BELFAST, Maine — A local man was arrested and charged with domestic violence-related crimes early Thursday morning after allegedly kicking and dragging a woman around their Lincolnville Avenue home.
Adam D. Clark, 26, whose listed address is in Camden, reportedly arrived home intoxicated Wednesday night and provoked a fight with the woman.
“He threw his keys on the ground and began yelling at her,” Chief Mike McFadden of the Belfast Police Department said.
The woman told police later that she tried to call her mother and text her friend, but Clark kept grabbing the phone. He then allegedly called her child a bastard, and the woman became angry and slapped his face.
“He dragged her down the hall, causing injuries and bruises and scrapes,” McFadden said. “He ended up on top of her and proceeded to kick her.”
Clark then threw the phone at the wall, hitting a light with it. He also reportedly slammed a window shut, breaking it, and then slammed a door, breaking the window on the door.
Officer Brad Hanson saw visible bruises on the woman when he responded to the call. He checked the two children who were home and wrote in his report that they appeared to be fine.
Clark denied having assaulted the woman but Hanson said that he concluded that he had been the predominant aggressor.
Clark was charged with domestic violence assault and domestic violence criminal mischief. He was booked at Waldo County Jail in Belfast and was released on $300 cash bail.
” Clark denied having assaulted the woman”- they always lie…does he think the police will believe him…like maybe she assaulted herself? This kind of thing disgusts me….& worse, he will get off with little or no punishment, or a “Plea” or something. This “zero” toplerance for domestic violence seems to be a joke.
He’ll probably get three times the punishment the gal who broke the beer glass over the head of her ex in Belfast recently did. He got three times the bail amount.
Domestic violence, & abuse, should be severely punished no matter what the gender. There is much wrong with how the courts handle this huge problem- & too many repeat offenders.
“He then allegedly called her child a bastard, and the woman became angry and slapped his face.” Does this mean she will be charged with assualt as well?
What do you think is the answer to your question?
No……Women are allowed to slap a man as it is assumed he must have said or done something to deserve it. The other way around though is illegal.