Maine sheriff investigating claim that armed men cut down tree to force neighbor's quarantine

Early cases of COVID-19 are believed to be linked to a live-animal market in Wuhan, China.

Police in Maine are investigating an alleged incident in which armed residents used a tree to block a man's driveway in order to quarantine him and his roommates from theThe man, who is renting the house in the town of Vinalhaven in the Fox Islands, left the house to check on a severed cable line Friday afternoon and discovered that a tree was blocking his path, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office said.

Several people with guns allegedly approached the resident and yelled at him, according to the sheriff’s office. The man ran back into the home and he and his roommates used a VHF radio, their only means of communication, to contact authorities, the sheriff’s office said.A boater motors past lobster boats moored off North Haven, Maine, Monday, March 16, 2020.“Several law enforcement entities arrived in the area and found the felled tree but no group of people,” the sheriff’s office said in. “It was apparent that the tree had been cut down and dragged into the roadway to block it.

The town has an order that mandates that anyone who came onto the island recently had to self-isolate. However the man said that he and his two roommates arrived last month, before the cutoff point for the order.

the people never had the virus what happens when the news lies about the virus, This is panic

Holy hell!

People are getting fed up because stubborn people who should be on quarantine just don't get it.

This kind of behavior is the reason Gun Shops have been so busy!!

Hahaha this story.

Are they INSANE?!

Great. People with guns vandalizing property and jailing people in their own homes.

cc ben_hr — for your list?

TreeRegulation seriously needed!

Good for the citizens protecting themselves!

Well it's started. Vigilantes.

Allegedly is the key word Facts or Fake News

Certain people seem to have no problem putting others at risk. Looks like the community wasn’t putting up with their crap.

Wonder if the MSM bears any responsibility for fomenting panic?

Hahaha, that's one way of getting it done

Sounds like Maine Or Deliverance

If they had any sense they would of just kept their behinds inside. I wonder if the tree surface was in contact with the virus.

7NY Only in Maine

Imagine what would happen if a real killer pandemic comes along.

Just like in China. I'm certain we'll see much more of this in the US, and it'll be entire towns blocking access to non residents etc

People are losing it!

Wow ufpajenn

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