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UPDATE: Arrest of Homeless Man Accused of Visual Sexual Aggression Against Child Occurred At Portland Public Housing Complex

Edward TomicBy Edward TomicMay 22, 2024Updated:May 22, 202411 Comments2 Mins Read
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The arrest of a homeless man in Portland last week for visual sexual aggression against a child occurred at a public housing complex, according to arrest records.

Ahmed Said Abdullahi, 30, whose Cumberland County Jail booking information indicated he was “unhoused,” was arrested early in the morning on Sunday, May 12, on the charge of visual sexual aggression against a child under 14 years old.

Abdullahi was booked at the Cumberland County Jail where his bond amount was set at $500.

As of May 22, Abdullahi is not longer in custody at Cumberland County Jail, according to the jail’s online inmate database.

30-year-old Ahmed Abdullahi, arrested Sunday on a charge of visual sexual aggression against a child | Source: Cumberland County Jail

In the Maine Criminal Code, visual sexual aggression against a child is a Class D crime that involves an adult exposing their genitals to a child under 14 years old.

The criminal statute also includes the visual recording of a child under 14’s genital areas under circumstances “in which a reasonable person would expect to be safe from such surveillance.”

The Portland Police Department did not respond to an inquiry from the Maine Wire regarding where the arrest of Abdullahi occurred.

However, arrest records published by Portland Police indicate that the arrest occurred shortly before 5:30 a.m. at Bayside Terrace, a public housing complex run by the Portland Housing Authority.

Bayside Terrace, according to the Portland Housing Authority, is “a Low Rent Public Housing Family development in the East Bayside Neighborhood.”

The public housing complex also contains an onsite Head Start pre-kindergarten program.

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Edward Tomic is a reporter for The Maine Wire based in Southern Maine. He grew up near Boston, Massachusetts and is a graduate of Boston University. He can be reached at tomic@themainewire.com

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<span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="28110 https://www.themainewire.com/?p=28110">11 Comments

  1. Conservative on May 22, 2024 1:07 PM

    Say ‘hello’ to one of the hundreds of ‘New Mainers’ per Janet Mills!
    We need to keep our children safe.

    ICE needs to deport this illegal’ asap!

  2. calloout2illegals on May 22, 2024 1:55 PM

    imigration status?

  3. T C on May 22, 2024 4:35 PM

    General Shills says we need another 75,000 of this type. Isn’t diversity wonderful!

  4. Mister Picky on May 23, 2024 4:40 AM

    I’ll be keeping an eye out for this stinky fence jumper… if I see him around riverton, he’ll be getting thr curb stomp

  5. Boxcar on May 23, 2024 6:32 AM

    Headline should read, “ARREST OF ILLEGAL ALIAN HOMELESS MAN….”

  6. Chris on May 23, 2024 7:03 AM

    Another outstanding typical Mainer with a typical American name.

  7. Robert Manson on May 23, 2024 7:05 AM

    Keep voting for those democrats !
    THIS problem will continue to get bigger and worse as long as the democrats continue to hold power .
    Maine is where Ahmed calls home now that the democrats have rolled out the red carpet .

  8. SteveL on May 23, 2024 7:57 AM

    Homeless? No we need to send him home, one way ticket to where he came from! Cheaper and better for the country then having him breaking the law here! Only a matter of time before he rapes some child!

  9. Sam Brady on May 31, 2024 5:19 PM

    What a Ball less Beta Male you are Stop calling these 3rd World Primates Migrants and unhoused … You guys are just more STATE OWQNED MEDIA

  10. Mohamed Ali ur mom hard on April 29, 2025 8:50 PM

    Bunch of insecure messages. Why not express yourself in public instead of hiding behind comments. The author is of this article is clown, he makes the same content over and over, click bait for the ultra right tiny penis lol..99% of the drugs addict look like y’all, that’s the sad part.

  11. Ben on April 29, 2025 9:00 PM

    You’re right Mr. Ali, we have a drug and domestic violence issue in Maine and It’s majority caucasian people. We all have a mental health crisis. We recently had someone shoot their mother and multiple pedestrians in traffic in Lisbon Maine. Multiple dead unfortunately

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