A homeless man was arrested in Portland on Tuesday for allegedly chasing children through a grocery store parking lot while brandishing a knife, according to a Wednesday press release from the Portland Police Department.
Police say that at approximately 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday, officers were dispatched to the Shaw’s parking lot on Auburn Street due to multiple reports of a male chasing children through the parking lot with a knife.
Upon arrival at the parking lot, police arrested 54-year-old Curtis Crawford, who police say is “unhoused.”
Crawford was charged with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and criminal trespass.
He was booked at the Cumberland County Jail where his bail amount was set at $500.
“We would like to recognize the staff at Shaw’s, who during this time, sheltered the children in the store and locked the doors, helping keep them safe while officers were responding to the scene,” Portland Police stated on Wednesday.
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Need to reopen AMHI.
I am curious how old the children are that are out after 9pm, without parents? and no I don’t condone someone running around with a knife.