Red paint and graffiti found outside Collins’s Biddeford office

Red paint was poured outside Sen. Susan Collins’s Biddeford office and the words “blood on her hands” were written on the sidewalk Monday night, shortly before Election Day. Biddeford police received a report shortly before 11 p.m. and are investigating, according to police and Collins’s campaign. The vandalism targeted the entrance to Collins’s federal constituent service office. Photographs released by her campaign showed red paint on the sidewalk and the message outside the building. The paint had been washed away by Tuesday morning, according to one report. Katie Brown, Collins’s chief of staff, called the incident the second attempt to intimidate the senator and her staff at the Biddeford office. Brown said employees remained at work. Collins said on Election Day that the office was open and doing business, and that staff would not be intimidated. No suspect has been identified, and authorities have not established a motive or announced arrests in connection with the latest vandalism. A campaign spokesman said Tuesday that the motive was not known. Police are investigating the incident. The office was also defaced in September, when red paint was used to spray-paint a...