Jerry Perdomo Florida Firefighter Last Seen Feb 15 2012 *found deceased*

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Bangor resident Lisa Gould, a friend of the Florida firefighter who was killed last month in a drug-related homicide, is wanted for failing to show up for court Tuesday morning on an unrelated theft charge.

Superior Court Justice John Nivison issued an arrest warrant for Gould after being told that she had failed to show up for her arraignment on a charge of misdemeanor theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.

Bangor police arrested Gould, 31, for shoplifting on Sept. 27 after a nearly month-long search for her, Sgt. Paul Edwards said Tuesday.

Police were originally called to Kohl’s at about 10 p.m. Aug. 30 to deal with four people possibly shoplifting, the sergeant said.

Store security caught Gould on a surveillance camera placing perfume, jewelry and underwear in her purse, according to police.

“They tried to stop her, but she kept going out the store and started running,” Edwards said.

While reviewing the store’s surveillance video, Officer Doug Smith recognized Gould and an arrest warrant was issued, the sergeant said. She was arrested a month later and another warrant for failing to appear in court was issued on Dec. 6, Edwards said.

Gould called the Bangor Police Department to report Jerry Perdomo, 31, of Orange City, Fla., missing on Feb. 16. She told police he had visited her once a month for the previous 10 months in order to transport and sell narcotics — mostly prescription pills.

Gould told Maine State Police detectives the Florida man was selling up to 1,500 pills per month in Maine, according to court testimony last week.

http://bangordailynews.com/2012/03/1...ng-now-wanted/

[Whisper]

Report: Daniel Porter indicted in Jerry Perdomo's death
Porter, 24, charged with Perdomo's murder

BANGOR, Maine -
The man accused of killing Seminole County firefighter Jerry Perdomo dumping his body in the woods has been indicted by the Waldo County Grand Jury, the Bangor Daily News reports.

Daniel Porter, 24, is charged with one count of intentional or knowing murder for the slaying of Perdomo, according to the Bangor Daily News.

Police say Perdomo traveled to Maine in late February to pick up a $3,000 drug debt from Porter. The Maine Chief Medical Examiner ruled Perdomo's death a homicide and said the cause of death was a gunshot wound. Porter and his lawyer argue that he acted in self-defense and that Perdomo said he would take $500 off the drug debt if Porter allowed him to rape his girlfriend, Cheyenne Nowak.

The dispute between Perdomo, 31, and Porter, dates back to at least Jan. 8, 2012, when Porter called law enforcement to accuse Perdomo of throwing rocks through the window of Porter’s home in Newburgh, Maine, the affidavit revealed.

Perdomo told an investigating deputy that Porter had a machine gun and threatened to shoot him and put his body through a wood chipper. For his part, Porter claimed Perdomo threatened to cut off his hands and kill him, according to the affidavit.

On Wednesday, Feb. 15, Perdomo left his Orange City, Fla., home in a rented Toyota Camry and headed to Bangor, where he arrived the next morning and stayed with his girlfriend, Lisa Gould, investigators said.

Gould told police that Perdomo left her home around 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 armed with a Glock Model 30 .45-caliber handgun, his wallet and two cellphones. Perdomo said "he was going to meet someone who owed him money," the affidavit states. Cellphone records show Perodmo called Porter's phone at 6:07 p.m.

Cellphone records reveal that Perdomo called his wife Tonya at 6:08 p.m., 6:15 p.m. and 7:41 p.m. that evening. His last call with his wife ended at 7:45 p.m., with Perdomo saying he was riding on a dirt road in Maine, according to the affidavit.
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http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Rep...z/-/index.html

[Whisper]

BELFAST, Maine --
(AP) A Maine man who pleaded guilty to killing a Florida firefighter in a dispute over drug money is going to prison for 16 years.

A judge in Belfast, Maine, on Monday imposed the sentence on Daniel Porter, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter under an agreement that capped his sentence at 20 years.
[....]

Police said Porter and Perdomo had exchanged threats, with Porter threatening to put Perdomo through a wood chipper and Perdomo threatening to cut off Porter's hands.

http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news...refighter.html

[Abroad]

Police said Porter and Perdomo had exchanged threats, with Porter threatening to put Perdomo through a wood chipper and Perdomo threatening to cut off Porter's hands.

Don't they just sound like people one would love to hang out with? </endsarcasm>

[TKaz]

Perdomo didn't have a drug addiction before the war, right?

Does anyone read this & think this could have been prevented if we supported our soldiers who have PTSD better & more efficiently? I can think of 2 I'm related to from Vietnam who are seriously messed up - addiction sure, but they never amounted to anything after the war.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Perdomo didn't have a drug addiction before the war, right?

Does anyone read this & think this could have been prevented if we supported our soldiers who have PTSD better & more efficiently? I can think of 2 I'm related to from Vietnam who are seriously messed up - addiction sure, but they never amounted to anything after the war.

PTSD treatment has come miles since Vietnam. I have many family members that saw combat in Iraq. Some have PTSD and some don't. Not a one of them has resorted to pushing drugs or other "ruined lives" activity. (The worst off is my nephew who spent a year there, went in with the Marines at the beginning of the war, saw heavy combat in Fallujah, and was even part of the rescue of Jessica Lynch). Current treatments offered can surely be better but I'm not going to place Perdomo's problems on "lack of care".

Perdomo was amounting to something even with his PTSD. He was a was firefighter and EMT with a wife and kids. Something may have gone off in him that made him take on a second life as a drug dealer with a mistress but no one in his "normal" life seemed to have noticed and he didn't seek out help himself. I'm sure he was was well aware of resources available to him. Unless someone asks for help or loved ones seek it out, there's not much to be done.

In a deposition taken as part of a 2008 auto negligence lawsuit, Perdomo said he took prescription pills after a knee injury and he once counseled fellow Marines who were addicted to pain killers.

Perdomo said in the deposition that he was injured while serving in the Marine Corps in Iraq and Kuwait and suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/...ug-trafficking