Maine man pleads not guilty to gross sexual assault
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Maine man pleads not guilty to gross sexual assault


By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff
BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY KEVIN BENNETT
Derwin Springer Jr., shown here at a Dec. 24 court appearance, pleaded not guilty to gross sexual assault Monday.

BANGOR — The Passadumkeag man accused of breaking into a neighbor’s home and sexually assaulting a 60-year-old woman pleaded not guilty Monday in Penobscot County Superior Court to gross sexual assault and burglary.

Derwin Springer Jr., 38, will be held at the Penobscot County Jail pending resolution of the case unless his attorney requests a hearing on bail, Superior Court Justice John Nivison ruled after accepting the defendant’s pleas.

A trial date tentatively was set for March 2.

Michael Roberts, deputy district attorney for Penobscot County, asked the judge to schedule the trial as soon as possible because the victim has a medical condition that would make it nearly impossible for her to testify six months to a year from now.

It usually takes between a year and 18 months for a jury trial to be scheduled in Penobscot County after a suspect has been arrested.

The prosecutor declined to describe the woman’s medical condition.

Defense attorney Marvin Glazier of Bangor told Nivison that a jury-waived trial in Roberts’ time frame was possible but that he would need more time to prepare for a jury trial.

Roberts said that the victim is scheduled to give her deposition next month. Decisions about how to proceed most likely will be made after that, he said.

Springer was indicted a week ago by the Penobscot County grand jury. If convicted, he faces up to 30 years in prison on the sexual assault and up to 10 years in prison on the burglary.

Glazier declined to comment on the case after the arraignment.

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Did he not see where his DNA is matched with that of the DNA at the crime scene? Thanks buddy for making the state look bad and for sucking up some more of our money in the courts. Jack ass.

What is this guy going to try and say that the 60 year old women wanted to have sex with. Come on.

why should we the taxes paying of maine pay for his attorney He is low life scum bag, who has cost us, enought all ready, If his own family will not stay by him, why should the taxes payers of maine pay for his life?? hang him them drag his body around town, ???? Then charge his family for being low lifes too??

Looking at this guy makes me wanna PUKE!!!!!!! Too bad people like this had to be created in the first place.

not guilty???? how the hell can he say that,they got his friggin dna..yeah what dandlmom said looking at him makes me wanna puke!!!!.at least this creep is off the streets that,s the only good thing about this.. god bless you spencer family.. my prayer,s go out to you all..keep the faith,he will get his!!! and to boat17. not to say anything bad to you..but not all of his family are low life,s and shouldnt be held accountable for his actions he,s a big boy with a mind of his own..and i agree why should us tax payer,s pay for his attorney??. he should be on his own with no help..i,m just glad i,m not a defense attorney.i can,t imagine having to defend his actions.. i would be losing my job cuz i couldnt do it!!!. he,s a perverted creep, ask his girlfriends, how many times he beat them up or held a friggin pillow over there face..he shoudl have been off the streets then but if it,s not reported how can he be charged.maybe if it was reported he wouldnt have been on the streets to do this to some innocent lady that never hurt anyone...

again, ROT IN HELL GRANNY RAPIST

even from the photo, kinda looks like his own lawyer is ashamed to defend him, has his head hung low.and agree with you boat17 if his own family won't stand by him, what does that tell ya?

This guy needs to be hung by the balls...What a creep...

if he is guilty then I say hang him....why dont we have hangings....now innocent till proven guilty is in this country.....but DNA and this lady has nothing I have heard to show her to not be credible....DNA DNA I believe the DNA...so I the usual one that says....innocent till proven guilty...say skip the trial trust the science they are not BIAS.....hang the @*&#^!.

Yea actually Tiger was reported for the shit he has pulled on his girlfriends in the past. they dont put people away for beating on girlfriends unfortunetly. They only give them terrorizing. So therefore I am not going to feel guilty for not being able to put him away myself. he is a big boy and should have known better than to do this to someone. I haven't dealt with him in over 3 years. So the only one to blame for his actions is him.

Okay, i must have missed something along the way. Is this guy Tiger? I have seen this a few times in the comments.

yes kailee you are right..i wasnt trying to make you feel guilty and i know they don,t punish abuser,s as they should..he is the only one to blame for his actions..i,m sorry if it sounded like i was blaming you i wasnt..and i don,t think you are the only girlfrien d or wife that he has abused and i,m glad they all got away from that wierdo..and im sure that you would have put him away if you had control over how they treat abuse cases..there is no justice for how he treated you and you were smart to get away from him..more power to you.. and may you have a good new year and put that crap in the past.you and your child are mcuh better off..

On 12/31/08 at 12:52 PM, kailee wrote:

Yea actually Tiger was reported for the shit he has pulled on his girlfriends in the past. they dont put people away for beating on girlfriends unfortunetly. They only give them terrorizing. So therefore I am not going to feel guilty for not being able to put him away myself. he is a big boy and should have known better than to do this to someone. I haven't dealt with him in over 3 years. So the only one to blame for his actions is him.

