A man was allegedly kicking and pounding on the door of a downtown business before he ran from police and jumped in the Kenduskeag Stream on Thursday.

Jason Evans, 22, is charged with three Class E misdemeanors, criminal trespass, refusing to submit to arrest and violation of conditions of release in Penobscot County Superior Court. He appeared in court Friday and was referred for a mental competency evaluation .

He was kicking and pounding on a locked door at a business on the corner of Harlow and Exchange streets Thursday, Assistant District Attorney Joanne Lewis said in court. There was a woman inside the locked business, Lewis said.

Evans ran when police arrived, and kept running when police told him to stop, she said.

The chase ended after Evans jumped in the Kenduskeag Stream

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