Man dies after dispute over rental property

By Dawn Gagnon
BDN Staff

GREENVILLE— A local man who died Saturday night had been involved in physical altercation reportedly over rental property, according to Maine State Police.

The man who died Saturday evening was identified as George Bradford Woodbury III, who was called “Brad,” 32, of Greenville, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said Sunday afternoon in a news release.

Police were called to a camp off Burnt Jacket Road, near Beaver Cove, about 7 p.m. Saturday after a report of a physical altercation between two people there, according to McCausland.

Upon their arrival, police determined that Woodbury was in need of medical attention and emergency medical personnel were summoned, he said. Woodbury was not responsive, and he never regained consciousness.

McCausland said it appears that the physical altercation was over a dispute involving rental property. He said state police detectives were at the scene Saturday night and Sunday morning collecting evidence and conducting interviews.

“This is still an active investigation and members of the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit have been working on the case throughout the night,” McCausland said. “We also have members of our Evidence Response Team on scene.”

The Greenville Police Department and the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office assisted state police at the scene.

No charges have been filed and no arrest had been made as of Sunday afternoon, McCausland said, adding that there is no threat to the public.

The Maine attorney general’s office will review the results of the investigation once it has been completed to determine if charges will be filed, McCausland said. Police have declined to release the names of anyone else involved in the incident.

Woodbury’s body was taken to the state medical examiner’s office in Augusta, where an autopsy was scheduled for Monday, McCausland said.