Suspect Likely Knew His Victim Passadumkeag Breathes 'a Little Easier' After Man's Arrest in Rape Case

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BANGOR - The Passadumkeag man arrested Friday in connection with a brutal attack on a 60-year-old woman in her home on Oct. 29 most likely had known his victim for years. He and the woman's son were in the same class in school growing up, according to a local official.

Derwin "Tiger" Springer Jr., 38, of Passadumkeag is scheduled to appear Monday in Penobscot County Superior Court on charges of gross sexual assault and burglary.

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Suspect Likely Knew His Victim Passadumkeag Breathes 'a Little Easier' After Man's Arrest in Rape Case

The woman lives on Pleasant Street less than half a mile from Springer's parents.

Physical evidence from a rape kit assembled at the hospital where the woman was taken matched Springer's DNA, according to a state police affidavit filed in Superior Court in Bangor. Springer's...

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