A man who allegedly attacked people with a baseball bat and shot at an occupied vehicle Friday did so because he was tired of drug activity, court documents said.
Caleb Springer, 25, of Dixmont had his first appearance in Penobscot County Superior Court on Monday. He is charged with one felony count each of aggravated elevated assault, reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and criminal mischief. He is charged with two felony counts of aggravated assault.
Springer was arrested late Saturday night at his home. He had allegedly gone across the street to his father’s apartment because he was tired of the “drug activity” and decided to take matters into his own hands, according to a probable cause affidavit in his court file.
Inside the house he told police he hit two people with an aluminum baseball bat and fired a handgun into the ceiling. Another person fled the house, drove away and came back, at which time Springer said he shot at the car with the person inside, the affidavit said.
There was “substantial amount of blood” on the floor of the apartment in two locations when police arrived but nobody was inside, court records said. Two people were at a nearby home.
Springer hit one of the men in the head with the baseball bat, “dropping him to the floor,” the man who escaped to his car told police. That man had a broken arm and multiple cuts on his head.
The other man was hit six to eight times with full force by Springer, the affidavit said.
The man who escaped was able to use the kitchen island to keep Springer from hitting him, the told police. As he went to drive away he saw Springer raise a handgun at the car and he heard the bullet “whiz” by his head, the records said.
Police found a gunshot hole in the windshield of the car.
Springer’s father was not home when the attack happened, according to records.
Springer was given a $25,000 cash bail and he remains in the Penobscot County Jail. He told the court that he could only afford a $2,000 cash bail.