Maine police joke 'charges were dropped' against goat that chased woman
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The goat in question. (Oakland Maine Police Department)
Police in a small Maine town joked on Facebook that they were dropping the charges against a goat that chased a woman down the street over the weekend.
"You really never know what you are going to encounter when responding to a call of a woman being chased down the street,” the tongue-in-cheek post from the Oakland, Maine Police Department said.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The department added the officer tried his “freshly certified de-escalation skills,” which didn’t work on the animal Sunday.
“Despite assaulting our officer a few times the suspect was ultimately restrained. After being returned to his owner, charges were dropped.”
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}It’s not clear how the goat came to be chasing the woman down the street but apparently, there were no serious injuries.