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Dixfield woman charged with trying to drown ex-husband
Both parties arrested after report of domestic disturbance
Winterport woman accused of hitting boyfriend with phone
Boyfriend's dog found dead in Kittery
June 12, 2001 (AP) — A Dixfield woman has been charged with attempting to murder her former husband.
Celeste Wilson was released on her own recognizance Monday following an appearance in district court. She was not required to enter a plea.
According to police reports and affidavits, Celeste Wilson and Richard Wilson went paddle-boating on the Webb River on Saturday. They said an argument became heated.
Richard Wilson told police she told him he was "in a bad position, being on a river and not knowing how to swim." He said the argument became physical and his ex-wife pushed him into the river and held his head under water. He was able to break away and reach the shore.
Celeste Wilson told police she did try to hold his head under water to drown him but then blacked out. When she regained consciousness, she didn't remember anything and began to worry. She said she began to remember doing something wrong and feared she had hurt her ex-husband.
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July 7, 2001 —Orono police recently arrested a 54-year-old man and charged him with assaulting his wife, only to arrest the wife as well after she sought to prevent the arrest and struck a police officer, according to reports.
Stephan Manzo was charged with domestic assault while his wife, Brenda Manzo, 49, faces charges of assault and obstructing government administration.
Police were called to the couple's Broadway Street home early on the evening of June 30 for a report of a domestic assault and Brenda Manzo came to the door, the left side of her face swollen and cut, reported Officer Scott Wilcox.
Her husband, who had called police, told Wilcox that during an argument in the living room, she had pushed and hit him, although the only injury Wilcox could see was a small cut on the man's thumb. Wilcox heard a different story when he spoke to Mrs. Manzo, who reported her husband struck her on the side of the face with his hand.
Confronted about the discrepancies and his wife's injuries, Manzo told police that he may have struck her in the face while he was trying to push her away, Wilcox said.
Manzo cooperated with police as they arrested him and had him walk to their cruisers. His wife, however, became belligerent and, bypassing two officers, approached Wilcox. The officer said that Mrs. Manzo repeatedly refused to back away and struck him in the arm.
She struggled with the officers as they tried to arrest her, punching Wilcox in the leg and telling him that if he released her, she was going to kill him, the officer said. The police connected two sets of handcuffs and secured her arms behind her back and placed her in a cruiser.
Mrs. Manzo managed to tuck her legs through her handcuffed arms and pulled her arms in front of her. She then began pounding on the window, which could be heard down the street. Concerned she would shatter the window, the police handcuffed her again, this time with just one pair of handcuffs.
Officer Shane Butler reported that at the Penobscot County Jail, Mrs. Manzo continued to scream obscenities at Wilcox and said that Wilcox's body would be found at the bottom of the river.
by Walter Griffin, Of the NEWS Staff e-mail Walter
© 2003 Bangor Daily News
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December 10, 2003, Winterport —A local woman was arrested on a charge of assault after allegedly smacking her boyfriend on the side of the head with a telephone.Waldo County Deputy Ben Seekins arrested Carolyn Hathaway, 43, of Winterport about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday after being alerted to the attack by Winterport Ambulance personnel.
Seekins said the left side of the man's head was "split open" when the deputy arrived at the couple's home.
Seekins said the attack apparently stemmed from an ongoing argument between Hathaway and the alleged victim's 25-year-old son, who also lived at the home.
"She got angry about an incident that took place between her and [the alleged victim's] son the night before, and she picked up the phone and hit him on the left side of the head," Seekins said. "She really split his head open. Blood was just pouring all over the place."
Seekins said rescue personnel managed to stanch the bleeding, and the man received stitches at a hospital to close an approximately 1-inch gash on his head.
Seekins said Ms. Hathaway acknowledged consuming alcohol the night before and that she appeared to be under the influence when he placed her under arrest.
Carolyn Hathaway was booked at the Waldo County Jail, where bail was set at $50.
© 2004 by Shir Haberman, Portsmouth Herald
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Monday, May 24, 2004 — Police allege that a Portsmouth woman, not willing to let a dog come between her and her man, thought she had found a way to solve the problem. She and a friend faked a burglary and killed the canine, officers charge.
On Friday, May 21, at approximately 10 PM, Kittery police arrested two women and charged them with receiving stolen property. The charges stemmed from the report of a burglary by an Eliot resident, who said a computer, camera and his 2-year-old dachshund dog Dewey had been stolen from his residence.
Shannon Walters, 34, of 5 Nicholes Ave., Newmarket, New Hampshire, and Erin M. Wylie, 27, of 50 Harvard St., Portsmouth, New Hampshire, were arrested in the parking lot of the Dairy Queen at the Kittery circle. Police allege the women met there to discuss how to dispose of the remains of the dog.
Ms. Walters reportedly told police that Erin Wylie was the victim's girlfriend and apparently did not like the dog. Walters allegedly said the burglary was staged so they could take the pet.
The police allege that following the burglary, the two women returned to Wylie's Portsmouth home and filled the bathtub with water. Walters reportedly told police she held the dog under water until it drowned, while Wylie waited in a nearby room.
Kittery Officers Jeff Shisler, Jay Durgin and Steve Parker, along with Kittery Sgt. Steve Furbish, made the arrest at the Dairy Queen and found Dewey's remains.
Already being held for receiving stolen property, both women were subsequently charged by Eliot Police Officer Thomas Hundley with felony burglary, and they were transported to the York County Jail. They both made bail and were set free pending an arraignment scheduled for July 29.
Portsmouth police were advised by arresting officers from Kittery and Eliot of the dog's death. Additional charges may be filed against the two women in New Hampshire.
Officers from the Newmarket Police Department were also involved in the investigation.
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