BELFAST, Maine — As accused murderer Daniel Porter was hustled through the Waldo County Superior Courthouse on Friday morning, a large crowd of his family and friends shouted out their support.
“We love you, Daniel,” many among the 50 or so people called to him in unison.
Porter, 24, of Jackson has been charged with murder in the death of Florida firefighter Jerry Perdomo.
After Porter’s court appearance Friday, the state medical examiner’s office released information that Perdomo was killed by a gunshot wound to the head. It was a homicide, according to an official who said the autopsy was concluded that afternoon.
During his first court appearance, Porter listened as Justice Robert Murray read the charge against him and explained that the maximum sentence he faces for murder is life in prison. If Porter is convicted, he will face a mandatory minimum of 25 years in prison.
Murray asked if Porter understood the charge against him.
“Trust me, I understand, your honor,” Porter said in a clear, confident voice.
Porter wore a bulletproof vest over his orange jumpsuit, and at the end of the brief hearing he turned back to look at all the people jamming into the gallery.
“Love you guys,” he said to them. “I don’t want to see a bunch of sad faces.”
Porter, who has retained Bangor defense attorney Jeffrey Silverstein, did not enter a plea during his first appearance. He has been held at Waldo County Jail without bail since his arrest on Feb. 28 at the house in Jackson where police said he killed 31-year-old Perdomo on Feb. 16 in a drug-related crime. Porter told police that he owed Perdomo $3,000 and that Perdomo had threatened him and his family.
Police have confirmed they are investigating allegations that diverted prescription pills are part of the case. Perdomo, of Orange City, Fla., was a firefighter and emergency medical technician for the Seminole County Fire Department.
Justice Murray scheduled a hearing for Porter at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 8, to determine whether he will set bail. State Assistant Attorney General Leane Zainea said after the hearing that the prosecution will try to deny Porter bail.
“The state will continue to establish evidence to keep him in jail,” she said.
But Porter’s family members, some of whom were crying and many of whom were vocally supportive, said outside the courthouse that it’s not fair that he is facing a murder trial.
“I think it’s a shame that someone in a uniform can hide behind that uniform and prey on our young,” said Brian Ginn of Knox, a longtime friend of the Porter family. “It’s kind of a shock to the community. He’s a good, clean kid. I don’t know how he got mixed up with this.”
Ginn’s son Brett Ginn of Jackson wore a T-shirt that read “Don’t [expletive] with family,” and told the reporters gathered outside that Porter is a “good kid.”
“I know Dan,” Brett Ginn said. “He was faced with a difficult situation … he does not deserve to be tried for murder. Self-defense is not a crime.”
Silverstein said the facts are still unfolding in this case.
“There’s much to learn,” he told reporters.
He said Perdomo last was seen on Feb. 16 by a woman in Bangor.
“He was armed with a handgun,” Silverstein said. “There’s a history of Mr. Perdomo coming up here, engaging in threatening communications with Mr. Porter.”
According to the affidavit filed in court on Wednesday, Porter and Perdomo had complained to the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office about each other in early January. Perdomo told police that “he observed Porter with a machine gun and that Porter threatened to shoot him and put him through a wood chipper. Porter stated that Perdomo threatened to cut his hands off and kill him.”
The affidavit states that police arrested Porter on Wednesday after finding blood splatter evidence and skull fragments in the Jackson home rented by Porter’s father. Porter reportedly told police that Perdomo was dead, but refused to tell them where to find the body. It was found the next day by a Maine game warden and his dog about half a mile from Dahlia Farm Road in Newburgh on property that is owned by relatives of Porter.
According to Silverstein, Porter chose to wear the bulletproof vest on Friday in part because there have been threatening messages posted on the Internet. Some have been aimed at Porter’s girlfriend, 25-year-old Cheyanne Nowak of Brooks, Silverstein said.
It did not appear that Nowak came to court to support Porter.
Silverstein said she has consulted with an attorney but has not been charged with anything in connection with Perdomo’s death.
He said his client is a longtime resident of Waldo County who has a lot of support here, and despite his confident, and at times even cavalier demeanor in and out of the courthouse, he is depressed, despondent and upset over what happened.
“Mr. Porter is very, very distraught over the turn of events,” Silverstein said, adding that his client believed he was out of choices before turning to deadly force. “I think he was buoyed, if you will, by the presence of his family.
When asked why Porter hid Perdomo’s body, Silverstein replied, “One of the things that’s common in the folks I represent is that everybody reacts differently during these kinds of events.”
He said all appearances suggest that both Porter and Perdomo had been involved with drugs.
After Porter’s supporters left the courthouse, Chris Lerch, Perdomo’s brother-in-law from Florida, made a brief statement.
“It’s a difficult day,” he said.
Perdomo’s two children, a 10-year-old girl and a toddler, were struggling with their father’s loss, he said.
Lerch said he hoped Maine officials would be able to prosecute Porter to the fullest extent of the law. He also said he understands why Porter’s family and friends would come to the courthouse, but he took exception to the idea, suggested by some of the Jackson man’s supporters, that Perdomo shouldn’t have come to Maine in the first place.
“Any of us have any right to go anywhere in this country we want to go,” Lerch said. “Jerry’s gone now. We’re paying the ultimate price for him being [in Maine]. We love Jerry so much. The way we see Jerry is as a father, a husband, a son.”
To all the supporters, if he is innocent of murder then why did he hide the body and refuse to tell where the gun and body was? That doesnt sound like something someone who used self defense would do! Sounds like he took the easy way out of paying a 3000 dollar drug debt.
because he was a drug dealer !! simple
They both were drug dealers, buyers or whatever! Not good upstanding people that’s for sure!
perdomo was a iraq war veterean gone nuts he was psycho from the effects of the war
I think you’re definitely right, this is a cost of war; making people with judgement that has been colored with insanity. How come people can’t understand that war breeds insanity and we all pay for it endlessly. Another dead veteran of the Iraq War.
…are you people crazy? Driving from Maine to Florida multiple times to traffic and/or use drugs sounds like a pretty calculated act to me. If he went crazy and started shooting people randomly, then I might consider that an effect of the war, but not prolonged, calculated criminal activity.
No your making it sound as if his service to the country is meaningless! This man was a veteran and a fierfighter! His Friend that is so loyal he won’t show his face on TV, said he was just trying to support his family with the extra money.
I guess the best way to look at it is like i’m trying to. From what I understand, he wasn’t a trouble maker or into drug during his youth. He served our country and served his community which I am thankful for. That’s where I stop with the appreciation for his service to the country. It seems like in the last 5 years or so he got addicted to prescriptions drugs and the rest we now know about.
As for what happened, none of us know what fear Dan had or if any at all. It wasn’t you in that situation! Got to admit Jerry doesn’t look like a small man, veteran of war, firefighter who probably was in pretty good shape. I’d probably be scared too if a man with size and training was saying he was going to kill me cause i owed him $3000. Not saying I would of shot him but i do know that when it comes down to me or you, its going to be me and i’m sure most people are like that. .
I have many relatives and friends and know of many more people that served in WWII and the many campaigns of WWII, Korea, Bay of Pigs invasion, Viet Nam, Grenada, Gulf War, Iran-Iraq, Iran, et al. Yes, some were emotionally affected by the experience and haven’t done well but the majority went on lead successful and honorable lives. That majority who survived war and used the experience to improve themselves had their act together in the first place and had good character to begin with so I don’t buy the “war vet” excuses. If Perdomo was “psycho” he should have been getting the help he needed and shame on his friends and family for not seeing to it that he got it regardless of any excuses they come up with.
And what about Porter, or his girlfriend, has anyone gotten them help for drugs? Maybe the crazy one is the one that actually KILLED someone…I am amazed there are actually people on here defending this punk…are you serious? I am not beginning to say Perdomo was a saint, and i could care less that he was a fireman or a vet. But the man did NOT deserve to die out here in the Maine woods…He does have kids and a wife that obviously loved him. He has family that has come a long long way to be treated this way from the god ole State of Maine citizens. Dont any of you have any class at all? How in the world can you get on here and act like Perdomo deserved what he got…please, get a grip and seek some help.
I have alot more class than to sell or buy drugs. I am sorry to bring this to your attention but we as a state have enough issues with drugs. I for one am sick of these drug pushers hiding behind a mask pretending to be something they are not. If they can not live within their means than that is their problem not mine, it does not in any way mean they have to sell drugs to to make enough money to live. I do feel bad for Perdomo’s children for not having their father while they grow up and hope their mother gets them the help they will need to deal with this in the right way. however, any father or mother for that matter should not ever expose their children to this kind of life style. The mother knew what he was doing, there is no way she could not have known. As far as Porter, I think he just got in the first shot……to bad they both did not end up the same as Perdomo and save the state some money.
did you ever think that maybe he was doing the same thing way before he joined the military?
That is not an excuse.
He was nuts because he made dumb decisions after the war. I’m a veteran. I don’t buy that line of crap. We all make choices. I knew a lot of idots on active duty. You don’t get a vaccine shot for STUPID in the service. There are idiots in every class of society – military or civilian – regardless of your gender or color – there will be bad apples.
i they both was messed up the cops should have cracked down on the both of them when they made complaints about each others threats they should have stayed away from each other . my sister and i had our moments. after my dad died it was hell on earth sistered called me made threats i called the cops about her not coming near me . we were both given a verbal warning to stay away from each other or get a court summons for harassment . they should have done the same with these guys . to drive all the way from florida that is nuts my brother lives in florida when he comes up he flies but he did drive back
cops could of done that but i don’t believe the cops could of stop this. I look at it like this, even if you are to stay away from someone, when they have someone meet you and you follow them to a house when they owe you $3000, your going. I know I would and not even have a second thought. I might bring someone with me though, going anywhere that is unfamiliar alone when guns apparently are carried by both.
dont know the information was given out from someone who knew perdomo wife brother they both had problems going to be a interesting court case .the judge robert murray. i know him i knew him from church awhile back as buddy murray. his family was a democratic political family in bangor. he was a state legislaturor at one time . his brother is a catholic priest was in politics at one time before coming apriest. buddy recently was named a judge. he seemed to be a fair person but i was told as a judge he can be nasty dont know if daniel porter will go for a judge or jury trial there is so much publicity with this case . the prosecutor with this case used to be with the DAs office in belfast before becoming as State prosecuting attorney. Eric Walker is the main DA in belfast. as far as bail goes porters have property they could use it i am sure daniel wont do anything foolish if his dad puts up property as bail. i am sure he has been told he would not be able to contact cheyanne . i am sure the prosecutor will use her to testify against daniel. his dad will be used to testify against him too. i think this is going to be a manslaughter case
Is there any evidence of that or is everyone just jumping all over that story because he’s not here to defend himself?
so far, we only have Porter’s word stating that Pedermo was involved in drugs.
There was a friend of Perdomo’s in Florida that said he was in Maine to collect on a drug debt. So it isn’t all Porter’s word. Neither man is innocent but, no one deserves to die the way Perdomo did.
sad. just trying to give a veteran and fire firefighter the benefit of the doubt until the investigation concludes.
This country was built on moonshiners and bootleggers. It’s an upstanding business when the gov’t says it is. If this stuff was legal then people could settle differences in the courts instead of taking the law in their own hands. Prohibition breeds violence.
Another supporter of a murderer…guess ignorance truly is a family trait
Agreed. You wouldn’t support it if you had been in Perdomo’s shoes. . . guaranteed.
this maybe?
