Garland (Maine)lawmaker barred from State House after gun incident was exhibiting “erratic behavior”

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Source: BDN

WATERVILLE, Maine — Maine’s House speaker took steps Sunday to bar a Garland legislator from the State House after the first-term Republican was arrested Saturday for allegedly pointing a gun at a man in the Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot.

Rep. Frederick L. Wintle, whose “erratic behavior” was brought to the attention of Capital Police last week, was arrested at gunpoint Saturday after he allegedly pulled a .22-caliber pistol from his waistband and pointed it at Michael Seamans of Sidney, a newspaper photographer for the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, outside the coffee shop on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

Wintle was arrested and charged with carrying a concealed weapon and with a felony charge of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, Deputy Chief Charles Rumsey of the Waterville Police Department said Saturday. Wintle was taken to the Kennebec County Jail where bail was set at $3,500 cash. He had not posted bail as of Sunday and is scheduled to make his initial appearance on the charges at 1 p.m. Monday, May 23, at Augusta Superior Court.

Read more: http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/05/21/politics/garland-legislator-arrested-in-waterville-on-charge-of-criminal-threatening/

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