BANGOR, Maine — A store employee of Leadbetter Mini Stop on Hammond Street left the store early Monday and was stabbed in the back, police and a store employee said. A transient from Georgia was later arrested in the case.
Police started looking for a “young-looking” thin black man last seen wearing a purple hooded sweatshirt and black pants running toward downtown at around 6:35 a.m., and got a tip that he was at the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said.
Daniel Bolden, 23, a transient who recently moved here from Georgia, was arrested and charged with elevated aggravated assault, a Class A felony. Bolden could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
The stabbing reportedly occurred behind Cakes by Jan, located across the street from the store, which is at the corner of Ohio and Hammond streets.
The male victim, 69, suffered injuries that are not life-threatening and was transported to Eastern Maine Medical Center’s emergency room, Edwards said.
Another store clerk, who asked not to be identified, said the injured man was a longtime employee who had just left the store when he was attacked.
“They believe right now that he’s going to be OK,” she said.
Bolden first stayed at the homeless shelter in early May, shelter director Dennis Marble said. “He’s been in town at least a month.”
Marble said he went up to the store and spoke with owner Scott Leadbetter and was glad to hear the employee was going to be all right.
The stabbing is the second to occur in the Queen City in the last two weeks. A man was fatally stabbed on First Street on May 22 in a group fight. Police are still investigating that homicide and no arrests have been made.
The shelter, which is “pretty close to full every night,” is in the process of reviewing and possibly updating its safety protocols after seeing an increase in drug-related behavior and threats to safety in the area, Marble said.
Things are only going to get worse with decreases in state funding, the homeless shelter director said. “Cutting … services is not going to help.”
Those with information about the attack may call the Bangor Police Department at 947-7382. Anonymous messages can be left on the tip line by pressing extension 6.
I never realised how much violence takes place in the US. I randomly found this news site while researching maine and Im quite shocked, and Im in africa. That says a lot.
africa? is that near augusta?
yes lol
A few exits South on the ‘pike
Lewiston.
Look in the Atlanta, Boston, Washington DC, Los Angeles papers. Bangor pales in comparison.
Less violence than a Springbocks/All Blacks rugby match.
Those cities you mentioned have very large populations so the comparison is moot.
A debatable question, an issue open to argument; also, an irrelevant question, a matter of no importance. For example, Whether Shakespeare actually wrote the poem remains a moot point among critics , or It’s a moot point whether the chicken or the egg came first . This term originated in British law where it described a point for discussion in a moot , or assembly, of law students. By the early 1700s it was being used more loosely in the present sense.
With all due respect the OP did not state “For a city that size” or “based on its population Bangor” he clearly stated :
” I never realised how much violence takes place in the US. I randomly found this news site while researching maine and Im quite shocked”, therefore I feel based on the above excerpt from Mr. Webster your comment would appear to be “moot” as well. I travel internationally on a frequent basis, and the misconceptions those from abroad have about our nation are applied evenly across the board to the entire nation as a whole. I took an opportunity to assist in dispelling such myths, sorry you discounted my remark out of hand.
That part of town has become so sleazy. Thanks in large part to the owner of all of those rooming houses jammed on the corner (all painted the same color). What’s the name of the person who owns those buildings? And who owns the trashy ‘convenience’ (meaning 40 oz & cigarettes) store?
GO look it up from the tax records at City Hall.
Become……when I was in high school that ledbetters was known as “ghetto irving”…..this is a decades long problem
The problem isnt the store, you can’t control who comes into it. If that store wasn’t there another would be. Its the people(not all) that live in the area that are the problem.
See how people skew who is responsible? The landlord, the store, the system. Um, no. The situation might be there to allow opportunity or to promote a certain outcome or general atmosphere but the person responsible is the one that commits the conscious act.
That area has become the new Hancock and Exchange street replacement area. When I was a kid in the 60’s – 70’s. (pre urban renewal) that area was horrible. There were bootleggers, street walkers, canned heaters, and drunks all up and down those streets. That was also where most of the bars and slums were. Then came urban renewal, aka, move the trash. Now the problem is between 1st and 4th streets. Sad situation.
Where will all the poor destitute tenants go? Do you expect them to buy a house on W. Broadway?
I thought Capehart is where the low rents are.
