WATERVILLE — The man believed to be the target of an attack early Tuesday morning on May Street has been released from the hospital and is cooperating with investigators, according to Deputy Chief Charles Rumsey, of the Waterville police.
There have been no arrests in the case, but considering the severity of the man’s injuries, charges probably would include aggravated assault, a felony, Rumsey said Wednesday.
The 27-year-old, whom police have not identified, suffered a broken nose and a fractured eye socket and had stitches on his lip and above his eye, Rumsey said. He has been released from the hospital and is cooperating with investigators in recounting Tuesday’s events, Rumsey said.
Police were sent to the apartment at 4 May St. shortly before 4 a.m. Tuesday in response to a report of a brawl involving 20 to 30 people. According to investigators, the man was found unconscious and was taken to MaineGeneral’s Thayer Center for Health.
Many people involved in the fight fled on foot when police arrived. Others cooperated to varying levels when police detained and questioned them, Rumsey said.
Police have said they think the fight might have started when two or three other men confronted the injured man; then it escalated into a general melee.
According to neighbors, the apartment where the brawl occurred is the scene of regular rowdy and disruptive drinking parties that can last into the morning. Waterville police have gone to the address numerous times to deal with fights and loud noise complaints, and they made a drug raid on the apartment in February.
Police asked anyone with information on the case to contact Officer Ryan Dinsmore at 680-4700.
Peter McGuire — 861-9239
Twitter: PeteL_McGuire
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