WATERVILLE, Maine — A Shawmut man is facing a felony charge after police say he threatened his girlfriend with a knife early Friday morning.

Even though James Chartrand, 45, never used the weapon, he grew agitated enough during an argument to draw it and is now facing up to five years in prison, Waterville Deputy Chief Charles Rumsey said.

Police were called to the Budget Host Inn around 2 a.m. by a third-party complaint about a domestic situation, Rumsey said.

When police responded, Chartrand and the victim had exited their room and were walking in a hallway, Rumsey said. Chartrand was arrested and charged with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, a Class C felony.

The victim was not injured in the incident, and a folding knife was found in Chartrand’s pants when police searched him.

Chartrand remains at the Kennebec County Jail. He is due in court on Sept. 11.

BDN sports freelancer Ryan McLaughlin grew up in Brewer and is a lifelong fan of the New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins.

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  1. I don’t understand… he looks so sane and normal in this photo.  Who would ever think that he might be ‘off’??? 

        1. Since it’s been 20 hrs (per this site), I can’t respond to your reply in the conventional manner, so.
          “I guess you lost me. I’m a little dense” Boy, aren’t we all!
          I was making a comment that there were no usual remarks blaming the pill industry for the abuse yet.

          Sorry for being off topic, folks, but there was his comment delivered too ‘late’ for me to respond, plus 40 ‘likes” removed overnight. Such is Disqus.

  2. I think mugshots are intentionally taken just when the suspect is making the craziest face possible. There is just no way this guy could have avoided previous arrest if he walked around with this expression on his face all of the time.

    1. Yes, you hit the nail on the head, Bangorian escaped from his mothers basement, the internet went down and he had nothing else to do…

  3. LOL! Part of his punishment should be that he  is required to use this as his driver’s license photo.

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