SOUTH PARIS — A Connecticut man accused of fatally stabbing a fellow carnival worker in Fryeburg in September was charged with murder Friday.

Carlos Negron Oxford County Sheriff’s Office photo

An Oxford County grand jury indicted Carlos A. Negron, 46, of knowing or intentional murder of Anderson Gomes, 31, a charge punishable by 25 years to life in prison.

Negron also is charged with manslaughter, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of up to 30 years in prison.

Both men had worked at a carnival at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds that had been in operation during the Fryeburg Fair a week earlier.

According to investigators, witnesses said Gomes had been upset about not getting a ride back to Connecticut from the fairgrounds with other fair workers on Oct. 13.

Witnesses told Maine State Police that Gomes had been drinking and had become belligerent.

One witness said she heard Gomes had punched a man in the face. That witness said she then saw Gomes on top of the man. After someone pulled Gomes off the man, he continued to behave in a belligerent and confrontational manner when Negron came from behind a trailer and appeared to punch Gomes, the witness said.

A witness heard Negron tell Gomes: “Don’t f— with my family,” according to a police affidavit.

That same witness then heard Gomes’ girlfriend yell that he had been stabbed. Gomes “continued to walk around in a belligerent, argumentative manner,” then sat down on the steps of a camper, the witness told investigators.

A witness told police she’d heard Gomes had been unhappy that his girlfriend had been flirting with Negron.

When interviewed, Negron said he’d been drinking that night with Gomes, who left and returned later with “an attitude.”

The two started throwing punches that missed each other.

Negron told investigators “he does not remember stabbing Andy and that it was a blur.”

He said he kept his knife inside a black pouch clipped to his pants. He told investigators he left the scene of the fight and threw the knife into a field.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined the cause of Gomes’ death was due to multiple sharp force wounds and ruled his death a homicide.

Negron is being held without bail pending trial.