LEWISTON, Maine — A local man has been charged with attempted murder, accused of shooting a man outside a bar in December.
Marty Paige, 34, of 195 Main St., was indicted this week by a grand jury that also charged him with reckless conduct, possession of a firearm by a felon and assault.
It was the second time in three years that Paige has been charged with attempted murder.
On Dec. 18, Paige got into a dispute with a man at Club VYBZ in Lewiston, according to police reports. Paige threatened to kill the man and then went outside to wait for him, reports said.
When the other man stepped outside, police said, Paige shot him. Prosecutors convinced the grand jury that Paige’s intent was to kill the man, who later recovered from his wounds.
On the latest charges, Paige remained jailed Friday and will be summoned to appear in court.
In 2009, he was convicted of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon after prosecutors dropped the charge of attempted murder. In that case, Paige was accused of holding a knife to the throat of a woman in a bathroom at 7-Eleven.
That victim told police she was in the store bathroom with another girl when Paige began banging on the door. When she opened the door, Paige pushed his way in, saying he was going to choke her, a prosecutor said.
Paige slammed the woman against a toilet at the back wall, his hands moving to her throat. He pulled a pen-like object from his pocket and held it to the woman’s throat, threatening to kill her, according to the prosecutor.
Because of that conviction, Paige had been prohibited from carrying a gun.
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Keep this one in jail will you, in this game 2 strikes your out.
But he only has two strikes…he gets to try to kill another person…
attempt to kill he didnt kill anyone YET but if let free (bailed) he will probably do it again why not? the system keeps letting him go!
WTF?! Why is this jerk even allowed to waste oxygen? Unbelievable!
You sound just like him! :)
Thanx! :)
Lewiston? Go figure. Set his bail at $1500 bucks and let him go finish the job.
Lock him up and throw away the key.
He’s a violent criminal that will eventually kill someone if he gets out.
Another example of the Maine Catch and Release program. We should all feel safe in this (and others) State. Catch and release is common procedure all over this wonderful Country.
Well they don’t want to hurt anyone’s little feelings.
I really like the catch and release program when fishing. I do however kill the junk fish and feed them to the eagles instead of puting them back in the healthy fish population . If the courts would just keep him in a pen the public might be safer.
Put the dog down
This is disgusting! What is wrong with the judicial system here in Maine? Where are the legislators, don’t they ever read the newspapers? Seems like they release a guy like this so that they have a chance to do it all over again. Obviously this nut needs to be locked up for as long as possible. It’s no wonder there’s so much violent crime here in Maine, there’s no real punishment for it so it just keeps creating a vicious cycle of repeat offenders.
LAWMAKERS … DO SOMETHING TO KEEP PEOPLE LIKE THIS OFF OUR STREETS! Supposed they lived in your town and went after your family … would that be the only way you would take action and revise the laws?
Liberals of maine like to let people come and go into prison system.The victims are every where.How about 3 strikes your out and build that Prison in Milo.Better yet death sentence.
“Because of that conviction, Paige had been prohibited from carrying a gun.” Proof that gun laws do not work!