Maine News Updates

A knife-wielding man dressed as a jail inmate for Halloween won’t need the costume any more.

The man was charged with elevated aggravated assault after being arrested in Biddeford.

Police were called to 356 Main St. at 1:30 a.m. Sunday for a report of a man in an inmate’s costume slashing tires. Police eventually learned that tires on eight vehicles had been cut.

Police arrived and started chasing a suspect, but stopped when they discovered another man bleeding from a wound. The man said he had been stabbed by someone in an inmate costume.

The victim was a 26-year-old man who lives in the area, police said. He was taken to Maine Medical Center where he was treated for injuries that were not considered life-threatening.

Saco police, who responded to help in the search for the suspect, stopped a man matching the description on Spruce Street near the Saco-Biddeford line.

An Old Orchard Beach police canine team arrived and tracked from the location of the stabbing to Spruce Street where the Saco officers were holding David M. LeClair, right, 29, of Buxton, still in his costume.

LeClair has been taken to York County Jail, given a new outfit, and was being held pending an initial court appearance.

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