Portland Police on Monday arrested a Sebago man suspected of assault on a boat docked in the Portland Fish Pier after a standoff that resulted in the use of pepper spray and tasers against the suspect.
On Monday, Portland Police were called to the Portland Fish Pier at 300 Commercial St. for a report of a man being attacked.
Upon arrival, the victim, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries, told officers that he had been attacked by a man who was currently on a boat docked in the area.
Police say they attempted to contact the suspect on the boat, but the man refused to answer.
According to police, the suspect then came out of the cabin of the boat and exposed himself to officers and yelled expletives at them, before returning to the cabin and starting the boat’s engine and untying the docking lines.
At that point, police say they “were able to pepper spray the individual, before being forced to use their tasers to subdue him.”
Arrested was 62-year-old Stephen Thuotte of Sebago, on charges of assault, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, creating a police standoff and refusing to submit to arrest or detention.
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It’s interesting that this mans face is front and center for this piece but the illegal aliens face in the article on the murderer from Colombia has his face blurred out.
Too much time at sea.
Ship him to the Blaine House – Janet keeps yapping about how CONCERNED she is about remedies for the mental health issues in Maine. Let her get some real world practice!