ADVERTISER DEMOCRAT • July 14, 2020
Inn Town Motel manager Andrew Coombs found dozens of unwanted guests when he tried to collect payment from one of his motel customers Saturday. A total of 53 hairy spiders in plastic cases were arranged throughout the room on stands and tables. Tim Coombs of the Maine Warden Service cited Sean Schoomaker for possessing three tarantulas that are illegal to possess in Maine. The other 50 arachnids were confiscated and transported to a facility for exotic animals in Lewiston for further identification. In Maine there are only three types of tarantula that are legal to possess.