SPRINGVALE — District Court Judge Michael Cantara on Friday ordered Damian M. Green held on $5,000 cash bail in connection with the stabbing of another man on High Street in Biddeford early Wednesday morning.

Police said Green stabbed the man, whose name has not been released, in a confrontation over a woman.

Green, 30, made a first appearance at Springvale District Court by video link from York County Jail, where he has been held without bail since his arrest Wednesday morning. He is charged with Class B felony aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon. The charge carries a maximum prison penalty of 10 years.

The attorney representing Green for his initial appearance, Bernard Broder, said self defense may be involved in the case.

Assistant District Attorney Anne Marie Pazar told the court that the stabbing narrowly missed the victim’s spleen.

Police said the victim sustained a laceration to the left side of his stomach and rib area, and a puncture wound to the center of his stomach. He was treated at Maine Medical Center in Portland. His condition was not available Friday afternoon.

Pazar said Green was sitting at the kitchen table with the victim’s girlfriend when the victim allegedly said he saw Green touch the woman’s thigh. Pazar told the judge that the victim hit Green, and then went outside, where he was stabbed by Green, who drove away. Police found him and arrested him about 11 a.m. Wednesday.

Pazar recited Green’s criminal history in Maine – including convictions for burglary, theft and forgery along with two separate instances of terrorizing and violating conditions of release in 2007; probation violation in 2009; harassment by telephone in 2013; and a 2016 domestic violence stalking conviction and telephone harassment, among others.

Broder said police reports indicate one witness said the victim was on the floor of the apartment bleeding. He said a witness told police that the victim was extremely jealous.

“Class B assault is a serious allegation,” noted Cantara. “He has an extensive criminal history, especially in light of his relative youth.”

Pazar argued for $10,000 cash bail, citing Green’s criminal history. She asked the that bail conditions include that Green have no contact with several people, that he not possess dangerous weapons and be subject to random searches; that he observe a 6:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew and that he not be allowed to return to Biddeford.

According to Broder, Green worked at a Portland convenience store and was staying with a friend in Biddeford at an apartment on Bacon Street.

He noted that his client had a 10th grade education, has sons in South Portland and in Georgia. He asked that the night curfew be waived if Green was scheduled to work nights.

Broder said in December Green would be turning himself in to authorities in Somerset County to serve a nine month sentence there for telephone harassment. He said his client might be able to come up with $500-$600 bail.

Cantara set bail at $5,000 cash and agreed to all but one of the conditions – he said he wouldn’t ban Green from Biddeford, but he would ban him from being on High Street in Biddeford.

Cantara set a dispositional conference at York County Superior Court in Alfred for 8:30 a.m. Jan. 12.

Because the charge is a felony, Green was not required to enter a plea Friday. A plea would come during an arraignment if he is indicted by a grand jury on the charge.

— Senior Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 324-4444 (local call in Sanford) or 282-1535, ext. 327 or twells@journaltribune.com.