HOULTON, Maine — The Fourth of July holiday weekend was relatively uneventful, but the Houlton Police Department did have a couple of incidents they responded to over the weekend.
According to Chief Joe McKenna, two individuals were arrested at the Houlton Agricultural Fair on Saturday, July 2, for disorderly conduct. One of those individuals had to be subdued with an electronic control device.
“Both incidents were cases of drunken disorderly,” the chief said.
Kyle Brownly, 30, of Houlton was arrested at about 7:02 p.m. when officer Travis Smith tried to escort him out of the fairgrounds for causing a disturbance. According to McKenna, Brownly became unruly and shouted obscenities at police. He refused to submit to arrest and was subdued with an electronic control device more commonly known as a taser.
He was charged with disorderly conduct, abusive words and gestures, refusing to submit to an arrest and violating the conditions of his release. Brownly was taken by police to the Aroostook County Jail.
Later that same night, at 8:34 p.m., police arrested John Anderson, 34, of North Conway, New Hampshire. Anderson had been inside the Bingo Tent when he became unruly, police said. Upon his arrest, police discovered there was a warrant for his arrest from New Hampshire.
He was taken to the Aroostook County Jail where he was charged with disorderly conduct and being a fugitive of justice. Sgt. Chuck Wampler and officer Smith investigated the incident.
Also, police are continuing to investigate an incident where three pigs that had been won during the children’s pig scramble had been harmed. According to McKenna, police were called to the fairgrounds Friday, for a report that three pigs had been left inside a vehicle unattended.
McKenna said he was unsure if the owner of the vehicle had children who won the pigs, or if they had simply purchased them from some of the winners. The pigs were left in the burlap bags used to catch them, and were then placed in the car while the owner returned to the fair, the chief said.
One of the pigs was dead, another was near death from the heat and the third had a broken leg.
McKenna said the town’s Animal Control Officer was working with the state’s Animal Welfare Agency to see what, if any, charges could be forthcoming in the matter. It remains under investigation.
