Crime & Safety
Man Arrested Outside Middle River Polling Site
The man, who identified himself as a reporter, was allegedly harassing campaign workers and election officials at Middle River Middle School.
A man claiming to be a reporter was arrested outside after election workers and campaigners outside the polling place said he was harrassing them.
Police arrested the man, whose business card identified him as Jason Boisvert, around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday after he refused to stop following various campaign workers with his video camera.
Election workers inside the school told Patch that Boisvert, who posts political videos on his YouTube site, DarkTechObserver, was warned several hours earier not to shoot video inside the polls, which is not allowed under state law. However, workers say he allegedly continued to try and shoot video inside the polling site from just outside the school.
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Boisvert then returned to the school around 6 p.m. and began following voters and campaign workers around with his camera. Police were called back to the school and he was arrested.
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