“during the two-week search for Perdomo, Porter and his girlfriend, Cheyanne Nowak, 25, of Brooks, initially had both been identified as “persons of interest” by police. Police caught up with the couple in Connecticut. Porter told a detective that he had wanted to visit his mother, grandmother and great-grandmother there because it might be the last time he might see them as a free man, according to the police affidavit.”
the truth is that we’re not sure, but i’m certain the truth will come out in the trial, after that we can make our opinions on the matter.
But I personally wouldn’t honestly say what i would do if i were in the same situation.
Drug user/dealer, threatened by a dealer, backed into a corner…. what would you do?
so you say call the police, how would that have sounded:
“hi police, there’s a firefighter here threatening to kill me”
Police “why’s he there”
“because i owe him lots of drug money…”
??
just sayin, lets wait until the evidence is out before we jump to conclusions.
Ha. I’d take being arrested for drugs and not having to be killed/kill someone over the alternative any day! Any rational person would. There’s something wrong in his head if he really thought that that killing Perdomo was a better idea than being safe and potentially getting arrested. . .
why are you so sure he would have been safe if he didn’t do what he did?
Yes but remember they both lodged complaints against each other in January so they were not scared of police then. Also after that confrontation in January Daniel went out and bought5 a .357 so he took this to another level and apparently fired faster than Perdomo. The complaints made in January would have played into self defense rather than destroying evidence by hiding the body, hiding the gun and trying to cover it up with new rugs. I am sure in retrospect Daniel has realized that this could have been avoided by just calling 911 after whatever confrontation there was. Sad all the way around that drug related crimes ruin seemingly innocent people everyday and neither of these two were innocent in their business dealings that Daniel’s girlfriend told the MPS was drug related. I am sure the MPS told Nowack she could be a witness for the prosecutors and they would not charge her as an accessory as she implicated Daniel in this drug trade.
your comment sounds like somone willing to at least hear two sides to a story. If your open minded enough to imagine how the conversation would sound, and your imagining Porters back was Against the wall, leave out the Imaginary conversation with police and Imagine what might have happend to him after dialing 91 because I’m beting he never would have got the chance to dial the second 1.
agreed!
He called the police just a month before saying his life had been threatened — so why didn’t he call after he shot him and claim self-defense (would have been more believable then killing a man and hiding all the evidence — and who helped him with that?)
the cops should have explained to him and perdomo about criminal threatening they both threatened each other there should have been criminal charges then that is the states faultthey should have charged them both then
Um, they DID explain criminal threatening to both of these guys. And then they decided to get together to “Play pool”…
I’ve had friends get into a fight and the same day buy each other a beer. guys argue, fight and blow off some steam and then come back around and have another round.
Not the guys I hang around with.
Does one of them later go and shoot the other guy in the head, hide the body and then go to another state to hang out?
and the pusher got placed right behind the 8 ball.
Really classy. Pusher? That has not been proven..Behind the 8 ball? What world are you from, you make it sound like this guy got what he deserved…You seriously need to check yourself.
I thought it was funny.
It’s the way gentlemen settle their differences…..or is that by dueling?
It’s difficult to prosecute a he said/he said case when the complainant won’t cooperate or testify.
Didn’t they say dear old Dad helped him yet theres his mug in the paper WATCHING his son being briught into court instead of in cuffs next to him.
His Dad flew home from California the day he was arrested, as Porter told him what he did. He was there to support his son through the arrest. The police didn’t want to hear anything from his father, they needed Porter to confess, which he did once his father was by his side.
Do people realize our media in this country is all about sensationalizing stories to sell?
No THEY didn’t, whoever the omniscient “they” may be.
Yeah, I think I’m right. Need to check resent past issues of BDN, I’m sure I saw it in there, omniscient as “it” may seem.
and why would you invite someone that was threatening you to a friendly (or not so friendly) game of pool!
Lets not forget that he “defended” himself, then removed the body to a families land. Then cleaned up the house and got new rugs. Dumped his old car and bought a new one with cash. Left the state to visit family because the next time they saw him he would be in prison. That he was on camera dumping the dead mans keys and belongings in a trash can. Never mentioned the self defense thing when found out of state. Ya sounds like it is all a big mistake…… By the way there is a used bridge for sale by Fort Knox, make us an offer.
what do you want for the bridge?
he was scared. it is hard to admit you owe someone that much money especially on drugs. on anything matter of fact.
$3000 is not that hard to come up with if it means life or death. I bet he drove a $3000 car. Two days on Craigslist and he wouldn’t be in this mess.
They bought a car at a dealership to flee to Connecticut.Must of had money or access to money to get a dependable car.$3000 doesn’t seem right.More to the storyI’m sure..
If he was scared of Perdomo he would have bought the car a couple days earlier and gotten out of state before inviting him to his house to play “Pool”.
Must be more to the story hopefully we will get to c just what it is
3k is a drop in the ocean compared to a human life
I don’t wanna sound like richie rich or something… but if it came down to being killed or comnig up with $3000… I’m sure I could find $3000. Sell my car, cash advance from a credit card, something, anything preferable to “kill or be killed”.
Right on . Some people use their head.
He had money. He was able to buy a car.
He bought the car after Polermo disappeared. Money for the car from him. No honor among drug dealers at all.
Porter is the one you put the $ amount on the debt. If he isn’t telling the truth about what happened he could have left that part out all together.
Maybe he’s going to try to plead down to a littering charge.
Lol…thats possible
Anyone who falls for the meme that this DRUG DEALER was “defending” himself is a fool.
The facts are not out yet. If he called police right after it happened, he would have never got to see his family again. He knew that. Obviously, he hid the whole thing long enough to say goodbye to everyone. Not really a good choice, because it makes him look guilty of just murder and not self-defense. If this is all true, this will make a great movie won’t it? What would you do if you just shot someone who was going to shoot you? Wouldn’t you feel great?! Like you were given another chance to live. But he also knew that if he didn’t hide what he had just done, he would be shipped away too soon to have that time with his family. He knows that murder is wrong, but he also knew that he didn’t want to be the one murdered. Sounds like simple math to me. Kill or be killed is different from actual murder. Some states commit murder everytime they execute a death row inmate. That is called murder for punishment. Murder has different meanings. There is murder for mercy, murder for hire, murder for thrill, murder for money, etc. and then there is murder for self-defense. That is when you murder to prevent being murdered. If this is the case here, it will come out.
Has there been ANY evidence that Perdomo actually took the gun into the house with him. I’m sure he would bring it along in case and have it in the car. But, did he have it on him? Sounds like he was under the impression that Porter’s gf was coming to meet him and showing him to where Porter was and they were going to play pool and have a few beers (from what Porter has reported) — This was a set up — Porter owed money and maybe he was afraid of him so he took it in his own hands and probably shot the guy as soon as he walked through the door.
You believe the news when they tell you he refused to say where the body was. Did you every wonder how the cops were able to find the body in less than a day after he turned himself in. After looking for jerry for over a week prior.
What did Nowak know and when did she know it?
By the way, why were those fifty people all hanging out for the court appearance, did they get time off from their jobs?
Frankly they look like a crowd of non-working state aid deadbeats to me, especially those “gimmie girls” with the smokes.
Are you watching the news the man (Porter) Is wearing hand cuffs leg irons and an orange jumpsuit facing many years if not life in prison. do you think that was the easy way out. I don’t Know If I belive Jerry was killed for three grand.
And why would someone who was making threats be stupid enough to walk into his intended victim’s house? Wouldn’t he suspect a trap? This guy may have 50 supporters but I’ll wager none of them gets picked for his jury.
The State police’s hat looks like someone sat on it. Just an observation.
Lol
that’s the way their hats are made…
If it was self defense, why did he: a) attempt to sanitize the scene b) dispose of the body c) attempt to dispose evidence & d) skip town?
Oh yeah, and since he has retained Silverstein as his lawyer, a little advice. If you are offered a plea deal, take it. Silverstein let his last murder client roll the dice, and he lost big time.
panic perhaps?
If i’d been in that situation i’m not sure how i’d react. My first thought wouldn’t be to call the police though.
Think about it, maybe the deceased was threatening porter or his family’s lives over the drugs and money? what would you do?
We don’t know the facts, but i’m sure the truth will come out.
Also, They stated that they wanted to visit their relatives one last time as a free man.
he knew he was going to get arrested, i can’t fault him for wanting to see his relatives before he goes away.
“during the two-week search for Perdomo, Porter and his girlfriend, Cheyanne Nowak, 25, of Brooks, initially had both been identified as “persons of interest” by police. Police caught up with the couple in Connecticut. Porter told a detective that he had wanted to visit his mother, grandmother and great-grandmother there because it might be the last time he might see them as a free man, according to the police affidavit.”
Why wouldn’t your first thought be to call the police, unless you had just shot a defenseless man? We live in a sad world when people justify such actions as self- defense. If the victim had been lying on the floor with a gun in his hand, that might constitute self-defense. Verbal threats in the absence of the clear and present danger of acting on them, does not justify murder. If evidence proves otherwise, I will reconsider.
I’ve been in that area before, most cell phones don’t work and if no one was living in the home maybe there was no land line. not trying to pick a fight here just responding to the part about why the first thought might not have been to call athourities.
I’m sure that after the deed was done he could have gone down the road till he got service and called the police and let them know that he had just killed a man in self-defense. It must of taken him awhile to cover all this up…Although with all the support at the courthouse he might have had several people willing to help him out.
My question about the phone was in response to BulletproofMonk’s comment. There are many ways to notify authorities – other than by phone – that you have just killed someone in self-defense. Instead, Porter acted like a murderer does by trying to hide it.
Panic? He wraped the body. Borrowed a truck to dispose of it. Made arrangements to be picked up at Hannaford after disposing of the car. Purchased a new car and left town. Thats a pretty methodical panic attack if you ask me.
wrapped the body up? Borrowed a truck to dispose of it? The articles I’ve read said he borrowed a truck and it came back mudddy, Lots of dirt roads in the pictures Ive seen, the truck would probably been muddy no matter where he went. Perhaps the old car was a piece and he didn’t think it would make the trip, so he bought the first one he could afford that would. and when you say left town lets remind readers that when he did he went to his hometown where he grew up and his mother still lives. not eacatly the trademark of someone trying to disappear. It sounds methodical to you to drive the victims car from a rual location to one with security cameras in every direction?
The truck also had blood in it belonging to Perdomo. Do you really believe that he borrowed a truck to just go for a joy ride on a dirt road? Who helped him put the body in that truck and carry it in off the road? As far as the rest of it the guy is a 24 year old druggie or seller — probably not to awefully smart.
How will anyone know the truth — Porter and his suppliers and people he sells too are left to tell the story — Perdomo is dead. So getting to the real “truth” is going to be difficult.
Scary how even “NICE” people get caught up in the drug world. You can’t trust anyone anymore….that is sad and I don’t buy the self defense angle at ALL….
Me either!
He took another persons life. He covered it up. He shows NO remorse for killing. Whatever the surrounding circumstances, he IS as responsible for the drug involvement if he was buying. The fact that he was a good kid in school several years ago doesn’t mean he is innocent now. He will be held accountable for the actions HE CHOSE to commit: taking a life, hiding the body and the weapon, and refusing to cooperate.
in your rush to blame it all on the deceased; do not forget this young man had a mind to think with and chose poorly, and now must face the consequences.
I just hope that as loud as your suggesting he was buying, you are willing to suggest that the other guy was selling.
Well said.
