AUGUSTA ( AP) — A former Maine legislator will serve 45 days in jail on charges of pulling a loaded gun on a stranger in the parking lot of a Waterville doughnut shop.
Former Republican state Rep. Frederick Wintle pleaded guilty on Thursday to criminal threatening.
A lawyer for the 59-year-old Wintle said the incident was a result of mental illness that Wintle was treated for shortly afterward.
He resigned from the Legislature in September.
Wintle will serve 45 days in jail starting April 17. The Kennebec Journal reports that if he avoids criminal problems and meets certain conditions during a 12-month period, he can withdraw his felony plea and plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge.
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