Jerry Perdomo, 31, Fla. murdered in Maine

[Lady Cop]

true Dick. i've been to murder scenes over nothing. or shoes. or absofuckinginglutely nothing.

[Midwest Spy]

Are all of you missing the big picture here?

This guy was married with children, and yet felt the need to deal prescription drugs. A thousand miles away. He traveled with his gun.

He knew what he was doing. He knew meeting with Porter would be confrontational. That's why he was packing. He lost.

When you play this game, be prepared for any/all outcomes.

Everyone here feels bad for him. He made a lifestyle choice that came with risks.

He's just another drug dealer that got whacked.

[SIXFOOTERsez]

Agreed, stupid greedy fucker

[Duchess]

Are all of you missing the big picture here?

By your logic I won't have to feel bad for you, your wife & kids when someone blows your head off for being an effeminate asshole...you had it coming.

[Midwest Spy]

Are all of you missing the big picture here?

By your logic I won't have to feel bad for you, your wife & kids when someone blows your head off for being an effeminate asshole...you had it coming.

Yep.

[Lady Cop]

porter was not in court today. i'll post when he is.
His initial appearance at Waldo County Superior Court in Belfast, Maine, will be tentatively rescheduled for Friday morning, depending on the snowstorm expected to hit. He was supposed to be in court Thursday morning.

[Kip]

Are all of you missing the big picture here?

This guy was married with children, and yet felt the need to deal prescription drugs. A thousand miles away. He traveled with his gun.

He knew what he was doing. He knew meeting with Porter would be confrontational. That's why he was packing. He lost.

When you play this game, be prepared for any/all outcomes.

Everyone here feels bad for him. He made a lifestyle choice that came with risks.

He's just another drug dealer that got whacked.

I agree with you for the most part. He didn't deserve to die, but, you're right, his death was the result of choices he made.

He and his wife both had decent jobs, and jobs that help people. He was obviously liked and respected by his work mates as evidenced by their commitment to search for him. But he chose to deal drugs; he chose to confront someone he said was violent and owned a machine gun. I'm thankful that his "side business" didn't lead to some of the people he dealt with coming to his home and harming his family.

[gatorfankim]

BANGOR, Maine - The Maine Chief Medical Examiner has released an autopsy report Friday, saying Seminole County firefighter Jerry Perdomo died of a gunshot wound to the head.

The report also said the manner of death has been ruled as a homicide.

Daniel Porter, 24, who is accused of killing Perdomo, was in also court Friday morning.

Porter, 24, is charged in the slaying of Perdomo after his body was found Wednesday in a wooded area in Maine.

At his hearing at the Waldo County Superior Court in Belfast, Maine, Porter's lawyer said that Porter says he was acting in self-defense. Porter's attorney blames Perdomo, who they say was in the wrong when he drove to Maine with a gun to collect a $3,000 drug debt. One month earlier, both men threatened to kill each other.

Porter's friends and family members were emotional in court and told him they loved him. Porter's family walked out without comment, but Perdomo's brother-in-law defended Perdomo.

"He put his life on the line in the Marines, then he became a firefighter, not a lot of people in this world are willing to do that. and it says a lot about him," said Chris Lerch, Perdomo's brother-in-law. "Everybody makes mistakes."

He has a bond hearing set for next Thursday at 1 p.m.

If convicted, Porter faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a minimum sentence of 25 years.

His initial appearance was rescheduled for Friday after inclement weather closed court on Thursday morning.

Authorities find body

Perdomo's body was discovered in the town of Newburgh around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, State Police said. The land where the body was found is believed to be owned by relatives of Porter. Porter told his father where he hid Perdomo's body and a gun, according to the arrest affidavit.

A news conference was held Wednesday, in which officials said the body is going to the State Medical Examiner's office for an autopsy, which won't begin until Friday.

Maine State Police released an affidavit showing that Perdomo's death involved illegal drugs, an unpaid debt, handguns, previous threats of violence and, ultimately, murder.

Porter and Perdomo's history

The dispute between Perdomo, 31, and Porter, dates back to at least Jan. 8, 2012, when Porter called law enforcement to accuse Perdomo of throwing rocks through the window of Porter’s home in Newburgh, Maine, the affidavit revealed.

Perdomo told an investigating deputy that Porter had a machine gun and threatened to shoot him and put his body through a wood chipper. For his part, Porter claimed Perdomo threatened to cut off his hands and kill him, according to the affidavit.

On Jan. 20, Porter, 24, and his girlfriend, Cheyanne Nowak, 23, bought a .357 handgun at a Bangor pawn shop, officials said. It's unclear if Nowak was involved and if she'll face any charges.