Hmmmm… Pleas not guilty… gets a plea deal… goes free! He has the “What? Me Worry” look on his face…
GOOD PEOPLE dont go around Murdering people.. what the heck is wrong with this man, he acts like he is an actor and all the world are his fans!! regardless of why this man from florida was in maine, the fact is a MAN IS DEAD and Mr Porter is loving the limelight. Agreeed that Mr Porters family is there to support family. however, there are children who no longer have a father…
Agreed. Porter seems to not realize the seriousness of the situation.
Self defense? I am guessing the woman involved can shed a lot of light on why the fellow from Florida was there in the first place.
Nice guys do not deal drugs 1500 miles from home on a monthly basis or have girlfriends that same 1500 miles from home. If he were a nice guy he would have been home playing with his kids on his days off. Do the math — if his friend on the news is correct he drove for about 60 hours to make 2k. That is 30/hour and does not include the extra time here. If your doing this once a month and having to be away from your family who you love and care for so much why not work a few extra shifts?
And I suppose you have never made any mistakes in life? EVER?
Big difference between accidently running a stop sign and selling dope!
Selling drugs isn’t a “mistake.” Nor is it the moral equivilant of a traffic violation, jacking deer, or shopping online to avoid sales taxes.
oh, so a small crime is ok, but a major one isn’t? So what about that murder? Apparently everyone that knows Dan and Jerry thought highly of them…. so what good is this argument about who was more bad? Steeling from a baby, and steeling from a grown man are both stealing. Shooting a drug dealer in the face is no better or worse then shooting a nice guy in the face… its the same crime. Seems like a dumb argument about who was nicer…. who cares at this point. Should we justify everyone going out and killing people based on merritt?
There aren’t many people up here who think that Porter isn’t guilty. I said earlier myself that if I were on a jury in Waldo County I’d vote to convict without even having a trial. But Porter’s guilt doesn’t make Perdomo a good guy. He was a bad guy who got what he deserved. I’m not interested in arguing about who was nicer or really a good guy, but don’t post all this garbage about a man in Maine to sell drugs being a good guy.
He deserved to die? Really? So why even have police and courts. You don’t like what someone is doing, you can shoot them? He got what he deserved? Death? Really you just said that? Are you from the old Soviet Union? I didn’t know Jerry one bit…. just from what I am watching on the news down here, nor did I know Dan (thank god in both cases I guess), but I would never agree the killing of anyone for differences from my life….. well, maybe pedophiles, child molesters, and rapists…. even then though… geez death is final.
He was up here selling drugs and he got what he deserved. Did Porter have any right to kill him? No. Should he have been shot? No, he should have been tried and hanged. But the bottom line is that he brought it upon himself.
Porter needs to be locked up for life as well. Too bad that Maine doesn’t have a death penalty.
Both are S heads.
Never made a mistake that took me 30 hours to carry out. That’s a long drive to think about the potential consequences of your actions.
Not the same thing every month
because you don’t make that kind of money as a firefighter…just sayin’…
Nice guys don’t get involved with bad guys dealing drugs 1500 miles from home. Obviously Porter was buying drugs and reselling good deal for him especially when he doens’t pay his supplier.
He looks rediculous in these pictures — he looks totally put out that the state would have the nerve to disrupt his drug dealing money making time by putting him on trial for killing a fellow dealer.
Sounds like a threat to me.
I find it appalling that people are supportive of a murderer. Is anyone remembering the victim here who has no voice? We are only hearing the confessed killer’s view. At least Porter is alive and his family can see him. What about Tonya Perdomo and her children who will never be able to see or hear their father and husband again? Porter is guilty and should be a man and stand up and take responsibility for his actions.
I’m not supporting him, just merely saying we should wait for the facts before jumping to conclusions.
Well said! It never ceases to amaze me how illogical and unethical people can be. It is common for people to forget about the victim or minimize the impact the perpetrator has on the victim’s family. Porter has on his side: He’s a local and the fact that the victim dealt drugs lessens his ‘value’ in the eyes of many even though Porter is just as bad or worse.
Focusing on the “victim” isn’t going to help put Porter away. Tonya Perdomo and her children (not to mention everyone else on the east coast) are better off without him around. The more you people talk about Perdomo, the better Porter looks. You should be focused on the crime rather than the “victim.”
Their both equally guilty of the drug transactions,BUT,this murder was for one of the oldest and vile reasons……….MONEY!
I believe that the self defense explanation (I don’t believe it was self-defense based on the facts contained in the affidavit) would have worked a whole lot better if Porter, after shooting Perdomo (if that’s what really happened), had called the police and told them that he shot Perdomo, who was armed with a Glock 30 (the affidavit suggested Perdomo had this weapon) because Porter’s life was in danger.
Porter had no obligation to talk about past crimes (if in fact any crimes were committed). Porter could have told the police that Perdomo came there demanding $3,000 that Porter owed him and that when he told Perdomo he didn’t have the money, the Glock 30 came out and Porter shot him.
If Porter had acted in this way, he wouldn’t have even risked a hernia lifting Perdomo’s body out of the house and he could have saved some money on new carpets. Not to mention the inconvenient trip to the Bangor Wal*Mart or the $5,000 spent on a car that he didn’t even get to test drive before he purchased it.
That’s right. If it was self defense, he could take the 5th when asked why he owed Perdomo money. Anyway, the autopsy results might change the minds of some people who came out to support him. Maybe it will show cause of death as a shot in the back of the head. We’ll see.
The new car has nothing to do with the situation. She has needed a new car for a while as her other was is literally falling apart. A safe car for her child.
Keep telling yourself that!
OMG really? Jst so happens you need to buy a new car after you kill someone? Don’t be naive…
Why would you NEED to buy a car after killing someone? The car was never part of the investigation. I KNOW she needed a car for quite some time. It wasn’t a random “Hey I wanna buy a car today” thing. She had been talking about getting one for quite a while and had been car shopping. I even helped her with dealerships to go to, etc.
No it was a lets ditch our car, buy another one without so much as a test drive, and take off to connecticut…. right after I kill the guy I was supposed to pay this money to. Are you for real? Thats cool if your friends with her/them or whatever, but she posted “sorry for your loss” on her fb before charges were ever made or murder was even known… don’t make yourself look so silly!
i have read a lot of your nonsense and couldn’t go any further without commenting. I respect your opinions but you really should used information from the police report instead of from the BDN articles you are reading. The articles don’t have all the information. They may have traded in their car prior to going to Connecticut but why? In the police report it states that he had his fathers black cadillac, he left the black cadillac at Cheyanne’s house. I cant imagine that he would of left the car at her house, traded her car that had nothing to do with the events only to travel to see is mother and grandmother. Im going to have to lean on the affidavit and police evidence on this one. I cant really classify your claims as factual as most of what you claim comes from the BDN articles and opinions.
And for the record, I do not make any excuses for what happened. He killed a man and drugs where involved but I’m not ready place the blame on one or the other until all the evidence is played out.
Please. The days after her boyfriend murders a guy in cold blood and hides the body she decide to go buy a car? How dumb do you think we all are?
Again as I have stated to most. Read the affidavit, it will clearly prove that you are wrong. He was killed sometime between the night of Feb 16 and the morning of Feb 17th. The car was purchased on Feb 21. The car traded and the car purchased aren’t even mentioned in the affidavit.
I can’t believe she would even say that, Vannessa I mean. How coincidental, sight unseen, no test drive, give me a break. She’s afraid the BF is going to be charged and she will be I’m sure in time. Probably will take a while before the boyfriend starts singing.
Read the affidavit, she was not involved in the killing or immediate cover up
Hasn’t been charged YET probably a lot more to come out of this story — time will tell.
I Totally agree… hes trying to save his A right now, he will try anything to remain alive….
He is into drugs, or selling drugs, he purchased a gun and made threats, he hid the body and the cars . This is not behavior of a “good person”
Right on.
“He was faced with a difficult situation. … He does not deserve to be tried for murder. Self-defense is not a crime.”In self defense, the police are called right away, and NO BODY or weapon(s) are hid in woods . Now come on here! J/S
True statement.
I told you all on the previous story! 100 of you didn’t want to hear it. SELF DEFENSE was going to be his angle out of this. From what the affidavit reads, the police already know he had been threatened by Perdomo. They also know he criminally threatened Porter. He will do time people. It will not be for murder in the first degree. Manslaughter will be his plea deal. Granted Dan Porter did nothing to make himself look good. The evidence will do that for him though. . . I bet he is all smiles. He and his lawyer already know he won’t be spending life in prison. More like time served when this is all said and done. Oh and lots of tax dollars!
You told who, most people on here knew the angle Porter was going to play. Nearly every murder turns into a self defense claim. Keep patting yourself on the back if it makes you feel big and all knowing.
You must be another of his “friends”. Not big and all knowing. Just speaking in a forum, with far less emotional attachment to this then you apparently.
Not even close to a “friend”, never heard of him or met him prior to this. Not sure what I said that somehow equates me to being a “friend” with Mr. Porter. I think him and Perdormo are both scum. Now we wait for trial to see who was the most scummy! My guess a slight nod to Mr. Porter as he killed another human being over money and/or drugs.
Guess you forgot the part in the affidavit where Porter threatened him with a machine gun and said he would throw his body in a wood chipper, with that threat alone this will be considered premeditated and Porter will spend the rest of his life in Jail wondering if the money he owed him was worth his life.
Tim, I was posting about another related story this morning. In that story several challenged my point he was going to scream self defense. I quoted above on that point only. The affidavit itself has a bit of back and forth threatening. I want you to know that in any event or truth to come. Justice will be served fairly and thoughtfully, and by an informed jury. Every post here is mostly opinion based on speculation, as is mine.
From what I got from the affidavit was that Porter contacted the police first. When Perdomo was spoken to he then countered with a claim that porter threatened him. To me, i’d think in a dispute it is a common thing when the blame is pointed at you that you point the finger back at the other. Only an assumption but kinda feel thats how it happened.
This is called being enabled. This is why we are seeing so many young people in orange jump suits these days. Hold your loved ones accountable for their own very poor choices and they may not end up this way once they are out of your care.
Commentors here wonder why he acted irrationally by not calling the police again. A man was killed, maybe his head was shot off and after that there is no more rational thinking, it is pure horror and panic, so don’t try to be rational about this people. It doesn’t mean it wasn’t self defense. There is a reasonable doubt right now which we all deserve the benefit of.
Until legitimate evidence is presented that Porter acted because he was in imminent and serious danger, the facts known to this point clearly show that he shot a defenseless man. That’s what is relevant here, not how horrified or panicked he became after he shot someone in the head.
He could have called after he shot Perdomo — or was he still scared of the guy he lured to his home even in death?
Two men felt the need to bring a loaded weapon to this meeting. It stands to reason that only one might walk away! I don’t know if it was self defense or not, but an opponent with a loaded weapon certainly leaves that door open.
My kids lost a father young too, and I feel bad for Perdomo’s family and friends. But that doesn’t make him a “nice” guy. He was putting lives at risk by selling pills on the streets of Maine.
I am also bothered by where these pills came from. $3000 of pills is not a lot. Were these prescribed to him and he was selling them? Does this mean he was getting pills from the VA and making a profit? I don’t know the answers to those question, but just putting it out there for consideration!
The pills “on the streets of maine”apparently were sold by dan. If they are correct, perdomo was delivering them to dan, dan would sell them, and then perdomo would collect, or in this case, get shot instead of collecting.
I am not saying this is fact, but it is possible that Dan was using some of the goods himself. That would explain why he was short the money. Generally, the supplier, gets paid up front. So he collects a quick few thousand and goes back to Florida, leaving Dan to get the supply to the street. That does not make Perdomo any less guilty, IF that is what he was doing.
