Damariscotta Man Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor Assault Charge

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Damariscotta Man Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor Assault Charge

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Oct. 15, 2018. It is reproduced in full below.

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Justin Woods, 32, of Damariscotta, Maine pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to knowingly and intentionally assaulting four people with a pistol.

According to court records, on Aug. 28, 2017, the defendant, then a U.S. Navy contract employee participating in the training of active duty Navy personnel in Rangeley, Maine, threatened four Navy instructors by pointing a pistol at them following a social gathering.

The defendant faces up to six months in prison, a $5,000 fine and one year of supervised release. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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