25-year-old Lauren Gelinas lost more than her job this week after police say they found her on the street, drunk, and not wearing pants, socks or shoes. A babysitter in Bangor has been arrested, after police say they found her on the street, drunk, and not wearing pants, socks or shoes: https://t.co/SSr81AgJkJ pic.twitter.com/8NQqSiuxhw — WPFO FOX23 (@FOX23Maine) October 25, 2018 CBS 13 reports : [Police] got a call Tuesday for a disturbance on Ohio Street. When they got there, they found 25-year-old Lauren Gelinas under the influence. Police say she told them she was babysitting two kids on that street (ages 2 & 4), and police found two small kids, under the age of five, in distress and in unsafe conditions. The Department of Health & Human resources was immediately notified, and Gelinas was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. After pleading not guilty on Wednesday, she’s being held on 500 dollars cash bail and will be back in court in December.
T wo white men may go to jail for 10 years after being accused of assaulting a Black man in Maine. A federal grand jury in the state indicted them over the alleged hate crime, according to a Justice Department release made public on Monday (Aug. 27). RELATED: In A Rare Legal Move, Maine Charges 2 White Men With A Hate Crime Maurice Diggins , 34, and Dusty Leo , 27, both of Biddeford, Maine, were formally charged with conspiracy to violate and for violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, DOJ Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank for the District Of Maine said. A conviction for the hate crime charge can carry up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine; the conspiracy charge can carry five years in prison and the same fine amount. Two Maine men were indicted on federal hate crime charges this week. They stand accused of assaulting a man, taunting him with a racial slur, and following him in their truck. https://t.co/NyNDvfTwc2 via @PressHerald — Documenting Hate (@DocumentHate) August 28, 2018 Diggins and Leo appeared in the U.S. District Court in Portland Monday — months after they were alleged to have assaulted an unidentified man. The men had “willfully caused bodily injury” to an African-American man in a 7-Eleven convenience store parking lot in Biddeford on April 15 because of the man’s race, according to the indictment. The defendants allegedly drove a truck at a fast speed into the lot while the victim was walking outside the store. Diggins exited the vehicle and repeatedly referred to the victim as a racial slur; he also blocked the victim from entering the store. Leo then walked behind the man and struck him forcefully in the head. The two then allegedly followed and shouted racial slurs at the victim as he ran away, the indictment said. Both the FBI and Biddeford Police Department investigated the incident. Diggins “adamantly denied” any wrongdoing, his attorney told The Associated Press. We welcome @TheJusticeDept 's hate crime indictment of a heinous & violent attack of an African American man in Biddeford, #Maine earlier this year. Our full statement here –> > https://t.co/r1bGrflKDn — ADL New England (@ADL_NewEngland) August 28, 2018 SEE ALSO: Trump Is Really Upset That A Black Man Won The Florida Primary For Governor Guilty! Rare Murder Verdict Returned In White Cop’s Killing Of Black Teen [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3824040″ overlay=”true”]
Another day, another issue that Cash Money’s head honcho Birdman has to deal with. In conjunction with Mack Maine, Birdman is being sued for misidentifying a teenager as Ethan Couch, the kid who killed four people and somehow avoided jail time. According to TMZ, parents Mark and Becky English claim they were shocked to learn that a picture […]
5 Seconds Of Summer’s Calum Hood shared a public Spotify playlist titled, “For You, From Me” featuring songs from The Maine, All Time Low, Bob Marley, Walk The Moon, and more.
Burt Shavitz – the beekeeper and businessman best known as the face and founder of Burt’s Bees – has passed away at the age of 80. A spokesperson for the company said Shavitz was suffering from a respiratory illness and passed away at his home in Maine on Sunday, surrounded by family and friends. The Burt’s Bees website says Shavitz “has left for greener fields and wilder woods.” Born Ingram Shavitz in Manhattan in 1935, Burt changed his name and joined the Army after high school. He discovered photography while traveling the world, and his work appeared in Life and Time magazines. He later settled in Maine and took up beekeeping. A woman named Roxanne Quimby began selling his beeswax candles at local fairs, and the two formally partnered up and launched a line of personal care products dubbed Burt’s Bees in 1984. Shavitz’s remarkable life was the subject of an award-winning documentary entitled Burt’s Buzz that was released in 2014. Sadlty, Shavitz was forced out of Burt’s Bees prior to its sale to Clorox for $900 million in 2007. Even so, the company paid loving tribute in a statement released today: “We remember him as a bearded, free-spirited Maine man, a beekeeper, a wisecracker, a lover of golden retrievers and his land. Above all, he taught us to never lose sight of our relationship with nature. Thanks for everything, Burt. You will live in our hearts forever.” Click through the gallery below for a complete list of the celebrities we’ve lost in 2015 : View Slideshow: Celebrities We Lost in 2015
