Four police officers fatally shot Jason Gora, 44, last February following a car chase in Minot Author: Gabrielle Mannino (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 1:11 PM EDT April 7, 2021 Updated: 1:16 PM EDT April 7, 2021
AUGUSTA, Maine After a year-long investigation and pressure from family and journalists, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has determined the police-involved shooting last February in Minot was justified.
On February 2, 2020, Sergeant Jon Guay, Deputy Matthew Noyes, and Deputy Darian Nadeau of the Androscoggin County Sheriff s Office, and Sergeant Alfred Daigle of the Mechanic Falls Police Department, shot Jason Gora, 44, of Auburn after a high-speed car chase.
According to a press release immediately following the incident, the officers were looking for Gora who was reported missing and was reported to be in a compromised state of mind. Gora was also reported to be armed, according to police.
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LEWISTON A Greene man was arrested late Tuesday after a local man was found stabbed in the neck at an Oxford Street apartment, police said.
Paul Fernald
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Paul A. Fernald, 25, was charged with elevated aggravated assault, a felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison.
The victim, Johnathan A. Beaudette, 26, was taken by ambulance to Central Maine Medical Center where he was treated for the injury, which was considered non-life-threatening, according to a media statement released Wednesday morning by Lt. David St. Pierre.
A detective was called to the scene to investigate.
Fernald, who was held at Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn on a probation hold, also was charged with refusal to submit to arrest or detention and falsifying physical evidence, St. Pierre said.