LINCOLNVILLE, Maine — A woman’s request to have a protection order served against her landlord resulted in his arrest on charges related to an attempted rape that allegedly occurred about a month ago.

Augustine Fernandez, 41, who lives on High Street in Lincolnville, is accused of forcing himself on the woman and attempting to have intercourse with her, Lincolnville Police Chief Ron Young said Wednesday.

The woman told police that Fernandez, with whom she once had a “semi-relationship,” had in mid-June picked the lock of the door to a room in the house they shared, Young said.

“He was completely naked at the time,” the chief said.

Fernandez allegedly went into the room, restrained the woman and tried to rape her. She told police she was able to block the attempted rape.

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