When are you going to learn that what Jerry was doing and Dan was doing is the same thing, both dealing with drugs. In the police affidavit it states that Jerry went looking for Dan with a gun. Who’s to say that if we weren’t talking about Jerry being killed we would be talking about Dan being killed. I’m sure that would of been okay with you of course cause he was the evil seller, not the supplier which is totally different in your mind.
The Affidavit doesn’t say that Jerry went looking for Dan with a gun — it says he had a gun, two cell phone and his wallet. You like to qoute the affidavit thats good — just don’t put your own spin on it.
Well I’m glad you finally read it even if you don’t want to use facts from it. Gould states “He was in possession of a glock Model 30 .45 caliber handgun, his wallet and two cell phones and stated he was going to meet someone that owed him money.” So as you may be correct that I used the wrong word, should of been meet instead of look. The fact remains, he went to MEET someone that owed him money with a gun. Its nice to see you think its good that I quote the affidavit, just one question? If it’s good, how come your not doing it as well?
$3000 worth of pills is not a lot? how many would it be? sounds like a lot to me.
it would get you about 300 in florida, and 60 in Maine…. get the picture?
The picture is actually becoming crystal clear. Thanks for your expertise on the subject.
ya and economics would tell you the problem. But thanks for taking the plentiful pills in Florida and sending them to Maine to supply the problem. Appreciate it bub!
At an average of $60.00 per pill, that is only 50 pills. An 80mg tab of Oxy goes for about $100. on the street (i am not saying that is what he was selling, just using it as an example). As a supplier, he would probably get about $40./pill that is only 75 pills. Personally, I would not drive that far for that kind of money and I bet Perdomo didn’t either. So drop a couple of hundred pills once a month and come home with eight grand and the job is a little more enticing. If he had more than a few hundred pills. . .well do the math!
The average joe has no idea what goes on in the drug world. little old man gets the pills, sells them to supplement the lil bit he gets from ss, the next guy moves em along and makes 7 times the profit. raysgirl is rite, do the math. I’ve seen oxys go for $80 bucks apiece. lil old man sells 50 n makes $500 he’s golden, the next guy sells that same 50 n makes $4000. along with that everyone in town is being robbed so the guy paying 80 a piece can buy em. it’s a vicious circle.
where is your proof that both were armed with weapons inside the house?
Googled it. It was in the Orlando Sentinel, I believe.
“Gould told police that Perdomo left her home around 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 armed with a Glock Model 30 .45-caliber handgun, his wallet and two cellphones.”
I believe other articles make mention of the fact that the Glock was found with Perdomo’s body.
Still not evidence it was used to threaten Porter inside that house, which is a key element of this case…yes, Gould’s statement says he left her place with that gun, but you are making the assumption he entered the house with it and presented it in clear sight…his laywer implied that today, but his statements are not evidence. No mention in the public record that Porter killed Perdomo because he was threatened with a lethal weapon in that moment. We can all speculate to an endless degree, but let’s stick to the facts as known to this point please.
I concede you have a point. But considered reasonably, Perdomo was already threatened, felt the need to bring the gun with him from Florida, so why would he then decide to leave it in the car. No, I don’t know if he displayed inside the house or not. What I believe is that he tried to use it to scare Porter, maybe unaware Porter was armed. Porter saw it, panicked and fired his own weapon. I am sure we will hear some version at trial, but with no witnesses, we will only hear Porter’s version. The ‘facts’ may never me known.
Doesn’t mean that the gun was ever in the house…Porter could have taken it from the rental car where Perdomo left it. I guess the real truth will never be known — only one side the side of the person who killed another.
Because at the present time we do not know for sure if this Florida man was really selling drugs or not. It has not been confirmed. Its all speculation and hear say from the man who shot and killed Perdomo. That is why Seminole county police are now beginning the investigation into the Perdomo/drug dealing assumptions. Would you like the BDN to make assumptions towards you? Luckily your alive to defend yourself, while Perdomo is no long with us.
No actually there is more than speculation Perdomo was selling. One of the Orlando TV stations has an interview with one of Perfdomo’s friends that said Perdomo told him that he had been going to Maine to sell pills, said the money was too good to pass up.
Actually BDN does make a fair amount of assumptions. Just another small thing, I believe i read in the police affidavit it does not say that Porter said he owed Perdomo $3000 for drugs, it was his girlfriend that said they were both involved in drugs.
Read #33 of the Affidavit — it says that the detective spoke with Daniel Porter and it was Daniel Porter that reported that Jerry was in town to get the 3,000 that was owed to him. Read the affidavit.
We all deserve the benefit of the doubt. People are so quick to judge. Some one was killed, maybe his head was blown off which would leave only panic and insanity. Rational thinking is gone. Self defense and self preservation go together. People are so quick to judge others.
These guys complained to law enforcement about each other, did I read that correctly? What drug dealer does that?
That struck me as odd too. It’s like neither of them are professionals. You’d think they wouldn’t want the attention of the police.
I think that shows how small time they were. It must have become personal, you don’t kill someone over 3k. Either one of them could have been the aggressor. The investigation will bring it out.
This young man, despite all of what has been reported and happened, deserves his day in court….but, acting like a celebrity and giving a “thumbs up” to all his “supporters” after apparently killing another man seems IMHO a little too much…..
Definately won’t play well among the readers and potential jurors.
Seems to me Police were called once and nothing was done.. To have him in my home and be threatened again i don’t know what I would do.. Killing the person i’d like to feel was my last resort, but i would make sure i took a few blows first.. Then my defense would be it was done in self defense.. Now i have not been in his predicament, It is easy for me to contemplate how it would of gone down.. But one thing for sure is I would of not of ran away.. I would of called police saying i just killed someone.. There is so much we don’t know about this mess.. Maybe Perdomo was waving a gun or a iron pipe or a shovel an axe anything in the air that made him feel threatened who knows at this point.. I think I will wait till more information is revealed before i pass judgment.. And the media coverage is portraying this man as a saint because he was an Iraq war veteran and a firefighter.. I think this is for the publicity on the case.. People tend to want to believe that firefighters and war veterans are and should be put on a pedestal for their contributions to our safety and freedom.. First and foremost he was a man they both were and they made bad judgements as far as drugs, and way of life goes..
We are all guilty of that once or twice in our lives..
Bit dramatic, but thanks for clearing that up for me. The (BDN) could say Alleged Florida Drug Dealer.
MAYBE DP GOT A 3K LOAN FROM JP with promise of drug acquisition? & it evolved into a scam?
it will all be onesided….only porter is alive to tell his side.
it would worry me that after killing a man that porter seems to just srudge it off like it’s nothing at all.
his daddy will take care of it….the whole family makes up the town n the dad knew what he did, so how about charging him too
You do realize the trial will be in Waldo county within the town of Belfest, so not sure how the family making up the town of Jackson will have any effect on the trial.
you do realize that he wasn’t present during the action nor took part in physically hiding evidences. He did in fact cooperate with the police as he was in California and returned. Reading the affidavit would be a good start on forming an opinion.
Ok…seriously people. This guy is not innocent or a good kid. He’s 24 years old for crying out loud. He’s not a kid and this other guy was not preying on him. He is mixed up with drugs and he “allegedly” killed someone b/c of them. He seems to be enjoying all of the attention and not too worried he could go to jail for at least 25 yrs. If someone that killed somebody has a smile on his face, he obviously has no guilt for what he did. They are not punishing him b/c the other guy was a paramedic/ff. And how is he hiding behind a uniform? He’s dead!! He’s being punished b/c he killed someone. Some people are so ignorant!
metriceng : You speak of Jerry’s character…..all I see is a strong LACK of it from BOTH !! Strong moral character will NOT tell you its o k to deal drugs. The way I see it JERRY having been a vet,firefighter/emt saw every day down in Fla. what drugs do to peoples life….and here he came to maine bringing his posion…he WAS and always WILL be a disgrace to the marines and firefighters who called him brother. On to Porter….a stupid kid who who ended another mans life over a few thousand bucks he didnt want to pay his SUPPLIER……guess he is gonna pay for it now isnt he ? I can understand wanting to defend your friend i really can but each persons ACTIONS speak for their character.
This is the face of the State Police? This kid does not look like he’s old enough to shave-let alone being mature enough to know when or not to use deadly force. Sorry Son, but that’s the way I see it.
Maybe this will make the big time and be on TRU TV (formally Court TV). Great for tourism here in Maine.
I think it’s absurd that people seem to believe a trained Marine already had his gun out threatening the kid, and the kid was able to draw and fire off a headshot (in self defense) before the Marine could act.
More likely he conned Perdomo into going over under the guise of paying him off, waited until his guard was down, and drew on him like a coward.
Good point.
Thats what I said… there’s no way he could do this in self-defense…. no possible way.
no possible way? If someone threatens to kill you, has a gun and uses it in a threatening manner protecting yourself would be self-defense. That being said and it is just a theory there is a way it could be self-defense.
Who says he brought the gun into the house — or took it out and showed it in a threatening manner. The only person who supposedly was there was Daniel — Is he to be trusted to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth when he is fighting to stay out of prison — probably not.
touch a nerve?? Hey you can convict a man already if you want, that’s your choice. My choice is to wait the the evidence speaks. Florida_spy said there was no possible way, i just gave a theory of how it could be a way for self defense. In response to your bright ideas about who says he brought it in the house or took it out. Who says it wasn’t his own gun used on him? Who’s to say that it was all done in cold blood? The problem I’m having with your theories is that you want me to believe your side and I have decided to believe the police affidavit. If you haven’t figured that out yet, its not the same theory!
Do you really think anyone who is in the drug game, traveling by vehicle from Florida, to potentially retrieve money owed to him by a man who has threatened to kill him and throw him in a wood chipper, would go to a location with a gun available to him but yet not actually carry it on him when going to into the house. I would think his military training and experiences would make him have a gun with him at all times, its not like he was going into friendly territory. He wouldn’t of gone into war unarmed where people want to kill you, why go into a house with someone who wants to kill you unarmed??
Buys the murder weapon…robs the corpse of money…conceals the body…spends more cash than is owed…and some folks think this is self defense ? What caliber gun did the dead man have ? Am I on another planet, other than Earth?
Construction worker kills a Drug Dealer in his fathers home.. Thats sounds about right doesn’t it?? It’s all in the wording isn’t it..
More like Drug dealer kills Drug dealer. Don’t drag construction workers through the mud.
Shouldn’t drag anyone through the mud. From what we have learned, that drug dealer could also be the firefighter/EMT that comes to save your life!!
Perdomo was not a stand up guy as he is being described. A stand up guy would be in Florida with his gorgeous wife and 2 children waiting for his next shift to start as a firefighter/EMT. Porter is no saint either obviously. No matter what his friends or former teacher says. Thats my 2 cents worth.
the funny thing is, how did they hook up?
They’re “always a good person” when something like this happens. This is nothing more than a drug deal gone bad, Porter got in over his head and couldn’t figure a way out except this . Good person no, stupid person,yes !
Come on, he was about to turn his life around dontcha know.
No drug related murder should ever be considered self-defense, especially where the two have a history of threatening each other. Porter’s “supporters” need to wake up and accept the facts. Just because he was a “good kid” once, doesn’t mean he didn’t bring this upon himself by his stupid choices. Bottom line is, he took a man’s life and has to face the consequences, deal with it and get rid of that stupid, hick “Don’t **** with my family” tshirt.
