8-Hour Armed Standoff Leads to 5+ Year Federal Sentence for Westbrook Man Who Illegally Possessed Gun

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Police had been called to Corey Faulkner's Westbrook apartment following a violent assault

PORTLAND, Maine: A Westbrook man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for possession of a firearm by a felon.

U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. sentenced Corey Faulkner, 39, to 64 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.

According to court records, in October 2023, officers from the Westbrook Police Department responded to Faulkner's residence following a 911 call reporting domestic violence. The victim reported that Faulkner had assaulted her, including by strangling her. After fleeing the apartment, the victim called 911 and reported to officers that Faulkner possessed firearms and had made suicidal statements. After Faulkner ceased communications with law enforcement, officers cleared a perimeter around the residence and ordered a shelter-in-place for the nearby buildings. Officers obtained a state arrest warrant for Faulkner and breached the building's basement, using unmanned drones and a robot to locate him in a bathroom. Faulkner surrendered when the bathroom window was breached. The incident lasted more than eight hours.

Officers recovered a 12-gauge shotgun, 12-gauge ammunition, a 9mm pistol case, and 9mm ammunition during an initial search of the residence. A 9mm pistol was recovered from a kitchen cabinet during a second search. Faulkner was precluded from possessing any firearms due to his conviction history. In 2013, Faulkner was convicted on state charges of operating under the influence, endangering the welfare of a child, and domestic violence assault. In 2018, Faulkner was convicted of aggravated assault after punching a woman, dousing her with rubbing alcohol and threatening to set her on fire, and strangling her.

The Westbrook Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) investigated the case.

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Updated December 3, 2024