ALFRED — Gregory Owens has been indicted on 14 charges, including four counts of aggravated attempted murder and two counts of attempted murder.

In addition to the attempted murder charges, Owens, 58, of Londonderry, New Hampshire, was also indicted on two counts of elevated aggravated assault, two counts of elevated aggravated assault with indifference, two counts of aggravated assault with a weapon, one count of burglary with a firearm and once count of criminal mischief.

An indictment is not a finding of guilt, but a finding that enough evidence exists to move forward with prosecution.

Owens received the charges in relation to the early morning shooting of his wife, Rachel Owens, 55, and family friend Steven Chabot, 55, at Chabot’s Hillview Avenue home in Saco on Dec 18. Chabot and Rachel Owens were taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland. The two were hospitalized but survived the shooting, according to reports from other media sources.

Rachel Owens, who has dementia, was staying with Steven Chabot and his wife, Carol, to give her husband a break from caring for her, and because she was depressed and her friends thought she needed some cheering up, according to police and FBI reports.

According to FBI reports, Gregory Owens is a retired U.S. Army sergeant and an expert marksman. He has had an ongoing affair since 2008 with a woman in Wisconsin, and his girlfriend had recently threatened to make their relationship public, according to FBI reports.

Boots seized from Gregory Owens’ car matched impressions from footprints in a flower bed at the Chabot residence in Saco, FBI reports said. Clothing taken from Gregory Owens’ washing machine also matched the description of clothing worn by the Saco home intruder, according to the reports.

Owens faces federal charges of interstate domestic violence and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence in relation to the December incident.

— Staff Writer Liz Gotthelf can be contacted at 282-1535, ext. 325 or egotthelf@journaltribune.com.