Maine has its own problems. We don’t need trash coming up here from out of state of bringing their drugs with them to poison and destroy our young people.
Dan was selling the drugs to “our young people” by the way… Jerry was just allegedly supplying Dan. Thats how the dope game works… buy low (from florida) and sell high (in Maine). Get with the program…
“Jerry was just allegedly suppying Dan”…and that made him what?… not as guilty as Dan?
they were partners and dan wanted the big cut…so he was a smart kid after all
No…but both are AS guilty.
So your involved with the drug sales as well?? You seem to know his customer base. Seem to know how the transactions were happening. What is the difference between selling and supplying? News flash, a supplier in fact SELLS their product. There is no difference except part of the chain you are. Your have convicted Dan while only stating allegedly with Jerry. Remember its innocent until proven guilty!
Murder is murder know matter many excuses are made for this man! A life is gone…..children who will never see there daddy again! Parents who will never get to hold there son…..those are the biggest victims in this story..not the poor guy who still has life…
He will have a lot of visitors if he does go to prison.
For about a year, and then all his “friends” will forget about him.
The State Trooper in this picture looks very young. I must be getting old.
you are…. me too
He looks kind of overwhelmed, too.
Best comment on here: “If I was on the jury I’d vote to convict, guilty or not.” So much for a fair trial.
Ummm the fair trial went out the window when the court hearings/jury are in the accused home town… just saying
Wasn’t aware that Newburg, Jackson and Brooks where inside the town of Belfast! Thanks for you knowledge, I have been enlightened.
What?
Self Defense works better when you don’t destroy the evidence. No neither one was completely innocent in this relationship. Saying Perdomo didn’t do drugs was just wanting money but for whatever reason dealing drugs is just that whether or not your a user. Also Daniel was either a user or a dealer but again it is a crime. These two were heading for a big fire as it seems they both threw the gasoline and in a sense both got burnt. Unfortunately in any crime the innocent families are the ones who have to feel the most pain. I wish more people would learn from the actions of others that if you are involved with crime you may not get caught 999 times but the 1000th time the long arm of the law gets you. My condolences to the innocent children that Perdomo cared less about that the money he was collecting. Very sad all the way around.
very well said
aroostooklauri
Just want to hear the facts before forced to accept them. He certainly did bring this on himself though, being involved with drugs. And he did take a man’s life in the process. He should and will have to deal with the consequences of that.
This ticks me off! You don’t shoot someone in the head in self defense. That’s an action fueled by hate or anger.
“despite his confident, and at times even cavalier demeanor in and out of
the courthouse, he is depressed, despondent and upset over what
happened.”
My first impression of his courtroom demeanor: sociopath.
They are not in his home town. They are in his county. Just like every other trial in the United States. A “jury of your peers” actually means a jury of your peers.
they need to move the trail to another county…they will not select a fair jury and if i was the prosecutor, i would ask to move the trail to bangor or portland..only fair because all of the supporters live in the same county..lol
Agree 100%
Drug dealer and murderer plain and simple. $3,000 worth of drugs makes me believe he is one of low lifes bringing down and ruining peoples lifes, not that I much respect for the firefighter either for being part of the drug problem here in Maine.
I don’t know why everyone is so upset. one drug dealer dead, and one going to jail…. Win Win!
Good kids do not shoot people. Had he gone to the police and just told them what was up BEFORE he shot him, he would not be in this predicament. Hide the body and be evasive…. GUILTY unless his lawyer can plead his backside off.
Yes, unfortunately people who were “good children” DO shoot people. Quite often actually.
He wasn’t exactly being evasive. Killing someone and sticking around for 4 days before you go to Connecticut to see your mother cause you know you’ve done wrong only to return freely is hardly evasive.
People were looking for the guy — he knew he killed someone (self-defense or not) Yes he was being evasive if wasn’t he would have come to his senses (even if intitially he was scared and didn’t know what to do) you’d think that a family member would have gone with him and supported him through the process of telling his story. Seems like instead they all helped him cover it up.
Who was looking for him? Was he named a person of interest before or after he had gone to Connecticut? Which family member covered it up? And you should know with your detective and lawyer ability with all your theories and evidence, you don’t go without a lawyer and admit to a crime if you have any hope of getting away with it. You don’t even know if he his father was instructed by a lawyer to not say anything? Returning to a state where you are wanted in questioning of a missing person that you know you had in fact killed is not an evasive action. Evasive action would be run, avoid the cops and hide so your not caught. Cant see where that happened, probably cant see it cause its only happening in your mind.
Murdering drug dealer!
It’s said that he owed the deceased money in the sum of $3000. So it would make more sense if the deceased were the dealer.
Not justifying the crime mind you, just saying.
Do you think Porter was just using them himself? Porter was more than likely dealing to supplement his otherwise worthless life.
His best buddy was just on the news saying Dan never did drugs — so what was he doing with the drugs … Playing bingo? I’m thinking he was selling for Perdomo and didn’t want to give up all that money…or his buddy was lying out his butt — imagine that!
Id say to all his friends, stay off the news; your not doing your murdering pal any favors with the potential jury pool.
This is of course an opinion but i have seen it happen before during my days at Husson College. Kids not working, looking for a way to make money. Gets an offer to sell for someone and they make some money without putting up the money. The best dealer for the supplier would be someone that doesn’t do the drug. Less chance of having them use it rather than sell it. Could be a good kid made a bad decision to get involved in drugs and it snowballed out of control. Or he could be as people claim, nothing but a no good drug dealer.
I read through Mr. Porter’s facebook. He talks often about being constantly drunk, snorting his money up his nose, and trying to outrun police (in a car). I fail to see how he’s some “great kid” now.
And for everyone saying they are so glad Perdomo is dead, shouldn’t you be just as happy that Mr. Porter will be put away for life? Both drug dealers.
Not put away for life so we have to feed him for however many years, would be happier to see the electric chair come back.
It costs twice as much to execute a prisoner in the US as it does to jail him for 20 years (the maximum for the crime for which he will be charged.
He’s a redneck kid drug dealer who murdered another drug dealer. Simple as that.
If we are lucky,because of this, folks from away will think twice about coming to Maine and sell drugs.
No, unfortunately for these folks money trumps family, friends, and personal safety.
You believe that this is the only way that Maine gets its drugs…just recently several arrest were made — Maine men going out of State and bringing drugs back with them. It goes both ways. Either way its not good — Porter got invovled believing he was untouchable (probably because mommy and daddy always told him that) but he was playing with the wrong crowd — no doubt when Porter decided not to pay his debt he started this plan in motion. You can’t just owe people thousands of dollars and blow them off — Porter knew this and took care of his problem.
Why did Jerry Perdomo take a gun with him to meet with Mr. Porter? The only reason I can think of is to force him to caugh up the $3000 he owed. I think that Mr. Porter may be telling the truth of the matter and that it was self defence. Why the hell else would Perdomo take a gun with him if he didn’t mean to use it. As for the drugs that another story all together!
Uh, Porter didn’t point his finger and yell “bang”, he was packing as well because neither trusted the other one. Porter had already tried to stiff Perdomo for money he owed, and both threw out death threats on eachother. Porter not only gives directions to Perdomo to come over to his house (that Perdomo wouldnt know the location of, as Porter had moved from the Newburgh address), but sends his girlfriend to meet up with him.
What part of that in any way sounds like Porter was in any serious fear for his life?
“This guy wants to kill me, maybe I should mapquest him some directions to where I am, and send my girlfriend to help him understand them better”
We don’t know if he took the gun into the house or not. You could expect him to take it in the car with him. I would not expect him to leave it with Lisa any more than I would expect him to leave it in a motel room.
who is lisa?
Lisa is the lady Perdomo was staying with in Bangor. She was the one who reported him missing. Maybe he left some things at her place like clothes, toothbrush, etc. and maybe he left something important like a laptop computer. I don’t think it’s suspicious that he didn’t leave his handgun there. Even if he trusted Lisa enough to do that maybe she didn’t want him leaving it there. Nothing wrong with that.
Lisa is Perdomo’s girlfriend. The one he was cheating with when the “children” (some here are worried will be fatherless.) were in Florida with his wife.
Boy if even half of this story is proven to be true, these folks were real human garbage.
it is hard to believe that it was self defense…he went with a gun but did he use it? porter planned this all along and now he is playing with the peoples emotions and pleading that it was self defense…i kinew this was going to take place and porter lead him to the house, made him wait, then shot him…that is how i think he did it…
A “good kid” does not kill another person by shooting him in the head, hiding the weapon, hiding the body and then claiming innocence. That people “support” this type of behavior and the accused sickens me. Neither man was right, both were involved with drugs, one life ended and another ruined. The families are the ones that will bear the brunt of the tragedy – and society takes another step downwards towards barbarism…
Was just listening to Silverstein on the news…says that they have texts and emails that will prove self-defense. Too bad Porter took the phones from Perdomo and probably erased any incoming messages that might have implicated a plan to lure him to this secluded house I’d find it hard to believe that these texts messages weren’t going back and forth — committing the crime in a house belonging to daddy who seems to be ready to help with the cover-up…seeings he wouldn’t tell the police where the body or gun was. Porter went to great lengths to cover this up — I’m sure they’ll be no traces of text messages sent to Perdomo from Porter. Porter had these phones before dumping them in the trash=deleted incoming messages.
Trust me, everything can be recovered! I doubt Porter is bright enough to figure out how to “clean” the phones. As it is he wasn’t bright enough to burn the evidence, which is about as good as you can do.
I thought cell companies could retrieve text even if deleted from the phone….????
The cell phone companies have the text messages even if they are deleted from the phone. If it’s a smartphone they might have a lot more. Many phones have an option that allows you to send a backup copy of address book and other stuff to your provider in case your phone gets lost or damaged. All the emails that went back and forth might be on a PC in Florida or they might be in something like a gmail account.
i will chip you up ,i will cut your hands off, i will shoot you,he throws rocks at windows..they call cops and make complaints….. now HEY lets play some pool out at camp and talk about the 3 grand you owe me.. i do not think this will take much longer to figure out from here but they might need to use some of the many police working on the big wood heist in medway.thieves,murderers,cops,friends, family everyone involved here seems to be STUPID
More information in the police report than any BDN article written by a reporter….
http://bangor-launch.newspackstaging.com/2012/02/29/news/police-report-in-disappearance-of-florida-firefighter/?ref=relatedSidebar
First off, no one mentioned Perdomos children..what about them? is it fair that this guy took their dad away from them? are all of the supporters their to support porter for robbing perdomos children of a father? come on, if he did it let him see how it feels to be alone without his family..i feel for the kids
YES I did say something about Perdomo’s children… I’lll say it again… They will be far better off without the influence of a drug dealer in their home.
i agree…now its time porter pays the piper
I don’t have a dog in this hunt. I’m happy when drug dealers are dead, or very uncomfortable.
A lot of us feel bad for the children. They are the innocent victims here who don’t deserve this. I would say that J. Perdomo was not too worried about his how his children would react if there was a drug deal gone bad! If that were the case I dare say he wouldn’t be in the situation that he’s in right now.
