Brian Morin, 30, charged with three counts of arson Brian Morin, now 34, was charged with three counts of arson in a fire that destroyed two vacant apartment buildings on Bartlett Street and damaged an occupied building on Horton Street on May 6, 2013. He pleaded guilty in 2014 to the three felony charges and […]
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Lewiston 2013 arson fires: Morin to serve 5 years
AUBURN — Brian Morin will serve five years for setting a fire that burned two Lewiston apartment buildings and damaged a third last year. Androscoggin County Superior Court Justice MaryGay Kennedy sentenced Morin on Wednesday to a total of 25 years in prison with all but five years suspended. Prosecutors were seeking to have Morin serve seven […]
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Lewiston man charged in last year’s downtown fires to serve up to seven years
AUBURN — A Lewiston man pleaded guilty Friday to three counts of arson and agreed to serve up to seven years in prison for setting fires that burned several Lewiston apartment buildings last year. Brian Morin, 30, is one of the two remaining defendants charged in a spate of downtown fires. He was charged with […]
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Three of four defendants charged in Lewiston fires still facing trial
LEWISTON — More than seven months after a rash of fires that destroyed 10 downtown apartment buildings within a week, displacing more than 100 people, three of four people charged with arson still face trial. A judge determined in August that one of the defendants wasn’t competent to stand trial and likely wouldn’t become competent. […]
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Lewiston arson suspect ordered for psych exam for third time
AUBURN — A judge has ordered a Lewiston man charged with arson in Lewiston fires last spring to Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta a third time for a psychological evaluation. Brian Morin, 30, of 35 Jefferson St. is at Androscoggin County Jail awaiting a bed at the state hospital for observation and treatment. Morin’s attorney, […]
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Competency of Lewiston man charged in arson in question
AUBURN — A Lewiston man’s competency to stand trial for three counts of arson in a May 6 fire in downtown Lewiston is scheduled to be argued in court Thursday. A judge ruled Tuesday that certain mental health records for Bryan Wood, 23, of 131 Bartlett St. could be reviewed by prosecutors before the Thursday […]
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Morin pleads not guilty to Lewiston arson charges
AUBURN — Brian Morin pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two charges of arson from a fire that destroyed two vacant apartment buildings on Bartlett Street and damaged on third, occupied building on Horton Street on May 6. Morin, 30, of 35 Jefferson St. in Lewiston was arrested in May and has been held at the […]