If they did they could run for office
I am so tired of Bangor. Its getting to the point i do not want to have the office located downtown. Guess its time to consider moving. Its been real bad here in Bangor from murders to stabbings. I hope they find the guy that did this soon and report more information
i love bangor, it’s still a great city! seriously try to reconsider.
” i do not want to have the office located downtown” – thats exactly why you should stay downtown. Trust me, when good people leave the city centre, urban decay follows. Thats exactly what happened in my home city Johanneburg, South Africa. Stay, dont let those criminal elements chase you away.
Well i can not leave down here for at least a year , im in a agreement for another year, but i will reconsider because i do like it downtown.
Thank you for your comment, and i love south africa.
Im glad you are not going to leave. I watched my home city fall into the hands of drugs, gangsters, and crime. Only after 20 years of fighting has my city started to come back from hell it has been in for so long. Bangor is a nice place. I was there last year. I could live there anyday
Are you back in South Africa now. I really wish i could visit again. Been almost 12 years since ive been there
Yes Im back in SA now. A lot has changed in the past 12 years. Id say in some respects for the better and in other respects for the worse. But still a great place for a sunny holiday.
The British own south afirca don’t they?? that would explain alot.
“The British own south afirca don’t they” – do some reading…bro
I echo everyone elses sentiments. Please don’t leave, don’t let the scum chase you away. The rest of us need you to keep fighting the good fight and not let this destroy Bangor. It is time people stand together and push back.
I will most likely stay, i just need to quit coming in so early and leave earlier. I usually have my daughter with me and its scary to have a nine year old with you
Totally understand, and I am glad you are not going.
They should be able to get a better image of him with cameras from leadbetters. His cameras are great over there, great images
Yes, Bangor is becoming the kind of place you don’t wan’t to admit you live. I worked at a convenience store for about 6 months and now I am moving out of town. It is sad the growing amount of violence and hard core drugs going on. I cannot live in a town where I am too scared to carry my purse down the road.
Agreed – I no longer shop in Bangor – I now avoid it like the plague.
This is really getting out of hand. I avoid Bangor at all costs now. I used to love browsing around downtown or on the other side streets. Not interested anymore.
The city is going downhill fast… I have seen alot of scary things lately.. an older man being beaten by a young guy for example (and yes, I stopped my car, got out and called 911). I have children including 3 teens, one of whom goes to the Open Mic at the church by 1st street, I dont like him going in that neighborhood at all. I dont know what has happened in the past 5 or 6 years since I have been in Bangor but I am assuming its drugs… violence, theft, etc are all signs of drug problems. I always thought that I live in a “Nice” neighborhhod, In the tree street neighborhood but its not so nice anymore, things are trickling over here now. I am looking at moving this Summer.
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Essex Street is as bad as 1st, 2nd and 3rd Street now, especially the building on the corner of Garland and Essex.
Also a decades long problem
People need to come together and do something to stop the problems and be part of the solution instead of coming to the BDN forum and complaining about Bangor, 1st/2nd/3rd/4th streets etc etc.
Complaining here does nothing but inject fear in to others and chase them away, when we need them to stay.
If you are disgusted, upset, scared, find out who the landlords are and write to them. Go to City Hall and complain. Go to code enforcement. Go to the Bangor PD. Form a neighborhood watch. Write a letter to the editor in the BDN, rally people together and try and figure out a solution.
Well said!
Thanks!
There is power in numbers. United we stand, divided we fall!
I agree with you… I would add that the “people” begin is to vote for local, state and federal candidates that have the courage to take on entitltents. Once the money starts to dry up the less likely it will be for these folks to come here.
Definitely food for thought!
Amen!!!!! Problem is it’s taken 30+ years of building this entitlement laden state. And LePage and the others trying to dismantle it will no doubt fail because of such hatered against that side of the aisle.
Are you out of your mind. They will get worse!! More local people will be the ones doing it. You never know someday you might be homeless and need the help then what would you have to say for yourself.
yeah and that’s called blackmail, and as a society we have played that game long enough. Drying the money up will help stem the flow of transients into Maine. In the process, let the word go forth that we as a community have had it with open ended commitments to people who are not serious at improving their lot in life. This may sound harsh, but in an environment of limited resources, I want my tax dollars used to help the family that cannot afford insulin for their diabetic child rather than a oxy druggie that keeps on with their bad ways. You want to die go right ahead, I’m done worrying about you!
