Maine Lawyer Charged with Assaulting Activist Outside Raucous School Board Meeting

“Corn Pop” says He Was Elbowed at RSU 60 Meeting; North Berwick Man Charged After Video Review

NORTH BERWICK, Maine – A North Berwick man is facing a criminal assault charge after police say he intentionally struck Nicholas Blanchard, known on social media as “Corn Pop,” during Thursday night’s RSU 60 school committee meeting, sending Blanchard’s cellphone flying. North Berwick Police Chief Steven Peasley confirmed in a phone call Monday with The [...] The post “Corn Pop” says He Was Elbowed at RSU 60 Meeting; North Berwick Man Charged Af…

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Lawyer charged with assaulting activist outside MSAD 60 meeting

Lawyer Trevor Savage speaks with a police officer at a school board meeting in North Berwick on Jan. 8. He was charged with assaulting conservative activist Nicholas Blanchard outside the meeting. (Screenshot of video by Nicholas Blanchard.)Daniel O’Connor is a Report for America corps member who covers rural government as part of the partnership between The Maine Monitor and the Bangor Daily News, with additional support from BDN and Monitor re…

Maine lawyer charged with assaulting activist outside raucous school board meeting

A Maine trial lawyer was charged with assault after an altercation with a conservative provocateur outside a school board meeting in North Berwick on Thursday. Trevor Savage of North Berwick allegedly bumped into Augusta school board candidate Nicholas Blanchard, known by his online moniker “Corn Pop,” in a video that Blanchard posted to social media late last week. North Berwick police confirmed Savage was charged shortly after the incident and…