Man is accused of posing as elderly man and attacking lawyer with electrified cane
A former child-custody litigant is accused of posing as an elderly man and using a cane with a built-in shocking device last Thursday to assault a Maine lawyer involved in his case.
Christopher Hall, 48, of Waterboro, is accused of attacking the female lawyer as she got out of her car in Arundel Thursday evening, report the Portland Press Herald, the Bangor Daily News and WCSH6. Police initially said Hall used a cattle prod on the lawyer, but investigators examining the device said it was a cane sold to seniors for their protection.
The lawyer is a mediator who had worked on a child custody case that involved Hall.
Police said Hall shocked the lawyer on her thighs and put his hand to her mouth. She fought back, knocking off a wig that Hall was wearing, police said. The assailant jumped into the passenger seat of a van that left the scene. The lawyer was taken to a hospital where she was treated and released.
York County Sheriff William King Jr., told the Press Herald that the lawyer’s response to the attack may have surprised the assailant. “I don’t think he expected her to fight back as much as she did,” he said.