Really!! Lets continue to pay the bad guys so the not so bad guys continue to get paid, so they themselves don’t become bad guys, all to protect the good guys from harm. I’m sick of this mentality. The Dems continually deny the fact people are moving here continually from away, dragging their miserable lives with them. It’s high time this state gets control of this phenomena before the whole state looks and feels like inner city Detroit. I’m not saying people from away aren’t welcome, just don’t bring this way of life with you.
Human beings are “entitled” to food and shelter. “Courage to take on entitltents” as you call them would be to take on the big corporations/government officials that feel they are entitled to steal,lie and take away from the less fortunate…………..
People are not entitled to anything they aren’t willing to earn or work for. There is absolutely no reason for this man to have stab anyone…especially in the back! If they find a warm place to sleep and food, well that’s fine and well but to get these and not obey laws and prey on law abiding citizens…no way! Put these people to work on some public community service program to earn some of their keep or to earn a bus ticket out of state!
so if the corporations can’t steal, and you and I can’t steal, what makes it right for the government to steal in providing human beings food and shelter?
Your taxes are NOT theft. That is the price YOU PAY to live in this country. Try Russia………..you might like it!!
Having a roof over your head is a privilidge not an entitlement!!
What is code enforcement supposed to do about a crime/drug problem? I understand your general meaning and that is for the community to get involved. I think we need to be outraged but at the perpetrators themselves! I have been to the meetings about the HUD revitalization project for the area between Union and Buck, Third and Main. But as the City continues to open more methadone clinics, it draws drug users to the area. I have no idea what the solution is. I am a landlord and my hands are very much tied like everyone elses. I can do background checks before renting to someone (which I do) but once you rent to someone, the same frustrating system makes it really difficult to get them out. Bangor is a small example of the larger picture of a deteriorating society at large.
The methadone clinic at Arcadia is closing.
Didn’t hear about that – any idea when it’s shutting down?
I would like to say, my WHOLE post is about people becoming involved instead of sitting here complaining about Bangor as whole.
Bangor is going to the dogs
Bangor is going down hill
Bangor is a bad place to live
Don’t live on 1st/2nd/3rd streets
Bulldoze 2nd street
Make a parking lot
Bangor sucks!
Maybe if everyone who sat and put energy in to writing about how awful Bangor is, could transfer that energy to doing something positive (picking up trash, writing a letter to whom ever, reporting a crime, mowing an unruly lawn 3 houses down from yours) then maybe, just maybe, things would change.
Sitting here crying about how awful Bangor is doesn’t change a thing.
THAT is the premise of what i wrote.
So what are your ideas?
I have outlined my ideas in my original post and in the post you just replied to.
Would’nt the bulldozer idea be easier!
do you always take the easy way out?
The people in charge of making the rules and doing something about these issue are the ones making money in the poverty industry. . Billions of Federal, State and Local dollars feed this industry in Maine and the people in charge are getting wealthy on it. so good luck with that.
People earning and making money are the people supporting and taking care of these poor people. The problem is that they don’t want to help themselves and without that key ingredient there is no solution to their problems. Maybe if we stop feeding pigeons they’d give coming around in mass numbers and go somewhere else and do their crimes.
A facebook page to continue these conversations (in the case that bdn disables the comments)…
http://www.facebook.com/wearechangingme
Sorry, but there is no solution.
The government, using false notions of “Equality” brought this upon us.
Detroit was once the most modern, most technologically-advanced, most prosperous city in the world.
Now it resembles a lunar landscape.
Bangor is next if this trend continues.
It hurts me to say this, but look for white flight out of Bangor within two years.
And if you trust ANY Republican or Democrat, you are a fool.
BDN and Bangor Police are going to catch heck for refering the suspect as a Black Male.. Sounds a little racist. They could have said it was a Male around 5/10 with a hoodie.
biggots
Sounds racist? if you are looking for a suspect, you need every detail (especially race and clothing).
he’s being sarcastic.
Usually the media doesn’t provide a description of the suspect if the suspect is a minority.
I could’nt believe all of the people that did not get the sarcasm.
It is not racist at all. So what your telling me is if you got robbed by a person or stabbed you would want this out there as a male 5 ft 9 inches. I would reconsider calling the police biggots too. They do there job
there was a shooting in lewiston a couple of weeks ago.
Even though there was plenty of eye witnesses, the description they released was:
“The shooter, described as a young man, was in the alley ”
http://bangor-launch.newspackstaging.com/2012/05/18/news/lewiston-auburn/gunshots-rattle-downtown-lewiston-several-men-detained/
It’s all about being politically correct.
