ELLSWORTH, Maine — A Hancock man was arrested Wednesday and is expected to remain in jail through the holiday weekend after he allegedly threatened his estranged wife for the second time in five days.
Michael Carter, 38, is facing a total of six criminal charges as a result of the two similar incidents.
According to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, Carter showed up at his wife’s house in Penobscot on Nov. 16 and began pounding on the walls of the home from outside. The incident was reported to be a continuation of a dispute between Carter and his wife that had started in Bucksport earlier that day, police said.
Carter left the property but deputies tracked him down driving on Route 15 in Sedgwick, where he was taken into custody and then to Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth for a mental evaluation, Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Thornton wrote in a summary of the incident. From the hospital, Carter was taken to Hancock County Jail in Ellsworth and charged with criminal trespass and domestic violence terrorizing, Thornton indicated.
Five days later, around 11 a.m. Wednesday morning, Carter returned to his wife’s house, went inside and allegedly attacked her, according to Trooper Greg Roy of Maine State Police. A family member called the police and Carter left, prompting police to start looking for him again.
Around midday, an Ellsworth Police officer on Red Bridge Road spotted Carter and took him into custody, Roy said.
The trooper said no significant injuries resulted from the alleged altercation Wednesday in Penobscot and that no one required medical treatment as a result of it. Roy said he did not have additional details about how Carter was found on Red Bridge Road or where exactly on the road Carter was when he was arrested.
Carter was charged Wednesday with domestic violence assault, aggravated criminal trespass, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon — a knife in this case — and unlawful sexual touching, Roy said.
The trooper said Carter will spend the Thanksgiving holiday behind bars.
“He’s going to be there likely until Monday, when he [appears before] a judge,” Roy said.
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Yes , this violent misfit will be there until Monday…..
and then turned loose , Again!
Hey Lady, lock the doors, get a pit bull and a gun
and sleep with one eye open.
I thought a pit bull was a kind and loving dog.
You’re forgetting very loyal to its owner, and bull headed. They will protect the owner if they think someone is bothering them or will bother them.
When a man acted a particular way, I once knew a pitbull who would get in the middle and stare the man down in front of its owner. Also had its head located in a position to protect owner in other cases. Not everyone, only when the dog thought they were threatening.
That may be true of the four-legged variety. The two-legged version is known to be particularly vicious and nasty at times.
He seems a little upset
Dude is obsessed, sprung – best put him somewhere to cool his jets cuz that insane mindset don’t go away overnight. Knew a guy who did a year flat for stalking the ex and she moved to KS while he was locked-up, first day out he sold his car and bought a ticket to Wichita. Go figure. Chip in to buy his wife bear traps, that’d be the Pioneer spirit — the idea of pits with punji sticks came to mind but that’s not PC.
no he is a first class jerk,and always has been.
I think it is time for a Delores Claiborne solution to this domestic situation. As Bill Cat pointed out, this character is obsessed and those situations tend not to end well.
You are so right. These rejected guys won’t just go away.They just can’t get it. Good reference…:)
Keep him in there for once that animal is loose he will hurt that poor woman and you know that will be the case! Just look what happened in Dexter.
So tired of reading his name in the Ellsworth American weekly……time for some hard action on this dude……If I was her, I’d of shot him, but she’s not me…
too many shootings lately
Surely there’s room for just one more.
Don’t shoot while he’s outside. Before you load read the affirmative defense law in the use of deadly force. It’s better to use a “less then lethal munition” so the intruder has the opportunity to explain why he/she is there. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec104.html
I hope she protects herself with whatever it takes. This is exactly how women end up dead.
Maybe she should call Scott and Holly Lounder? They’ll teach her how to put a man to bed the right way. :) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ellsworth-ATA-Martial-arts-and-Karate-for-Kids/94737095063?ref=ts&fref=ts
I know the judge won’t read this but if for some crazy reason he or she does. Please do not grant this man bail.
throw away the key or next month we will learn he has succeeded killing her
Why is it the entire public gets this, but the judicial system does not??
Why was he able to offend again 5 days after his first offense. Oh that’s right, Maine’s jails have revolving doors. This will not end well if he is not kept in jail for a long period of time.