Mark Cardilli Jr. Case / The Churchhill Connections

In March of 2019, Mark Cardilli Jr. shot and killed Isahak Muse. The Somali community was upset it took almost one week for an arrest to be made. After a bench trial, Cardilli was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting of his younger sister's boyfriend in their parents' home; and he was sentenced to 7.5 years on December 27, 2019.

State of Maine v. Mark Cardilli Jr.

But did Cardilli act in self-defense... afraid he and his family would be harmed by a man who was intoxicated, refusing to leave, and who was not supposed to be in the Cardilli home in the first place? 

The presiding judge was Justice Nancy Mills, who is the governor's sister. Cardilli appealed, and after a post-conviction review, including testimony from experts on self-defense, Superior Court Justice John O'Neil ordered a new trial for Cardilli, who hadn't had effective counsel.

8-22-23 Order on Post-Conviction Review

However, the State of Maine appealed that decision to the Maine Supreme Court, which vacated the judgement! 

4-11-24 Mark Cardilli Jr. v. State of Maine

You might recognize the name of one of Cardilli's attorneys: Sarah Churchhill. She was later appointed to be a judge in Androscoggin County Superior Court, and realeased a dangerous man on $1500 bail. He ended up in a stand off in Auburn on Father's Day weekend and was shot and killed. Two homes were burned and inside one, a body was found. 

Governor Mills didn't agree with Churchhill's release of Leein Hinckley. From this Sun Journal story:

“In my view, given the severity of the charges, the defendant’s criminal history and the serious danger he posed, these important, competing interests were not properly balanced in this case,” Mills wrote.

The governor said the judge could've appointed an attorney to Leein Hinkley. Doesn't Governor Mills know there's a lack of attorney's in Maine? The ACLU filed a lawsuit 2.5 years ago against the MCILS (Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services): 

Robbins v. MCILS

Maine's attorney general, Aaron Frey, was added as a defendant, but recently dismissed from the lawsuit. However, the State of Maine was added as a defendant; so exactly what is going on? The name of the Commission has been changed to MCPDS (Maine Commission on Public Defense Services). Oh geez, I just looked at the list of the Commission members, and former members at their website...and one of them was Sarah Churchhill. 

Maine Commission on Public Defense Services

Selectboard Meeting 8/21/24 at 3:30 pm - I'll tell about the wrongful arrests

Being held at the town office in Saint Agatha, Maine.

I only got confirmation, the agenda, and the zoom link last night. 

Click here to be taken directly to the Zoom meeting. Or copy and past link below:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88323736707?pwd=kxoZQssuQMyYKoKbLSPmFhpukkvdso.1#success

Period of Public Participation

Call to Order 

Consent Agenda

Article 1: To consider the meeting minutes of 7/17/24

Article 2: To consider the general ledger report, revenue report, and expense summaries of the period ending 7/31/24

New Business

Article 3: To discuss Mrs. Michaud’s concerns

Article 4: To discuss future dumping sites

Old Business

Article 5: Update on the K of C repairs

Article 6: Update on road work

Other Business

Adjourn

townmanager@stagatha.com	Aug 20, 2024, 4:47 PM (21 hours ago)
to Megan, me

Here you go! Paula was well aware of the date of the meeting. I told her weeks ago when it was. 

 

I can either call her and put her on speaker phone, or we can Zoom. I would prefer Zoom; please see the attached link.

 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88323736707?pwd=kxoZQssuQMyYKoKbLSPmFhpukkvdso.1

 

Michelle Bernier,

Town Manager

Co-defendants acquitted in June 2024 - one dies, other is missing

Bill Gates is not dead... Mike Lynch might be, he's missing after his yacht sank. And two days later, his co-defendant Stephen Chamberlain, was hit by a vehicle while running and died. According to this story:

"He and Lynch were both facing up to two decades behind bars if they were convicted of numerous fraud charges linked to the sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for $11billion (£8.64billion) back in 2011."

Quoting from the story they were "accused of scheming to inflate the company's value before it was sold"... like what Donald Trump did and got convicted of in New York. Lynch and Chamberlain were acquitted by a San Francisco jury in June of 2024. The story also said this:

"The businessman, who was facing up to two decades behind bars if convicted, said he was 'elated' after being cleared of the charges, but told the BBC he only managed it because of his staggering wealth."

