Maine Man to Serve At Least 12 Years for Brutal Attacks in Massachusetts

An Augusta man received his sentence this week for two violent attacks on women in Massachusetts.

Augusta, Maine Man Sentenced in Massachusetts for Brutal Attacks on Women

Roger Bolens, of Augusta, Maine, pleaded guilty to a dozen charges, including armed assault to murder.

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According to the Essex County, Massachusetts District Attorney's Office, the charges stem from two incidents that occurred over the weekend of July 26-27, 2025.

2 Massachusetts Women Were Attacked by a Man from Augusta, Maine

In the first incident, Bolens tried to strangle a 19-year-old woman in the restroom of a restaurant in Andover, Massachusetts.

Officials say it was hours later when he broke into an Andover home and strangled and assaulted a woman in her 70s while she was sleeping.

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The woman suffered serious injuries.

Bolens has admitted to smothering the older woman's face with a pillow, punching her, dragging her, beating her head against the floor and refrigerator, and stomping on her face with a shod foot.

In a Massachusetts courtroom this week, Bolen pled guilty to the following charges:

• Armed assault to murder on a person 60 or older
• Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury
• Assault and battery with injury to a person 60 or older
• Home invasion
• Breaking and entering in the nighttime for purposes of a felony
• Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon with a victim 60 or older (4 counts)
• Strangulation/suffocation
• Assault and battery
• Attempt to commit a crime

In Massachusetts, the charge 'assault to murder' refers to a felony assault on a person with an intent to kill them.

Maine Man Sentenced to 12 to 15 Years for Massachusetts Assaults

On Tuesday, September 23, 2026, Bolens was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison on the armed assault to murder charge, as well as lesser sentences for the other charges, all to be served concurrently.

Once he is released from prison, he will serve five years' probation, during which he must undergo mental health treatment, if deemed necessary.