On Wednesday, Feb. 15, Perdomo left his Orange City, Fla., home in a rented Toyota Camry and headed to Bangor, where he arrived the next morning and stayed with his girlfriend, Lisa Gould, investigators said.

Gould told police that Perdomo left her home around 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 armed with a Glock Model 30 .45-caliber handgun, his wallet and two cellphones. Perdomo said "he was going to meet someone who owed him money," the affidavit states. Cellphone records show Perodmo called Porter's phone at 6:07 p.m.

At 6:30 p.m., Perdomo met Nowak at a truck stop in Newburgh and followed her to Porter's father's home in Jackson, Nowak told investigators. Nowak said she last saw Perdomo with Porter at the house, when she left around 7 p.m. to pick up her son, according to the affidavit.

Cellphone records reveal that Perdomo called his wife Tonya at 6:08 p.m., 6:15 p.m. and 7:41 p.m. that evening. His last call with his wife ended at 7:45 p.m., with Perdomo saying he was riding on a dirt road in Maine, according to the affidavit.

Investigators said they believe it was at Porter's father's home in Jackson that Porter shot Perdoma to death.

Nowak said she returned to the house around 9 p.m. and did not see Perdomo's rented Camry at the property, according to the affidavit. Porter told her that Perdomo went back to his girlfriend's house in Bangor, officials said.

Nowak said she never went back inside the house because she and Porter argued and she left to spend the night at her mother's house in Brooks, according to the affidavit.

At 3 a.m. the next morning, Porter arrived in Brooks driving his father’s black Cadillac, leaving around 7:30 a.m. to cut wood, Nowak told investigators.

At 8:20 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, Porter was seen on surveillance video abandoning Perdomo's rental car in a Walmart parking lot, according to the affidavit. Seven minutes later, he was seen on a book store's surveillance video leaving the Walmart and crossing Stillwater Avenue, officials said.

Another camera, at a nearby grocery store, showed Porter throw a plastic bag into a garbage can just outside the store's entrance, according to the affidavit.

Later, the video shows Nowak and Porter reuniting at the grocery store, which is consistent with Nowak's claim that Porter called her and asked that she pick him up at the grocery store near the Walmart, according to the affidavit.

Focus turns to Porter

That afternoon, investigators learned, Porter borrowed a friend's pickup truck and "brought it back a couple hours later and it was all muddy."

Six days after Porter dumped the bag in the garbage, investigators searched a large trash container taken from the grocery story and hauled to an incineration plant in Orrington. In a plastic bag, they found Perdomo's car keys, as well as two cellphones, a wallet and other items, according to the affidavit.

The next day, investigators interviewed Porter in Connecticut, where he had gone to visit family. He lied about his whereabouts the previous weeks, investigators said, even when confronted with video of him dumping the car at the Walmart.

"Porter's eyes welled up with tears when Porter was told that the police have retrieved" the trash bag he dumped at the grocery store, officials said.

Just prior to the Feb. 24 interview, Porter told a local police officer that he went to Connecticut to visit his family because "it might be the last time he might see them as a free man. He indicated he expected to be in prison the next time he sees them," the affidavit states.

Police executed a search warrant at Porter's father's home in Jackson, and on Feb. 27 reported finding "blood droplets, spatter, what appears to be a piece of skull or bone and evidence of a broken window. There were new carpets on the floor covering an area that tested presumptive positive for blood," the affidavit states.

The Maine State Police crime lab compared the DNA of the blood to a sample from Perdomo's father and confirmed that the blood found in the home was male and consistent with being the offspring of Perdomo's father.

Perdomo was married with two children -- a boy and a girl ages 10 and 3 -- and was a firefighter and emergency medical technician for Seminole County Fire Department Station 41 in Sanford.

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Autopsy...index.html

[Lady Cop]

BDN

well it was clear this would be a self-defense case. but the sad fact is, it was a murder between drug dealers. Jerry was shot in the head at close range in the doorway. that's not self-defense. it was beating him to the punch. Jerry could have had a life, decent career and raised his kids. porter was just a kid himself. fucking drugs.









BELFAST, Maine — As accused murderer Daniel Porter was hustled through the Waldo County Superior Courthouse on Friday morning, a large crowd of his family and friends shouted out their support.

“We love you, Daniel,” many among the 50 or so people called to him in unison.

Porter, 24, of Jackson has been charged with murder in the death of Florida firefighter Jerry Perdomo.

After Porter’s court appearance Friday, the state medical examiner’s office released information that Perdomo was killed by a gunshot wound to the head. It was a homicide, according to an official who said the autopsy was concluded that afternoon.

During his first court appearance, Porter listened as Justice Robert Murray read the charge against him and explained that the maximum sentence he faces for murder is life in prison. If Porter is convicted, he will face a mandatory minimum of 25 years in prison.

