Possible domestic dispute with children, later deemed play, Gorham ME
Family OffenseNeighbors reported hearing a male and female arguing loudly with a scream. There was concern of someone being hit and children present in the home. Upon investigation, it was clarified that the noises were likely children playing a game with adults present, and no violence was apparent.
Audio|Source: Cumberland County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Calling party can hear that there are neighbors at that location or in some sort of domestic. They can hear a male and female arguing,
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and they heard an awful scream from the female party.
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They're not able to provide specifics. They can just hear the yelling.
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And they know there's at least one child in the home.
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Good.
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14 copies. Can you see what we have for names at that address?
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Protect shoulder with the position.
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Time 1.
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Just confirming the Christopher subject to be the protected party.
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That's affirmative. Christopher is the protective party as well as two minors.
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Copy, thanks.
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The caller doesn't know the names of the individuals that live there.
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States that they do argue often, and she believes that the male usually takes off when they argue.
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Unsure if things got physical tonight. The last thing the caller heard was over here.
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She can also hear dogs barking.
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And now the female is screaming again.
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Wait a minute, 23, guys.
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All right, maybe those 23s back in the response area available.
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I'm not showing a lot of history with that location in house.
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What's recent call was an agency assist April of this year.
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South Portland was looking for us to go to that location.
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Try to make contact with a Rachel Redlin, born in 97, reference a hidden run.
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Be sure positive on the address, county.
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I'll have them double check.
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The caller can now hear a male yelling, something about a mistake,
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and we can hear a juvenile thing stop.
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No more.
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Also they advise, it sounds like someone's being hit now.
02:10
I think it's six Shelby County who we have more history with.
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Time for, I'll take a look.
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All right, I'm on Shelby.
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Copy, six.
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And you think it's number six?
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Down around the bend on your right, long driveway.
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I think it's six. I'm not exactly positive on the number.
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Attorney, I'll be going out.
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She's not confident. Back in quarters and in service.
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She's not confident. It's house number four.
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Joppy, back in quarters, sir.
03:05
Hi, what is the neighbor's address?
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The caller is from (number withheld) Tate Lane, which is the next road over through the trees, so she's not able to describe what the house looks like. She can see that there's a house light on, but otherwise she doesn't have a description.
03:27
I think I may have the house that we're looking for.
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14-000. All right, this may be kids playing manhunt with the adult party here now. It doesn't appear to be any violent. Yeah, that works.
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Copy that.
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Location mentioned:
Shelby Dr, Gorham, ME 04038
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