Michael Hein, left, and his attorney Scott Hess in court on Friday in the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta, where Hein faces one count of animal cruelty after he allegedly kicked a puppy on the Kennebec River Rail Trail.
Assistant District Attorney Paul Cavanaugh makes his opening argument in the Michael Hein trial on Friday in the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta.
Michael Hein, left, and his attorney Scott Hess in court on Friday at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta.
District Court Judge Eric Walker presides at Michael Hein's trial on an animal cruelty charge Friday in the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta.
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