WILTON – A physical altercation that allegedly occurred yesterday afternoon ended with an arrest and a hospitalization, according to Wilton Police Chief Heidi Wilcox.
The call from Comfort Inn on Route 2 came in about 3:13 p.m. on Sept. 21, bringing officers from the Wilton and Farmington Police Departments as well as the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. According to Wilcox, two men working for Rumford Paper Mill were fighting in the parking lot in front of the hotel. The men were working a shut down detail for the mill.
The physical fight escalated, resulting in the stabbing of a 55-year-old Alabama resident, Wilcox said. He was transported to Franklin Memorial Hospital by NorthStar Ambulance and was treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Another Alabama resident, Emmett Brown, 43, was arrested for aggravated assault, a Class B felony.
There were no other injuries according to the report.
What type of knife was used… Possible knife registration should be considered… with a waiting period before purchase..
@Glen- Really? Knife registration? Because of 2 men not even residents of Maine getting in an altercation? “Oh i am sorry I invited you for steak for dinner but i need you all to fill out these forms and wait a period before you can use the knife to cut it”….Come on get real people!!!
I’m fairly certain (I could be wrong) that Glen’s comment was satirical in nature. Every time there is an incident with a gun, the first thing that gets batted around in the headlines is more laws about gun registrations and waiting periods.
Really?…. well, well… Possibly consider registration for non-residents… or, grind the steak and give em hamburgers…
Fortunately neither man was carrying a gun. If that had been the case, one of these fellows might be dead.
“History Buff”….same could be said about a knife!!