HOULTON, Maine — The Aroostook County grand jury has indicted Houlton’s former town manager on two felony counts and one misdemeanor related to an alleged domestic violence assault of a dating partner.
Cameron Clark was arrested and jailed on Sept. 25, 2025, for Class B tampering with a victim and Class D domestic violence assault. He has been indicted on those counts, plus a third charge, Class C criminal obstructing prosecution.
Court records obtained by the Bangor Daily News reveal that Clark has waived his scheduled Feb. 3 arraignment in Houlton Criminal Court. He instead filed a written “not guilty” plea to all three charges, according to court documents.
If convicted on all charges, Clark could serve up to 16 years in Maine State Prison and pay $27,000 in fines.
On Dec. 18, 2025, 10 days after the Houlton Town Council voted to terminate Clark’s contract, the grand jury handed down the three-count indictment that included the additional Class C charge of obstructing a criminal prosecution.
According to the grand jury, Clark used force, violence or intimidation, or promised, offered or gave financial compensation to a dating partner to keep her from continuing with a criminal prosecution, court documents revealed.
A 24-page police affidavit obtained by the Bangor Daily News in September alleges that on Sept. 12 Clark repeatedly shoved a woman he had invited to his home with both hands backward off his porch and into the bushes.
“It was forceful enough of a push that my shoes and glasses went flying off,” the victim said in a written statement to Aroostook County Sheriff’s Deputy Benjamin Boutilier. “After landing on the ground, it took me several minutes to get up. It had knocked the wind out of me.”
The victim and another witness told police that she had injured her tailbone, making it difficult to walk the following day, as well as bruising on her buttocks which former Chief Deputy Sheriff Erica Pelletier photographed, the police report said.
According to Pelletier’s report, there were multiple bruises to the right of a very large purple bruise.
Boutilier obtained an arrest warrant following a lengthy investigation that included in-person interviews with the victim, two witnesses and Clark, as well as reports from the Houlton Police Department and search warrants for Clark’s property and Snapchat conversations between Clark and the victim following the alleged incident.
The victim told investigators that Clark threatened to ruin her and she would never get another job in town if she reported it, the affidavit revealed.
Clark was appointed town manager in 2025 after Jeremy Smith unexpectedly resigned from the role. He was initially appointed interim town manager and promoted in April 2025.
In the aftermath of Clark’s arrest, the town council initially decided to stand by him, keeping him on the job. But the resultant community unrest reached a boiling point amid calls by the community and the president of the Maine Town, City & County Management Association to place him on administrative leave.
He was placed on administrative leave on Oct. 10 and terminated on Dec. 8, 2025.
During his short tenure, this Aroostook County town of 6,000 came under fire in several ways, including from residents concerned about the town’s controversial surveillance camera system and multiple legal filings against the town regarding alleged Freedom of Access Act violations that led to the town depleting its annual legal budget.
But the public unrest after his arrest deepened a divide among residents and town officials.
Three municipal departments declared they had lost confidence in the town manager and the council; a group of citizens took steps to oust leaders from their seats; and councilors Jon McLaughlin and Alexis Brown resigned because they did not agree with the decision to keep Clark on the job.
In his written plea, Clark also entered a denial and rejection of any state counts alleging that a forfeiture of his assets is appropriate in this case.
He remains out on bail. According to the conditions of his release, he remains under daily Department of Corrections supervision.
A hearing on the case is scheduled for Feb. 10 in Houlton criminal court.
