AUBURN — An Androscoggin County Jail inmate scaled a razor-wire-topped fence, scampered across a roof and fell to the ground outside the jail in an attempt to escape at about 9:30 a.m. Friday morning.
A mug shot of Antonio Abreu, taken from the Maine sex offender registry.
Antonio Abreau, a 40-year-old convicted sex offender, fell to the county building's parking lot on Turner Street and was taken away by ambulance minutes later.
According to Sheriff Guy Desjardins, the man was seriously injured by the razor wire along the top of the chain-link fencing. Witness said it appeared Abreau also struck his head in the fall.
He was being treated Friday night at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston where he was listed in stable condition.
"Right now, we're conducting an investigation, which is a criminal matter, so we can't discuss it," Jail Administrator John Lebel said.
Abreau is considered a high-risk sex offender.
In 1992, he was convicted of raping a woman in the Washington County town of Perry. In that attack, police said, Abreau broke into the home of a woman in her late 60s and threatened, assaulted and raped her.
He was later caught and served a portion of a 20-year prison sentence.
Abreau was convicted of aggravated assault in 2005 in connection with the stabbing of 23-year-old Michael Lagasse in Lewiston, and sentenced to serve seven years in state prison, with all but two years suspended. He had originally been charged with attempted murder, but that charge was later dismissed.
He has since been released from prison, and is serving the end of three years' probation. According to jail officials, Abreau was being held on a probation violation following his arrest by Sabattus police. He had been at the jail since June 27.
The escape forced the Auburn-Lewiston YMCA, next door on Turner Street, into an immediate lockdown. YMCA employee Laura Langlin of Livermore said she was looking out of a third-floor window when she witnessed the escape attempt.
Inmates were in a courtyard behind the building when Langlin noticed a shadow near the top of the fence.
"I saw him climb up and over the fence, then run across the roof," she said. Other inmates in the yard appeared to be cheering him on as guards responded.
The man was wearing overalls, but he had taken off the top part of the one-piece uniform and lost a shoe as he ran across the roof.
"He started climbing the other fence, the fence on the other side, and I looked away to call the other people here to see what was going on," Langlin said. She looked back just in time to see him fall to the ground, flat on his back.
Desjardins said Abreau was with other inmates in the recreation yard. All inmate recreation has been suspended while jail officials investigate the attempted escape.
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Oh really, ojhuig? Tron called me a murderer. He said I (and conservatives like me) am responsible for that 20yr old kid killing three people. Is that ok? Does that contribute to a discussion?
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You don't know how to use the internet. Tron does. Most of his attacks, even the goofy ones, are directed at institutions or public officials. Occasionally he strays into personal attack on another blogger, and gets away with it. When all of your posts contain attacks on other bloggers, it labels you as a kook who has no point to make. You're probably on a watch list. If it were my site, you'd have been banned already for not contributing to the discussion.
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Clearly tron must have complained, feeling like people ganged up on him..he can call people bigots, racist and accuse them of being in the KKK and yet no warnings, no removal of his posts, but call him an idiot and the powerrs that be come down hard....way to be reasonable and fair LSJ...
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That right there is a classic double standard...tron's untouchable and i think there are now others who are untouchable as well...Does LSJ stand for Left Side Journal, Lefty Socialist Journal or Lewiston Socialist Journal?
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please stop having children with ANYONE else. Your kids are going to be messed up because you chose badly for their fathers. Take responsibility for your decisions and settle down for your childrens' sake! By settle down I mean NO boyfriends. You don't know how to choose wisely. It just brings more danger to your children.
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This lady is funnier than tron! She has to be a plant....she can't be serious. Gotta be some other lady just trying to make her look bad. I think it is both hilarious and sad that women have baby daddies and not husbands. Sad for the kids, terribly sad. Hilarious because it is SOOOO pathetic!! Baby daddy = welfare. If you have a baby daddy, you're probably on welfare. If one or more of your baby daddies is in jail, you're probably on welfare. If you have 4 kids with 3 different fathers, you're probably on welfare.
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i only have 8 kids from 28 men
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Has anyone heard what this man's condition is?
