UPDATE:ROCKLAND — A judge denied a motion to reduce the $100,000 cash bail for Richard Ellis, 34, of Camden, who was arrested Sept. 15 for allegedly holding a woman against her will for more than a week and assaulting her multiple times.

Defense attorney Roger Hurley of Camden filed a motion Sept. 27 to amend the bail conditions for Ellis. Judge John Martin presided at a hearing Oct. 1 in Knox County Court.

The District Attorney’s Office had previously filed a motion to revoke the bail for Ellis since he was already free on bail from another domestic assault case that allegedly occurred in February.

Ellis will continue to be held at the Knox County Jail until a trial is conducted, probably not until 2022.

Hurley said by telephone Oct. 5 that his client “adamantly denies the charges.”

The attorney also said that if Ellis was released from jail he would be willing to do whatever was required to adhere to the safety of the public including home arrest, wearing an ankle bracelet, abiding by a curfew, random searches, daily reporting to police and anything else that would allow his client’s access to medical and legal appointments and employment.

Ellis is scheduled to appear in court again Nov. 18 for a dispositional conference. 

A Camden man remains in jail after he was arrested for allegedly holding a woman against her will for more than a week and assaulting her multiple times.

Richard Ellis, 34, was arrested Sept. 15 by Camden Police and charged with kidnapping, gross sexual assault, aggravated assault, criminal threatening, obstructing the report of a crime or injury and violation of a condition of release.

Ellis made his initial court appearance in Knox County Court Friday afternoon, Sept. 17, where Judge John Martin set his bail at $100,000 cash with no third party bail allowed.

The District Attorney’s Office has filed a motion to revoke his bail based on a previous domestic assault case from February.

According to the affidavit filed in Knox County Court by Camden Detective Sgt. Curt Andrick, police were notified that a woman was lying in the road around 7 a.m. Sept. 15. When police arrived at the scene, they did not locate the female who had since come to the lobby at the Camden Police Station for help.

Police reported that the victim had multiple bruises, two black eyes, scratches, several other abrasions on her face and a possible broken nose. NorthEast Mobile Health responded, treated and transported the victim to Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport.

The woman told police that the suspect had threatened to kill her while she was held against her will for over a week at a Park Street residence in Camden.

During that time, Ellis allegedly took her cell phone, car keys and glasses and assaulted her numerous times.

At the Park Street residence, several officers of the Camden and Rockport Police Departments assisted in securing the residence in anticipation of the search and arrest warrant, according to Andrick.

Andrick obtained a warrant Sept. 15 to arrest Ellis who was then transported to the Knox County Jail.

Ellis is scheduled to appear in court again Nov. 18 for a dispositional conference. 

Sarah Shepherd can be reached at news@penbaypilot.com