Maine Game Wardens on Wednesday night arrested a Waterboro man for allegedly dragging a landowner who tried to stop his ATV.
Devin Lafrance, 21, was charged with aggravated assault, reckless operation of an ATV, and failing to stop and identify for a landowner, according to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
The incident happened on June 2 at about 8:30 p.m. The landowner watched a man in an orange shirt speeding in a side-by-side ATV across his Pequawket Lake Road property, the Maine DIF&W said at the time.
When the ATV returned a short time later, the landowner stopped the driver and told him that he needed to slow down. But when the landowner tried to take a picture of the ATV and its registration, the driver accelerated, hitting the landowner and then dragging him 75 feet before getting away, the department said.
The landowner was taken to the hospital for the treatment of abrasions and contusions.
After his arrest, Lafrance was booked at York County Jail and later released, according to Maine DIF&W.
Lafrance’s arrest was the result of multiple tips reported to the Maine Warden Service and considerable video and trail camera footage, according to the department, which said that none of the tips were conclusive, but they gave investigators insights and helped identify the make and model of the ATV.
Lafrance was booked at York County Jail and later released.
