CARTHAGE — A local man is accused of threatening another man with a BB gun last week at a West Side Road residence in Carthage.
Spencer Knox Franklin County Detention Center Photo
Maine State Police Trooper Andrew Hardy arrested Spencer C. Knox, 26, of Carthage on a charge of terrorizing. After review of the charge by the District Attorney’s Office, it was changed to criminal threatening. He is being held on a probation violation.
Knox pleaded guilty in March 2018 in Franklin County Superior Court in Farmington to arson and violation of release for a connected case. He was sentenced to serve 20 months of a five-year sentence, followed by four years probation for burning his father’s truck in December 2017. A second charge of arson and charges of aggravated criminal mischief and tampering with a witness, informant, juror or victim were dismissed in a plea agreement.
He is still on probation for that case.
Hardy responded Jan. 27 to a report of an armed robbery in Carthage and met with a man who alleged Knox robbed him. Illegal drugs and a conflict over a woman were involved in the case, according to Hardy’s affidavit filed with a Farmington court.
Several state troopers and Franklin County deputies surrounded a residence in Carthage and Knox came out without incident and was questioned. The BB was found under a blanket on the couch. Initially, the BB gun was thought to be a handgun, according to the affidavit.
Knox was arrested and taken to the Franklin County Detention Center in Farmington.
On Friday, Knox pleaded not guilty to the threatening charge. AÂ judge set bail at $500 cash or personal recognizance and a supervision agreement. A probation hold was still in place.
On Monday, Knox denied violating probation. A judge set bail on the probation violation at personal recognizance and a supervised agreement. He was released from jail Monday.
A conviction on a threatening charge carries up to 364 days in prison and a maximum $2,000 fine.
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