By Gillian Graham
Staff Writer

Hours after he allegedly shot and killed two brothers, Rory Holland tied a bag of legal documents to his belt, handcuffed himself and walked backward from his South Street home, according to court documents.
Those were among new details about the events of early June 30 that emerged during a hearing Sept. 30 at York County Superior Court. Three months to the day after the shooting deaths of brothers Derek and Gage Greene in Biddeford, Holland and his attorneys asked he be released on bail until his trial.
After more than an hour of testimony, Justice Roland Cole ordered Holland remain in custody. Cole said a trial date will be decided in November after the prosecution and defense submit various motions.
Defense attorney Clifford Strike of Portland said he will submit a change of venue request by Nov. 1. Strike said the trial should be moved because extensive media coverage of the case in York and Cumberland counties will prevent Holland, of Biddeford, from having a fair trial. Strike has not decided which venue to request, but said it would be north of Portland and south of Augusta.
Holland “did not make any admissions” regarding the shootings and indicated he was afraid he would be shot by officers, according to state police Detective Mark Holmquist, who testified at the hearing. Holmquist submitted a 26-page affidavit to the court summarizing the investigation of events on late June 29 and early June 30.
Holmquist said Holland and the Greene brothers knew each other from around the South Street neighborhood. Holland and Derek Greene, 21, were involved in an altercation on May 12 when Holland allegedly grabbed Derek Greene’s groin. Derek Greene then punched Holland in the face and was charged with assault, he said. Holland was not charged in the incident. Derek Greene was under court orders to stay away from Holland.
Holmquist said Derek and Gage Greene and several friends were drinking alcohol the night of June 29 at an apartment on Williams Court. He said the group left the apartment for Alfred Street to see a man who owed Gage Greene money.
As the group headed back to Gage Greene’s apartment on Williams Court at about 1 a.m., Derek Greene crossed to the opposite side of South Street from Holland’s house, Holmquist said. He said Derek Greene told a friend, Brandon Bernardini, he crossed the street because his bail conditions required he stay away from Holland. Gage Greene, 19, continued to walk directly in front of Holland’s house, according to Holmquist.
Holmquist said Bernardini told detectives he saw a verbal confrontation between Gage Greene and Holland on the sidewalk. Bernardini told police he heard Holland say, “You better get your boy out of here,” according to the affidavit. He then saw Holland pull a gun from his waistband and shoot Gage Greene once in the chest, Holmquist said.
Biddeford Detective Elizabeth Coleman said Rory Holland shot Derek Greene as he ran toward his brother from across the street, according to the affidavit. Bernardini told police he thought Holland fired six to seven rounds during the altercation.

Kurtis White, a friend of the Greenes, also witnessed the shooting. He told police he was riding his bicycle on South Street when he saw Gage Greene push Holland, who stepped backward, according to the affidavit. White said he saw Holland pull a small black handgun from his belt area and shoot Gage Greene, according to police.
White told police he approached Gage Greene to help, but Holland pointed the gun at him and told him to back up, according to the affidavit.
Derek Greene sustained one gunshot wound to the upper chest and one gunshot to the abdomen. Gage Greene was shot once in the chest. Both brothers were dead on arrival at Southern Maine Medical Center, according to court documents.
Raymond “Tank” Moreau, a retired sheriff’s deputy, lives three doors down from Holland’s home on South Street. He testified he has known Holland for about eight years and witnessed the altercation between his neighbor and Derek Greene in May.
On the night of the shooting, Moreau said he was watching television when he heard activity outside.
“I heard several shots being fired. I made a beeline to my front window and saw a man and woman running and screaming,” he said.
Moreau said he looked down South Street and saw two people lying in the street. He ran from the building with his tenant, Stephen Dow, and checked on the two men, who he said did not appear to be breathing. While Dow performed CPR on Gage Greene, Moreau said he saw Holland standing in the doorway of his house.
“I said, ‘Rory, go back in the house and please do not come out,’” Moreau said in the affidavit. “I told him to stay in until I told him to come out.”
Moreau said Holland called him when he returned home from the crime scene. He said Holland told him “you have to come in and get me” and said people were shining lights and pointing guns at the house. Moreau told Holland he had no authority to come in and get him, but would arrange for a negotiator to call him.
Moreau said he tried to convince Holland to surrender peacefully, but Holland repeatedly said he feared Biddeford officers would shoot him. After hours of negotiations and several phone calls to Moreau, an officer threw a pair of handcuffs through an open window, he said.
Holmquist said Holland surrendered to police without further incident shortly after 6 a.m. Holland was transported to York County Jail in Alfred where, during the booking process, Holland began “sobbing uncontrollably and screaming,” according to the affidavit.
Police investigating the crime scene collected five brass 9mm shell casing scattered throughout the street in front of Holland’s house. Police also found a black Glock magazine with about 15, 9mm cartridges in a grassy area near the brick patio at the rear of the house. A black Glock 9mm pistol was found on the roof of the house, according to the affidavit.
An investigator also found a Maine criminal statute book with a bookmark placed at the subsection “culpable state of mind,” according to Holmquist.

Investigators said the inside of Holland’s home was in “disarray” with trash and food on the floors. Some of the ceilings were falling down and the house had no electricity or working plumbing, according to the affidavit.
Biddeford Code Enforcement Officer George Marquis told investigators Holland’s property did not have an occupancy permit and the house did not have running water or electricity. He said the city sent Holland a letter explaining he could not live at the house because of its poor conditions. Marquis said the code enforcement office could not prove Holland was living on the property, according to the affidavit.
Holmquist said investigators later determined Holland acquired the gun from the home of a former friend, Susan Varney. She told police her husband, who died several years ago, kept a gun in a closet. She said she hadn’t been able to find the gun since she moved from the area in 2006, according to the affidavit.
Investigators used the serial number on the Glock to confirm the gun was sold to Varney’s husband in 1992, according to Holmquist.
Holland is a convicted felon and is not allowed to possess guns. He spent two years in prison after he attempted to strangle his 15-month-old daughter while forcing her head into a toilet bowl in 1976 in Kansas. He also served a month is jail in 1984 after he was convicted of assault and unlawful restraint for choking a woman, then assaulting her with a kitchen knife and burning her hair.
Family and friends of Derek and Gage Greene declined to comment following the hearing. About two dozen people attended the hearing with Tammy Cole, Derek and Gage Greene’s mother. Many supporters are members of Go Greene, a group founded in memory of the brothers and dedicated to serving the community through various projects.

Staff Writer Gillian Graham can be reached at 282-4337, ext. 213.