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BOWDOINHAM — Two Massachusetts men face multiple charges for allegedly breaking into a man’s home over the weekend and holding a blade to his throat while demanding drugs and money.

Jorge Santiago, 30, and Miguel Rodriguez, 29, both of Lawrence, Mass., were arrested in the woods shortly after the home invasion and charged with robbery, terrorizing and criminal trespass, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said Monday.

Santiago and Rodriguez were held Monday at the Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset in lieu of $10,000 bail each.

Santiago and Rodriguez broke into the home of Rodney Skipper at 473 Carding Machine Road about 3:30 p.m. Saturday, according to Merry.

“The suspects entered his home and demanded cash, marijuana and medications,” Merry said. “One suspect held a razor to Mr. Skipper’s throat before fleeing with both the money and the drugs.”

Skipper, 42, went to a neighbor’s house and called for help, Merry said.

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Sagadahoc County sheriff’s deputies, Richmond police and the Maine Warden Service converged on the area to search for the two men.

Cpl. Ian Alexander of the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office noticed a fresh set of footprints in the snow as he responded to the call, Merry said.

“He and (Game) Warden Robert Decker were able to track the suspects and apprehend them in the woods,” Merry said.

Merry said police are still investigating the case and asked that anyone with information about it call his office at 386-5827.

 

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