Maine State Police are seeking help finding a man who escaped custody in Otisfield on Tuesday afternoon while handcuffed, according to a news release from Maine Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland.
Maxx Noble, 27, is described as being 6 feet tall and 180 pounds. He has multiple tattoos, including on his face, neck and arms. He last was seen wearing a blue jacket, a hooded sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and white socks.
State Troopers Adam Fillebrown and Jason Wing went to a home on Ahonen Road in Otisfield looking for Noble, who faces felony charges after an investigation by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and state police, according to the release. The troopers took Noble into custody and put him in Wing’s cruiser.
“While the two troopers were inside a residence, Noble was able to unbuckle his seat belt, unlock the cruiser door and fled into nearby woods, still in handcuffs and wearing only socks on his feet,” McCausland said in the release.
Anyone with information on Noble’s whereabouts is asked to call Maine State Police in Gray at 657-3030 or the Oxford County Sheriff’s Department at 743-9554.
Noble is considered desperate, and police are urging the public to avoid contact with him.