Clearly Porter hasn’t seen Mas Ayoobs “5 things to do after a self-defense shooting”. Either that or he did see it and purposefully did the opposite!
perdomo was not at the house to play pool…porter took him there and said the money was there…this is like any other episode of csi or ncis…and who put down new carpet? the dad was in on it to help cover for his son, but he is 24 not 14
The dad was out of state and the murder was at the house he rented. He was probably one of the “multiple information sources” that led police to the area where the body was found. Smart move because the cops would be watching him until they found the body. He probably relayed the information through an attorney.
that does sound right…its hard to believe that this place is changing but then again, its always been like this…good hiding the crimes maine
If you go to the Florida TV and newspaper sites to read about this case, take a look at all their other local crime stories. I’ve lived in some big metro areas and got used to seeing the cops and news helicopters. In tw0 of those cities I was able to buy a house in a “nice” suburb. One was brand new. The other was only six years old. Nice neighbors and all that but the crime still gets too close for comfort.
Why do the media — print and airwaves — continue to refer to the victim as a “Florida firefighter”, when the truth seems to point out that he was a drug dealer, plain and simple?
will that make you sleep better at night, i could say the same for daniel porter why dont the headlines read jobless drug addict who kills drug dealer get over yourself with the news headline there is more important issue at hand here
this has something to do with the home invasion in Hermon. He went missing the same day that the home invasion happened. Not a coincidence.
this has something to do with Hermon home invasion, has to. Coincidence that he disappeared the same day of the incident in Hermon???
this is directly linked to Hermon home invasion, some how. No coincidence that he goes missing the same day as the home invasion.
As Judge Judy would say, there is something wrong with his affect.
we can sit here and talk all day that they were drug dealing..but the fact of the matter is that the crime here is MURDER! and shooting someone dead in the head is not self defense…or the fact that he lured him to his dads house where Jerry had never even been to visit…If Daniel was so “threatened” by Jerry why on earth would he let him know where his father lived???? ummm sounds like a bunch of BS to me…so obvious it was malicious…I bet he shot him and robbed him…if i’m not mistaken he bought a car cash for $5000..and he doesn’t work…..sooooo honestly this Daniel guy seems like such a “nice” guy…doesn’t work or go to school…seems like this guy has way too much FREE time on his hands and his family has probably enabled him all his life…probably why he thought he could do this and get away w/it….I heard his family is upset he’s even standing trial for Murder….wow these people are as ignorant as Daniel Porter……well the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
So working and being a drug dealer is ok?
I don’t think anyone’s saying it’s “ok” to deal, but there’s a LOT of hyperbole going on for a state where a sizable portion is both on and trading this junk to eachother, and then using it to demonize one of the two while overlooking it in large part for the “poor local boy”.
Some people are getting overly morally indignant about “How dare this out of stater bring drugs here”, when they put blinders on to just how many of their neighbors are doing the same stuff. Some Mainers jump across the canadian border to bring stuff back, some steal them from relatives, some buy them directly from old people, some go to these out of state suppliers because of the mark-ups, yet to hear people on here talk, “drugs ONLY come from those evil out of state minorities”. And while they overlook it going on in their own backyard, suddenly it’s “the worst evil ever” if they can pass it off as someone elses fault.
This Porter kid is exactly the kind of white trash rural dealer everyone ignores around here to keep the illusion up that this state is what it “used to be 50 years back”. It’s not, and it’s just as much the fault of people like Porter as it is these out of state suppliers, but many Mainers will not call their “own” out on this stuff. It becomes rationalize and excuse it away, because “he was a good kid” years back or whatever nonsense. It’s like people arent really concerned with the drug issue itself, but portraying Maine in the best light possible in any circumstance.
You have no idea how true those words are. Oh an where was dad when all this happened? Waiting for his fix??????
drug related they all got what they deserved…..don’t ask us to feel sorry for anyone……drugs are nothing but trouble and illegal……that’s all that is in the news….I am sick of all the prescription drugs people are selling and getting them so easy thru the medical community ….. look what our kids have to look forward to…..fed up with it all!!!!
Do you consume alcohol? I’d hope not with your comments as alcohol is a drug. Even though its legal doesn’t make it any more healthy. I bet if alcohol was illegal you’d see just as many people in the papers.
For real? Buying and selling drugs prescribed to someone else — or anyother kind of drug is illegal plain and simple. Comparing that to alcohol (which your right isn’t anymore healthy) is ignorant. Both these guys engaged in illegal activities and both will pay in some way — one already has
if this is what firemen are supportive of with their peers….FL has a problem with what a fireman should represent…..
Ha if this is what maine supports considering he had over 50 supporters show up than we have a huge problem with the entire state of maine. Because you cant tell me that out of those 50 plus supporters that showed up none of them are firefighters or policeman or dont have good careers. See supporting one side or the other has nothing to do with whether it was right or wrong or career one had they both had friends and family so naturally they will both have supports dont read to deep into it. Firefighters are still stand up people as a whole
If you cart the body off and destroy a lot of evidence, you need eyewitness testimony to convince the jury what that evidence would have shown in your favor. It looks like Daniel is the only eyewitness. Will Silverstein risk putting him on the stand in an attempt to convince a jury it was self-defense? I have my doubts. I think this one will be settled without a jury trial.
Id love to see that punk kid on the stand. He’s all hat and no cowboy, probably cries in his cell at night.
I don’t know the facts of the case as of yet, and neither do most. What I do know is that there is usualy more then one turd in the bowl at a time.
Play on the tracks, you get hit by the train.
One thing that raises questions is found in this BDN timeline. Specifically, the call that Perdomo made to his wife at 7:41 PM that night. It’s in the police affidavit as “The most recent call was placed by Perdomo to Tonya at 1941 hours on 2-16-12 for 4 minutes and Perdomo told Tonya that he was riding on a dirt road in Maine and this was the last conversation she had with him.”
The timeline leaves out two items which I think should be there although they should be marked “according to Cheyanne Nowak”. Some of the other phone records seem to fit in with what she says. For example Perdomo calls Porter and then makes 2 calls to his wife before Nowak meets him and shows him the way to the house in Jackson. So according to Nowak we have “That Daniel Porter told her to meet Jerry Perdomo at the Dysart’s in Newburgh, which she did around 1830 hours on 2-16-12. Perdomo was driving the gold Toyota vehicle and followed her to 663 Hadley Mill Rd. in Jackson where they met with Daniel Porter. That she left around 1900 hours to pick up her son and Porter and Perdomo where still at the Jackson residence along with the black Cadillac belonging to Porter’s father and the gold Toyota rented by Perdomo. That she tried to call Porter on his cell phone, but it was off, so she texted Perdomo. She spoke with Porter who told her that his phone was off and Perdomo got her text. That she arrived back at the Jackson residence around 2100 hours and Perdomo and his car were both gone and Porter said Perdomo went to his girlfriend’s residence in Bangor. Nowak stated that she never made it into the house. She and Porter got in a brief argument and she left to go to her mother’s house in Brooks for the night while Porter and the black Cadillac were still at the Jackson residence.”
I’m wondering if Perdomo was with Porter and whose vehicle he was in. This also raises the possibility that somebody else is involved. Maybe Porter conned Perdomo into taking a ride and it was to meet a third person. He got brought back to the house at gunpoint and was killed. That would also explain why the rental car was gone when Nowak came back at 9 PM.
One con game I can think of would be “Your money is at this other house. Let’s go get it.”
Study it and you’ll see what I mean. The cops are not stupid enough to have missed this. It’s too obvious. If there’s another person involved, he’ll be going down with Daniel Porter. However you look at it, going for a ride on back roads doesn’t help the self-defense claims. Also, it seems convenient to wait until Perdomo calls his wife and says good night before pointing a gun at him.
http://bangor-launch.newspackstaging.com/2012/02/29/news/timeline-of-events-in-the-disappearance-of-fla-firefighter-jerry-perdomo/?ref=relatedBox
Or she lied to the police and DID go into the house, but concocted this story to have plausible deniability
Finally a person who read the affidavit and is correctly stating information. Much appreciated!!
I read it when it was first posted but got busy with something. Soon as I got a chance to read it properly that last phone call jumped right out at me. It just didn’t fit in with the claims Porter is making.
This entire story is sickening. This would have probably never happened if it were not for drugs. This is a terrible tragedy and one life has been taken and another one lost but at least he is still alive. I feel very bad for the Perdomo family and am very sorry for their loss. We are talking about a human being that was killed who had a family that loved him just as the Porter family love him. It just show you how drugs ruin lives.
Another thing you have to notice is that Cheyanne Nowak didn’t do anything at all to give Porter an alibi. Soon as the cops find her she tells them she wasn’t at that house from 7 to 9 PM. If she was trying to alibi Daniel she would have lied and said she was there to see Jerry Perdomo leave and head back to Bangor. It doesn’t sound like she’s trying to back up any story that Daniel is telling. I don’t know how Daniel got her to make the trip out of state and I don’t know when she became aware that Perdomo was missing. I know some people on here say she should be charged. I don’t see evidence that she knew what was going to happen so she can’t be accused of failing to prevent it. I don’t see any evidence that the tried to cover it up afterwards. Look at what she did tell the cops in the affidavit. You can’t find anything at all that looks like she’s trying to help Daniel get away with it. She even tells the cops how Daniel called her to get picked up after he dropped the rental car at the walmart. She says he told her he got dropped off there.
Well sorry for the supporters that say its “Self defense.” If that was the case, when he blew the guys head off with the .357 why not leave it his body alone and call 911? But dropping his body in the woods and fleeing the state after that? He better pull an damn OJ’s horseshoe. Good luck to the public defender. This is just a preview of what happens when you get involved in the sale of drugs. It doesn’t benefit anybody. Nobody’s life is worth any amount of money or drugs. If I just bought a brand new Lamborghini and had to give it up for a randoms person life, i’d hand the keys over in a heartbeat.
This was obviously pre-meditated. He had time to put plastic up over the broken window where the bullet ripped through the victims head. At that point his dead body was in the woods.
Guilty! Life sentence.
No one kills a “friend” in “self defense” over a drug debt quarrel – then proceeds to cut up the carpet – removes the carpet, dumps the body, and flees the state. Self defense? Seriously? This punk kid should be thankful Maine doesn’t have the death penalty and that his victim didn’t kill him.
Please. Your here making comments just to cloud the issue and shill for the family. Your a friend of Nowak and Porter.
Your friends killed a man in cold blood and then conspired to hide the body and evidence. They then went out of state until they become persons of interest and could no longer hide their part in the crime.
Im thinking when the autopsy gets released they will realize that he was shot in the back of the head then what is he going to do about selfdefense when you shoot a man that is turned around
READ THE AFFIDAVIT! They left for Connecticut BEFORE they were even announced as people of interest. Stop relying on the BDN articles for your information, the police affidavit is the best fact you can obtain.
They left (in Porter’s own words) because he knew he would become a person of interest and in fact knew that he was headed for jail. They didn’t leave the state of Maine for a joy ride to CT. I did read the Affidavit — they got out of town quickly (at least after all the cover up they could manage had occured) If you had read mainer4evers last sentence it says “they went out of state UNTIL they become persons of interest and could no longer hide their part in the crime.
Get ready for a roller coaster ride, this is going to be a good one! I’m interested to see if his self defense – defense will work out.
It won’t – I just got a jury service letter from WC Superior County today. I am stoked!
LOLOL!!! I’m pretty sure this conversation is grounds for disqualification
And we wonder why the world is the way it is ahaha. This off topic but all i got to say is I hope the same people who have already convicted Dan aren’t republicans. If you are how can you preach the constitution when you disregard the judicial system. Innocent until proven guilty. Remember Casey Anthony, they couldn’t prove she did it in the court of law but we all know in the court of publican opinion it would appear she did.
And no I’m not a democrat, I belong to no party except the party of good ideas and the good of the people.
