Lewiston man to serve 5 years for shooting at police
Joshua Boyd claims the gun discharged accidentally.
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LEWISTON A local man who fired gunshots at police as he fled on foot down Howe Street last fall was sentenced Tuesday to spend five years behind bars.
Joshua R. Boyd
Lewiston Police Department photo
Joshua R. Boyd, 27, of 42 Jefferson St. pleaded guilty to six related charges Tuesday, four of them felonies.
Lewiston police officers sat at the back of the 8th District courtroom during the hearing while Boyd participated by videoconference from Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn.
Assistant District Attorney Neil McLean told active-retired Justice Paul A. Fritzsche that a call came in early in the morning on Nov. 18, 2020, that a man had entered an apartment at 30 Howe St. where he threatened people with a gun.