Murray asked if Porter understood the charge against him.

“Trust me, I understand, your honor,” Porter said in a clear, confident voice.

Porter wore a bulletproof vest over his orange jumpsuit, and at the end of the brief hearing he turned back to look at all the people jamming into the gallery.

“Love you guys,” he said to them. “I don’t want to see a bunch of sad faces.”

Porter, who has retained Bangor defense attorney Jeffrey Silverstein, did not enter a plea during his first appearance. He has been held at Waldo County Jail without bail since his arrest on Feb. 28 at the house in Jackson where police said he killed 31-year-old Perdomo on Feb. 16 in a drug-related crime. Porter told police that he owed Perdomo $3,000 and that Perdomo had threatened him and his family.

Police have confirmed they are investigating allegations that diverted prescription pills are part of the case. Perdomo, of Orange City, Fla., was a firefighter and emergency medical technician for the Seminole County Fire Department.

Justice Murray scheduled a hearing for Porter at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 8, to determine whether he will set bail. State Assistant Attorney General Leane Zainea said after the hearing that the prosecution will try to deny Porter bail.

“The state will continue to establish evidence to keep him in jail,” she said.

But Porter’s family members, some of whom were crying and many of whom were vocally supportive, said outside the courthouse that it’s not fair that he is facing a murder trial.

“I think it’s a shame that someone in a uniform can hide behind that uniform and prey on our young,” said Brian Ginn of Knox, a longtime friend of the Porter family. “It’s kind of a shock to the community. He’s a good, clean kid. I don’t know how he got mixed up with this.”

Ginn’s son Brett Ginn of Jackson wore a T-shirt that read “Don’t [expletive] with family,” and told the reporters gathered outside that Porter is a “good kid.”

“I know Dan,” Brett Ginn said. “He was faced with a difficult situation … he does not deserve to be tried for murder. Self-defense is not a crime.”

Silverstein said the facts are still unfolding in this case.

“There’s much to learn,” he told reporters.

He said Perdomo last was seen on Feb. 16 by a woman in Bangor.

“He was armed with a handgun,” Silverstein said. “There’s a history of Mr. Perdomo coming up here, engaging in threatening communications with Mr. Porter.”

According to the affidavit filed in court on Wednesday, Porter and Perdomo had complained to the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office about each other in early January. Perdomo told police that “he observed Porter with a machine gun and that Porter threatened to shoot him and put him through a wood chipper. Porter stated that Perdomo threatened to cut his hands off and kill him.”

The affidavit states that police arrested Porter on Wednesday after finding blood splatter evidence and skull fragments in the Jackson home rented by Porter’s father. Porter reportedly told police that Perdomo was dead, but refused to tell them where to find the body. It was found the next day by a Maine game warden and his dog about half a mile from Dahlia Farm Road in Newburgh on property that is owned by relatives of Porter.

According to Silverstein, Porter chose to wear the bulletproof vest on Friday in part because there have been threatening messages posted on the Internet. Some have been aimed at Porter’s girlfriend, 25-year-old Cheyanne Nowak of Brooks, Silverstein said.

It did not appear that Nowak came to court to support Porter.

Silverstein said she has consulted with an attorney but has not been charged with anything in connection with Perdomo’s death.

He said his client is a longtime resident of Waldo County who has a lot of support here, and despite his confident, and at times even cavalier demeanor in and out of the courthouse, he is depressed, despondent and upset over what happened.

“Mr. Porter is very, very distraught over the turn of events,” Silverstein said, adding that his client believed he was out of choices before turning to deadly force. “I think he was buoyed, if you will, by the presence of his family.

When asked why Porter hid Perdomo’s body, Silverstein replied, “One of the things that’s common in the folks I represent is that everybody reacts differently during these kinds of events.”

He said all appearances suggest that both Porter and Perdomo had been involved with drugs.

After Porter’s supporters left the courthouse, Chris Lerch, Perdomo’s brother-in-law from Florida, made a brief statement.

“It’s a difficult day,” he said.

Perdomo’s two children, a 10-year-old girl and a toddler, were struggling with their father’s loss, he said.

Lerch said he hoped Maine officials would be able to prosecute Porter to the fullest extent of the law. He also said he understands why Porter’s family and friends would come to the courthouse, but he took exception to the idea, suggested by some of the Jackson man’s supporters, that Perdomo shouldn’t have come to Maine in the first place.

“Any of us have any right to go anywhere in this country we want to go,” Lerch said. “Jerry’s gone now. We’re paying the ultimate price for him being [in Maine]. We love Jerry so much. The way we see Jerry is as a father, a husband, a son.”

[LytoMe]

“Mr. Porter is very, very distraught over the turn of events,” Silverstein said (WHAT about the family of the person he MURDERED??)

