BOWDOINHAM, Maine — Two Massachusetts men are being held on $10,000 bail after they were arrested in connection with a home invasion Saturday in Bowdoinham.

Jorge Santiago, 30, and Miguel Rodriguez, 29, both of Lawrence, Mass., are charged with robbery, terrorizing and criminal trespass after they robbed a man in his home at 473 Carding Machine Road in Bowdoinham, according to a press release.

The invasion occurred at about 3:34 p.m. Saturday. The suspects entered the home of Rodney Skipper and demanded cash, marijuana and medications, according to the release. One of the suspects held a razor to the occupant’s throat before fleeing with money and drugs. Skipper fled to a neighbor’s house and was able to call 911.

The area around Skipper’s home was cordoned off by Sagadahoc County sheriff’s deputies, Richmond police officers and the Maine Warden Service. Sagadahoc County Cpl. Ian Alexander found fresh sets of footprints in the snow which turned out to be left by the suspects. Alexander and Warden Robert Decker tracked the two men and apprehended them in the woods. Both suspects are being held at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset on $10,000 bail.

The case remains under investigation and anyone with information is asked to call the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department at 386-5827.

Christopher Cousins has worked as a journalist in Maine for more than 15 years and covered state government for numerous media organizations before joining the Bangor Daily News in 2009.

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20 Comments

  1. Good work Sheriff Alexander! (as always) with more of his kind less of the “other kind” would get away this type of crime!

  2. Too bad the warden and cop didn’t get a chance to practice some close range firearm combat with these two.

  3. Is that their real picture? Looks like something that someone would photoshop. Poor guy’s head looks velcroed to the wall in the back. lol.

  4. Why didn’t these tough guys resist arrest? Keep it real homes and go gangsta! Give the cops a reason to ‘respond”.

  5. I think civilians need to be prepaired for things like this.
    Know your house, know your weapons, and usually you know the offender.

  6. Hold your chin up Jorge, you learned a good lesson today, when holding up someone and kidnapping them, do it in the summer, TRACKS IN THE SNOW BOZO!!!!!

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