At approximately 8 p.m. on June 28, South Portland
police officers were dispatched to 1793 Broadway near the I-295
northbound entrance at intersection of Broadway and Westbrook Street,
for a report of a male subject assaulting and threatening people with a
shotgun. The man left prior to the units’ arrival, believed to still be
armed and last seen on the municipal golf course.

    Officers and a K9 Team from the department, assisted
by officers from Scarborough and State Police, tracked the suspect to
10 Wilson Street less than a mile south of the golf course off Main
Street (Route 1), where he was located and taken into custody without
incident.  Randolph Dionisio, 45, of South Portland was arrested
and booked at the Cumberland County Jail on charges of aggravated
assault and criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, both
felonies. 

    According to a statement released by Lt. Frank Clark
of the South Portland Police Department, the investigation indicated,
in part, that Dionisio struck a 53-year-old male acquaintance about the
face and head with a shotgun, which was recovered by police where the
alleged assault took place.

    The victim was treated at a hospital for non-life threatening injuries.