A MEMBER of the Maine State Police Tactical Team gets ready to join a group of fellow officers at a standoff situation at the Verso paper mill Wednesday in Jay. State police say a hostage was released from the western Maine paper mill after being held for several hours inside the mill’s administration building.
He was charged with kidnapping and causing a police standoff and was taken to the Franklin County jail.
Police say Smith was armed with a shotgun when he went to the Verso Paper Androscoggin Mill’s administration building at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. He kept the mill’s manager hostage for more than six hours before releasing him at about 3:30 p.m.
POLICE CLOSE access to the Verso paper mill as they respond to a standoff situation at the mill’s administration building on Wednesday in Jay. At right, log and wood chip truck drivers walk along Riley Road while lined up outside the mill waiting to be allowed entry. It took 10 hours before 49-year-old Frank Smith surrendered to police.
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