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LR 1169
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §15, sub-§1, ķA, as amended by PL 1999, c. 644, §1,
is further amended to read:

 
A. Any person who the officer has probable cause to believe
has committed or is committing:

 
(1) Murder;

 
(2) Any Class A, Class B or Class C crime;

 
(3) Assault while hunting;

 
(4) Any offense defined in chapter 45;

 
(5) Assault, criminal threatening, terrorizing or
stalking, if the officer reasonably believes that the
person may cause injury to others unless immediately
arrested;

 
(5-A) Assault, criminal threatening, terrorizing,
stalking, criminal mischief, obstructing the report of
a crime or injury or reckless conduct if the officer
reasonably believes that the person and the victim are
family or household members, as defined in Title 15,
section 321;

 
(6) Theft as defined in section 357, when the value of
the services is $2,000 $500 or less if the officer
reasonably believes that the person will not be
apprehended unless immediately arrested;

 
(7) Forgery, if the officer reasonably believes that
the person will not be apprehended unless immediately
arrested;

 
(8) Negotiating a worthless instrument if the officer
reasonably believes that the person will not be
apprehended unless immediately arrested;

 
(9) A violation of a condition of probation when
requested by a probation officer or juvenile
caseworker;

 
(10) Violation of a condition of release in violation
of Title 15, section 1026, subsection 3; Title 15,
section 1027, subsection 3; Title 15, section 1051,
subsection 2; and Title 15, section 1092;


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