Man arrested in Auburn for assaulting teen, robbery, drugs - released!

Read the story here! 

He was taken to the Androscoggin County Jail with his bail set at $10,000. “Jolicoeur posted bail and has since been released from jail,” said police.

 I just added a tab regarding bail reform.

 

Fire Chief gets off easy on three felony charges

From the story Former Maine Fire Chief pleads to reduced charges in fraud case: 

He had been charged with forgery, theft, and aggravated criminal invasion of computer privacy, all of which are felonies. But those charges were dismissed as part of a plea agreement he reached with the Hancock County District Attorney’s Office.

The town of Gouldsboro didn't fire him, he resigned and was hired by the town of Winter Harbor last fall, but was soon fired when they learned of the charges. I'm not surprised that Tatum McLean got no jail time. The plea was accepted by Justice Harold (Hal) Stewart II. 

Stewart, in 2016 dismissed a case I had in Caribou Superior Court; use my search bar to read more. I had been denied an equal share of pooled tips when I was a waitress at Long Lake Sporting Club for a short time; and, as well I wasn't paid for a few hours I worked simply because nobody had come to eat that night...also clearly illegal. The Maine Human Rights Commission failed me as well as the Superior Court. 

11-10-23 Interview with Maine Commissioner of Prisons Randall Liberty

Patrisha McLean interviews the Maine Commissioner of Prisons, Randall Liberty.   

At 34:30 he says bail shouldn't be based on someone's wealth, but on the threat level.

The address for Shane in case anyone wants to write him:

Shane Michaud # 72847
807 Cushing Road, 
Warren, Maine 04864-4600

You can deposit funds for commissary. You need an inmate's MDOC # and date of birth in order to send it. 

Shane's info is MDOC #72847 and D.O.B. 9-24-88. 

There are certain rules to follow if you write, like no colored paper. Only blue or black ink, etc... click here for the rules first.  

The rules for visiting are there too. Shane calls me about once a week. He gets a free 5 minute phone call. Why they don't allow prisoners more phone time is... well it's criminal! Hearing from family and friends is important to rehabilitation and to prisoners' morale.

The Morning after...Officer Brian Collamore

In the photo in my last post, you see my grandson's mother about to call police.  My grandson is in the photo too, but you can only see his sneakers. After our interaction - which you can read about in that post - I received a phone call from Officer Brian Collamore: but Pete and I were in jail, visiting Shane, so he left me a voice message. I didn't return the call that day, and on Sunday morning I was visited by a Lewiston police officer who told me that I needed to call Waldoboro police. 

I called, we spoke, and he asked me what the heck happened Saturday. He accused me of harrassing Andrea, and said he was fed up. Collamore said he couldn't officially ban me from Waldoboro but that I had no business being there. It's Andrea's false claims that he should be fed up with. You see after a PFA - wrongly granted by Judge Geoffrey Rushlau -  expired she attempted to get another, but Judge Brent Davis denied it. Pete had come with me to court, and as we drove home, I called the school to find out if there were any upcoming activities I could attend. I mentioned that I was being kept away from my grandchildren by their mother. I requested to speak with Beth, school counselor, but was told she was busy and would return my call. She never returned my call, and the conversation resulted in a phone call to police or to Andrea who then called police. 

Officer Collamore is listed here, as a patrolman for Waldoboro Police Department. He was awfully rude to me. I recognize the name of a reserve officer listed there as well, Justin Hills. I found paperwork in Shane's room shortly after he was arrested for shooting Justin Steggall. He had just been served by Justin Hills, with a violation of the protection order which Andrea had succeeded in adding the children to; she won by default when Shane failed to appear. So when he texted Andrea about something other than arranging visits with the children, she called police. Months earlier she was ignoring both of us; and I had urged Shane to write to the court and ask for there to be designated days he could have the children...but he hadn't done that. Justin Hills is also the Shellfish Warden. Hmmm, Andrea's new boyfriend and father of her youngest son is a lobsterman. Does Hills know him, how well?