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BRUNSWICK — A Brunswick man was arrested Saturday after allegedly swinging a hatchet at another man during a fight in a Walmart parking lot.

Robert W. McKenney Jr., 24, was charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, and violating conditions of release and is currently being held at Cumberland County Jail.

Robert W. McKenney Jr.

Officers responded to the scene at approximately 12:15 p.m., for a report of a fight in progress with one participant armed. When officers arrived, McKenney had fled on foot, said police. The hatchet was left behind. The victim, age 22 and also a Brunswick resident, was not injured but his pants were ripped from a swing of the hatchet, police reported.

McKenney was apprehended in a nearby neighborhood and arrested without incident at approximately 1:15 p.m. Brunswick police were assisted by Topsham Police Department and two Cumberland County Sheriff’s deputies, who set up a perimeter while Brunswick’s K-9 Team began a tracking operation.

This story will be updated.

Steve Craig reports primarily about Maine’s active high school sports scene and, more recently, the Portland Hearts of Pine men's professional soccer team. His first newspaper job was covering Maine...