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A man dressed as a tree was arrested Monday afternoon in downtown Portland and charged with obstructing a public way. 
  
 Assistant Police Chief Vern Malloch said Asher A. Woodworth, 30, of Portland, who was standing in traffic at High and Congress streets, was arrested by officers after refusing orders to leave the congested intersection. 
  
 Asher Woodworth Courtesy Cumberland County Sheriff's Office 
  
 Woodworth was taken to the Cumberland County Jail, where bail was set at $60 cash. He was released Monday night after making bail. 
  
 Obstructing a public way is a Class E misdemeanor. 
  
 Attempts to reach Woodworth were unsuccessful. He declined to be interviewed while he was still at the jail, and he also did not respond to an email request for an interview. 
  
 “His motivation was to see how people would react to what he called his ‘performance’ and how he might impact ‘people’s natural choreography,’ ” Malloch said in an email. Malloch said Woodworth made the comments about his motives as he was being booked at the jail by Portland officers. 
  
 Malloch said Woodworth went to Congress Square wearing what appeared to be branches from an evergreen tree. 
  
 “It happens from time to time,” Malloch said of Woodworth’s performance in the heart of Portland’s arts district. “People do bizarre things because they want to get arrested. We’re still not sure if he was trying to make a statement.” 
  
 Police have arrested a man dressed as tree for blocking traffic on Congress Street…as God is my witness. pic.twitter.com/VUFQY6Vyv0 — TVTEDDY (@TVTEDDY) October 24, 2016 
  
 Malloch said Woodworth was not holding a sign, handing out fliers, or protesting a cause when he was taken into custody. 
  
 During a 20-second video recorded by WCSH-TV, which has studios nearby, two Portland officers can be seen talking to Woodworth. The officers are shown lifting branches off his face as they warn him to stay out of the intersection. 
  
 “I’ll accept your silence as you understand. You’re free to go. Stay out of the roads,” one officer tells Woodworth. 
  
 The officers walk away, leaving the tree man standing next to a pedestrian crossing light. When he wanders back into traffic, Woodworth is arrested. 
  
 When Portland police handcuffed Woodworth and placed him in a police cruiser, he was not wearing his tree branches, but was fully clothed, the WCSH-TV video revealed. 
  
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 A Portland man dressed as a tree was arrested Monday, accused of blocking traffic. 
  
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 Asher Woodworth, 30, is charged with obstructing a public way. 
  
 Police say Woodworth stood in the middle of High Street near the Congress Street intersection covered in tree limbs. Officers gave him a warning at first, but Woodworth allegedly returned to the street. He was arrested a short time later. 
  
 Woodworth’s motivation, according to police was to "see how people would react to his performance," and "how he might impact people’s natural choreography." 
  
 Woodworth is free on $60 bail. |||||
If Florida has its own special sauce of crime, then Maine might, too. Police in Portland arrested a man dressed as a tree on Monday, reports WMTW. More specifically, cops say Asher Woodworth, 30, covered himself in evergreen branches, walked into an intersection, and proceeded to block traffic. Responding officers escorted him to the sidewalk, gave him a warning, then arrested him when he walked right back into the intersection. “His motivation was to see how people would react to what he called his ‘performance’ and how he might impact ‘people’s natural choreography,’” a police official tells the Portland Press Herald. You can watch video here. Woodworth is charged with obstructing a public way, but he's free after posting bail. If you're wondering what the going rate is on bail for tree impersonators: 60 bucks.