ANDOVER — A Maine man is accused of carrying out a violent home invasion along with an assault in a downtown restaurant in incidents that occurred less than 12 hours apart over the weekend.
Roger Bolens, 25, of Augusta was arraigned in Lawrence District Court on charges of assault to murder, home invasion and assault and battery on a person over 60 resulting in serious injury. Separately, he faces an assault and battery charge from an alleged choking incident at Karma restaurant hours earlier.
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