Goodrich Charged With Murder

BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- After several hours of questioning, State Police say they have charged Perley Goodrich, Jr. with murder in the shooting death of his father late Sunday night.

He is scheduled to make his first court appearance this afternoon in Penobscot County Superior Court.

Goodrich was captured early this morning, ending a four day search for the Newport man. Goodrich was taken into custody inside the restaurant of the Irving Station in Newport after a waitress recognized him and called police.

Two Newport police officers, Alan Graves and Steve Morrell, took him into custody about 12:45 a.m. as he was sitting at a table drinking a cup of coffee. Goodrich was the only customer in the restaurant at the time and offered no resistance. He was not armed.

The Newport officers handcuffed Goodrich and placed him in their cruiser while they waited for a State Trooper and a Penobscot County Deputy to arrive to transport him to the State Police detective's offices in Bangor for questioning.

Goodrich is being held at the Penobscot County Jail.

The Irving Station is about five miles from Goodrich's Rutland Road home in Newport, which was the site of the shooting and the severe beating of his mother, late Sunday night.