HOULTON, Maine — For the third time in less than a year, a resident has filed a complaint in Aroostook County Superior Court against the town of Houlton for allegedly violating the state’s Freedom of Access Act.

The town, the Houlton Police Department and Police Chief Tim DeLuca are named in the complaint.

Last week, Mark Lipscombe filed a petition for judicial review under Maine’s Rule 80B — challenging an action by a government agency — after the police department allegedly failed to complete his request for documents related to a police interaction with his child.

The documents did not detail the interaction to protect the child, Lipscombe said.

“Two months of stonewalling and cherry-picked document production isn’t how public agencies should operate,” Lipscombe said on Wednesday. “

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