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Man Who Led Police on Multiple Chases Through Portland Area Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of Firearm

After pleading guilty, Abdullahi faces up to 15 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.
Edward TomicBy Edward TomicAugust 21, 2024Updated:August 21, 202412 Comments2 Mins Read
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A man who led police on multiple chases through the Portland area late last year has pleaded guilty to the illegal possession of a firearm due to multiple prior felony convictions.

Mohamud Abdullahi, 31, who entered his guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Portland on Monday, was the subject of two police chases involving the South Portland and Portland Police Departments in November and December of 2023.

Mohamud Abdullahi, 31 | Source: Cumberland County Jail

On Nov 22., 2023, Abdullahi was suspected of firing several rounds from a firearm in the area of 262 Commercial St. in Portland.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine, Abdullahi pulled a firearm from his waistband and fired two shots into the air, before fleeing in his vehicle.

Abdullahi was pursued by police across the Casco Bay Bridge into South Portland, and after being stopped proceeded to flee on foot into the backyards of nearby houses — at one point “literally running through a wooden fence during his getaway,” police stated at the time.

He was eventually arrested and charged with refusing to submit to arrest and assault after “spitting in the face of one of our police officers,” South Portland Police said.

The firearm used in the shots-fired incident was recovered the following day from the front lawn of a residence from where the vehicle had been stopped in South Portland, federal prosecutors said.

In early December, while out on $10,000 cash bail for the Nov. 22 incident, Abdullahi was arrested in connection to a home invasion in which he allegedly entered a home on South Kelsey Street in South Portland and threatened occupants with a firearm, demanding money.

Abdullahi has multiple previous felony-level convictions in Cumberland County, including for assault and aggravated criminal trespass in 2017, and unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs in 2011. Those convictions bar him from legally possessing firearms.

After pleading guilty, Abdullahi faces up to 15 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.

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Edward Tomic

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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  1. Sam Brady on August 21, 2024 12:57 PM

    WHAT IS HIS IMMAGRATION STATUS ? He damn sure isn’t “Home Grow “. Wait until Mills gets 75,00 more that CHIMP OUT … Then the party really is going to get interesting .

  2. Maria on August 21, 2024 4:55 PM

    Deport

  3. ME Infidel on August 21, 2024 6:40 PM

    More cultural enrichment.

  4. Chris on August 21, 2024 9:25 PM

    Send Mohamud back to the 3rd world hell he came from or has allegiance to. He sure as hell is no Mainer!

  5. T C on August 22, 2024 6:29 AM

    Another fine addition to the state under Mills’ “New Mainers” program. Isn’t “diversity” wonderful!

  6. Dennis Taylor on August 22, 2024 6:41 AM

    Do Maine residents want to continue to pay for this invader to continue to terrorize Maine. Deport his ass!

  7. Gardiner Schneider on August 22, 2024 7:10 AM

    “Mohamud Abdullahi” looks like one of the maggots found at the DNC.

  8. sandy on August 22, 2024 9:43 AM

    “Abdullahi has multiple previous felony-level convictions in Cumberland County”
    How did he get a gun Democrats?
    How did he get out of jail so quickly Democrats?
    Do we need a better DA?

  9. Oldenoughtoknowbetter on August 22, 2024 4:11 PM

    Warning – I looked at the mug shot and I felt my IQ drop.

  10. DamDoc on August 22, 2024 6:42 PM

    A Portland Man….

  11. DamDoc on August 22, 2024 6:43 PM

    How’s that 72 hour waiting period working?

  12. SteveL on August 23, 2024 4:02 PM

    Just another Soros supported DA in a festering cesspool created by demonrats and ignorant people that support them! It’s gotten to the point where I only pass through Porkland never stop do no business there ever, it’s not worth the risk. Twenty years ago I dated an EMT and she said every night there was an emergency more often then not a knifing and I’m sure it’s only gotten worse!

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