According to authorities, a state trooper opened fire at a guy in a truck as it approached the Canadian border with a notice claiming that it held a “explosive device,” according to the police.
After seeing a sign on the truck suggesting the driver had an explosive inside, a state trooper from Maine fired at the man’s truck as he continued to drive towards the Canadian border, according to authorities.
Around 10:39 a.m. on Monday near Houlton, Maine, a trooper attempted to stop the car for the first time as it was travelling north on Interstate 95. The trooper originally tried to stop the truck, but no reason was given in the statement.
“The vehicle continued northbound without stopping, and the Trooper observed a sign indicating that the operator had an explosive device on-board,” the statement read.
The truck in the end halted between the US and Canadian ports of passage, “where officers directed the driver to escape the vehicle,” police said.
The driver “moved the truck towards the Canadian Port of Passage and Corporal Eric Paquette took shots at the driver,” as per the assertion. The driver was not harmed and given up to police.
Police recognized the driver as Tony Holford, 42, from Fortune, Rhode Island. Holford was taken to the Aroostook Region Prison.
He was accused of exasperated crazy direct, threatening and inability to quit, as indicated by the articulation. CNN couldn’t decide whether Holford has a legal counselor right now.
“The Workplace of the Maine Principal legal officer and the Maine State Police are teaming up with Canadian specialists to explore the episode,” says the assertion.
CNN asked police and the Regal Canadian Mounted Police in New Brunswick assuming that an unstable was tracked down in the truck however didn’t promptly hear back.
Police say crime location experts and the Maine State Police Bomb Crew are supposed to keep exploring at the scene as the night progressed.
All paths of the Woodstock line crossing, where the occurrence occurred, were shut Monday as the examination was in progress, however resumed Monday night, the Canadian Boundary Administrations Organization’s Atlantic branch said in a tweet.