Let me just start by saying there is nothing good about this case, if anything its by far the worst thing that could happen to any poor man/woman. My heart truly goes out to the poor lady tand to what has happened.I cant imagine how badly this must hurt to go through such a thing. I have copied and pasted the above post because I am so tired of reading posts from this Kailee. For one, I would like to inform everyone that this lady is the same lady that wrecked a home by sleeping with the man in the article and became pregnant from doing so. This lady has the nerve to be writing such horrible things about this man acting like she is such a victim,acting like she is like the poor woman in the article. There is no similarities with the two. The woman in the article was assulted and abused and terrified seeking justice. This kailee person is just looking for attention for a stupid mistake that will haunt her forever. I hope this Kailee person reads this and knows that she has nothing from this writer except discust. I am here to bring the attention back to the woman who has been truly hurt. Not some dumb bimbo home wrecker looking for attention wherever she can get it. I am so tired of people like this Kailee person always taking one thing and running with it just to get a little attention. Please get a life or here is a thought, start thinking about how to explain this whole thing to the child that will soon be affected by your dumb choices. I just feel so terrible for the poor woman who has to read the posts that this pathetic kailee person is writing, making this whole thing about her. No one needs to know about Tiger abusing her, its tired, drugs and alcohol will never help any relationship and maybe this Kailee person should put those things into play to when she is posting things. Tthere is always someone in the background reading and reading that will lay all of the dumb mistakes out on the line too. Im not saying what Tiger did was right, NEVER is it okay for any of this to happen. What I am annoid about is this person saying all of these terrible things and making such a huge deal about something that has NOTHING TO DO WITH HER. This just shows how desperate for attention this kailee lady is. A classy person would just say their peace and express themselves and logg off. Nope not this person, this kailee person has to put her pathetic story on here, as if no one is going to know the truth. Well people alcohol and bad choices was her story with Tiger not a terrible thing like what happened to the lady in the article. I want to put a stop to the annoying posts from this Kailee lady because to be honest i am tired of listening to the BULL SHIT. Send your fake ass sob story somewhere else, because the more CRAP and lies you post, the more people are going to catch you can call you out! I HOPE YOU READ THIS AND STOP TRYING TO GAIN ATTENTION FOR YOUR STUPID CHOICES. Why dont you take all of your typing skills and write the family to wrecked a letter apologizing for ripping them apart? Maybe the woman who's life you ruined would appreciate that?

I just want to post my own, agreeing with what everyone has said about this article and I just needed to get that off my chest because there is nothing more annoying than a poser pretending to be truly interested and into the issues. Everyone on these posts have been so involved with the articles and I have sat back and absorbed and read all of them and appreciated all of the posts except the pathetic attempts for attention. Im sorry if it offended anyone on here, but I have read and kept up on the posts and I do not agree with people saying nasty things about someone when they have they're own skeletons in the closet.

What has happened in this article and case is truly terrible and my prayers go out to the friends and families of both sides because no one of either sides wants to go through this, and its a terrible thing to happen...

To Billie 196459 His own family is all low life his bother just got caught selling drugs, his mother is a drunk, his father is alittle better byt is still a drunk, if you dont belive me call the state troppers they will tell you they known that family all to well, They were call to the family home 10 times in one year, if you dont call that lowlife sumbags, them what do you call them??? They have cost the taxes payers of maine too much?????

Should they get some counseling?

Yeah, now that bdnuser1 brought that up, it is kinda weird that she would be posting her story on here when in fact this is about the poor lady that got attacked. I am so glad that they found this scum and brought him to light. He will get his someday!!

to boat17.okay i hear what you are saying. but maybe you should word it a little different,like his immediate family. i know some of his cousins,uncles,aunts people like that.who are good people and wouldnt hurt anyone let alone break the law..i agree they have cost the taxpayer,s too much already and i,m not any happier than you to be paying it, but i wouldnt call all of his family lowlife,s, especially if you don,t even know them.sorry if said the wrong thing don,t want to make anyone mad but i had to say it...

Bdnuser1... maybe you need to get a @&*%&#ing life... ruined something that was never there maybe?? im not making this out to be about me, im just agreeing with the 100's of other people on here that he is a LOSER!!!!!!!!! so say whatever you want i really dont care, cuz i will keep right on writing so you can copy and paste somemore of my comments and then write somemore bullshit. as for my typing skills, learn how to spell disgust dumbass!!!! and you dont have to call me kailee lady, i know exactly who you are.

i agree with kailee he is a loser and don,t let that "PERSON" bother you obviously this "PERSON" doesnt have a life and i bet there are skelelton,s in that closet.i wonder why this "PERSON" has to be so mean,must be a sad life to be so angry :(

I live in the Passadumkeag are and when this crime first happened and no one knew who did it the area was scared and angry. What I find interesting is that being this is a very small town, with few people, that everyone had their own opinion as to who it might be! Jees, are we breeding creeps out here or is this guy just a trend setter. Welcome to Maine, smallest population of all states with the largest population of perverts. Truly, we do have a lot of them...

Well, buddy, I'll tell you what, I'm not a violent man, but if that were my family then you would not need a lawyer. Maine has a large backyard to get lost in...

bye bye tiger, maybe you can share a cell with your brother the dope selling, Now if we can clean up the town, with a couple more lowlifes, then maybe passadumkeag can be a nice little town again. Lets hope so,

dandlmom: Yeah, now that bdnuser1 brought that up, it is kinda weird that she would be posting her story on here when in fact this is about the poor lady that got attacked. I am so glad that they found this scum and brought him to light. He will get his someday!!

thank you dandlmom, Im not trying to sound like someone who really cares about that man because he deserves everything he gets. What gets me is that someone would be so shallow as to take the respect away from someone who was assulted and is now scared for life, and make it about them. Then proceed to justify adultery on the web! Wow, this world get more sick everyday. I just dont understand anyone who can justify adultery or assulting anyone.

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