HOULTON, Maine — The town of Houlton must release within 15 days police documents, audio files and body camera footage related to a police interaction with a minor child, according to court documents.

On Monday, Superior Court Justice Patrick Larson ordered the Houlton Police Department to furnish the court with the incident report, body camera footage related to the June 6 incident, and audio recordings of the dispatch call and the officer’s arrival on scene.

Earlier this summer, Mark Lipscombe of Houlton — who is the father of the child — requested public documents from police and town officials related to the police interaction.

After what Lipscombe called two months of stonewalling and cherry-picked document production, he filed a petition for judicial review in August under Main

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