LEWISTON — The Androscoggin County District Attorney’s Office notified the Lewiston Police Department on Aug. 26 about suspicious phone activity involving a juvenile detainee at the Long Creek Youth Development Center.
During monitored phone calls, the juvenile allegedly communicated through a girlfriend to pass messages to other associates.
These conversations included instructions to pressure two individuals into confessing to a recent shooting, accompanied by serious threats of violence, including plans to acquire a firearm to enforce those threats.
Police identified and interviewed all individuals involved.
After consulting with the District Attorney’s Office, authorities filed charges of criminal solicitation of murder and conspiracy to commit murder against the juvenile detainee, who remains at Long Creek.
Shamsi Abdinoor, 18, and Mahad Abdikadir, 18, both of Lewiston, have been arrested and are being held without bail at the Androscoggin County Jail.
Both face charges of criminal conspiracy, tampering with witness, informant, juror or victim, and criminal solicitation.
