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Maine police chief charged with aggravated assault

Maine police chief charged with aggravated assault

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DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine (AP) Officials say a Maine police chief has been arrested for aggravated assault and criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon.

Dover-Foxcroft Police Chief Ryan Reardon was charged on a warrant issued by Piscataquis County officials.

No further information was immediately available.

The district attorney didn’t immediately return a message, and it was unknown if Reardon has an attorney.

Reardon has been Dover-Foxcroft’s Chief of Police for three years and he served as sheriff of Kennebec County before that.

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