Police make arrest after investigating report of bias attack
March 17, 2021 GMT
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Police in Maine’s largest city said Tuesday they have made an arrest after investigating a report of a bias attack.
Police in Portland said they received a report of an incident in which a man harassed a woman and damaged her vehicle because she is of Asian descent. They said the attack happened on Monday afternoon.
The attacker told the victim to “go back to where she came from” before he kicked her driver side mirror, which he broke, police said.
Later Tuesday, police said they arrested Troy Sprague, 47, of Portland, and charged him with criminal mischief. It was unclear if Sprague had been able to hire an attorney on Tuesday. Police did not say if Sprague had a court appearance scheduled.
Police in Maine are investigating a suspected racially motivated attack against an Asian woman who said she was harassed by an “agitated” white man in broad daylight Monday.
Police make arrest after investigating report of bias attack
March 16, 2021
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Police in Maine s largest city said Tuesday they have made an arrest after investigating a report of a bias attack.
Police in Portland said they received a report of an incident in which a man harassed a woman and damaged her vehicle because she is of Asian descent. They said the attack happened on Monday afternoon.
The attacker told the victim to “go back to where she came from” before he kicked her driver side mirror, which he broke, police said.
Later Tuesday, police said they arrested Troy Sprague, 47, of Portland, and charged him with criminal mischief. It was unclear if Sprague had been able to hire an attorney on Tuesday. Police did not say if Sprague had a court appearance scheduled.
March 16, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Police in Maine’s largest city said Tuesday they are looking for the perpetrator of an attack they described as racially motivated.
Police said they received a report of an incident in which a man harassed a woman and damaged her vehicle because she is of Asian descent. They said the attack happened on Monday afternoon.
The attacker told the victim to “go back to where she came from” before he kicked her driver side mirror, which he broke, police said.
Portland Police Chief Frank Clark said the attack “cuts directly against everything we stand for in the city of Portland.” He said the department is investigating the incident as a hate crime and will work with the office of the Maine attorney general.