The court declines to overrule a lower court, meaning Burton Hagar will continue to serve 15 years for manslaughter in the death of his son.
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Livermore man charged with manslaughter in Turner fatal crash back in court
LEWISTON — A Livermore man charged with manslaughter and aggravated criminal drunken driving stemming from a fatal crash in Turner last year was back in court Wednesday after Jay police said he violated his bail conditions. Christian J. Parlin, 24, who was freed in November on his own recognizance, appeared Wednesday in 8th District Court, […]
Livermore man charged with manslaughter in 2018 Turner fatal crash
AUBURN — A Livermore man was charged Tuesday with manslaughter and aggravated criminal drunken driving stemming from a May 24 crash in Turner that killed a 54-year-old Jay man. An Androscoggin County grand jury indicted Christian J. Parlin, 24, on the two felonies. The manslaughter charge carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, […]
Rumford man, Kingfield woman indicted on manslaughter charges
FARMINGTON — A Kingfield woman and a Rumford man were each indicted Wednesday on manslaughter and drunken-driving charges involving separate crashes that killed men from Dixfield and Strong in 2018. Ethyn Eric Buotte, 19, of Rumford and Danielle M. Larochelle, 31, of Kingfield face up to 30 years in prison if convicted of manslaughter; up to […]
Livermore man charged with manslaughter from Turner crash
AUBURN — A Livermore man facing manslaughter and aggravated drunken driving charges was released from jail Tuesday. Christian J. Parlin, 24, spent the weekend behind bars after he was arrested Friday on a warrant stemming from a May 24 fatal crash in Turner that killed a 54-year-old Jay man. Police wrote Friday in a sworn […]
Driver charged in Livermore fatal crash takes plea deal
AUBURN — A Farmingdale woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated driving to endanger in the 2017 New Year’s Day death of a Livermore Falls man. Charges of manslaughter and aggravated criminal operating under the influence were dismissed as part of a plea deal. Sarah Clark, 31, will serve 90 days in jail, from Aug. 1 to […]
Convicted couple lose parental rights
LEWISTON — A couple convicted in the death of their adopted son in 2003 have now lost their parental rights to twins born to them in 2013, based on their criminal convictions and their unceasing failure to accept responsibility for their son’s death. Sarah Allen was convicted of manslaughter and her husband, Jeremy, was convicted […]
Jay man pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal Wilton shooting
AUGUSTA — A 26-year-old Jay man whose murder trial ended in a hung jury pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter in a fatal shooting over a drug debt in 2016. Timothy S. Danforth’s case was moved to Kennebec County after a mistrial was declared in Franklin County in Farmington last fall. Danforth charged with shooting Michael Reis, 24, […]
Bail set at $2,500 cash for Hebron hunter charged with manslaughter
Robert Trundy, right, appears in Oxford County Superior Court with his attorney, Scott Lynch, in Paris on Wednesday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) PARIS — Bail was set at $2,500 cash Wednesday in Oxford County Superior Court for the Hebron man charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a Hebron woman. Robert Trundy, 38, is charged […]
Rangeley man pleads not guilty in fatal crash
FARMINGTON — A Rangeley man pleaded not guilty Friday to drunken driving in a fatal, fiery wreck that claimed the life of Rusty Knox, 35, of Wilton last October in Strong. Mark Garner, 25, pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to a Class A charge of manslaughter and a Class B charge of […]