LEWISTON — A Poland man who held police at bay for five hours at his home Thursday pleaded not guilty to related charges Friday.
Michael Winslow, 65, of 475 White Oak Hill Road will be held without bail at Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn until a Nov. 20 hearing on a prosecutor’s motion to revoke his bail on previous charges, Judge Rick Lawrence said in 8th District Court on Friday. It was Winslow’s initial court appearance on the new charges.
Winslow surrendered Thursday to Maine State Police after that department’s Tactical Team surrounded his home and coaxed him with a loudspeaker to exit peacefully.
His wife, Sharon, had called 911 at 9:55 a.m. Thursday. When police arrived at the house, the situation quickly escalated, Androscoggin County Sheriff Eric Samson said.
“When officers arrived, deputies arrived, the victim came out of the house,” Samson said, and “the suspect shut the doors and barricaded himself in.”
Sharon Winslow was escorted by authorities to a secure vehicle nearby, Samson said. She did not require medical attention, he said.
Winslow was charged with domestic violence assault and domestic violence criminal threatening, both Class D misdemeanors and each punishable by up to 364 days in jail. An additional misdemeanor charge of violation of bail conditions carries a maximum sentence of six months in jail.
In an affidavit for an arrest warrant, Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Deputy Detective Maurice Drouin wrote that Winslow’s wife reported to a dispatcher that Michael Winslow had assaulted her by pushing her and trying to take her cellphone. He also was “destroying their house,” Drouin wrote.
She locked herself in a vehicle as she waited for law enforcement officers to arrive, Drouin wrote.
When deputies arrived, they “heard two muffled gunshots from the area of the residence,” Drouin wrote. They could see him in a second-floor window. They believed he was a convicted felon, which barred him from having firearms.
Winslow was free on bail on a deferred disposition stemming from an Oct. 15, 2014, charge of domestic violence terrorizing, which means he had been ordered to not violate the terms of that agreement, comply with its conditions and not run afoul of the law or the agreement could be rescinded.
Bail on the new charges was set at $1,000 cash, $5,000 real estate or $750 cash plus a supervised release agreement. Conditions of his release would bar him from having dangerous weapons, including firearms, and he could be searched anytime for them. He also would have to participate in an electronic monitoring program. He would have to stay away from his wife and not go near her home and workplace.
He also would be prohibited from operating a motor vehicle.
Winslow was appointed an attorney by the court.
Prosecutors said the state had filed three motions to terminate Winslow’s deferred disposition agreement and charged several violations of conditions of release that are pending. They had sought bail of $5,000 cash.
Defense attorney Patrick Nickerson argued that his client, a 100 percent disabled Vietnam War veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, couldn’t afford that amount of cash bail. He asked that bail be set at $500 cash plus supervised release.
Samson said Thursday that Winslow was known to his department.
He has two criminal mischief convictions in Androscoggin County, the first in 1988 and again in 2013. In 1992, he was convicted of felony aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs and spent four months in jail.

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