I don’t see how painting with a broad brush like that makes you any sort of fair person, I’ve met plenty of democrats that have no clue about the trial process, and I’ve met plenty who are pretty knowledgeable. People who do not educate themselves in civics and claim to be in politics are the scary ones.
good luck..let the evidence speak and let the family come to a hung jury..lol
Didn’t Waldo County just send 4 or five of their “own” to prison for dealing in cocaine? I remember hearing recently about two of them Mat and Chris Hurley — I don’t think its just an out of State issue — seems like our “good” boys from Waldo County are in as deep as anyone coming in from out of state. Porter was in over his head — he didn’t think he had to pay for his drugs and wanted to get rid of his problem.
Perdomo was a large man, according to reports. I have handled the carcasses of a lot of dead animals. A good sized white tail deer would go 200 lbs, not dressed out. I cannot move one of them any distance alone.
Porter did not drag Perdomo out of that house, into a vehicle, drive miles away, take that body out of the car and drag it some distance into the woods………….alone!
Have a friend, or partner or spouse, lie down on the floor. Then try to move them very far by yourself and see how hard it is to do.
In Maine, quite a large percentage of spouses are very difficult to move.
Perhaps more details will come to light, but I also do not think the body could have been moved by Porter alone, unless he made that chore more manageable. I am drawing my own inferences but will not speculate on this forum. Remember, police said the body was found concealed in some manner, and Porter’s friend told police he borrowed the truck (in broad daylight) and returned it a couple of hours later (before sunset.) These known facts make it doubtful that a dead body was dragged out of that house and transported in the back of a pickup truck in the light of day when others could plainly see, without it having been tampered with.
Wasn’t the body found just a mile and a half up the road from the house on family land? If so probably the chances of anyone saying anything would be slim. I have a feeling that many in that family knew what was going on and perhaps more than just Porter was in the house laying in wait for Perdomo — who knows, no one will know because the only story anyone will get is the one Porter and his lawyer dream up.
ask his dad who helped
so basically all those supporters are idiots!!! the end!!!
I assume that’s what he was afraid of…his victim killing him. That would have been ok with you?
what a bunch of bull. he was involved in something way over his head. maine is alot different from florida i grew up there . people want there money. Im sorry but i dont feel sorry for this guy. He made the choice to get involved with drugs and this person. then he found out that these people dont play so he felt the need to kill him or be killed im guessing. Bottom line he killed the guy he hid the body he should go to jail for life. and for all you wanna be gangstas out there this is what happens in the real world. lesson dont owe money for drugs because you will go to jail or be killed simple as that. oh and by the way im sure perdomo was a clean cut kid at some point as well. who cares? that was then this is now.
No way this is self defense, just way to much cover up. Concealing the body, gun, new carpeting in the house. Fleeing the state, dumping the old car. No call to police. Self defense would have been a body at the house and an emediate call to police. Who helped him? Dad? Dad had info and didn’t help police. Dad help with the body and carpet too? All this shot self defense down. He must of been really scared to invite the guy over to play pool if threatened prior. I think I would have avoided the guy if I was him. Illegal activity just keeps digging a bigger hole as we see here.
Someone must have went and bought the carpet — doesn’t seem like it would take long to find out who purchased the carpet or other items used to cover this up.
ask his dad
Police affidavit is a better source to form an opinion than a BDN article.
Sorry man, I never did drugs in my life, but if someone broke into my home at night, I would have no trouble shooting them in the left eye! Unfortunately my weapon of choice is a shotgun, so there would probably be no head to examine.
He didn’t break into a home he was invited there.
Here’s an idea:
Read the post to which I replied (that was buzz 1946 above mine) THEN reply.
So why didn’t you reply to the correct post, then people wouldn’t have to guess what you were replying.
Boy what an incredible number of busybodies! What’s it to you? Unless you have more than one screen-name I wasn’t conversing with you at all.
Hears an idea:
Next time you respond to someone’s post move your mouse over to “reply” and hit that button. You did not respond to anyone’s post that I saw.
Did that this site doesn’t work as often as intended just as it should have made your word “hears” (as in with ears) to “here’s” as in designating place.
It was intentional…figure it out or not it’s a comment section for Gods sake!
Is that an excuse for being ignorant?
No actually I’m not ignorant but thanks for asking. I wrote Hears (ears) so that you might listen to someone else — you wrote a comment not directed at anything and I commented on it – you came back at me in an irrogant manner — so no I’m not ignorant just wasting my time responding to an arrogant a**!
Well, well, self-defense ? I guess that’s all Mr. Porter has for an excuse. Like everyone else, except for his supporters, you don’t normally get out of your drug debts, by shooting someone in the head. His actions of hiding the body, the gun and changing cars. Then he and his girlfriend, drove to Connecticut to “say goodbye” to family, in his words,since he knew this was coming. Sorry, the self defense is out the window. There seems to be some others that need to be charged as well. The accused, surely did not carry a 200 man around by himself. Let’s not only find the truth, but we should round up Porter’s helpers as well. Self defense , give me a break. Your word is no good here Mr. Porter and Mr. Perdormo cannot speak for himself anymore. Wipe that grin off your face.
Hey Porter, enjoy your stay in prison. Say hello to Mr. Carr. Maybe he will be able to introduce you to some new friends..
Maybe he can bunk with Dennis Deschaine, the other druggie/murderer!
Porter as the victim? Self defense? Is there such thing as premeditated self defense? Is there a coverup after a murder by self defense? Only a fool buys that. Those who are publicly defending this are only hurting themselves. Take a step back and look at this objectively. You may like the guy and he might have been a good boy in school but he got involved with bad people and he murdered someone and covered it up. He is a man now and this man is going to spend a long, long time in prison a long way from Jackson.
he probably got that idea from his dad…since the dad knew where the body was and how it was done
Please take the title Firefighter off the stories their was drugs being sold. Some of My friends
are Firefighters and very good men & woman . Thanks lets stand up for the good Men & Woman
Firefighters. Thanks
there are good ones and bad ones…not a perfect world and alot of them do hide behind the uniform
Title to the story is a little misleading.. The dead man was a drug dealer, not a fireman that came to Maine to put out a fire…
“I think it’s a shame that someone in a uniform can hide behind that uniform and prey on our young,” said Brian Ginn ”
First, where is the evidence that this victim was here, in uniform, “preying” on our young? None!. Secondly, even if he was “in uniform preying on our young” as you fantasize, why does that allow his killer to punish him for that allegation by sentencing him to death and executing him?
If your hero is what you think him to be, why didn’t he simply report this uniformed predictor to the authorities and testify against him instead of executing him? What should be an obvious answer is that your premises are wrong. The killer was no avenging angel (just another criminal, like his victim) and he wasn’t protecting our young; just himself from possible discovery and prosecution for HIS part in preying on our young. Drug deal gone bad, two bad guys out of circulation. It’s a win win.
Preying on its young — Porter is 24 years old not that young. Wonder how old the people he was supplying these drugs to were? Perhaps Porter was the one preying on the actual young people of Waldo County. Porter was trying to make a buck.
Brian Ginn is a real pillar of the community.
http://bangor-launch.newspackstaging.com/2010/10/25/news/knox-man-arrested-after-fleeing-crash-site/
i dont think thats the same guy
I think it is, unless you think there are two Brian Ginns from Knox.
the guy in the videos name is brett ginn……just sayin
Yep, the whole lot of them seem to be dirtbags. Even Porter’s dad seems to have spent some time behind bars according to Dan’s facebook page.
yup, same Brian Ginn I remember!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“We love you, Daniel,” many among the 50 or so people called to him in unison.”
Oh please don’t make this kid a rock star. His actions have likely destroyed more than one life and family. I don’t care how nice a kid he once was. He was dealing drugs.
Wow.
I think you all should hold your opinion’s until we know more was the fire fighter a drug dealer until their’s proof you can’t judge, it’s innocent till proven guilty. still,the fact that he hid the body says alot though.
That’s YOUR opinion. Thanks but no thanks.
Actually that’s the way the judicial system works. Decisions aren’t made until evidence are presented. It is innocent until proven guilty!
I was responding to the statement about being told we should hold our opinions and was making the point that this person was being inconsistent by expressing their’s. I know Porter has the presumtion of innocence under our system. I also know that I am entitled to draw my own conclusions now and down the road as more information comes to light. OJ Simpson was found not guilty in criminal court and is therefore seen as such under the system. However, I consider him a murderer based on my evaluation of the evidence and I am entitled to have that point of view, as I am likewise entitled to have and express my point of view as this case unfolds.
guilty…but not in waldo county..lol
Firefighter ? One thing is for sure, he didn’t come to Maine to fight fires did he ?
he came to collect what was owed to him
giving thumbs up, snarky smiles, rocking back and forth like you are bored, etc. seems arrogant. even if it was self defense. He should be scared to death, not acting all self confident and cocky. And also ashamed that his drug problem/business brought heartache and shame to his family.
he is scared to be locked up and that is why he is putting on a front…lock up and jacked up from the back..what a coward
New Facebook page to publicly affirm your love for a murderer.
https://www.facebook.com/#!/WeLoveDanielPorter
Everyone should report that page….get it taken down.
There’s another one just turned up (Maine Citizen) on facebook — putting down Perdomo and praising Porter for “protecting his family” — seems to me that if he was protecting his family he wouldn’t have brought a drug dealer into there lives then refuse to pay him.
For all those wishing to show support for Daniel — one of his “fans” have made a facebook page titled something like “We love you Daniel Porter” just read some of the loving comments left to support him — I think I’m going to be sick!
Perhaps Perdomo’s family would like to start one too. What the heck they were both drug dealer (or so that is what has been said) Porter killed his supplier and now he has groupies following him into court and making him a fan page like he’s some kind of great guy. Wake up people he was just as bad as the guy he killed — just because he’s from the area doesn’t mean he wasn’t a drug pushing little piece of crap!
Have you read the posts on Daniel Porter’s personal Facebook page? What a loser! The smiles on camera & lack of any remorse shown for killing another human being say a lot about his character.
what a laugh these people are clowns!
The biggest clowns: the media ! ! ! !!!!!!
Get him off the front page.
Many say Perdomo was a drug dealer and deserved to Die, they say he deserved to die because he was bringing drugs into our fine state. That he was, my friends. why? because there are plenty of Porters out there willing to pay people like Perdomo and others to turn a pofit by selling to the drug addicted losers in this fine state. Is that right? no. was porter right to shoot him? no. was it self defence? who knows. Porters dispoasal of the body and new carpet kinda makes it hard to determine that doesnt it. he bought a gun in advance, for the next trip Perdomo made up here. he should have paid the 3k. folks gonna love him in jail. The way I see it 2 drug dealers were taken off the street.
More than 50 supporters turn out for court appearance of man accused of murdering Fla. firefighter.
Well, thats a head line for you. How about the rest of the 300 million Americans that are disgusted by all of this,but we are too busy living our lives honestly and fairly to be bothered to go to the District Court and tell him so.
oh wow i love this post i been following this case from the beginning and they even created a facebook for this danny character that thinks he is a start of some t.v show and they are praising him
Seller dead, buyer going to prison. Win-Win!
Can the news media stop using the FIRE FIGHTER angle. While they picked up on him (Mr Perdomo) being a Florida Fire Fighter and that he was missing here in Maine. He WAS NOT in the performance of his job when he went missing. Certainly if the recent information holds true that he was in fact dealing drugs and had a girlfriend here in Maine, traveling here once a month for a year or so, certainly WASN’T in his performance of being a Fire Fighter. Whatever happen between Mr. Porter and Mr. Perdomo had NOTHING to do with being a Fire Fighter. The headlines should be local man charged with murdering a Florida man. I am NOT defense of either of these men, just lets stick to the REAL facts and not promote personal agendas.
