NOBLEBORO, Maine — Three men were arrested early Monday morning after they fired at least five shots from a .22-caliber rifle into a home on Upper East Pond Road in Nobleboro, according to Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Michael Murphy. No one was injured.
By Monday afternoon, it appeared that the three men were going to be released from jail after a District Court judge reduced their bail amounts to sums the defendants said they could afford.
Sumner Keith, 19, and Anthony McCullagh, 18, both of Nobleboro, and Chad Bolster, 19, of Augusta all were being held at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset on Monday, each facing a charge of Class C reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.
According to Murphy, the residents of a home at 204 Upper East Pond Road reported that shots had been fired at their home at about 1:20 a.m. Monday. Investigators later discovered that five .22-caliber rounds had struck the residence, which had an adult woman and two teenage males inside. Murphy said three of the bullets penetrated the home and that the incident stemmed from a disagreement between Keith and a male teenager who lives at the residence.
At about 3 a.m. Monday, as detectives were collecting evidence at the scene of the shooting, Lincoln County deputies stopped Keith’s green 2001 Subaru Legacy close by. Acting on information from the victims, the three occupants were arrested and police seized a .22-caliber rifle from the car.
“They’d been lingering in the area for quite a while,” Murphy said. “I want to make sure people know this wasn’t a random act. This was a specific house targeted for a specific reason.”
Murphy would not discuss the reason because of the ongoing investigation.
All three men participated in a video arraignment from jail at West Bath District Court on Monday afternoon.
Initially, bail was set for Keith at $3,000 cash but was reduced to $100 cash and required enrollment in a release program run by Volunteers of America by District Court Judge Beth Dobson. Assistant District Attorney Deborah Cashman had asked for $1,000 cash bail.
“This is the defendant who was alleged to have actually shot the rounds,” said Cashman. Keith had no criminal history and said he is employed.
Bolster, who Cashman said loaded the gun used in the incident, had his bail set at $500 cash or $5,000 surety, plus enrollment in the VOA program. McCullagh, who allegedly was driving, had his bail set at $300 cash. Cashman had argued for $1,000 cash for both Bolster and McCullagh, but Dobson opted for amounts that the defendants said they could afford.
All three men are barred from possessing firearms and from any contact with one another or their alleged victims.
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Bail was set for Keith at $3,000 cash because he is suspected as the shooter, said Murphy. McCullagh and Bolster had their bails set at $2,000 cash.”
You’ve got to be kidding me!
Firing shots into a house? pretty much a “Drive by” attempted murder!
So much fail, this is our so called “justice system”
??
I agree, why not attempted murder? You can blatantly fire multiple shots at somebody and get ‘wreckless conduct’? ?
first thing I thought of. “really?”. well no it didn’t come out like that but what I said I can’t repeat here. I wonder how much, if any bail would be granted if the shots were directed at a judges or bail commissioners house.
It’s not the “justice system”, it’s the “Criminal Justice System”. What we really need is a “Victim Justice System”.
Just a few poor misunderstood youts, that’s all.
Should have returned fire heavily to take out the threat and/or keep them pinned down.
.308 FMJ Bullet holes make ID’ing the bodies and car easier.
This violence is escalating. it is like a drug war, such as you see in more populated areas. I don’t care what they do to each other, but hope & pray no innocent victims enter the statistics.
No neck tattoos’ ?????
Where they may be going, tattoos are available.
They will get those in jail
Right On!
Most of these Dudes
are Dork’s… They get inked up, shave their heads and grow a goat. That, and
participate in menacing behavior such as playing Rap tunes at high volume while
driving mommy’s Honda Civic.
or rusty ol Grand Am.
Well. Maine *used* to be the safest state……
This had nothing to do with drugs of any kind.
This had nothing to with drugs of any kind, so people can stop assuming. They’re actually pretty good guys for the most part, we’re all so shocked they would do this. Not sticking up for them by any means, what they did was beyonddddd stupid, and they’re lucky no one was hurt, which wasn’t the intention. They know better than to do such reckless and dangerous things, time to take responsibility… they did the crime, they must do the time. Hopefully they learn a lesson from this.
I appreciate the fact that you are saying these guys need to take responsibility for their actions.
It gives me pause when people (especially judges and juries) attempt to “get in the mind of a person” to determine intent. To avoid consequences, people are capable of “reconstructing intent” to something more positive. This is especially true when people are caught destroying property or injuring/killing people/animals. I learned this when I used to evaluate people accused of criminal behavior.
What did it have to do with? Shooting at a persons house is a pretty serious matter. “pretty good guys” don’t shoot at peoples houses.
Good people are more than capable of doing bad things. Im not saying what they did is even close to right, Im saying they’ve never done anything like this before and everyone who knows them is shocked. You’re right, this is a very serious matter and either way there is no excuse. Someone could have gotten seriously hurt and unfortunately drunk teens (or people in general) do incredibly stupid things sometimes and tend to not think about possible outcomes and consequences. They screwed up… Big time, and are lucky the situation is not worse. Now lets hope there are lessons learned here.
