Man charged in Bangor homicide arrested for violating house arrest
By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff
A man accused of assisting in a Bangor homicide is back in jail, roughly six months after his bail was drastically lowered.
Holden Melvin, 33, was arrested after he violated his house arrest in December. He appeared in-person on Monday in Penobscot County Superior Court.
Melvin admitted to the bail violation and his attorney, David Bate, said he was going to develop new proposed bail conditions for a future court date.
His $100,000 bail was lowered to $1,000 on June 25. The bail conditions at the time included that Melvin must stay inside his mother’s house in Milo except to leave the property for medical and legal appointments, but his mother must accompany him.
Melvin was not at his mom’s residence on Dec. 4, when police did a bail check, according to court records.
Melvin is one of five people charged in the killing of 27-year-old Dylan Caruso, who was last seen Sept. 30, 2024, on lower Ohio Street in Bangor. His body was found in a wooded area in Exeter on Oct. 23, 2024.
Melvin previously pleaded not guilty to one count each of felony murder and hindering apprehension or prosecution, a Class B felony. Felony murder is when the death of someone is caused as a “reasonably foreseeable consequence” while committing, or attempting to commit, another crime, according to Maine law.
When Justice Bruce Mallonee lowered Melvin’s bail, he said he had “enormous reluctance” but did so because of serious medical concerns that Mallonee said he was not sure would be adequately addressed in the Penobscot County Jail.
The rest of Mevlin’s bail conditions include no possession of illegal substances, marijuana and alcohol. He is also not allowed to have contact with the four other people accused of being involved in Caruso’s slaying.
Kenneth Creamer, 36, of Exeter, pleaded not guilty to one felony count each of intentional or knowing murder, aggravated trafficking of fentanyl and aggravated trafficking of cocaine. He was denied bail.
Dylan Boyce, 31, of Exeter, pleaded not guilty to one felony count of intentional or knowing murder and two counts of tampering with a witness or informant, which are Class C felonies.
Dylan Belanger, 31, of Corinth, pleaded not guilty to one felony count each of hindering apprehension or prosecution and tampering with a witness or informant.
Samantha McCullough, 38, of Bangor pleaded not guilty to one felony count each of hindering apprehension or prosecution and tampering with a witness or informant. She has posted bail.
Caruso was allegedly shot in Coe Park in Bangor before his body was moved to Exeter. The case is scheduled for a jury trial in October.