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Do you think this is normal? Are you a normal mother?
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"I have only 4 kids from three different men!!!"..
Do you think possibly that just maybe you might have helped make your children's miserable?
If I knew your real name I would call DHS on you.
Why do you young women have babies all over the place and then blame the daddys?
You are not telling the whole truth. Your babie's daddy's may not be the best, but you dont have much to brag about either.
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Tell us your story
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none of them above!!!
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protecting your kids from? What was Antonio going to do? Spend time with his kids? Hug them? Try to be a father?
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have children out of wedlock, they always try to claim total ownership of the children after they get tired of the boyfriend and problems erupt. They suddenly decide to cut the kids father out of their lives....that is until they need some money.
Now I wonder how many other kids she has with other men.
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I have only 4 kids from three different men!!!
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I ONLY have four kids, with three different men? Did you ever think about your children...or was it all about YOU? Hopefully when your children grow up, they turn their backs on you and walk away. I believe you are shameless...and I hope your children will hold you accountable for the shame you brought upon them one day. When a Mother brings a child into the world, she most often desires to give her her children the best...it's something within a Mothers heart and soul. You on the other hand are just plain nasty! Poor kids! I can't imagine what goes through their little minds each time mom brings another man home to bed him. Just nasty !
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Have you ever been married to any of them?
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boyfriend said to Antonio before Antonio swung. When it comes to my kids, there are lots of things someone can say to make me swing. These are Antonio's kids you know? Not boyfriends. You cant just claim Antonio isnt their father anymore just because you decide to change daddys.
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Hmm, was he jealous that you were spending the kids welfare money on the current live in boyfriend (oops fiance) rather than on him?
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My boyfriend and I are getting married this October!! He loves all my kids and his own!! Antonio Abreu is a very hot headed person who swung first and now he is paying for what he did. My boyfriend was protecting the kids!!
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Congratulations on your engagement, but keep Mike away from the heroin on your wedding night. He has a tendency to OD on that stuff.
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My Mike is doesn't do any drugs!!!!
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for trying to escape that for fighting, this is what makes him stupid. However I doubt he'll spend more than 6 months locked up.
Just a guess here.....were you and him actually ever married? It appears you are not married to the "boyfriend" you live with now.
What kind of example does that set for your kids? And if this boyfriend doesnt love you enough to marry you, then soon he will move on and your kids will have another "boyfriend" to contend with.
Maybe if those kids had a "father" that they knew would be in their lives forever then they wouldnt have to go thru stuff like this.
We havent heard from the kids daddy and he needs to be heard from, especially if he was never a legal husband. He may see it different. Who knows, maybe new boyfriend was trying to stop daddy from seeing his own kids, and he threatened him.
I am not saying this is what happened, all I am saying is that if you are having kids with men you arent married to, it can cause long term problems.
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everyone sure are cranky today...too nice out to be so snarky....
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he does have to pay for what he did to my boyfriend and to his kids!! To fight in front of his kids was wrong and they will remember it for the rest of their lives!! All I would like to know is what the hell was he thinking when he tried to escape!! Now he won't be seeing his kids for a very long time!!
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Everyone keeps saying "He belongs behind bars"
Just how long should we lock him up for assault? (If simple assault is what he did, as you say). Should he stay there until you arent mad anymore? Should we build massive mega-jails to hold all the people we are mad at?
You mentioned "so he doesnt hurt anyone anymore". Are his crimes worthy of a life sentence? How will we know when he wont hurt anyone anymore? Perhaps the only people who are in danger from him are the people that try to get between him and his children.
It's one thing to demand that criminals be locked up, but for just how long is a different story.
I am not against crimanal justice nor am I against people paying for their crimes, but I do think that people get kind of stupid and unrealistic when it comes to criminal justice..."lock em all up"....yeah right, then there wont be anyone left free except my wife's family (she claims they are perfect)
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The only reason why this jackbutt went to jail this time isn't for being a sexoffender!! He assaulted my boyfriend right in front of his own two kids! How I know all this is because I was stupid enough to have two beautiful kids with this jackbutt!! Why he was escaping is beyond me!! Antonio Abreu belongs behind bars so he doesn't hurt anyone anymore!!
