by Jonathon Van Maren, The Bridgehead
A bombshell report from the Sun Journal on March 4 revealed yet another transgender-identifying male predator terrorizing vulnerable female inmates in a women’s prison – this time, in Maine.
Andrew Balcer is, according to prison records, over six feet tall and 310 pounds. The Sun Journal refers to him as “she.” He is not female. In 2016, the then-17-year-old stabbed his mother Alice nine times in the back with a hunting knife and then used the bloody weapon to kill his father Antonio and the family chihuahua, as well. His older brother escaped.
Balcer then called the police and, with laughter, told them what he’d done. He pled guilty in September 2018 but claimed that he had murdered his parents because they would not support his “gender identity change,” a claim his brother disputes, saying that their parents would have supported him. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
“It was not clear when Balcer was moved from the Maine State Prison at Warren to the women’s section at Windham,” the Sun Journal reported. “The inmates there said Balcer has been with them for at least a year.” What is clear is that the female inmates are now locked behind bars with a predator, and that he is taking full advantage of his new circumstances. He now identifies as a “woman” named Andrea.
Since arriving at the prison, female inmates have reported that Balcer has “cornered” women; that he has groped them, “forcibly kissed” them, and that they have faced offers from Balcer “to impregnate them.” At least six, but “perhaps as many as 11,” women have complained about Balcer since his arrival, but aside from Balcer being occasionally segregated during investigations under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, nothing has been done.