WHAT the fuck? Self Defense would be a better explanation if he didn't dump the body in the woods, HIDE evidence to the crime, dump the vehicle, dump a bag of the victims things, etc.
If he would have called the Police immediately, this would have been a better fight. But what will the defense use as an excuse for all of these actions, and they have them on TAPE!!
This whole smiling for the cameras and people supporting him is a crime in itself.

And this whole girlfriend issue, WHAT connection does this piece of trash have with Porter and the girlfriend? I WOULD love to know what her connection if any is with them!!??

[Lady Cop]

bond hearing today.

i have to check into Bangor news.

firefighters not invited to Jerry's funeral.

DAB News Journal


The wife of slain Seminole County firefighter Jerry Perdomo appeared in Maine state court today as her husband's accused killer stood in for a bail hearing this afternoon.

The Bangor Daily News confirmed Tanya Lynn Perdomo was in the Waldo County Superior court today.

Daniel Porter, 24, is accused of killing Perdomo, 31, of Orange City, whose body was later found in the woods with a gunshot wound to the head.

Court observers said Porter's family and friends showed in full force, occupying at least four rows of the Waldo County Superior Court gallery behind him.

Last week in court, Porter's attorney claimed his client acted in self-defense.

His attorney, Jeffrey Silverstein, said detectives could release more information about the case in today's hearing. He said that the facts have yet to be made public.

In documents released last week, Maine state police learned Perdomo traveled to the state frequently and at least one person said both men were engaged in "drug activity."

Perdomo's body was found on rural property owned by one of Porter's relatives.

He fled the state after video surveillance showed Porter driving Perdomo's rental car and discarding the man's personal belongings in a trash dump.

Perdomo's family told the Seminole County fire department that funeral services will be limited to close friends and family, according to spokeswoman Paula Thompson.

The department does not have plans for a separate ceremony, she said.

[Lady Cop]

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



BDN
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.”

[Lady Cop]

very interesting ... this is perdomo's Maine girlfriend Lisa Gould.




BDN
BANGOR, Maine — Bangor resident Lisa Gould, a friend of the Florida firefighter who was killed last month in a drug-related homicide, is wanted for failing to show up for court Tuesday morning on an unrelated theft charge.

Superior Court Justice John Nivison issued an arrest warrant for Gould after being told that she had failed to show up for her arraignment on a charge of misdemeanor theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.

Bangor police arrested Gould, 31, for shoplifting on Sept. 27 after a nearly month-long search for her, Sgt. Paul Edwards said Tuesday.

Police were originally called to Kohl’s at about 10 p.m. Aug. 30 to deal with four people possibly shoplifting, the sergeant said.

Store security caught Gould on a surveillance camera placing perfume, jewelry and underwear in her purse, according to police.

“They tried to stop her, but she kept going out the store and started running,” Edwards said.

While reviewing the store’s surveillance video, Officer Doug Smith recognized Gould and an arrest warrant was issued, the sergeant said. She was arrested a month later and another warrant for failing to appear in court was issued on Dec. 6, Edwards said.

Gould called the Bangor Police Department to report Jerry Perdomo, 31, of Orange City, Fla., missing on Feb. 16. She told police he had visited her once a month for the previous 10 months in order to transport and sell narcotics — mostly prescription pills.

Gould told Maine State Police detectives the Florida man was selling up to 1,500 pills per month in Maine, according to court testimony last week.

Daniel Porter, 24, of Jackson is accused of killing Perdomo, who was a firefighter and emergency medical technician for the Seminole County Fire Department, on Feb. 16 in Jackson and dumping his body in the woods with a gunshot wound to the side of the head.

Porter, who told police he owed Perdomo $3,000, is claiming self-defense in the shooting death.

Gould also told police that when Perdomo prepared to leave her house on Feb. 16, he packed a gun and two cellphones and told her he had to go collect a debt, according to a state police affidavit filed in Waldo County Superior Court two weeks ago.

Gould has a record that dates back to age 16, when she was convicted of purchase-possession of tobacco by a minor. She was sentenced in June 1997 to a $125 fine, according to court documents printed in the Bangor Daily News.

Gould also has two convictions for theft by unauthorized taking or transfer in 2002 that both resulted in a jail sentence of nine months, with all but seven days suspended, and probation for one year.

She also has been convicted of criminal trespass and disorderly conduct, the BDN listings state.

[Lady Cop]

see above ^


police Sgt. Edwards:
“The DA’s office told me that Lisa Gould called the court yesterday stating she forgot she had to show up ,” Edwards said, referring to the Penobscot County District Attorney’s Office. “The warrant, in turn, will likely be rescinded or removed until further arrangements have been made. The long and short is, Lisa Gould does not have a warrant out for her arrest at this time.”