CARMEL, Maine — Deputies have arrested a 24-year-old transient man on assault and other charges after an incident in Carmel on Monday.
At approximately 1 a.m., Penobscot County sheriff's deputies were called to a home on Irish Road for a reported assault with a firearm, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
Once on scene, deputies reportedly found an individual who had allegedly been struck multiple times by a handgun and suffered injuries to their head and face. The individual was brought to a hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening.
After a search throughout Carmel, Exeter, and Bangor, deputies located and arrested 24-year-old Zachary Boggs.
Boggs was arrested for elevated aggravated assault (Class A felony) and six counts of violation of conditional release (Class E misdemeanor), deputies said. He was brought to the Penobscot County Jail.
"At the time, Boggs has been released on 6 separate sets of active bail conditions," deputies said.
The investigation remains ongoing.
