FARMINGTON — Justice Michaela Murphy sentenced four people Tuesday for the morphine-induced death of Marilyn Rider, 52, at her home in Farmington last year. She said Rider’s 11-year-old son will grow up without a mother and her death had an affect on the rest of her family. The boy was at a birthday party where […]
Eric Barnes
Sentence hearing to continue
FARMINGTON — A sentencing hearing for four people accused of contributing in some way to the death of Marilyn Rider, 52, of Farmington in November 2012, lasted all day Monday and will continue Tuesday morning. Eric Barnes, 28, of Skowhegan; Seth Gordon, 23, of Wilton; his father, Roy Gordon, 43, of Wilton, who was Rider’s […]
Wilton man pleads guilty in drug-overdose death
FARMINGTON — The last co-defendant in a drug-overdose case pleaded guilty Friday to furnishing morphine and falsifying physical evidence related to the death of Marilyn Rider, 52, of Farmington in November 2012. Eric Barnes, 28, of Skowhegan, formerly of Industry, pleaded guilty to the felony drug charge and the misdemeanor falsifying evidence charge in the […]
Two more plead guilty in Farmington drug-overdose death case
FARMINGTON — A father and son pleaded guilty Friday to furnishing morphine pills to a Farmington woman who died of an overdose after her birthday party at her home in 2012. Roy Gordon, 42, and his son, Seth Gordon, 23, both of Wilton, pleaded guilty to felony unlawful furnishing of a scheduled drug in Franklin […]
Man pleads not guilty in drug overdose death case
FARMINGTON — A Skowhegan man pleaded not guilty Friday to charges in connection to a drug overdose death in Farmington on Nov. 11, 2012. Justice Michaela Murphy added as a condition of his release that he follow a curfew from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m., except for employment. Eric Barnes, 28, pleaded not guilty to […]