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State Chapters => State Politics/Government => Topic started by: Elderberry on March 31, 2020, 12:56:55 am
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CNN by Alaa Elassar 3/30/2020
A Maine man said armed neighbors descended on his home and chopped down a tree to block his road and prevent him from leaving because they believed he may have coronavirus.
"While investigating the downed tree, a neighbor started yelling at him and a group of people showed up and began to gather around. Believing the group may be there to harm him, (he) fled to his residence and told his roommates what he had found," the sheriff's office said on Facebook.
The three roommates stayed in the home, where they used a VHF radio to contact the Coast Guard for assistance and a drone to monitor the group's activity, the sheriff's office said. Vinalhaven is an island town.
Officers learned that some residents believed the roommates needed to be quarantined. None of the roommates, who were from New Jersey and were renting a home in Vinalhaven while working a construction job since September, showed symptoms consistent with Covid-19, deputies said.
The residents had been on the island for nearly a month before the incident took place.
More: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/29/us/maine-coronavirus-forced-quarantine-trnd/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/29/us/maine-coronavirus-forced-quarantine-trnd/index.html)
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Remarkable that the incident did not end in bloodshed.