PORTLAND, Maine — A 23-year-old man was arrested Saturday evening in connection with the death of his grandmother in her Old Orchard Beach home earlier this week, then setting fire to her house, according to Maine State Police.
Derek Poulin of Old Orchard Beach was charged with murder and arson, according to police spokesman Stephen McCausland.
Patricia Noel, 62, was found dead Tuesday inside her Wesley Street home following a fire, according to previously published reports. Her death has been under investigation since then, according to police.
The cause of her death was not released Saturday. It is expected to be released after Poulin’s first court appearance in York County Superior Court early this week, McCausland said.
Poulin was arrested about 5 p.m Saturday at his mother’s Brighton Avenue home in Portland, McCausland said. The 23-year-old was arrested “after detectives got lab results from the state police crime lab after analyzing evidence from the scene,” the spokesman said.
Poulin and his father lived with Noel before she was killed and the house was set ablaze, according to police.
Poulin is being held without bail at the York County Jail.
Sad. :(
such horrible news, may she rest in peace, my thoughts are with the family.
The grandmother lived on Brighton Avenue in OOB and the mother lived on Brighton Avenue in Portland???? Coincidence or error?
perscription drugs I bet.
So you don’t care about the fact that you know nothing about this situation? You’ll still just accuse based on hunches?
I doubt if he killed her for her AARP card.
It doesn’t matter. You don’t know anything about the situation beyond what’s here and what’s public. Don’t make assumptions.
We can assume the young fellow was another spoiled brat and was trying to get his way over something from Gram. It’s a pretty pathetic loser that kills his Grandmother.
assumptions are what the police use to follow up on a case. which brings out the facts..
Extremely sad here.
It seems that many of the murders committed now involve family members. Family values…what a society that we now live in.
The murderers of family members are typically 20 year old-somethings, that are still living at home with their mommies and or daddies. When a teenager graduates high school, out of mommie and /or daddies house they should go. And grow up.
You are right. And the majority of time the family, neighbors and acquaintences can see trouble coming, yet do little or nothing to prevent catastrophy. Why? If you think someone…anyone… will kill you, you should do something about it. Take the firearms and sharp instruments away, call the police or the mental health hotline for help. Is that so difficult even if it involves a relative? Like living with a wolverine… you have to be smarter and faster. Gawd.
Unfortunately, potential murderers can’t be confined or charged with anything until the crime is committed. The victims of these loony-tunes are always the ones who suffer and or die. Defense lawyers are quite skilled at getting these malcontents off with a short sentence. However, that’s what defense attorneys do. A skilled defense attorney is just what people need when someone is charged with a crime they didn’t commit.
Some young people (not referring to this case) who have been mentally, emotionally and physically abused by those who are supposed to love and protect them finally murder that family member. They snap and take the law into their own hands and mete out their own kind of justice. All homicides have their own circumstances to consider.
Welcome to Maine:
About 1994ish, s Somerset County young female gave her grandmother over 100 whacks with a knife, That young person was given 3 years in jail and set free.
This OOB crime was one horrible crime alright. Look for the insane plea, Look for it to be successful,Look for the criminal to be locked up for a couple of years, Look for the criminal to be deemed harmless and set free to a halfway house.
Notice the insanity in some of the comments! there so positive!!!! NOT
You must be new to Maine. The insanity plea works in Maine.
For one reason: to prosecute a murder in Maine, it costs the State over $1,000,000.00 court costs. So Maine courts prefer to plea bargain down a murder charge in any way possible to save spending State money.
I see no insanity in these comments. Maine is very lax on punishment of sever crimes. Two men who killed their infant children get off with just 6 years in jail, disgusting. And who says we have to post in a positive way? You? Funny.
Lizzie Borden
Remember it well-was on duty that night. I think of that poor great-aunt of hers every time I drive by the home. Keep in mind, though, that the short sentence in this case had a lot to do w/her age (15 years old).
That is not what she served. She served a full juvenile sentence till age 21. The full measure of the law.
We need to go back to the times when dangerous individuals could be institutionalized before they went on killing sprees. I’m not saying let’s bring back lobotomy or the inhumane conditions that led to the closure of mental hospitals across this country. But we need some balance and what the politicians like to call a “common sense approach” to some very scary people who live among us.
Why are you putting her address on here. I think that is totally wrong for you to do
The BDN TRIED to put her address on here & got it wrong. I just corrected is all. What the
hell is the big deal? It is public information, on google, white pages & a dozen other
outlets. They publish addresses every day. What ails you?
Nothing ails me, i did not even flag it. I just find it extremely odd that you had to post it, come on he killed his grandmother, no need to post address.
Oh forgot, that is the address that was given to Bangor daily
I live in OOB and there has been too many family killings here. It makes one wonder why?
It must be the weather
I can’t imagine being the woman getting the call that my mother just died in a fire…..then the next day getting the call that it was my son that killed her…Oh my heart goes out to her.
This is the second murder within the course of a week where a young man murdered older family members. It’s truly sad.