Lawyer Who Exposed Bush DUI..Arrested For Waiving Gun At Traffic
By: Pam On: Nov/1/06 - Leave Your Comment
Police in South Portland, Maine, arrested Thomas Connolly, 49, of Scarborough, Maine, and charged him with criminal threatening. He was released on bail, local officials said.
Lt. Todd Bernard said the police department received calls about a man wearing Middle Eastern garb and a bin Laden mask and carrying fake dynamite standing along an interstate highway. When police arrived, they saw Connolly holding a gun.
“They ordered him to drop the weapon several times and he eventually complied,” Bernard said.
It turned out the gun was fake, Bernard said.
In a phone interview, Connolly said he’d been trying to protest a planned change in local tax rules.
“I didn’t expect to be arrested,” he said. “Obviously I touched a post-9/11 nerve.”