And this is Lewistion Not Bangor. Bangor is much different then lewiston, at least the police here do there job, well most of the time that is
Thank you..
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for knowing I was being scarcastic
LOL, see some people are in such a rush to chastise you they don’t even bother to read the rest of the thread…In a way I think you kind of proved a sarcastic point :-)
A very good friend of mine once told me “If you say when you look at me you don’t see Black and you don’t see fat, then you’re saying you don’t see ME!” Had the suspect been white, the article would have said “White male, 5’10, with a hoodie.”
If thats the case they should refer to the perpetrator as a “person” because denoting the perp as a “male” in sexist in the context of your statement. So they should be looking for a person around 5’10” with a hoodie? How ridiculous….
How stupid ? It’s like saying it was a car and not saying the color. Who could ever solve a case with a mind set as that ?
They use terms like “White Male” as well. Nice to know what your looking for. The color of skin is just that, color. Narrows the field.
“Police started looking for a “young-looking” skinny black man last seen wearing a purple hooded sweatshirt and black pants ”
Since they also said he was young looking and skinny, I am guessing you are concerned about old looking fat people as well?
Well he wasnt purple…….so how is that racist >
Looks like peaceful ol’ bangor is becoming more dangerous than lewiston.
well actually, i wouldn’t go that far yet, but they’re certainly catching up!
How many people have been killed in Bangor compared to Lewiston already this year? Last I checked that is 3 Bangor and 0 Lewiston. Say what you want about Lewiston, but that statistic speaks volumes by itself. Feel free to try to defend Bangor by degrading Lewiston, but you all should be more worried whats happening in your own backyard before passing judgement on other places. Just Sayin’
I haven’t seen any broad daylight shootings on the streets of bangor yet.
It seems that the area near Downtown is becoming a combat zone. This is too bad. Last December I had the chance to take in a play at the Theater on main street and really enjoyed it. We had to park on a back street two blocks away. I not so sure I would feel comfortable parking there now.
Thanks.
First of all i do not think you should mention names on here, and second of all, they do not own all of them, there are three owners in that area.
Not mentioning names just enables people to continue to own dumps and hide behind property managers when there are problems. If we’re going to solve the problems in Bangor, it’s going to be done by talking about them.
Your right, but they only mentioned one landlord, obviously she or he is a tenant of the other one and did not mention it.
Nope
Agreed! Agreed! Agreed!
People need to be aware! Besides, landlord names are public record, you can go find them at city Hall.
Iif a landlord has nothing to hide and they are keeping a well maintained property I think everyone here would give them kudos for being part of the solution not the problem. Any other is fighting against the residents of this area, so why not out them and make them accountable?
A landlord is responsible for his tennant’s actions?
Every landlord has the right to decide who he/she wants to rent to. If they pick poorly because they just want to make a quick buck, absolutely they are responsible.
In other areas (and I believe SOPO) they have an ordinance that states when a tenant is visited by the police due to complaints, after so many visits by the Police the landlord is fined.
We need this ordinance in Bangor.
Every Landlord has the choice to fix up and keep clean/neat/well maintained their apartment building, or, not care, let it go to squalor. As a resident of an area where those dumps are, we have the right to stand up and say, fix it, it is an eye sore, a safety hazard and unacceptable.
I disagree. Fining a landlord will not stop his tennants from being jerks. They will simply move elsewhere and be jerks there. You can write all the laws you want but you will never manage to stop stupidity, avarice, greed etc. It’s just the human condition.
Good, let them move somewhere else and become some other areas problem, the further away the possible!
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Or, arrest them and keep arresting them till they get the message that people dont like having to repeatedly call the Police because they are doing foolish things! Then if the landlord gets fined, maybe they will think twice and will make sure the tenants are not disturbing other residents while they live 20 miles away blissfully ignorant and not caring!
If I were a landlord you bet your behind I would make sure the people I rented to were not making others on the street miserable.
Did I miss something? Wasn’t the guy who did the stabbing a homeless transient who recently moved here…not living in the slumlords buildings. If that is the case….what do the slumlords in the area have to do with this article?
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THANK YOU! EXACTLY!
