Windham man suspected in deadly Morrill’s Corner attack pleads not guilty

Windham man charged in connection with a fatal shooting on Forest Avenue this summer has pleaded not guilty.

Kaleb Cidre, 22, of Windham, appeared for his arraignment in Cumberland County Superior Court Thursday morning. He faces two counts of highly aggravated assault and one count of conspiracy to commit highly aggravated assault – class A and B felonies.

Cidre posted his $10,000 cash bail and is no longer in custody, Superior Court Judge John O’Neil Jr. said at the hearing. He currently does not have an attorney and was represented by Corey Stone, the attorney of the day.

He is one of five men who were arrested in November, months after Aaron Karp, 47, of Naples, was arrested and charged with murder in the death of Susan McHugh, 54, of Gray. Karp has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bond at the Cumberland County Jail.

Details about the shooting were revealed in Karp bail hearing in September. Prosecutors say it arose from a dispute between two motorcycle clubs in the backyard of a bar in Westbrook and escalated into a fight in a parking lot in Morrill’s Corner, involving two-pound mini sledgehammers, a police-style baton and a switchblade knife. .

Portland Police Detective Jeffrey Tully said he saw Karp fire nine bullets at McHugh on surveillance camera footage after she fired her husband’s gun at a group of people associated with the Outlaws. Prosecutors say the group was targeting McHugh’s family and his friend, who are members of FSU, another motorcycle club.

At Thursday’s hearing, O’Neil said Cidre is accused of being an accessory to conspiracy with Karp by bringing a dangerous weapon into the parking lot and causing serious bodily injury to McHugh’s husband, Troy, and his friend, William Holmes. Both men were taken to the hospital with skull fractures.

Cidre was ordered to have no contact with Karp, the victims and the other suspects facing charges of highly aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit assault, including: Jason Keenan, 45, of Bath; James Moody, 30, of Bowdoin; Caleb Pelkey, 33, of Portland; and Nathan Walsh, 48, of Lewiston. They are scheduled to appear in court on December 12.

Police are still trying to find a sixth man, Kristofer Haken, 45, of Londonberry, New Hampshire, who they say is “dangerous and may be armed” and may be affiliated with the Outlaws motorcycle club.

While it’s unclear exactly how the other suspects are connected to the shooting, at least some of them were among the men fighting in the parking lot.

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