FARMINGTON – A Jay man accused of shooting at police officers last week entered no plea Tuesday in 12th District Court to charges of aggravated attempted murder and reckless conduct.
The charges were filed Monday night as William C. Burhoe, 51, of 309 Macomber Hill Road, was released from Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, where he had been treated for a gunshot wound to the upper leg, said Stephen McCausland, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Burhoe was arrested by state police Detectives Richard Fowler and Christopher Harriman.
Burhoe is being held at the Franklin County Detention Center. Bail was set at $300,000 cash bond or $600,000 surety, said Franklin County’s assistant district attorney, Jim Andrews.
Burhoe was shot at his home by a state trooper responding to a domestic disturbance Tuesday, June 6.
Burhoe was fighting with his adult son, who was visiting him, McCausland said.
When Jay police and officers from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department went to Burhoe’s home, they believed he was armed, McCausland said. State police were called. Burhoe had a rifle, and when he began firing at police, state Trooper Randall Keaten returned fire, striking Burhoe in the leg, McCausland said.
“He fired a firearm at a police officer after the police officer announced himself,” Andrews said. The facts warranted the aggravated attempted murder charge, he said.
Keaten remains on administrative leave with pay, as required in police shootings, while the Maine Office of the Attorney General investigates.
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