I think what the implication is that some landlords through their actions are creating breeding grounds for problem areas in the city. I used to work for a rent-to-own company and I can promise you that some of the conditions in some of the apartments in those areas in Bangor and Brewer are downright frightening. A lot of the places are falling apart at the seams. Whether or not the landlords know or care is another question in and of itself.
You are really talking about something you know nothing about. There is no one making any quick bucks with apartments that I know of. I have owned my buildings for 19 years and I’m barely hanging on with the price of oil, taxes and insurance. I run my applications through a service that checks the applicants out. But what do you do when you have a vacant apt. for months and literally the only people applying have this voucher or that government program? If I didn’t rent to them, you would say I was an elitist bigot. If I’m sweating how I’m going to pay the bills and lower my standards, I’m a slumlord who is responsible for other people’s behavior? What about when you rent to someone decent and then they start to date or hang around some lowlifes? Then you start the process of eviction and while you are waiting for weeks or months for a court date, they start being more disruptive and stop paying rent…so you wait patiently for a system designed to protect them while people like you are saying I need to make them behave. Bangor’s system of services is inviting these people here. Where are they supposed to live? Maybe the city should build some camps for disruptive people. Believe me, I am as frustrated as anyone else but making this very ill-informed leap that it’s the landlord’s fault is not the answer. BTW, I know someone who is a property manager for a govt subsidized building (yknow those ones that spend $250-300,000 per unit) that are in pristine condition and they have the exact same proplems.
Other cities have faced similar problems and devised solutions for landlords as well as those that live nearby. Press your reps and officials to provide you with some additional tools to help manage problem tenants better. Disorderly property ordinances are one method, there are many other options out there.
My tenants are great. sometime when I drive by the buildings in the evening It’s hard to tell if they still live there it so quite. good screening does that.. We do that because it’s easier than dealing with deadbeats. Yet I disagree… landlords aren’t responsiable for their adult tennants and shouldn’t be.
There are prominent slumlords in this town that look down on anyone who questions their ethics. and have political power to protect themselves.
Isn’t everyone out for a quick buck these days though? I had a chance to become a landlord and I said; “No thanks!” I remember a few years ago I lived next door to the landlord in my old building. They were having a shouting match at 4 a.m. over who was going to plow out the apartment on 3rd street because a tenant complained that they weren’t living up to their obligations clearly defined in the lease contract. Their solution? Send out a new lease to all tenants stating no more plowing period, and if anyone complained again, “We’ll just find a reason to evict them!” There are a lot of good landlords out there too though!
I really don’t think you want to start down this road.
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when i called bpd to complain about the needle left outside my door by my druggie neighbor, they came to my house to tell me that they couldn’t do anything about it, that there was “too much red tape,” that it was the neighborhood i moved into and to talk to my landlord about it.
Did you see your ‘druggie’ neighbor use that needle? Have you seen him use any needle? Yes? Then you should have reported that usage and gone to court to accuse him. No? Then you have no idea at all whether he is a user or not. You just have your prejudice to guide you. “Look here to see Him”? Not likely.
between the walls being so thin that we could here them talking about places they were breaking into in brewer and selling the stuff for drugs and the weird p’d off people pounding on the doors cause of drug deals gone bad, there was no room for prejudice smarty cakes
Throw out a name.
You don’t complain when the BDN publishes names and mugshots.
Who said i do not. Mugshots are one thing, landlord names are another , its hurts there business too. Not that its gonna hurt who she mentioned but still its the point
Bangorian ask about the certain group of buildings, not the whole neighborhood.
Folks would be surprised if they knew who some of the Bangor slumlords are. Their liberal sensibilities would be all upset.
Do tell!
Someone did but had their comment removed. Go look at Register of Deeds.
None are conservatives?
Shhhh, don’t say Baldacci, it’ll annoy the libs.
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some people just want to watch the world burn…
funny how y’all complain more when its a person of ethnicity but when its your own you become mute FOH!!!
This just in from Bangor p.d: As a result of officers canvassing the nearby neighborhood, a lead was developed that led detectives to the Bangor Area Shelter. As a result of the investigation, Daniel Bolden 23, a transient recently moved here from Georgia has been arrested and charged with elevated aggravated assault, a Class A Felony.
Great minds think a like!
Part of the issue is that you can obtain welfare 3days after moving here! Ridiculous!
A one-way bus ticket to south of the Mason-Dixon is cheaper, and more cost-effective in the long run.
