CHAPTER 63

H.P. 694 - L.D. 984

An Act To Amend the Crime of Escape

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §755, sub-§1-D, as repealed and replaced by PL 2001, c. 667, Pt. D, §20 and affected by §36, is amended to read:

1-D. A person is guilty of escape from arrest or escape during transport following arrest if without official permission the arrested person intentionally:

A. Escapes from arrest or escapes from custody while being transported to a jail, police station or any other facility enumerated in subsection 3 pursuant to an arrest. Leaves following arrest prior to being transported, or while being transported to a jail, police station or other initial place of detention or to a courthouse when a court has ordered that the person be arrested and transported directly to court. Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; or

B. Violates paragraph A and at the time of the escape the person uses physical force against another person, threatens to use physical force or is armed with a dangerous weapon. Violation of this paragraph is a Class B crime.