ALFRED, Maine — Former legislative candidate Mark Bedell was indicted last week at York County Superior Court on charges of assault and aggravated assault stemming from an October arrest.
Saco police received a call from Bradley Street around 9:45 p.m. on Oct. 23. According to Saco police, a 42-year-old woman reported that a male friend had assaulted her at his home earlier that evening. Police arrested Bedell, who lives at Watson Mills Road.
Bedell, 50, was released the day after the arrest on $2,500 bail and ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim.
Bedell was a Republican candidate for State House District 15, covering part of Saco, but lost in the Nov. 8 election, 1,709 to 3,311, to Democrat Maggie O’Neil.
The York County Republican Committee and the Maine Republican Party had asked Bedell to withdraw from the election, but Bedell remained in the running.