AUBURN — Prosecutors are seeking an injunction against a Sabattus woman who police said yelled a racial slur and assaulted a Lewiston woman with a can of energy drink.

Police charged Sarah Huntington, 26, with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, assault and violating condition of release.

Assistant Attorney General Leanne Robbin filed a motion in Androscoggin County Superior Court last week for an injunction against Huntington under the Maine Civil Rights Act.

“The defendant’s actions directly interfered with the right of Keyana Pontoo to walk the streets of Lewiston free of violence or threats based on bias against her race and color,” Robbin wrote in her motion.

The injunction would bar Huntington from threatening force against Pontoo or anyone in her family, causing damage to her home, harassing, intimidating or speaking to or in any way communicating with Pontoo or knowingly coming within 150 feet of her.

Police said in a written report that on the evening of Aug. 12, Pontoo, who is a 24-year-old African-American woman, was walking down the sidewalk with a male friend (who is white) past Poirier’s Market on Walnut Street.

Huntington (who is white) yelled a racial slur at Pontoo, who yelled back, not using a racial slur. As the two women continued down the street, Huntington pulled a folding knife from her pocketbook and brandished it, telling Pontoo, “I’m going to make sure you never see your little baby again, n*****!”

Pontoo said Huntington was swinging the knife in Pontoo’s direction in a “threatening manner,” according to Lewiston Patrol Officer Kevin Gagne’s affidavit. Pontoo followed Huntington in an effort to establish her direction of travel to report to police.

Huntington turned and threw two full cans of Monster energy drink at Pontoo, one of the cans striking Pontoo in the ribs, according to Gagne’s statement.

When they arrived in the area of Victor News variety store on Park Street, Huntington kicked and tossed two trash cans at Pontoo and her male friend, Gagne wrote in his statement.

Gagne said Huntington had been free on two sets of bail conditions at the time.

She was released from jail on her own recognizance on conditions that include treatment at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston or another approved facility.

The charge of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon is a felony, punishable by up to five years in prison.

According to court documents, Huntington was admitted to St. Mary’s Behavioral Crisis Management Unit on Sept. 13 and was discharged a week later. She was later treated at a short-term residential care facility in Lewiston.

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