MACHIAS, Maine — An Eastport man has been indicted on multiple felony charges, including kidnapping and attempted murder, in connection with an attack on his former girlfriend, according to police.
Jonathan Chevrier, 30, has been charged with 13 violations including two counts of aggravated attempted murder, gross sexual assault, attempted murder, kidnapping and aggravated assault, according to a statement released Friday by the Washington County sheriff’s office.
Chevrier was arrested Dec. 2 by deputies and officers from Pleasant Point and Eastport, with the assistance of border patrol agents, the sheriff’s office said.
Officers responded to a 911 call at approximately 3 a.m. that day from the victim reporting that her ex-boyfriend, Chevrier, had broken into her apartment on the Pleasant Point reservation and was fighting with another man there.
The other man, who was the victim’s neighbor, told police he woke up to screaming. He looked out his window to see Chevrier slashing the tires on the victim’s vehicle, according to an affidavit of probable cause. She banged on her ceiling, which was his floor, and he took that as a plea for help, the affidavit says.
The neighbor went to the victim’s apartment, where he was assaulted by Chevrier, but was able to escape the apartment with only minor injuries, according to the court documents.
Then Chevrier, armed with a knife, forced the victim, who had an active protection-from-abuse order against him, and her 18-month-old child to leave with him, police reported.
Chevrier drove the victim and the child to a boat landing at Boyden’s lake and repeatedly assaulted her both in and out of the vehicle, the victim told police. Chevrier sexually assaulted her and threw her into the lake and tried to drown her, according to the affidavit.
He then took her from the boat landing to his mother’s residence in Pembroke, where police caught up with him, the affidavit says.
After a brief standoff, officers from Pleasant Point and Eastport were able to talk Chevrier into surrendering without incident.
The victim was taken from the scene to the Calais Regional Hospital and then transported via LifeFlight helicopter to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
When police interviewed her at the hospital, she was bleeding from her mouth, nose and ears, and scrape marks were visible on her neck, the affidavit says.
She has since been released from the hospital, according to the sheriff’s office.
Chevrier, who has been held without bail at the Washington County Jail since his arrest, allegedly admitted to police that he broke into the victim’s apartment. He admitted he had a knife but denied taking the victim and child by force. He also denied sexually assaulting the victim.
A Washington County grand jury this month handed down the 13-count indictment against him.
A court appearance for Chevrier is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. March 23 in Washington County Superior Court.
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