Were you getting ready to post it
I posted it then saw yours, so deleted mine : )
I hope it was not the old man. Just praying, he is only one that i can think has been there long
it was the old guy……i hope they hang the guy who did it to him…i like the old guy
It was sadly to say
WTH this is Bangor not Detroit What would bring a transient here. Its definatley not our economy
Or the great weather.
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Curious what made Bangor Maine so appealing to a homeless person from Georgia?
I think we all know ; )
It to hot in the summer down here in GA , he must have wanted to vacation in Maine.
your right… but don’t dare speak the truth… might get a label attached to you. We all need to stick to the”the script” and pretend everything is fine.
Oh, you mean how some of the Social Service Offices are giving people a couple of hundred bucks and a one way Greyhound ticket out of state? :)
you say that but think about how many leave Maine to other states. it happens everywhere. peopel travel and move.
why not our GA dept. welcomes these people with open arms and our welfare dept here in Maine is pretty generous too for the people that are low lifes and lazy but for hardworking people that struggle and could use assistance occassionally foget it, you can’t be honest and get help. The ones that lie and cheat are the ones that make out and they really make you want to go to work everyday just so they can stay home and smoke and drink and do drugs and comitt crimes.
Apparently Street patrols are needed in support of the local offices and businesses. Not to mention the law abiding citizens who are always at risk. When we thought it could not get any worse than bath salts, here comes the Vampire people.
Call Florida quick, Call Jesse Jackson, Call Al Sharpton, Call the President!!! I am sure that
the police have acted stupidly!!! (I really shouldn’t do that. Sometimes I just can’t help it.)
Bangor is certainly getting their moneys worth from the PD this year. Not an easy job nor for just anyone. Hope things quiet down soon. Don’t forget to tell an officer thank you for his or her service. They truly can not be thanked enough.
I was born in Maine and lived there for 37 years. I’ve lived in Atlanta, GA since 1997 to the present. I am sure from your perspective that Bangor/Lewiston/Portland seem to be dangerous places to live. I just got to say the crime you see/experience pales in comparison to what goes on in metro Atlanta on a daily basis. Don’t sweat it, your pretty safe up there. You got to experience close up one of our fine young men we produce down here. We got thousands of these POS to deal with.
i still stand by my comments on other articles…
BANGOR HAS GONE TO THE GUTTER!
I’d like to know why this young man decided to move to Bangor, Maine from Georgia. Does he have family or friends here that would help get settled -or is the safety net here just that much better than where he came from?
Shocking…..evidently he ran out of options in Georgia…..welcome to the welfare state, Daniel.
I say take the Georgia boy and stick him in a dark jail cell. I wonder why he came to Maine?
just maybe if we legalize all drugs we could sell bath salts at our pot dispensaries… that way we might have the good fortune of attracting cann$%ils to the area! Show that rest of the country just how progressive and opened minded we all are up here in the Pine Tree State!
At least they found the guy that did it this time. Why hasnt there been any stories or follow up on the stabbing on First Street or Essex Street? When i see nothing in the newspaper or on the local news channels i start to wonder if they didnt involve someone that the media doesnt want to report…I know I know, shouldnt feel that way but it is pretty odd that we havent seen even ONE story about either of these incidents since they happened.
The update to the Essex St. story was it was not a stabbing, there was an assault, but no knifes came out.
3rd. stabbing in Bangor in the last 2 weeks, Garland and Essex also.
The update to that story was it was not a stabling, an assault, but no knifes came out.
Sooooooooo glad we left Bangor last year!
I left Bangor-Brewer in 1989 and have no intention of ever living there again.
Me too. So glad you left Bangor last year! Saves you from leaving now!
I was born and raised an Bangor Maine and everyone wants to blame it on Bangor it is not Bangor. Bangor doesn’t make you stabb people or do monkey dust you choose to do it so it is the people or said person not the city
it may not do anything about the situation but this is a free country last time I knew and the people can say what they want,don’t like it ,don’t read it!!
I live in Orono. College town, Liberal town, IDC what you call it. I’m pretty happy and FORTUNATE to live in a nice quiet neighborhood with the birds chirping and beautiful women out running in their sports bras.
Welcome to Maine as quoted, “young skinny black man”…..hope you see some hard time…..
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Bus tickets to Georgia and Florida are a lot cheaper than giving free cot and hot for months to transients.
This is why I train in Krav Maga!!!!!! Great knife defenses to give me a fighting chance!
