ROCKLAND, Maine — A 23-year-old Camden man awaiting trial on a charge of manslaughter after accidentally shooting his girlfriend in a Bath parking lot while trying to sell a firearm is in Knox County Jail after police say he drove drunk and was found in possession of illegal drugs.
Judge Susan Sparaco set bail Friday at $1,000 cash for Dylan Grubbs, who was charged with operating under the influence, three counts of unlawful possession of drugs and violating a condition of release.
Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Baroody requested that bail amount over the objections of defense attorney Andrew Wright who asked that it be set at $250 cash.
Baroody told Sparaco that the state attorney general’s office, which is prosecuting the manslaughter charge, would seek to revoke Grubbs’ bail entirely.
Grubbs was indicted by the Sagadahoc County grand jury in February on charges of manslaughter and felony possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
The manslaughter charge alleges that Grubbs was recklessly or criminally negligent in causing the Nov. 16, 2015, death of 22-year-old Chelsea Jones of Thomaston, who police said was sitting in Grubbs’ sport utility vehicle in a supermarket parking lot when he shot her in the head while showing a 9 mm Taurus handgun to a prospective buyer.
Police said at the time that the gun apparently discharged accidentally.
Jones remained in critical condition at Maine Medical Center until she died on Nov. 19.
In connection with the new charges, Rockland police Officer Alex Gaylor reported in an affidavit filed in Knox County Unified Court that he handled a call shortly before midnight Thursday about a man who appeared to be intoxicated and driving from a convenience store in Rockport toward Rockland.
The officer was able to locate Grubbs at the Coughlin Park housing development as he was getting out of the vehicle, according to the affidavit. Grubbs failed a sobriety test and was found in possession of a few Klonopin and oxycodone pills on him along with some Suboxone, Gaylor reported. He reportedly had no prescriptions for the first two drugs and an expired prescription for the Suboxone.
Wright told the judge that an Intoxilyzer test showed Grubbs had no alcohol in his system.