Police say a Maine man charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of a longtime friend said he snapped after the victim hit and choked him outside an Old Orchard Beach bar.
Michael Swenson of Scarborough made his first court appearance
Wednesday in York County Superior Court in Alfred on charges he
killed 49-year-old Roger White outside the Whaler bar and hid his
body under some mattresses outside a nearby apartment house. The
44-year-old Swenson did not enter a plea.
A police affidavit says Swenson told a friend that White hit him
on the head and choked him when they left the Whaler together after
playing pool Friday night. The friend told investigators that
Swenson said he went "ballistic" or "berserk" and stabbed
White.
Swenson is being held without bail.
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