WATERVILLE — Police are looking for a woman who allegedly stabbed her neighbor in the stomach on Moor Street in the city’s South End Tuesday night, sending him to the hospital with serious injuries.
Police later charged three people with an assault at the same location. Those charged believed the woman they allegedly assaulted, who sustained minor injuries, had helped police in the stabbing investigation, according to Deputy police Chief William Bonney.
Bonney said Wednesday that police determined that Ashley Boivin, 32, stabbed the 21-year-old man, whose name is not being released. They both live on Moor Street, which is off Water Street. The victim, who was conscious and alert, was taken Tuesday night to MaineGeneral Thayer Center for Health with injuries that are not life-threatening and then transferred to MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta, where he was in the critical care unit Wednesday and his condition had been stabilized, according to Bonney.
The stabbing occurred around 6 p.m. Tuesday during a verbal altercation on the street between several parties, according to Bonney. The confrontation between Boivin and the victim turned physical and she allegedly stabbed him and fled the scene, he said.
Bonney said there was no one reason for the altercation — that disputes in the neighborhood have been ongoing.
He said Boivin is being sought for charges related to elevated aggravated assault, a Class A crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison. A charge is elevated when a person intentionally or knowingly causes serious bodily injury using a dangerous weapon.
At 10 p.m. Tuesday, police returned to the same location on Moor Street where a woman, 19, was allegedly assaulted by three people who had been involved in the verbal dispute earlier in the night and apparently believed she had helped police in the stabbing investigation. The victim suffered minor injury and did not require treatment, according to Bonney.
Colby Dyer, 26, was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault, a Class D misdemeanor, as he was in a relationship with the victim; JennyLee McLean-Miller, 31, and Priscilla Pagliaroli, 20, were both summoned and charged with assault, a Class D crime in connection with the incident, according to Bonney. Mug shots of McLean-Miller and Pagliaroli were not available because they were summoned, not arrested.
Colby is scheduled to appear in Waterville District Court Aug. 2; McLean-Miller and Pagliaroli are to appear in the same court Oct. 4, Bonney said.
Police do not believe Boivin presents a threat to the community, but asked that anyone who sees her or has contact with her call the police department at 680-4700 to speak with Detective Joshua Woods.
Amy Calder — 861-9247
Twitter: @AmyCalder17