Woman to plead on fatal Maine crash
6/11/09 | 3 comments

Woman to plead on fatal Maine crash


By The Associated Press

ALFRED, Maine — A woman who charged with driving the wrong way on the Maine Turnpike and causing a crash that killed two people last year is scheduled to enter pleas in York County Superior Court.

The Portland Press Herald says 39-year-old Donna Bartlett of Wells is expected plead guilty Thursday to charges stemming from the incident. She's also scheduled to be sentenced.

Bartlett had pleaded not guilty earlier to 15 charges, including two counts of manslaughter and aggravated operating under the influence.

District Attorney Mark Lawrence confirms only that a change of plea hearing scheduled for Bartlett.<

A 65-year-old Gorham man and a Portland teenager were killed in the crash that happened in April 2008.

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On 6/11/09 at 2:40 PM, PistolPeter1974 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Eye for an eye, she took two innocent lives, I just hope that she doesn't get off easy. I have a bad feeling that she will though. Remember Maine, we are supposed to have a TOUGH drunk driving law, now let's enforce it!

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On 6/11/09 at 4:26 PM, raysgurl wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

From an earlier Portland Press article: ". . .Bartlett, who was convicted of drunken driving in 1989 and 1992, faces as much as 40 years in prison and a $50,000 fine just on the two counts of manslaughter."

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=192134

With no priors, I might have favored a softer sentence, but this is STRIKE THREE. Maybe they will have a decent AA group, where ever she serves her time. She should also never be issues a license in this state again. Anybody who has seen my posts knows I am all about second chances, but she has blown a second and a third. Time to put the hammer down.

Judge, please, I have kids on the road, do you?

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On 6/11/09 at 5:27 PM, whaleback wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Eight years jail and six years probation. Sends a message, a strong enough one??

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