Police: One-armed, machete-wielding clown arrested

KSweeley

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This Tuesday, July 25, 2017 patrol car dashboard camera image released by the Maine State Police shows a man strolling down a street in Hollis, Maine, who police said was wearing a clown mask with a machete taped to his amputated arm: https://apnews.com/9fcb0f56114d47f5...e:-One-armed,-machete-wielding-clown-arrested

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HOLLIS, Maine (AP) — A man is accused of drunkenly strolling down a Maine road wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt and a clown mask and brandishing a machete taped to where his arm had been amputated.

Maine State Police say 31-year-old Corey Berry, of Hollis, was arrested Tuesday and charged with criminal threatening. He was released after posting $200 bail.

Police say Berry was first spotted in Hollis but then fled into the woods. He was taken into custody after re-emerging in Waterboro. Police say Berry was intoxicated but cooperative. He told officers that he was copying previous clown sightings as a prank.
 
Had to look it up:


"...criminal threatening (or threatening behavior) is the crime of intentionally or knowingly putting another person in fear of bodily injury. "Threat of harm generally involves a perception of injury...physical or mental damage...act or instance of injury, or a material and detriment or loss to a person."

I don't really see how a hooded guy in a clown mask with a machete arm meets this criteria. I'd ask him if he can juggle and laugh at my own joke for hours afterward. If anything this guy was bringing a sense of joy and wonderment to the community that's so hard to find nowadays.
 
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