Man Kills Neighbour With Machete After Six Pack Of Beer Stolen

Story out of Limington, Maine:

A Limington man ended a long-running dispute with his neighbor by killing him with a machete and then covering his body with rotting deer carcasses, police said.

Bruce Akers, 57, appeared briefly in York County Superior Court in Alfred on a charge of murder Monday. He entered the courtroom flanked by his attorneys, his head down, and was ordered held without bail, which is common in murder cases.

A affidavit by Maine State Police Detective Corey Pike described the grisly attack Akers allegedly carried out on his neighbor, Douglas Flint, over the weekend.

The detective wrote that Akers and Flint, who lived next to each other on Ossipee Trail, had previous run-ins, including incidents in which Akers trespassed on Flint’s property and in one instance, bathed in Flint’s pool.

Akers first called the York County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday because he believed Flint had stolen a six-pack of beer from him, along with other items. Cont.

Story from - Portland Press Herald
Image from - Marcelo Braga - Flickr
cc 2.0