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Posting for a friend. July 2 at 9:27pm First of all, this man was 21 years old, drunk and did somethng really foolish approximately 20 yrs. ago to land him on the offender list, and it had "nothing" to do with a child. She was an adult and he's very sorry about it and his past. Alcohol does crazy things to 21 yr. old men sometimes. He served his time for that for many years. He's 40 yrs. old now and has come a long way. The second charge regarding a stabbing was protecting a girl he felt he had to protect in the combat section of Lewiston. Nonetheless, he did his time for that too. His life is ruined and it will follow him forever. He is very soft-spoken, kind, and a true gentleman. This man will never lie even if it will get him into trouble, he refuses to lie. He's the most honest man I have ever met. You people on these blogs judge him and are so cruel and don't know the story. I'm sure this attempt to "so call" escape as Sun Journal put it, was really an attempt on his own life. He tries to make a life, work and be a good citizen, and wants to see his kids (with no money for attorneys and having gone to court to get an Order on his own for visitation). I applaud him for wanting to be a good father. The mother of his 2 children will not let him see them even after the court has ordered her to do so. She wants the new tattooed/pierced daddy for the kids. This man has a hard time to keep jobs to pay support, to have a place to live due to his past that has followed him for 20 years, but he keeps trying to work and sometimes successfully finds something (and he gladly pays support when he can work). He served his time but has this hanging over him forever. I don't know why the Sun Journal just printed he tried to escape. I know him and would think it was an attempt to put an end to it all. He has been very depressed about his children living in filthy conditions with 3 grown adults on Welfare/Disability and 4 kids in a 1 bedroom apartment (with head lice around). Add those checks up with all those people in that apartment together and they have more money than all of us, but the kids sure don't look it. He just wants to see his kids and they are excited to see him too. They love their daddy. The new boyfriend and mom just don't want him to be in the kids' lives. There was a witness the boyfriend threw the first punch and missed (in front of the kids!). Wouldn't anyone punch back in self-defense? DHS ought to do some serious investigation at that home and the kids should not be living in a 1 bedroom apt. with 3 people on Welfare/Disability and 4 kids. They should also be looking in drawers, holes in walls, ceiling tiles, etc. to see where our money is going. Whose money is paying for the tattoos and piercings? Would that be our money? If the mother of those kids gets mad that there were punches thrown in front of the kids, I think she should kick her fiance out who threw the first punch. How about dressing the kids with the TANF money instead of buying wedding bands for the upcoming October wedding. The kids want to see "their" daddy and it's very selfish for a so-called-mother to keep them from him and try to replace him with a boyfriend of the month. Court orders do no good, she still doesn't go by the rules. And she's to blame for him doing this, and it wasn't an attempt to escape. He was in jail for punching the replacement dad-of-the-month in self-defense. There was a witness watching the whole thing. That's my thoughts, so go at it you cruel bloggers. The word sex offender does't mean it was with a child and it happened 20 years ago. He is very sorry and wishes he could turn the clock back. He did his time. Alcohol makes people do foolish things at 21 yrs old, especially when one doesn't have the traditional family and upbringing and didn't stand a chance from the get go. You people don't know the half of it. He's truly sorry and is a good person. And I mean it when I say this man will not tell a lie. He is the most honest man I have ever met. I truly hope he recovers and can move on from this. However, he wasn't trying to escape from jail. I'd be willing to bet he wanted to escape from all the problems. Try living his life, you'd want to end it too. I honestly don't know how he's kept going and had such a good outlook for so long. I think he's just had enough this time.
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For the damn record I was never married to Tony!! I have only been married once!!!!
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You have know clue what a con artist is do you???!!!
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If Tony's x wife would not have been keeping him from seeing his kids he would not be in jail at this time. And if her boyfriend wouldn't have been egging him on,, he took the first punch but missed cause he's a moron. I hate b....... who use there kids as pawns after they've split from there husbands. I have met Tony and he is a very laid back person and very polite, he dosen't deserve to be in jail, his x b...... wife does.
