After crossing a field, authorities say the front-end loader ended up on the Center Road in Charleston, where members of law enforcement eventually caught up with it.
Sheriffs says 41-year-old Jerry Ford stole the vehicle and it just so happens that the owner's pistol and rifle were also in the vehicle when they say Ford took it.
According to Det. Lieutenant Brent Beaulieu of the Criminal Investigation Division with the Bangor Police Department, authorities believe the woman met with foul play.