Investigations continue into the domestic violence allegations made against a Portland police officer by his wife.

Officer Brian Regan of Westbrook was in Cumberland County District Court April 16 to be arraigned, but instead he is scheduled to reappear in court on May 27 at 1 p.m.

“It could be a status conference. It could be an arraignment. We’re hoping the district attorney’s office will not pursue a prosecution against Brian,” Regan’s attorney, Michael Cunniff, said Tuesday. No formal charges have been filed.

Regan, 39, was arrested near his house in Westbrook March 18 after his wife called the Portland police seeking assistance with a domestic violence incident, Westbrook Police Chief Bill Baker said at the time.

Cunniff said he has been “very pleased with the direction our defense investigation has taken.”

Cunniff has said evidence shows, for years, there was an abusive relationship between Regan and his wife, “where she was the aggressor and Brian was the victim.”

He said the evening before Regan was arrested, his wife confronted him with a gun with the intention of shooting him. After he disarmed her, she filed a false report, Cunniff said.

Regan was release from jail on $500 bail and was ordered to relinquish his police identification and weapon. As a condition of his bail, he is not to have contact with his wife. Regan was placed on administrative leave with pay.

A call for comment to Anne Berlind, a prosecutor with the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office, was not returned by American Journal deadline.

Regan, who has been employed by the Portland Police Department for 14 years, was suspended by the department for six months in 2002 after being indicted for police brutality. He was acquitted after a criminal trial.

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