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Maddies Wench
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 Posted: 10/09/03 - 08:25 Post subject: Organized Crime has nothing on us.
Lobstermen's turf war turns ugly on island
ROCKLAND — A feud that resulted in a family cat being killed, four men being arrested and one of them evading deputies by diving into a harbor  began as a dispute among Vinalhaven lobstermen over turf, according to a police affidavit. Ira Warren, who lives on Vinalhaven, told investigators that someone shot his cat 15 times to try to scare his family "out of the water." Fifteen times.
Since Sept. 27, there have been four arrests in connection with the dispute and an extensive search by land, sea and even beneath the water, when a man charged in the brouhaha bolted from authorities near the ferry landing. Only we can use brouhaha seriously. It sounds dumb when anyone else does. Wait...it sounds dumb when we do too. 
Warren, 39, and his father, Charles Warren, 56, were charged on Sept. 27 with aggravated assault, criminal mischief and terrorizing.
They're accused of attacking the man they believed to be responsible for the cat killing, David Warren, 24, along with another man. It was not immediately known if David Warren is related to his alleged attackers. On Vinalhaven? Are you kidding me? Everyone's related. duh..
After rumors of retaliation circled the island, a Knox County sheriff's lieutenant arrested David Warren and Joshua Anthony, 22, on charges of terrorizing the Warren family.
While Anthony was not the other alleged victim of the beating, deputies believe he later became involved.
This is the part that kills me
On Oct. 1, Anthony escaped while under arrest and waiting on Vinalhaven for a Maine Marine Patrol boat to take him to jail on the mainland.
Anthony was seen swimming toward a piling in Carver's Harbor before he disappeared. The Maine Marine Patrol and U.S. Coast Guard couldn't find him, and divers were brought in to look for his body.
Anthony turned himself in a day later. He was held on a probation violation, then released Tuesday on bond.
Feuds over ocean territory have been part of lobstering for decades. Maine lobstermen have been known to cut trap lines and, on occasion, even ram other boats or brandish guns.
So next time you have lobster, consider the bloodshed. 
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