AUBURN — A Mechanic Falls business where a haunted hayride crash cost a 17-year-old girl her life two years ago is scheduled to plead guilty to a related felony charge next week. But a prosecutor said Monday that the hearing is premature because there is no agreement yet that has the consent of the many […]
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Haunted hayrides ride the line between scary and safety
Last fall, Peter Ricker debuted Nightmare on the Ridge at Wallingford’s Fruit House in Auburn, a haunted hayride frightfest with chain saws, cackling women and ample ooze and splatter. Ricker has ditched Nightmare’s tractors and wagons. This season — the first after a Maine teenager was killed in a hayride crash in a nearby town […]
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Farm owner files for bankruptcy protection
More coverage: Cassidy Charette’s parents support charges in fatal hayride accident Prosecutor: Driver in hayride fatal not charged with manslaughter LEWISTON — Peter Bolduc Jr., who owns and operates Harvest Hill Farms in Mechanic Falls, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy of the Route 26 land and buildings, all of which are owned by his […]
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Grand jury expected to rise in Harvest Hill hayride case
AUBURN — An Androscoggin County grand jury hearing evidence of possible criminal wrongdoing in a fatal October hayride in Mechanic Falls is expected to rise Wednesday. This is the third consecutive month the same grand jury has gathered to consider the case presented by the Androscoggin County District Attorney’s Office. District Attorney Andrew Robinson said […]
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Haunted hayride death: Grand jury to have unusual third session in July
AUBURN — An Androscoggin County grand jury considering criminal charges stemming from an October haunted hayride in Mechanic Falls that turned deadly is expected to meet for a rare third month in July. “We’re continuing to provide all of the evidence necessary to the grand jury to make an informed decision about this very important […]
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Prosecutor says Mechanic Falls hayride case to go to grand jury
AUBURN — The chief prosecutor for Androscoggin County said Thursday that he expects to present witnesses to a grand jury next week who will testify about possible criminal conduct in an October haunted hayride in Mechanic Falls that turned deadly. District Attorney Andrew Robinson declined to disclose how many witnesses he planned to call, but […]
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Video: Teamwork amid chaos: Details emerge in haunted hayride death
UPDATE: We talk to a witness who was at the hayride Saturday night. Cassidy Charette, 17, was with about seven other students from Messalonskee High School, including 16-year-old Connor Garland of Belgrade, on the Gauntlet wagon ride. According to spokesman Steve McCausland of the Maine State Police, Charette died overnight at Central Maine Medical Center from […]
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Police: Mechanical problem may have caused hayride wreck
UPDATE: Teamwork amid chaos: Details emerge in haunted hayride death MECHANIC FALLS — An Oakland teen was killed and 22 other people were injured, some seriously, in an accident during a haunted hayride at the Harvest Hill Farms “Gauntlet” on Saturday night. Cassidy Charette, 17, was with several other students from Messalonskee High School, including […]