Its the evil of the world. Everyone is labeled as such, you hear it in reports all the time, Duke lacrosse player, elderly women/man, even when a cop was charged with child porn, it didn’t state the mans name, it was Police Officer found with child porn. I agree, he wasn’t at work or on duty so his occupation doesn’t need to be added. It’s just an easy way to get attention and get people to read their half facts/half opinion articles
better to me to at least have someone that contributed to the world some how half part time than someone like Daniel Porter that everyone seems to defend who has done nothing for the world but live off welfare and drug money come on now wtf
If you’re that terrified of a person where you’ve previously had to call the cops in fear of your life (as well as arm yourself), please explain why you’d send them directions to your house (as well as your girlfriend to make sure they dont get lost) when they would have no idea where you were? If he were in that much fear for his safety, he could have called the cops when he knew Perdomo was on the way. While a B-move, it’s still more HUMAN than bringing someone over to execute.
And Porter “outdrew” a marine with a gun already trained on him (that direct level of threat that’s being reported)? Also garbage. Going on booze cruises and playing pool demonstrates he was trying to get Perdomo’s guard down, and apparently when it was, that coward shot him in the head.
You and your group can disparage Perdomo as much as you want, but that doesnt change what kind of murderous coward Porter is. Trying to dress up what he did as “self defense of himself and family” is pure disgusting fiction, especially after choosing to meet up with this guy in a secluded house in the woods (more so, making sure Perdomo COULD find him).
well said.
Well good for you Ashley! I agree he was scared shitless as you say HOWEVER this sounds like pretty thought out plan on dan’s part. If he had just hid the body i would agree with you. However he took the time to throw the dealers clothes wallet and cell phones in a dumpster in bangor which as you should know is a fair amount of distance from jackson maine. he sealed the bodyextremly well according to police. He was playing pool with the dealer at his house. He ran and traded his car or bought another. all of which he had plenty of time to go to think about his actions and plenty of time to go to police. He then told poice he knew where the body was yet was not going to tell them. At that point he was caught and still chose to lie?
This state has two human scum bags that are wrapped in a blanked of family love and support or the brother hood of firefighters. What is this case really about? I hope the courts can stay focused on the real facts/events.
Not knowing any of the 3 involved im sure they are all good people who just made some seriously bad choices. This is sad for their respective families as they are the ones that will have to live with their actions moving forward.
How about bad people that got caught. OMG man.
Sounds like both were threatening each other…Both were bad guys selling drugs to others — to justify one man taking the life of another is absurd. He wasn’t that scared, he not only invited him into his house he had his gf go get him. The only one alive that knows what happened that night is Dan — hope he has his story straight he’ll have to get on that stand and defend himself. No one else is a witness to what really happened and if he’s claiming self-defense he’ll need to tell his side — this means being cross examined as well. Good luck to the man and to bad for all those that lost their supplier — perhaps Dan will get out on bail and will be able to continue his ways until his trial. Good guy — NOT neither one of them are or were.
Yes, Dan would have to take the stand because he destroyed the crime scene evidence that a lawyer would normally use to show what happened (if it was really self-defense). If he takes the stand the prosecution gets to ask him a lot of questions that he won’t be able to evade by taking the 5th. It would be very enlightening for the jury.
the problem with that is his whole family and friends would be the people that make up the jury..they need to move the trial to portland or augusta to get a fair trail…people that owe that much money was not just a user also a seller so, he probably did deal it and used it too..and probably robbed perdomo after he shot him….no job and was able to buy a car sight un seen?
Death penlty…
John J. Turner did the EXACT same to Tad Howard 4 years ago. Do you support him as well? I grew up with Tad Howard…I do not condone his selling and dealing in any way, shape or form. How can you support someone who if he was “scared” for his life that he would invite that threat into his home? He owed someone money and didn’t want to pay his debt. It would be like you inviting your bank loan officer to your home after numerous notices to pay up and threatening to repo your car and killing them so you don’t have to pay. You actually support that behavior? Seek help and fast.
Porter shot and murdered him,doesn’t take a genius to make up a story about fearing for his life. We are only hearing one side of the story,the other guy was murdered by Porter.It will be interesting to see if the shooting was from behind or from what distance .Bottom line is that it will be a Waldo County jury,NOT GUILTY
,the list goes on…Fuller,Cummings….the brother from Searsport,the man from Brooks….only in Waldo County
He had other options and the best option would mean telling the cops he got mixed up in some crime and now it was getting dangerous. He didn’t like that option so he shot Perdomo in the head. You support that type of cowardly murderer? Good for you!
This seems to fit this train wreck of a circus perfectly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR7a8rPlAao
well I am just so happy you all are such wonderful dectives and feel as though your opnions matter. Honestly come on now he invited this dude into his home to kill him… Oooookay. It’s wonderful that the people who do not know Dan at all think they know so much about what happened. This is awful you people are sad and pathedic. Go find something else to do. Maybe something that has do do with your own lives. Everyone does have the right to their own opnion and that’s fine you narrow minded people have to live with your own. The things you say are just childish and it’s amazing how you are all so wraped up in other peoples lives. Go watch you f***ing soaps and keeps your nasty opnions to yourselves. Once again my name is Ashley Prouty, Dan is an old friend and a great one and I support him 100%.
All you Dan lovers are putting down Perdomo without knowing what actually happened — purely on speculation and poor ole’ Danny’s rendition of what occurred. All anyone does know for sure is that they are both low life druggies / suppliers — neither one better than the other, the rest will come out in court. And no I can’t go watch soaps as I have a job — unlike the 50 people who were there to support a druggie and a killer (two things that are known). You support Dan an old friend and I’m sure that Jerry had friends too that feel the same way.
How is it “opinions” when it’s coming right from Porter’s own admissions?
* Porter was no longer living at the Newburgh house that Perdomo was aware of and supposedly threw rocks through the window of.
* Porter sent Cheyanne to meet up with Perdomo at the Dysarts to bring him to the “new” house, which Perdomo needed directions to. (He brought the guy to his house, but at the same time claims he was in fear for his life from Perdomo)
* Porter and Perdomo were calm enough to drink and drive together, as well as shoot pool.
*Poter shoots Perdomo in the head, claiming that Perdomo “was threatening him with a gun”.
I love this part because it’s just so absurd, but either Porter “overpowered and disarmed a Marine, shooting him with his own gun while the guy was already disarmed”, or a John Woo film magically broke out in the sticks of Maine, and Porter went into bullet time and drew a gun, lined up a headshot, and fired before the marine with the gun could hit him once ANYWHERE.
And that’s just up to the event itself. His actions after (hiding the body, not calling the cops, driving the car to Bangor and trying to get rid of evidence, refusing to say where the body was even when caught) only serve to further demonstrate guilt.
If he’s actually your friend, and this isnt just par for the course internet trolling, you really need to take the blinders off. He murdered someone over drugs. It really doesnt matter if 10 years ago he was a boyscout and played baseball for a church league, he murdered someone over drugs. People want to condemn Perdomo “being a dealer and bringing a gun” as a way to try and build sympathy for Porter, but Porter was the EXACT SAME THING. Porters defenders seem to keep missing that part. It’s hypocritical crap.
But the good part is that Perdomo called his wife at 7:41 and said he was riding on a dirt road. Cheyanne came back to the house about 9:00 and never made it inside because Porter created an argument good enough to send her away mad. She said that Perdomo’s car wasn’t there. So in less than an hour and 20 minutes Porter got Perdomo back to the house, got him inside and killed him. He also had time to hide the car before Cheyanne returned. Now that has me wondering where Perdomo’s Glock was during all this time. Check the description of the clothing he was last seen wearing. It’s not a good way to dress for concealed carry. So he went in this house sometime between 6:30 and 7:00 and was still there when Cheyanne left at about 7:00 to pick up her child. Sometime after that he went for a ride. Look at the police affidavit and you’ll see something else that happened while she was away from the house:
“That she tried to call Porter on his cell phone, but it was off, so she texted Perdomo. She spoke with Porter who told her that his phone was off and Perdomo got her text.”
By now I’m sure the police have gotten the complete logs for those phone numbers and the contents of any text messages. They know the exact time of those calls and how it fits in with the timeline. Everything Cheyanne has told the cops is credible and fits with the other things they have. Dan’s in big trouble and she’s in none.
i understand that this is an old friend but he is a man that made the decision to shoot someone so own up to it….he is not innocent and now the victims children will be robbed of a father…you guys paint a picture of dan as being a good guy but wait, oh yeah he did do drugs and probably tried selling to keep his habbit going so if this is a good guy, i wonder what you guys call a bad guy…grow up and let him be a big boy and face the truth
looks like you have a narrow mind upholding A murder and drug dealer open your eyes he is a looser!
These were two young adults, but both respected and
loved in their own communities. If you watch the video at this Orlando, Florida
web site, you’ll see a different group of family and friends saying what a great
guy Perdomo was. http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Man-accused-of-killing-Jerry-Perdomo-expected-in-court/-/1637132/9149874/-/10t1931z/-/index.html
This tragedy could have been averted if either of these
two people had simply told the police the truth, what the threats were really
about, and the drug deal gone bad. The two would have been arrested,
investigated, prosecuted, and this situation would have come to an
end.
It’s just another sad situation, and that’s all. It
will have to go to court.
People have a penchant for drugs/alcohol to alleviate
their pain, and to make extra money. Perhaps there is no solution to this human
predicament, because people will continue to sell and use alcohol and drugs, and
lie to the police about it.
From the police affidavit:
“Your affiant learned that Porter’s cell phone last had activity on 2-20-12 at 2019 hours while hitting a tower in Brooks, ME. Your affiant learned that Nowak’s cell phone last had activity on 2-21-12 at 2343 hours while hitting a tower in Portsmouth, NH. ”
I don’t think it was very nice of Daniel to hide or disable her phone. He knew that her family and friends would want to call her and let her know the cops came around asking some questions. He got her out of state and tried to isolate her. Read the police interview when they found her in CT. She simply relates what she did and observed because Daniel has not confided in her about what really happened. If he was there when she first heard he was missing on the news or something I bet he put on a great act. “Oh no, I can’t believe our friend is missing. I hope he’s okay. I bet that Lisa has something to do with it.”
Anyway, I’m glad she’s avoiding the media. We’ll just have to wait until she takes the stand as a witness for the state.
Are you sure they were supporters not his clients??? Simple answer would be to legalize drugs and then this could have been handled in a court of law not as a murder charge……….. hey it’s possible. LOL!
I’m not going to play these games with you people. Like I said grow up mind your bisnuess and stop commenting. Let the law do what the law is going to do and go on with your damn lives.
We are letting the law deal with it…we just find it very odd that people are supporting a fella who was taking and dealing drugs and then killed the supplier whom he owed a substantial amount to and is trying to cover it up by a very weak self defense defense. Which (devils advocate) it was self defense in the loosest definition of the term. Not to mention he is acting very arrogant about this whole ordeal. Then again…Daniel Porter is probably an innocent pawn and was forced to ingest and deal drugs by Perdomo.
Get over yourself. We have every right to use this BDN forum to discuss a public matter (your friend made it so.) Until you have purchased the Bangor Daily News and then close this forum down, you have no right to tell anyone to stop commenting. The more you post, the more ridiculous you become.