Insane in Maine: Shocking Video Shows Crazed Man Attempting to Kill Investigative Journalist

Bob Hoge· Oct 1, 2026 · 7:44 PM UTC ·4 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 7 views

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An investigative journalist for the Maine Wire named Joe Sokol was looking into a methadone clinic, the Bangor Comprehensive Treatment Center, and asking where the $25 million it's received in Medicaid since 2018 could have gone. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); Even though he was on public property, a man in a Jeep Compass started hassling him. The guy started rambling about how Sokol was invading people’s privacy, even though there’s obviously no expectation of “privacy” on a public street.

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▪An investigative journalist for the Maine Wire named Joe Sokol was looking into a methadone clinic, the Bangor Comprehensive Treatment Center, and asking where the $25 million it's received in Medicaid since 2018 could have gone.
▪Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); Even though he was on public property, a man in a Jeep Compass started hassling him.
▪The guy started rambling about how Sokol was invading people’s privacy, even though there’s obviously no expectation of “privacy” on a public street.

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Insane in Maine: Shocking Video Shows Crazed Man Attempting to Kill Investigative Journalist Bob Hoge Follow @Bob_Hoge_CA Oct 01, 2026 3:44 PM 3:44 PM on October 01, 2026 Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-728x90_1"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-728x90_1"]]) }); Photo: Business Wire Maine has given us some wild stories lately — remember Graham Platner? — but none are as crazy as this one. An investigative journalist for the Maine Wire named Joe Sokol was looking into a methadone clinic, the Bangor Comprehensive Treatment Center, and asking where the $25 million it's received in Medicaid since 2018 could have gone.

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