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Hollenbeck on no bail order at Mass. jail

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Jeremiah Hollenbeck ... on no bail order in Massachusetts (Sanford Police photo)

LAWRENCE, Mass. - The former Lebanon, Maine, man twice convicted of various crimes while charged with the care of his young twin sons is behind bars today in a Massachusetts jail on no bail for not complying with sentencing requirements from a June heroin arrest in Lawrence.

Jeremiah Hollenbeck, 31, of 15 Cross St., Sanford, formerly of 678 River Road, Lebanon, was arrested on a fugitive from justice charge after Sanford Police ran his ID after breaking up a fight he was allegedly involved in on a Sanford street last month.

According to Sanford Deputy Chief Tim Strout, two Sanford cruisers were dispatched to the corner of Emery and School streets around 10:10 p.m. on Jan. 30 and once on scene found two combatants fighting.

One of them was Hollenbeck, who was arrested and taken to the York County Jail after police ran his ID and found he was wanted.

Last June Hollenbeck was arrested in Lawrence for drug possession after police say he bought heroin from a local dealer while his 2-year-old twins were in the car. Police say Hollenbeck had 10 grams on him when he was arrested.

He was charged with heroin possession, child endangerment and failure to stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

According to Lawrence District Court records Hollenbeck was found guilty of the crosswalk violation, but the more serious charges of drug possession and endangering a child were continued without a finding pending his good behavior for a year.

He was also ordered to spend 30 days in a residential program, get ongoing drug and alcohol treatment and comply with all orders from Maine DCYF.

He was also to pay restitution for counsel ($150), probation fees ($780), drug counseling ($50) and victim witness fees ($50), none of which have been paid to date.

A warrant for his arrest was issued by the Lawrence District Court as he had not paid any of the restitution, had been kicked out of the residential program, had refused treatment and had not kept probation officers apprised of his whereabouts.

But the Lawrence arrest wasn't Hollenbeck's first brush with the law while responsible for his young children.

The same twins, then nine months old, were left in a sweltering hot car with the engine not running and the windows rolled up on July 18, 2013, in Franklin while Hollenbeck shoplifted at a local Family Dollar store, a story widely reported on in state and local media.

A 911 call from a concerned passer-by who saw children in the hot car sent police to the parking lot around 4 p.m. as the temperature outside soared to 97 degrees. The twins, along with two other children, then 5 and 9, were in Hollenbeck's vehicle, a Subaru, for 10 to 15 minutes, police estimated.

As part of the plea agreement in the Franklin case, Hollenbeck was released with no jail time, but was to remain on good behavior for two years or a jail sentence could be imposed.

Hollenbeck, who is currently being held at the Essex County Jail in Middleton, will have a hearing with probation officers on March 14.

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