Maine’s left-wing Attorney General Aaron Frey announced on Wednesday that he has filed a civil complaint against a couple from Bath, Maine, who allegedly engaged in racial harassment of their black neighbors.

The civil complaint has been filed against perpetrators Andrew Pinkham, age 44, and Ranada Pinkham, age 43, under Maine’s Civil Rights Act, and AG Frey is requesting that the court ban the Pinkhams from having any contact with the alleged victims.

The alleged victims are a black family from the Democratic Republic of Congo who moved into an apartment next to the Pinkhams in April.

Frey’s statement does not name any of the victims and gives no additional information on their situation.

According to the complaint, the Pinkhams allegedly used racial slurs to refer to the Congolese family.

“I don’t want dirty [racial slurs] living near us,” the Pinkhams said, according to the report.

“I’ll tell you what, I can’t wait for the [racial slurs] to come out,” said Ranada Pinkham in a video recorded on a cell phone.

Frey’s announcement did not, however, make it clear whether the statements were directly addressed to the family or were simply made about them.

The complaint also alleges that the Pinkhams would bang on the walls adjoining their neighbor’s apartment at all hours and that their hostile behavior left the Congolese children afraid to play outside.

According to Frey, the Pinkhams acted in violation of a new part of the Maine Civil Rights Act, which was added in 2023, and which prohibits “engaging in conduct that would cause a reasonable person to suffer serious emotional distress,” if that conduct is directed based on race or other protected characteristics.