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Witness: Shooting victim berated wife
by Outspoken on Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:47 am
Witness: Shooting victim berated wife
The Associated Press
BELFAST — A contractor who did work for a man who was shot to death by his wife says the victim was fascinated with guns and Adolf Hitler.
James G. Cummings had an explosive personality and verbally abused his wife in front of workers renovating the family's house, said Mike Robbins, who spent a month painting and fixing the roof of the victim's house over the summer.
State police described the fatal shooting of Cummings, 29, by his wife, Amber, on Tuesday as a domestic violence homicide.
Amber Cummings was questioned but was not charged. She and the couple's 9-year-old daughter are still in the area.
Robbins said Cummings talked incessantly of guns and often berated his wife, who cowered in his presence. He also said Cummings was fascinated by Hitler and claimed to have a collection of Nazi memorabilia.
"It didn't shock me at all when I heard about (the shooting)," he told the Bangor Daily News. "He was a very angry person and was verbally abusive to his wife all the time."
Police were unaware of the problems. Belfast Police Chief Jeffrey Trafton said the only time police were called to the home was over an animal complaint.
The Cummings family settled in Belfast in August 2007. According to records at Belfast City Hall, Cummings bought the fixer-upper in a foreclosure sale through a Florida mortgage company. The couple paid $153,900 for the property.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=227287&ac=PHnws
The Associated Press
BELFAST — A contractor who did work for a man who was shot to death by his wife says the victim was fascinated with guns and Adolf Hitler.
James G. Cummings had an explosive personality and verbally abused his wife in front of workers renovating the family's house, said Mike Robbins, who spent a month painting and fixing the roof of the victim's house over the summer.
State police described the fatal shooting of Cummings, 29, by his wife, Amber, on Tuesday as a domestic violence homicide.
Amber Cummings was questioned but was not charged. She and the couple's 9-year-old daughter are still in the area.
Robbins said Cummings talked incessantly of guns and often berated his wife, who cowered in his presence. He also said Cummings was fascinated by Hitler and claimed to have a collection of Nazi memorabilia.
"It didn't shock me at all when I heard about (the shooting)," he told the Bangor Daily News. "He was a very angry person and was verbally abusive to his wife all the time."
Police were unaware of the problems. Belfast Police Chief Jeffrey Trafton said the only time police were called to the home was over an animal complaint.
The Cummings family settled in Belfast in August 2007. According to records at Belfast City Hall, Cummings bought the fixer-upper in a foreclosure sale through a Florida mortgage company. The couple paid $153,900 for the property.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=227287&ac=PHnws
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