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Former Maine official found not responsible for comfort dog’s death in hot car

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AUGUSTA, ME – SEPTEMBER 20: Brodie Hinckley, the Maine Bureau of Emergency Communications Director, stands with Baxter at a press availability Tuesday September 20, 2022 at the Department of Public Safety s in Augusta.(Staff photo by Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer) " data-image-caption=" Comfort dog Baxter appears at a September 2022 press event at the Department of Public Safety building in Augusta. Baxter’s former handler, Brodie Hinckley, was found not responsible Friday for the dog’s 2025 death in a hot car. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer) " data-large-file="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/09/2473910_20220920_BAXTER_6807-1663710481.jpg?w=780" /> Brodie Hinckley resigned as director of the Maine Bureau of Emergency Communications last year after he was charged with animal cruelty in the death of 3-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever Baxter.

First report: Judge finds former state worker not responsible for dog’s death in hot car — bangordailynews.com, 3d