PARIS – Just as she was about to file yet another lawsuit against her ex-husband, Noreen Strout of Woodstock was arrested Wednesday as she entered U.S. District Court in Portland.

Strout is accused of stalking her ex-husband and harassing police, attorneys, and at least one judge at their homes.

Several people have filed protection from abuse orders against her, including her ex-husband, an Oxford County Sheriff’s deputy and a Maine District Court judge.

“We don’t want her to continue this habit forever and ever. None of us are laughing about this,” said Capt. Jim Miclon of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office.

Strout, 41, was wanted on outstanding warrants in Oxford County. She was arrested without incident by the U.S. Marshals Service as she and her attorney, Thomas Hallett of Portland, entered the federal courthouse shortly before 1 p.m.

Miclon said he received a tip that Strout would be at the Portland courthouse at that time to file a federal case against her ex-husband, Loring Strout. The two were divorced after a two-year court battle that saw Noreen Strout file multiple motions and lawsuits that Miclon described as “frivolous.”

After marshals arrested her, she was transported to the Oxford County Jail by Oxford sheriff’s Cpl Darrell Tripp.

Her bail was initially set at $80,000 single surety or $20,000 cash. It was increased to $50,000 cash or single surety of $100,000 at her arraignment Thursday in 11th District Court in South Paris.

Miclon said Delahanty’s decision to increase the bail came after testimony by Assistant District Attorney Joseph O’Connor.

Among bail restrictions issued by Delahanty was that Strout have no contact outside of normal working hours with anyone from the District Court clerk’s office, the Oxford County District Attorney’s office, or any law enforcement officer.

He ordered that she undergo a psychiatric evaluation if she is released on bail.

As of Thursday night, she was still at the jail.

Strout was mute when asked to enter a plea, so Judge Thomas E. Delahanty entered not guilty pleas on her behalf.

Delahanty set a trail date of 8:30 a.m. Aug. 8 in South Paris.

Strout faces six misdemeanor counts including stalking her ex-husband at his home in New Hampshire May 6, and committing criminal mischief and criminal trespass May 10 on land Loring Strout owns in Greenwood.

Miclon said she broke a lock on a gate and replaced it with one of her own, posted the land as her own, and stuck a steer’s scull on the gate.

Miclon said the legal system has invested a good deal of time and money responding to Strout as she has been “occupying law enforcement and the court’s time like this for frivolous things. It’s not funny.”