AUBURN — A local man was sentenced Thursday to two weeks in jail for a 2013 road rage incident witnessed by a local prosecutor who called it one of the worst he’s ever seen. Adam Getchell, 33, of 224 Lane Road is expected to report to Androscoggin County Jail at the end of June. He […]
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Jury acquits Auburn man of hate crime in road rage case
AUBURN — A jury on Tuesday acquitted a local man of a hate crime stemming from a 2013 road rage incident that prosecutors had argued was racially motivated. Adam Getchell, 32, was found not guilty of intentional interference with civil rights, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 364 days in jail. An all-white jury of […]
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Jury hears tirade of racial epithets at Auburn road rage trial
AUBURN — A jury listened Monday to a recording of an Auburn man spewing racial epithets while cooling his heels in the back seat of a police cruiser. Prosecutors are hoping the jury will conclude Adam Getchell’s racially charged rant is evidence of a hate crime. The defense is seeking to show that the diatribe […]
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Jury picked in Auburn man’s road rage trial
AUBURN — The trial of local man accused of racially charged road rage is expected to get underway later this month after Thursday’s jury selection. Adam Getchell, 32, faces two felony charges and two misdemeanors stemming from a 2013 incident. Fourteen jurors, including two alternates, were picked for the case Thursday afternoon. A two-day trial […]
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Judge rules Auburn man will have single trial for all charges
AUBURN — A judge ruled Tuesday that a racial bias charge will be included with road rage charges at a single trial for a local man. The attorney for Adam Getchell, 32, had filed a motion seeking to separate the charge. But Androscoggin County Superior Court Justice MaryGay Kennedy ruled against Getchell, saying all of […]
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Trial delayed after defense files motion in road rage case
AUBURN — A judge said the trial of a local man accused of racially based road rage scheduled for later this month would be continued after that man’s attorney filed a motion Tuesday to separate the road rage charges from the racial bias charge. Defense attorney Matthew Libby told Androscoggin County Superior Court Justice MaryGay […]
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State seeks civil rights injunction against Auburn man
AUBURN — State prosecutors filed a civil complaint against a local man under the Maine Civil Rights Act after he reportedly smashed into the car of an Auburn man, called him racial slurs, threw objects at him and beat on his car. On July 11, Matthew Wooten Jr., 19, was driving his car on East […]