BANGOR, Maine — A Medway man facing a 10-year sentence in state court on charges stemming from a high-speed chase in January, after a University of Maine hockey game had ended, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a stolen firearm.
In September, Lauren MacArthur, 28, pleaded guilty at the Penobscot Judicial Center to two counts of assault on a police officer, reckless conduct, refusal to submit to arrest, criminal speeding, violation of a condition of release and operating after suspension.
The most serious state charge of aggravated attempted murder was dropped in MacArthur’s plea agreement with Alice Clifford, assistant district attorney for Penobscot County, according to a previously published report. She said in September that the plea agreement calls for MacArthur to be sentenced to 10 years in prison.
On the federal charges, MacArthur faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years and up to life in prison due to his extensive criminal history.
MacArthur has been convicted of 15 felonies in state court, according to documents filed in federal court in Bangor.
MacArthur’s sentencing dates have not been set. He will serve the state and federal sentences concurrently, according to a previously published report.
He has been held without bail since his arrest.
The charges all stem from a series of incidents on Jan. 20 that included a 15-mile, high-speed car chase that started after MacArthur allegedly tried to run down an Orono police sergeant who was directing traffic after a University of Maine hockey game in Orono, police said in January. MacArthur drove into Milford and French Island before being rammed off the road by a police cruiser on Route 178.
MacArthur fled on foot but was tackled and arrested, according to court documents.
Later that night, a resident found a rifle in a snowbank 162 feet from where MacArthur’s car was finally stopped. Another rifle was found a few days later on a riverbank that was below the spot where MacArthur’s car had swerved during the chase. The rifles were traced to a home in Medway that was burglarized Jan. 20 and 22.
I hope the sentences are consecutive and not concurrent. Good riddance!
he didn”t molest anyone did he?, or murder someone? because if he did, in Maine he would get a slap on the wrist… I say yes, his actions in the past were bad ;however , he is young and could be rehabilitated!!! a lesser sentence seeing that he plead guilty, means something!!!! I feel that he needs that chance!
This will be his second time in the MSP.He wasn’t out too long and he was at his usual vocation again.
Go to his hearing and plead for the judge to allow you to take him home for his rehabilitation if you think he is such an upstanding person.
He’s already been given 15 chances. How many more should he have? I doubt there is any chance for rehab for him, no matter how young he is.
“MacArthur’s sentencing dates have not been set. He will serve the state and federal sentences concurrently, according to a previously published report.”
So no, it doesn’t appear that he will be serving consecutive terms like you wished for.
Sad.
He is only 28 so he will be a good longtime Unicor employee. I hate burglars. He looks like a dumas
Do the crime, Enjoy the time…
This menace to society already has 15 felony convictions??
What the H#{{ was he doing loose out in public ??
“MacArthur has been convicted of 15 felonies in state court, according to documents filed in federal court in Bangor.” With all of this, what was he doing out on the streets, he is not doing anybody any good. Lock him up and yes i said it, throw away the damn key!
15 strikes and you’re out!