Police are investigating an attack on the owner of a vintage toy and sports card shop on Brighton Avenue, which the owner said occurred during an apparent attempted robbery.
At approximately 10:45 a.m. Monday, Portland Police officers responded to 578 Brighton Ave., Don's Baseball Card Center for the report of a robbery. The business owner and victim of the crime told officers that the suspect entered the business and threatened him, according to a police press release. The victim struggled with the suspect believing he was being robbed.  The victim was struck on the head several times by the suspect before the suspect fled without anything, police said. The victim sustained several non-life threatening lacerations to his head.
The suspect was seen fleeing the area in an older model, gray in color, Subaru Legacy station wagon with a roof rack, bearing partial Maine registration 774  Y. The Subaru was being operated by a white female with dirty blonde hair; tied in a ponytail. The Subaru was last seen traveling inbound on Brighton Avenue.
The suspect is described as a white male in his 30's, approximately 5 feet, 10 inches in height, weighing 150 to 180 pounds, with brown hair and wearing a light colored shirt and jeans.
Don's has been at its location for over 15 years and has been under new ownership for the past five years, according to its website. The site lists Paul Kane as the owner. The shop buys and sells a variety of items, including a "wide range of sports and non-sports cards, vintage toys, autographed and non-autographed memorabillia and vinyl records," its site states.
Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact the Portland Police Department at 874-8533.
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Maine State Police have charged a Dyer Brook man with unlawful sexual touching of a woman he was counseling, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety.
Troopers arrested 65-year-old John Walker at his home at 140 Hillcrest Lane on Friday night, the agency reported. Walker had met the 30-year-old woman at the Aroostook County Jail in Houlton where he had clergy visitation rights, police reported. The female victim was not an inmate but met the suspect while visiting her boyfriend in jail, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety.
Walker may be affiliated with a small church in the area, but it is not clear if he was ever ordained, police said. Walker was providing the "spiritual counseling" at his home where the unwanted advance took place, the Maine Department of Public Safety reported. The woman reported the incident to State Police at the Houlton barracks, where the case is being investigated by Detective Mark Sperrey. Walker is free on bail and will make his first appearance in Houlton Distrct Court next month.

Monday, April 1

1 a.m., Robert Grady, 51, of Standish, was arrested for misuse of identification and theft by unauthorized taking or transfer on Congress Street by Officer Charles Hodgdon.
4 p.m., Jerry Monahan, 43, of Portland, was arrested for violation of conditional release and violation of bail conditions on Washington Avenue by Officer David Schertz.
4 p.m., James Logan, 49, of address unknown, was arrested for criminal trespass on Pearl Street by Officer Eric Johnson.
8 p.m., Marissa Corliss, 20, of Portland, was arrested on a warrant for tampering with a witness on E. Oxford Street by Officer Dan Aguilera.
10 p.m., Benjamin Tuturu Anthony, 24, of Portland, was arrested for violation of conditional release and disorderly conduct on St. Lawrence Street by Officer Jonathan Reeder.

Tuesday, April 2

12 a.m., Vladamir Opacek, 20, of Westbrook, was arrested for robbery on Mason Street by Officer Jacob Titcomb.
12 a.m., Joshua Richardson, 30, of Portland, was arrested on a warrant for operating after suspension on High Street by Officer Joshua McDonald.
3 a.m., Samuel Guma Peter Ogak, 27, of Portland, was arrested for violation of conditional release and violation of bail conditions on Brighton Avenue by Officer David Hemond, Jr.
11 a.m., Vincent Lombardi, 40, of Standish, was arrested for theft by unauthorized taking or transfer on Saco Road by Det. Kelly Gorham.
3 p.m., Nathaniel Gilbert, 20, of Portland, was arrested for assault on Deane Street by Officer Alissa Poisson.
6 p.m., Jennifer Wilson, 36, of Portland, was arrested for criminal trespass on Congress Street by Officer David Cote.
7 p.m., Benjamin Chiasson, 25, of Portland, was arrested for operating after suspension on Forest Avenue by Officer Matthew Pavlis.
9 p.m., Jose Guerra, 53, of address unknown, was arrested for disorderly conduct on Marginal Way by Officer Michael Galietta.
11 p.m., James Clifford, 46, of address unknown, was arrested for theft by unauthorized taking or transfer on Pine Street by Officer Jeffrey Viola.