Not quite true. Bolster is no angel..He’s been a thief and troublemaker before..
Thats true, but he’d been getting himself back on track, doing good for himself.
What was the intention then?
The intention was to destroy property, give a scare, but they definitely did not want anyone to get shot themselves. If they did it would have been easy enough to go right up to the door. But like I said it was still so wrong of them, it takes just a split second for something to go wrong.
Are you delusional?! Were you swilling the PBR with them when they came up with this plan? You DO NOT discharge a firearm at someone unless you intend to kill them. Period. It really is that simple, no matter what kind of a spin you want to put on it.
If they wanted to “destroy property, give a scare” they should have put on masks and egged the house.
Listen, Im not saying their way of thinking is right, but there is a difference between attempting to shoot someones windows out from the road and discharging a firearm directly at someone. Dont get me wrong, I completely understand someone so easily could have been hurt or even killed, but I dont think they realized the seriousness of the situation. and I fully believe they should be punished so they do get it. I dont agree at all with what they did, I just want people to understand they’re not some kind of monsters and werent out to kill anyone.
Please explain the “difference between attempting to shoot someones windows out from the road and discharging a firearm directly at someone”. I would love to hear it. You really believe these three losers had no idea someone could die from their stupidity?! I guess that’s what happens when you waste your life playing video games.
As I said before, you can spin it however you want.
oh yeah. Alot of great people that I know shoot at others houses when they are angry.
You dont know them personally, no need for sarcastic comments. Im not sticking up for them, what they did was awful. But there is more to them than this very stupid decision they made. They aren’t horrible people and the comments about drugs, or comments towards Sumner’s race are completely unnecessary.
I don’t see it. Show me where anyone else but you mentions anything at all about race in these posts. No one, until you.
There was one post on here with sarcastic comments that were directed toward his race.
How can you be so sure that it had nothing to do with drugs? Don’t forget alcohol is a drug…
Yes the alcohol most likely had something to do with their decision making, but I can be positive the reason they did this was NOT because of drugs because I know both groups of people, the ones whose house was shot and the shooters, and Ive seen the disagreements between the two for awhile now. Neither are drug addicts.
Who said any thing about race? how did I miss that? I must re-read these postings again, and again, and again……..nope, just you! They are good boys, just mis-understood! got it!
I see those safety courses they take are really working out well. :(
I do also know these boys personally, they are typical teenage boys..they think something and do it without thinking twice. and race was involved because a mine reason this happened “by word of mouth” is because the “illeged shooter” was called a racist name (N) by someone in the house. Reason for the scare, but definitely not a good enough reason for almost killing people.
Teens with guns, how nice, why aren’t they secured. The boy called the N word should have kicked the other ones arse. This is ridiculous with guns and no one seems to be responsible for them.
More Drugs
Where are the perfunctory neck tattoos? How about the Honda Civic with Fart Pipe? Did they have an inked up morbidly obese women riding with them?
Take it up North Dawg…Keep it real!
What total fn losers.They need to just be thrown away..so sick of these dou£hbags
To bad they didn’t get to experience return fire like they would at a lot of homes around here. Now boys guess where “here” is!
Type comment here.
Multiple gunshots fired into an occupied dwelling , to ” send a message” ???
Bail reduced for these conspiring attempted murderers because they dont have much money ??
Bizarre beyond insanity !!
Who determines this stuff ??
These shooters are back on the streets.
Who will get the next message from these thugs??
And people wonder why law abiding citizens are arming themselves.
The cops have done well , but must be about ready to pull their hair out
over this continued faulty system.
Im sure the victims of this near death experience will be sleeping good tonite.
$500 bail for a drive by shooting is an outrage and an insult to the Citizens of Maine. Are the jails full of pot heads or something? Why are we asking the criminals how much they can pay? Our judges are spineless when it comes to violent crimes and tough on non-violent people charged with victimless crimes. What a system.
If I was to go after people who called me
names, I would be a busy busy person.
Shooting up a house is so manly. I wonder
if they would be out on bail if a child was killed.
Seems like everyone that has a problem with someone reachs for a F/A to settle it, what ever to face to face and settle it like a man instead of hiding behind a gun..
I’ve known all 3 of these boys for over 5 years and am good friends with each one of them. They’re GOOD kids, sometimes one call of bad judgement can lead to a lifetime of paying for it. They’re not killers and not violent in any way. I’m not sure why this happened but I know it’s seriously unlike all of them. Making racial slurs is totally inappropriate and has NOTHING to do with what happened or who Sumner is. It was not over drugs, these boys have good heads on their shoulders. I’m not justifying what they did, but I will stick up for who I know these boys are. I actually know them. Don’t judge people unless you do.