PORTLAND, Maine — A 13-year-old girl missing from Pownal was found safe Tuesday in Portland, and a 23-year-old man was arrested following a week-long investigation by the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.
Detectives identified an apartment on Brighton Avenue, where they believed the teen was staying. Investigators obtained a search warrant and, with help from the Cumberland County Emergency Services Unit, safely located the girl inside the apartment.
Two adults were also inside the apartment. One of them, 23-year-old Elijah Coleman, was wanted for probation revocation on domestic violence-related charges. Coleman was arrested and faces additional charges, including possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, violation of a protective order, criminal restraint, and endangering the w