BIDDEFORD — The third suspect charged with murder in the 2013 shooting death of a Biddeford man has turned himself in.
State police confirmed Thursday that Moha-mud Moha-med, 21, whose last known address was in Portland, turned himself in to authorities Thursday afternoon at the Cumberland County Courthouse in Portland. Mohamed, who was accompanied by his attorney, was then transported to the Cumberland County Jail in Portland, where he is being held without bail, police said.
In April, Mohamed was charged with murder in the death of Charles Raybine, who, according to court documents, was shot in the face three times early on March 26, 2013, while sitting in a rental car in the parking lot of Parish Place Apartments, at 41 Birch St.
Mohamed is the third suspect to be arrested in relation to the slaying. Bub Peter Nguany, 27, of Old Orchard Beach, was arrested just hours after the shooting, and John Lopez, 20, also of Old Orchard Beach, was arrested in April. Nguany and Lopez are both being held without bail at the York County Jail in Alfred.
Officials have declined to comment on why it took more than two years to charge Lopez and Mohamed or whether the men will stand trial jointly. Mohamed was scheduled to make his first court appearance today at 10 a.m., a spokesman for the Maine Attorney General’s Office said Thursday.
If convicted of murder, each man faces 25 years to life in prison.
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