ALFRED — A 48-yearold Waterboro man who allegedly assaulted an attorney who works as a court mediator with a cattle prod early Thursday evening is scheduled to make an initial court appearance Tuesday on attempted kidnapping and assault charges

Christopher Hall remained at York County Jail this morning, held on $10,000 cash bail for a Class B felony attempted kidnapping charge and $5,000 cash bail for the Class C felony assault charge. He was arrested Friday evening, about 24 hours after the crime was reported.

York County Sheriff Bill King said the incident took place outside a home on Irving Road in Arundel where the woman, an attorney who serves as a professional mediator and is often contracted by the Maine Judicial Branch, had a scheduled meeting with a potential female client.

As the victim was exiting her vehicle, King said a man wearing a wig as a disguise assaulted her.

“The woman believed she was ‘shocked’ by the man who placed a cattle prod between her legs, coming in contact with her upper, inner thighs,” King wrote in a prepared statement. “The man placed his hands over her mouth to stifle her screams and she fought the man, knocking off his wig. The man retreated into a waiting vehicle and fled.”

The distraught victim fled to a Lyman convenience store and called the sheriff ’s office. King said she was then transported to hospital, where she was treated and later released.

The investigation eventually led police to Hall, whom the victim had encountered in her capacity as an attorney several years ago during a child custody dispute before the courts.

Hall was unhappy with the outcome of the case and, King said, allegedly threatened several people.

Deputies recovered the wig, cattle prod and other evidence of the crime.

Hall faces a maximum of 15 years in prison if convicted – 10 years on the attempted kidnapping charge and five years on the assault charge.

— Senior Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 324-4444 (local call in Sanford) or 282-1535, ext. 327 or [email protected].