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 […]
Bryan Wood
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
What happens when defendants are ruled incompetent for trial
With IQs too low to stand trial, some Maine defendants are being put back on the street again and again. Less help for them, more risk to the public.
advertisement
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
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 […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
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. […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
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, […]
Posted inMaine
Competency of Lewiston man charged in arsons raises complex questions
AUBURN — Bryan Wood was charged with arson in 2008. A year later, the charge was dropped and he was released after a judge found he wasn’t competent — due to mental retardation, now called intellectual disability disorder — to stand trial, and his status wasn’t likely to change. The Lewiston man was back in […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Doctors say arson suspect not competent to stand trial
AUBURN — Three psychologists who evaluated a Lewiston man said in court Thursday he appeared to lack the necessary reasoning skills to be found competent to stand trial. Bryan Wood, 23, is charged with three counts of arson in a downtown Lewiston fire that destroyed three apartment buildings on May 6. A judge took the […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
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 […]