BANGOR, Maine — A Superior Court judge Tuesday set bail at $25,000 cash or $100,000 surety for a Millinocket man charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a 6-month-old boy in 2015.
Jessee Mackin, 33, pleaded not guilty Friday to manslaughter at the Penobscot Judicial Center. Justice William Anderson continued the bail hearing because of scheduling conflicts.
Assistant Attorney General Deb Cashman recommended the $50,000 cash bail set when Mackin was arrested late Wednesday, Feb. 24, and taken to the Penobscot County Jail remain in place. She also asked that Mackin have no contact with the child’s mother and other possible witnesses.
Defense attorney Michael Harman of Millinocket and Bangor did not specify an amount of cash or surety. He also said that Maine Pretrial Services would be willing to enter into a contract with Mackin so he could be monitored if released on bail. Those conditions include Mackin’s living with a cousin in Millinocket, abiding by a 9 p.m. to 5 a.m curfew, not possessing or using intoxicants or weapons, not having any contact with children under the age of 12, and contacting Maine Pretrial Services every day by phone and once a week in person.
Anderson imposed the conditions requested by the attorneys.
After the bail hearing, Cashman and members of the boy’s family declined to comment on the case.
Mackin’s attorney said Tuesday outside the courtroom that he thought a surety bail could be posted for Mackin.
As of noon Tuesday, Mackin remained at the jail unable to post bail.
Mackin was arrested in connection with the May 2015 death of Larry Earl Lord, the son of his then girlfriend and accused murderer Anthony Lord, 35, of Houlton.
The infant, who was born on Oct. 24, 2014, was taken to the Millinocket hospital on May 5, 2015, and died at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor on May 7, according to previously published reports.
The boy died as a result of bleeding in his brain and a fractured skull, Cashman told the judge Friday and Tuesday, citing the autopsy report. She said the boy also had old injuries.
Harman told Anderson that the baby’s mother in interviews with police had blamed Lord for some of the child’s injuries.
The prosecutor told the judge that at the time of his death, Lord did not have access to the child and previous injuries had not caused his death.
Members of the victim’s family left the courthouse through a side door to avoid the media waiting from them in the lobby.
Cashman and Harman declined to comment on the case.
Larry Lord is survived by his parents and four sisters, according to his obituary. The Jesse [sic] Mackin family also is listed among the survivors.
It was not immediately clear if the rampage involving Anthony Lord on July 17 was related to the death of his son two months earlier.
The child’s death was mentioned in several Bangor Daily News stories about the shooting spree, which left two men dead.
Jamie Clark, the mother of Larry Lord, said in July that Brittany Irish, the woman allegedly kidnapped by Anthony Lord amid the shooting spree, ” came into my son’s funeral holding hands [with Lord].”
Irish said in July that she formed a friendship with Lord and was at the boy’s funeral to support him because “I had a miscarriage at the same time that his son died.”
The nature of the relationship between Clark and Mackin was not mentioned in previous stories.
Lord, who has a long criminal history and is a lifetime registrant of the Maine Sex Offender Registry, was arrested after the shooting spree and manhunt that resulted in the deaths of Kyle Hewitt, 25, of Bangor and Kevin Tozier, 58, of Lee.
Lord is awaiting trial after entering a not guilty plea to the charges against him.
If convicted of manslaughter, Mackin faces up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000.
BDN writers Dawn Gagnon and Nok-Noi Ricker contributed to this report.
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