Wednesday, April 3

12 a.m., Shawn Currier, 35, of address unknown, was arrested for criminal threatening on Congress Street by Officer Laurence Smith, Jr.
9 a.m., Louis McAfee, 24, of address unknown, was arrested for public drinking on Preble Street by Officer Daniel Knight.
10 a.m., Jonathan Morin, 38, of address unknown, was arrested on a warrant for operating after suspension on St. John Street by Officer David Argitis.
11 a.m., Kabir Geiger, 34, of Portland, was arrested for criminal trespass in Monument Square by Officer Daniel Rose.

Thursday, April 4

4 p.m., William Sean Hunt, 29, of Portland, was arrested for obstructing public ways and criminal trespass on Anderson Street by Officer Laurence Smith Jr.
8 p.m., Linda Annis, 26, of Portland, was arrested for aggravated assault in Monument Square by Officer David Cote.
9 p.m., Michael Anderson, 31, of Portland, was arrested for operating under the influence on Brighton Avenue by Officer Eric McCusker.

Friday, April 5

5 a.m., Cheryl Emery, 45, of Portland, was arrested for disorderly conduct on Valley Street by Officer Jonathan Roberts.
8 a.m., Nialanis Liriano, 26, of Portland, was arrested as a fugitive from justice on Oxford Street by Officer Daniel Knight.
9 a.m., Lavina Garcia, 37, of Portland, was arrested on a warrant for assault on Riverside Street by Officer John Cunniff.
9 a.m., Alicia Lutz, 22, of Portland, was arrested for assault on Wharf Street by Officer Matthew Rider.
3 p.m., Shane Andrew Randall, 24, of Gorham, was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon on Riverside Street by Officer Nciholas Goodman.
5 p.m., Mark Moreau, 43, of Portland, was arrested for public drinking on Marginal Way by Officer Thien Duong.
7 p.m., Michael Adam Eli Wiggin, 28, of Portland, was arrested for violation of conditional release on Congress Street by Officer Gayle Petty.
8 p.m., Domonique Covington, 25, of Portland, was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident and operating under the influence on St. John Street by Officer Henry Johnson.

Saturday, April 6

2 a.m., Anthony Andrews, 30, of Portland, was arrested for assault and refusing to submit to arrest or detention on Sherman Street by Officer Paul King.
4 a.m., Peter Purington, 38, of Gardiner, was arrested on a warrant for burglary of a motor vehicle on Forest Avenue by Sgt. Timothy Farris.
3 p.m., Francis McNeice, 45, of Portland, was arrested for unlawful possession of scheduled drugs on Congress Street by Officer Nicholas Goodman.
5 p.m., Mohamed Osman Hassan, 36, of address unknown, was arrested for assault on Portland Street by Officer Brent Abbott.
7 p.m., Michael Bisson, 37, of address unknown, was arrested on a warrant for disorderly conduct on Fore Street by Officer Eric Johnson.
8 p.m., Adam Ridlon, 31, of address unknown, was arrested for disorderly conduct on Fore Street by Officer Brent Abbott.
8 p.m., Robert McCullough, 27, of Portland, was arrested on a warrant for criminal trespass on Seeley Avenue by Officer Evan Bomba.
11 p.m., Colin Cunningham, 24, of Gray, was arrested for operating under the influence on Congress Street by Officer Charles Frazier.

Sunday, April 7

2 a.m., Rose Marie Gilliam, 29, of address unknown, was arrested on a warrant for unlawful possession of scheduled drugs on Middle Street by Officer David Hemond, Jr.
(Information furnished by the Portland Police Department.)