told his supervisor that Valle was believed to be under the influence of the drug called bath salts. “Bath salts” is a street name for a hallucinogenic stimulant that causes bizarre – often paranoid – behavior and sometimes makes users feel extremely hot, leading them to take off their clothing. It has nothing to do with the mineral salts that are used to soften bath water.
