ROCKLAND, Maine — A 62-year-old Cushing man will spend five days in jail after pleading guilty Wednesday to assaulting his estranged wife.
Fred E. Thomas pleaded guilty to 180 days in jail with all but five days suspended and was placed on probation for a year for domestic violence assault and indecent conduct. A third charge of unlawful sexual contact was dismissed.
The incident occurred in July in Warren when his wife of 39 years, who was estranged from him, stayed at his place. He offered her $20 for sex, and when she refused he took out his penis and struck her with it, according to the prosecution’s version of events to which he pleaded guilty.
Defense Attorney Justin Andrus said Thomas was tremendously upset that his marriage of 39 years was ending. He said his estranged wife was planning to go to Pakistan to meet a man she met online.
“This was not his normal conduct,” Andrus told Justice Jeffrey Hjelm during the sentencing hearing in Knox County Superior Court.
Assistant District Attorney Christopher Fernald asked for Thomas to serve seven days in jail while Andrus asked for just probation and no jail time.
Hjelm said a jail term was appropriate in this case.
“This was sexually aggressive conduct. This couldn’t be much more offensive,” Hjelm said.
The wife did not seek jail time for Thomas but did ask that he undergo counseling for anger management, which was ordered.
….no comment…….. :-0
That was different!
Is this for real?!?
Keep it in your pants. She wasn’t impressed or thankful obviously.
This one will make the Daily Mail for sure.
sick
just for a moment, imagine the unfortunate Judge hearing this case? after the court, bring me a bottle and make it quick!!
The man just needed a decent lawyer. Think about it, Robert Shapiro could have presented the assault weapon to the jury and got him off. If there’s a pun there, I didn’t mean it. Outrageous!
Obviously BDN has no sense of humor. Loads of comments have disappeared. Hey, BDN, if you’re so politically correct that you delete quotes from Blazing Saddles, why report the story at all?
They were off topic. Perhaps you need to get familiar with the guidelines and the fact this is a family paper and the posts that were removed violated the guidelines.
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“‘excuse me while I whip this out”
How’s that. I’m late this thread as I just woke and and am taking a few minutes before I get ready for work. Didn’t see what the quote was on here but i am guessing that the above is the one. Hope that this one helps. LOL
Man that movie, One of the funniest ever made.
Sorry to hear the old guy was upset and acted inappropriately.
How wonderful that his wife met a special man from Pakistan, on line !!
I hope her travels to that exciting country goes well.
Hopefully her new boyfriend doesn’t ever get that upset with her if she dumps him. Her punishment would likely be far worse and he might be cheered by a crowd in Pakistan rather than jailed.
where are all the comments?
I can’t even think of anything to say on this one. That’s unusual for me LOL