BANGOR, Maine — A local man was arrested late Saturday — for the third time in three weeks — after he was found with a woman he is barred by the courts from being with, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said Tuesday.
This time the man’s girlfriend also was charged after police discovered she allowed Edwin Guzman, 23, of Bangor into her home.
Guzman was arrested on Jan. 27 for punching and smashing the rear passenger-side window of a car belonging to Amy Porter, 29.
His hand was bleeding and she was locked inside her car when police arrived. Guzman was arrested for domestic violence criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, even though Porter was uncooperative.
Guzman was barred by court order from being with Porter and was arrested on Feb. 6 for violating his bail conditions after the couple were found together at My Fork Restaurant & Sports Lounge.
He was arrested again for violating his bail conditions around 11 p.m. Saturday after someone reported that he had broken into Porter’s home. Police tacked on a second charge, felony tampering with a witness, which carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison if convicted, after the investigation determined that “he was in there and told her not to answer the door,” Edwards said.
When police knocked on her door, “she said Guzman was not there” but authorities could hear a man inside and broke down the door, the sergeant said.
Guzman somehow got out of her apartment and up onto the roof but quickly was apprehended.
When police went back to Porter’s apartment to interview her, they learned that she had let Guzman into her apartment and they had gotten into a fight, Edwards said.
Porter was charged with obstructing government administration.
Guzman was taken to Penobscot County Jail and later released, a jail official said.
and I bet he will be let go again…..hint to the Judge…..these type of people do not listen to you.
He was let go. Reread the article, “Guzman was taken to Penobscob County Jail and later released, a jail official said.” It’s the last sentence of the story.
Well, they just wanted to… well, Judge, you know…! They both enjoy the art of…
ms. porter, ms. porter, ms. porter, ms. porter, ms. porter—-on the count of three say cheese!
protection orders are a big joke they cost 40 bucks and nothing happens when they are violated.. this is one of the few times they arrested the protected party.. if the laws were inforced they would hold more weight with people when they thought about getting caught breaking them
What a waste of everyone’s time ! These two will continue to hang with each other, and the police will keep running them down.—-Senseless!
” . . she had let Guzman into her apartment and they had gotten into a fight,. . ”
Well, DUH !
Three Strikes, You’re Out!
WAKE UP Girl !
You can’t help some people!
He hit me, but I love him, but he hit me…but I love him…
Those are not necessarily the people filing protection orders. Those are the people that need help.
Hey judge, maybe not let him out so easily without bail or with a bail my 12 year old could afford? Nah, that would be doing you job. Get a spine Judges in Maine!
I could support that if it wasn’t so easy to get a protection order.
But Judge I love him , and this is how he proves his love to me.
The way to end this, woman need to be educated that its not all right for a man to hit you. At the first sign of any kind of abuse get out of the relationship. Don’t let it get this far. This isn’t love this is all about the man controlling you.
Sad, but some women think a punch or a slap is foreplay.
Yeah. We fixed the system after the Lake tragedy.
Here’s a novel idea, the Judge (who ordered him not to have contact with this woman) could have cited him for contempt of court, and locked him up. There is no bail on a contempt confinment.
Oh my goodness! You’ve let the cat out of the bag? How could you?
I think it is too easy for someone to go get a protection order. It leaves the possibility open that the person filing is the abuser.
I think there should be at least a second witness before a judge should be allowed to sign a protection order, or cause repercussions for falsely filing a protection from abuse order considering how much it hurts or can hurt the person the order is on.
Then maybe more protection orders could be taken seriously.
I have heard in some cases it is a matter of who files first between people.
As for husbands and wife’s that should not live together, I think there should be a better more fair way of dealing with who leaves in the civil matter, rather than who files first.
Girl you are part of the reason these fools think POs are a joke. I hope you get as much time in the slammer as he does. Get some self esteem, you are way above some *ss like that. Go back to school get some training and get yourself a life that does not involve being dependent on these losers. And DUDE I hope you meet some giant SOB in jail who gives you what you have coming.
Hey Amy…open your eyes…to the reality of this sludgebag AND for your mugshot pic. I’ll set the over/under on her domestic violence death age at 33.
Welcome to Maine, the home of revolving door justice.
it is sad but some people can’t live without high drama as it the language they learn growing up.The age old question is it nature or nurture that forms who we will be and how we wll act.