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Where was the guard who watches the rec yard? Don't they monitor it from the control room, as well?
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That's exactly what I meant - the looney bin, not jail. But if we treated people, we would not have anyone to feed our superiority complex.
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Oh, and 'castrated" is a word than sends me off on a whole 'nother tangent. Castrated is about YOU, not the perp - and certainly not the victims. These people would find a way to hurt others even if they didn't have testosterone. These crimes are about violence, humiliation and control - not sex. You cry for castration because that will make you feel good, so you can turn away while more victims get hurt. Shame on you for putting your love of superiority over the safety of victims.
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ojhuig - I sure hope I'm wrong in assuming your post really says that most inmates are sick and belong in a hospital NOT JAIL - I think that this guy belongs in a hospital ... only because he is getting CASTRATED!!
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Most inmates belong in a hospital, not the jail... but it's more fun to punish people than to help them.
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Let's see..ummm..gross sexual assault, aggravated assault, with 7 year sentence and all but 2 years suspended...then a knifing on top of that and he is done serving his time...only in there for a probation violation...this dude belongs behind bars and never let out..pour the vinegar on his wounds and call it good...he doesn't deserve free care that I am sure he is getting, while others can't get help for anything after paying in the system all of their WORKING lives!!!
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Crime does not pay but in this community it does apparently make for good entertainment..and i read the article is says shoe, not show...
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but I copied and paste. Some reporters admit their mistakes and correct them, other just correct them and try to make others look foolish. Obviously this reporter is in the latter, and probably a friend of yours, since you're making as ass of yourself.
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TRON, YOU'RE AN IDIOT!!!!!
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Please respect other bloggers and our commenting policy.
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That's fair and balanced
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He is fully aware of that.
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but I copied and paste. Some reporters admit their mistakes and correct them, other just correct them and try to make others look foolish. Obviously this reporter is in the latter, and probably a friend of yours, since you're making as ass of yourself.
but I copied and paste. Some reporters admit their mistakes and correct them, other just correct them and try to make others look foolish. Obviously this reporter is in the latter, and probably a friend of yours, since you're making as ass of yourself.
but I copied and paste. Some reporters admit their mistakes and correct them, other just correct them and try to make others look foolish. Obviously this reporter is in the latter, and probably a friend of yours, since you're making as ass of yourself.
but I copied and paste. Some reporters admit their mistakes and correct them, other just correct them and try to make others look foolish. Obviously this reporter is in the latter, and probably a friend of yours, since you're making as ass of yourself.
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What's with the personal attack at the end of your post? How is that blogger making an ass of him/herself? You, of all people, should know better.
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what your double standard? He attacked you said nothing, I answered you respond. Why? What is he to you? Were you one of his "special" boy scouts?
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Tron, you know I'm not. I always defend you, except when you do your anti-cop rants. All the guy said was that it was "shoe" when he read it. Where is the attack in that?
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Its personal because I simply inquired why you said show? I read shoe, the article clearly says shoe, so i simply asked...talk about thin skin....
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tron accuses me of making it personal, and then goes on to make comments about boy scouitng, which we all know is what I volunteer many hours a year with...priceless....the good news is he does know what a personal attack is because he is the KING of personal attacks, and this very blog topic is perfect proof. At no time did I make this personal, lets leave it at that, the thoughts going through my mind would make this personal and I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed manchild.
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Yeah thats tron for you...ready...fire...never aim. I believe his new name will be King tron...we are so lucky he bestows his wisdom on us little people. HAHAHA thanks tron for yet another laugh of the day! keep up the disfuntional blogs.
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...FIRE! There's no getting "ready," he just starts shooting at anything and everything. (I hope he's not a hunter.)
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ROTFLMAO...what a moron.
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what part of the overalls is the show?
"The man was wearing overalls, but had take off the top part and lost a show as he ran across the roof."
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His crime must be pretty bad. Hey, the YMCA people spotted him, maybe the jail should hire the YMCA employees as gaurds, at least they know where to look!!!!!!
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