Am I the only person in this area that can see that the increase in drugs and violent crime is a direct correlation to the out of state urban population that has been moving to our once relatively safe neighborhoods? Drive by 818 Ohio St., down Essex St., 1st St., or any street that may offer inexpensive rents in town. What has changed in the past 10-15 years? Methadone clinics, which by the way can treat indefinitely, and welcome non Maine residents to become our problem. Our Bangor area stock is not what it used to be.
While we are talking about responsibility this afternoon, who is responsible for the Dead Vagina walking ‘piece on the front page?
Bangor Daily World News Enquirer. That’s who.
A hooded sweatshirt? When will you people awaken to the dangers of these things.
hahahaha…silly [ Im burning all mine .]
FRANK?? Are you freakin’ kiddin me? What would someone possibly gain from randomly stabbing a 110 lb Elder of our community? FRANK IS THE MAN ! And I can’t imagine harming him at all . From sources close to ledbetters …he walked back to Ledbetters with the knife sticking out of his back and thought he’d merely been pushed by this assailaint . He was still smokin the cigarette he left with…WITH A COLLAPSED LUNG!! FRANK IS ONE TOUGH MUTHA ! I love u man ! “Now see ya latter bye get outta here and have a nice night ” [thats what frank always says to me when I leave the store] CAN’T EWAIT TO HEAR IT AGAIN !
Thatd teach that kid a lesson, eh? Stab some old dude in the back, he doesnt even skip a puff. Kinda defeats the point of stabbing him, doesnt it? If I was the “young-looking” thin black man, Id be pretty upset with myself, about now.
If the gentleman that got stabbed had a gun permit he could of held the villian there in the horizontal position.. He would of been a hero
How could he if he didn’t see the person. He was stabbed from behind. I know the man that got stabbed and he would have defended himself if he saw it coming. I hope he heals fast so he can get back to work and joke around with all that visits to the store.
And to think, the owner of the former McKusick School in Parkman wants to convert the old school into a homeless shelter. Not a pleasant prospect considering all that takes place at the Bangor shelter.
build it and they shall come
What takes place at the Bangor shelter?
Two words, “conceal carry.”
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there seems to be a whole under-culture of people that wander from state to state & lots of them end up in Maine.
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The first rule of knowledge: Question everything.
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Thank goodness the man who was stabbed is OK!! How awful.
The city needs to stop allowing all these people that are coming into Bangor from out of state assistance. This is why there is such a defict at GA and this is why our tax dollars are going up. The city needs to have a residency law in effect and maybe it will keep these dirtbags that come to Maine for welfare out of Maine.
bangor has gone to the gutter!
“find out who the landlords are and write to them” should the landlords refuse to provide shelter to these people?
This has not just happened over nite here in Maine or any other place. Slowly life has been changing and the masses just kept going with the flow, now its in our backyard and in our face people don’t like it. Entitlements, more hand outs, more corruption a society without morals or a conscience. You may try to stop it but you can’t fight city hall.
The reason many of the transients are here is for Maine and Bangor’s better than average benefits and services. Everyone sees the influx of transients. Has anyone really investigated why it seems to be accelerating. Maybe a little investigative reporting by the BDN? What does our police chief think? Blaming cuts in social services without understanding why Bangor has seen a rapid increase of transients and social expenses is intellectually lazy.
Looks like the city doesn’t have the funds or expertise to investigate and evaluate the transient issue. The BDN doesn’t have the interest because it might contradict their basic liberal dogma.
Folks have been talking about the excess support to non Mainers for years. Seems like it accelerated about 10 years ago. Its one thing when it’s our own Maine sl$me – balls but to have to pay for such from away, just doesn’t make sense.
It’s those pesky Norwegian Americans again. A lot of Norwegian Americans have moved into that area, and hang around Leadbetter’s.
So expect more stranger-on-stranger crime, for example, muggings, robberies, and rapes.
Norwegians are like that.
You can always get a good $1.20 slice of pizza there that hasn’t been handled much.
I am putting together a Norwegian American phrase book so you can communicate with your new neighbors.
“Wha up, daaaawg?”
“What happenin’, Mellow?”
“Nowhamsain?”
Brilliant.
Ive read a bit about Norwegians. They burn churches. Crazy.
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Multiculturalists and integrationists were the death of America.
I have lived in Bangor and I have lived three blocks from Harlem.
That neighborhood is starting to look like Harlem.