HALLOWELL, Maine - The chief of the Maine Capitol Police is facing several misdemeanor charges after he was involved in an altercation at a Hallowell pub and accused of assaulting a police officer who responded to the scene.

Capitol Police Chief Matthew Clancy was charged with assault, refusing to submit to arrest and disorderly conduct in connection with the incident, according to Hallowell police Chief Chris Giles.

Giles said Clancy got into an altercation inside The Quarry Tap Room on Water Street at about 11:45 p.m. Friday.

The head of security for The Quarry Tap Room, Rob McGee, told Maine’s Total Coverage that Clancy was taking pictures of people inside the pub. A fellow patron told Clancy to stop taking pictures and when he did not stop, the patron grabbed Clancy’s phone out of

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