A South Portland Man faces an array of charges after he allegedly stabbed someone numerous time on Sunday night following an altercation on Portland’s Wharf Street in the popular Old Port neighborhood.
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Portland Police responded to calls on Sunday reporting an altercation at around 11:28 p.m. outside 35 Wharf Street between two men. The incident escalated after one man allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed the other multiple times.
Officers arrived and discovered the 37-year-old victim suffering from multiple stab wounds. They immediately applied chest seals to the victim along with other first aid protocols as they waited for the arrival of paramedics.
The victim was transported to the Maine Medical Center for treatment for non-life threatening injuries.
The suspect had allegedly fled the scene when police arrived, and witnesses reported that he left towards Dana Street.
Following another altercation, officers located Samuel Gerry, 22, of South Portland, and took him into custody, transporting him to the Cumberland County Jail.
Gerry faces charges for elevated aggravated assault, unlawful possession of cocaine, trafficking in prison contraband and falsifying physical evidence.
Police did not explain how Gerry trafficked in prison contraband or falsified evidence, and he was not listed in the Maine Department of Corrections’ inmate database which tracks both current inmates and those out under supervised release programs.
The police department’s press release claimed that Gerry is 22, while the mugshot released alongside the release lists his age as 21. The Maine Wire could not determine which is his actual age.
