Newport, Maine

State Police have charged a Newport man with the death of his wife inside their home at 16 North Street in Newport.  State Police Detectives were called  by Newport Police after they were called to the home as a result of a 911 call at 10 AM .  Dead is 37 year old Anielka Allen and under arrest and charged with murder is her husband -- 40 year old Frederick Allen.  State Police say this was a domestic violence homicide .  
Detectives and Evidence Technicians have been at the home all day and were expected to continue work at the home on Friday.  Allen was arrested  late Thursday afternoon and taken to the Penobscot County Jail.  He is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.   The couple have been living at the home since 2012.  The body of Mrs. Allen was transported to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Augusta where an autopsy is scheduled Friday.  This is the state's first homicide in 2020.