Convicted last summer of vehicular manslaughter, Ethan Rioux-Poulios should have been barred from driving for a decade. But an error by the courts and the BMV allowed him to keep his license. On Friday, he critically injured a woman in a police chase that ended in a wreck.
Convicted last summer of vehicular manslaughter, Ethan Rioux-Poulios should have been barred from driving for a decade. But an error by the courts and the BMV allowed him to keep his license. On Friday, he critically injured a woman in a police chase that ended in a wreck.
Terrence G. Gordon was driving a pickup truck in 2019 in Stoneham when it crashed, killing his wife and injuring his children, according to court documents.
Terrence G. Gordon was driving a pickup truck in 2019 in Stoneham when it crashed, killing his wife and injuring his children, according to court documents.
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SOUTH PARIS A Woodstock man who, while fleeing police in 2019 rear-ended a car off the road, killing its driver, was sentenced Thursday to spend two years behind bars.
Ethan Rioux-Poulios
Approving a plea agreement, Oxford County Superior Court Justice Thomas McKeon suspended five years of the seven-year prison sentence he imposed on 26-year-old Ethan Rioux-Poulios.
The defendant’s Maine driver’s license was suspended indefinitely by the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles, though he may seek reinstatement of his license after 10 years.
The May 20, 2019, crash on Route 26 in Woodstock killed 70-year-old John Pikiell of Noway.
At an emotionally charged court hearing, family members of the victim assailed Rioux-Poulios for his selfishness and cowardice, but urged him to change his ways and become a productive member of society.