Jerry Perdomo, 31, Fla. murdered in Maine

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Daniel Porter blows a kiss to his supporters in the gallery while seated next to his attorney Jeffrey Silverstein before Porter's bail hearing at Waldo County Superior Court in Belfast on Thursday




Jerry Perdomo's widow, Tonya Perdomo of Orange City, Florida, hugs Maine State Police Detective Brian Strout, a lead investigator on the Perdomo case, as he and fellow detective Jay Pelletier (behind them) walk her to a vehicle after Daniel Porter's Harnish hearing at Waldo County Superior Court in Belfast on Thursday afternoon, March 8, 2012. Justice Robert Murray denied Porter bail



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BELFAST, Maine — A Florida firefighter’s widow sobbed quietly Thursday afternoon as details were released about how her husband was killed and his body hidden during a bail hearing for the accused murderer.

Murder suspect Daniel Porter, 24, of Jackson was denied bail after a two-hour hearing in Waldo County Superior Court for the Feb. 16 slaying of Jerry Perdomo.

His widow, Tonya Perdomo, of Orange City, Fla., sat between two female friends in the front row during the hearing. She lowered her head and sobbed nearly inaudibly as the state’s attorney and a detective described how her husband was shot in the side of the head and his body hidden in the woods.

Porter wore handcuffs and a bulletproof vest to the proceedings, as he had last week during his first court appearance. He appeared much more subdued than before, although he did manage to blow a kiss to the estimated 75 family members and friends who jammed the wooden benches behind him to show their support.

A U.S. Marshal had told Porter’s supporters before the bail hearing began that under no circumstances would they be allowed to make outbursts, as some had done last week.

“We are not kidding,” the marshal said. “If you yell out in the courtroom, you will be asked to leave.” The crowd heeded the warning.

Defense attorney Jeffrey Silverstein of Bangor and Assistant Attorney General Leane Zainea questioned Maine State Police Detective Brian Strout, the lead investigator in the case, for nearly two hours before the judge gave his verdict.

“Bail under these circumstances is not warranted,” Justice Robert Murray said. “The defendant has no right to bail.”



The firefighter died after being shot in the side of the head at the Jackson home. His body then was wrapped in blue tarps that were tied at each end and taken several miles to the woods near Porter’s grandmother’s home on Dahlia Farm Road in Newburgh

Silverstein (Porter's lawer) said Perdomo had told Porter that he would take $500 off the debt if Perdomo could rape Porter’s girlfriend Cheyanne Nowak on the pool table at the home.

Per Detective Stout, Lisa Gould of Bangor told police that she was Perdomo’s girlfriend and that he had been coming up to Bangor about once a month for the last 10 months in order to transport and sell prescription drugs. Perdomo was selling “upwards of maybe 1,500 pills” per month in Maine. (wow!! definately more that $3,000 worth if true)

Porter told his father where the gun and body were hidden. His father shared that information with police.


Then Silverstein said on the courthouse steps afterwards:

Information is “just coming out” about the extent of Perdomo’s drug-related activities in Maine, he said, suggesting that the Florida man likely had an accomplice.

“That leads me to believe that Mr. Perdomo has not been involved in this alone,” Silverstein said. “As more information is developed, we’re learning that this is a much bigger deal than just bringing a couple pills to Maine.”