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Jurors help subdue man who escaped from Maine courthouse
Crime
The man from Fairfield, Maine had escaped following a conviction of aggravated assault against a 14-month-old child.
On Wednesday, jurors stopped a convicted Maine man in handcuffs from escaping the Somerset County Courthouse in Skowhegan.
Nicholas Carter, 31, of Fairfield escaped after a jury convicted him of aggravated assault against a 14-month-old child, officials told the Portland Press Herald.
While handcuffed, Carter jumped a bar and exited the courtroom through a rear door of a second-floor courtroom, the Herald reported.
The Herald reported that he was followed by a detective and others downstairs and through a hallway as he escaped the courthouse and ran across the street. Carter tripped and fell into a yard, and two jurors who were nearby helped subdue him before a detective caught up.
Security footage shows Carter wearing a suit, descending the stairway and running down a hallway. A man tries to catch him but to no avail.
A sentencing hearing for the aggravated assault case is expected in a few weeks, the Herald reported.
The Somerset County Sheriff has yet to return a request for further information by the time of publication.
