By Renee Worthing 

Staff Writer

Sanford Police Maj. Gordon Littlefield said officers responded to 473 calls for service within a 48-hour period between July 25 and 26. 

“It’s usually busy on Friday and Saturday,” he said. “But this was unusually busy.”

He said calls ranged from disturbances to traffic stops to an early morning assault July 27 that required six officers to respond.

Littlefield said officers were called the area of Roger’s Supa Dolla on Cottage Street at 1:40 a.m. for a report of a fight, but when officers arrived, the group of people denied engaging in a fight.

Police made the group of six people pour out their alcohol, Littlefield said. Shortly after police left, they heard someone yell,  “Someone on Spruce Street has been stabbed.”

Littlefield said Jason S. Brackett, 22, of Cottage Street was charged with aggravated assault with a cutting instrument after he allegedly injured two men with a folding knife.

Littlefield said a 30-year-old man had cuts on his left arm and a 29-year-old man had a laceration over his left eye when the knife was allegedly thrown at them.

One witness said Brackett “just started stabbing” the victims, according to a report of the incident Littlefield said.

Both victims were transported to Goodall Hospital, Littlefield said.

Friday and Saturday, police also responded to numerous disturbances, including an intoxicated woman at MidTown Mall, a fight on Island Avenue, loud parties, thefts, motor vehicle complaints, vandalisms and indecent exposure. 

He said tomatoes were thrown at a house, four juveniles allegedly smashed bottles on a roadway and another group smashed mailboxes near the Wells-Sanford town line.

Police also received a report of someone throwing a rock through a windshield and lost items were recovered. 

Littlefield said police also took part in an ATV detail in which several riders were summonsed for driving unregistered ATVs. Some riders were cited for operating under the influence and operating on a public way, he said.