Damn antis. ME has some of the least restrictive gun laws in the country, but somehow they have a very low homicide rate of which 10 out of 19 were commited with a firearm. They can't criticize the lax gun laws as being a problem, so they find some other angle to get themselves in the news.
www.maine.gov/dps/Docs/2004DPSANNRPT.pdf Note: PDF file
MAINE’S 19 HOMICIDES DURING 2004
3/10 TURNER James McManus, 82, beaten, stabbed and run over by a car. Shaun Tuttle, 21, and
David Lakin, 22, charged with murder.
4/21 MASARDIS Michael MacDonald, 57, shot, stabbed and beaten in his home. His son, Michael
MacDonald, 25, is charged with murder. DOMESTIC
5/14 PORTLAND Lisa Deprez, 42, dies three days after being found severely beaten in her apartment.
Her longtime boyfriend from whom she has separated from, Gregory Erskine, 50, is charged with
murder. DOMESTIC
5/17 YARMOUTH Julius Petrovic, 60, is shot to death in his SUV in the parking lot of the Yarmouth
Information Center in a robbery attempt. Shawn Hopkins, 28, and his brother, Ryan Hopkins, 22, are
charged with murder.
6/4 WALDOBORO Mark Dugas, 39, is stabbed to death in his home. His wife, Amy Dugas, 32, is
arrested for assault; and is indicted for murder in July. DOMESTIC
6/8 BIDDEFORD Rafael Rosado III, 26, shot to death outside his home. Investigation continues.
7/2 LEE Rosemarie Dyer, 51, is shot in the leg inside her home. She dies of her wound two days later
on 7/4. Her husband, Carl Dyer, 50, is charged with manslaughter. DOMESTIC
7/16 HOLLIS Lionel St. Hilaire, 21, is shot and killed by his friend, Zachary Fenderson, 22, who then
shots and kills himself. MURDER-SUICIDE/21 BOOTHBAY HARBOR Chevelle Calloway, 41, and Sarah Murray, 71, are shot and killed at
Murray’s home. Jon Dilley, 51, is charged with two counts of murder. Victims were his wife and his
mother. TWO CASES – DOMESTIC
9/5 LEWISTON Jamilah Shabazz, 32, stabbed in his girlfriend’s apartment. Tarino Botelho, 32, is
arrested and charged with murder on 10/22. DOMESTIC
9/8 FORT KENT Stephen Vance Ketzel, 2, dies from blunt force internal injuries. Scott Saucier, 26, the
boyfriend of the boy’s mother is charged with manslaughter. DOMESTIC
9/11 LEWISTON Shawn Fitzsimmons, 24, is shot to death by Brandon Knight, 19, who is handling a
handgun inside an apartment. Knight is indicted in October for manslaughter.
9/20 ELLSWORTH Daniel Wallace, 50, is kicked and beaten and dies from his injuries on 10/9. Jack
Wentworth, 18, a friend of Wallace’s daughter, is indicted on 12/7 for manslaughter and elevated
aggravated assault.
9/29 BROOKS Janet Bacon, 60, is shot to death inside the home of Jerome Reynolds Jr., 54, who is
arrested for murder.
10/21 PORTLAND Jarmaine Ramirez, 16, stabbed to death in the hallway of his apartment house.
Antwane Mills, 18, and his brother, Brandon Mills, 20 are charged with murder.
10/25 ANSON Wayne Crowley, 32, shot to death at a friend’s house. Homeowner Gary Watland, 42,
charged with murder.
11/3 DIXFIELD Nancy Smith, 47, shot to death by longtime companion, Melvin Rocky Bishop, 57, who
shots and kills himself. MURDER-SUICIDE – DOMESTIC
11/30 FARMINGDALE Janet Hagerthy, 74,
beaten to death at her home. Her son-in-law, David Grant,
54, is charged with murder. DOMESTIC