Tools stolen from Travis Mills Foundation retreat construction site

ROME (WGME) -- Police are investigating the theft of power tools from the Travis Mills Foundation construction site in Rome.

The Travis Mills Foundation purchased the historic Maine chance lodge, originally built in 1929 by Elizabeth Arden, and is renovating it into a fully-accessible retreat for combat injured veterans and their families.

Police say over the weekend several power tools were stolen from the site. And this isn't the first time.

In 2014, more than $10,000 worth of tools were stolen from the site where a home was being built for mills.

“It is really discouraging, you know. Travis is really disgusted that someone would be so selfish and actually take from this property, this company, this foundation,” Lynn Harvey, executive director, Travis Mills Foundation, said.

If you have any information, please contact Maine State Police at Alden.E.Bustard@Maine.Gov.