Man who struck and killed pedestrian in crosswalk will not face criminal charges
BAR HARBOR The man who struck and killed McKenna Unobskey in a crosswalk near The Jackson Laboratory in December will not face criminal charges, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Unobskey, a 27-year-old animal care supervisor at the lab, was in the crosswalk on Route 3 at about 5:47 a.m. when Russell Clark struck her with his Jeep. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
After an investigation by Bar Harbor Police, District Attorney Matt Foster decided to not go forward with charges against Clark because the evidence did not rise to the level of criminal culpability.
Bangor, Maine News Update: May 10, 2021
The Maine CDC reports 244 new cases of COVID-19 statewide. Androscoggin County is the only area of Maine that remains yellow in the Department of Education’s color coding system, because of a continued elevated case rate in the region. The yellow designation suggests a hybrid learning model, with a combination of in-person and remote learning.
The driver who hit and killed a woman in a crosswalk near Jackson Laboratory in December will not face any criminal charges, after the Hancock County District Attorney said the state couldn’t meet the burden of proof. Now, McKenna Unobskey’s family says they want the driver held accountable. DA Matt Foster told WABI-TV that the family still has the option to file a civil suit.
AP Photos Maybe if Eloy Jimenez, Luis Robert and Adam Engel were healthy, none of the admitted mistakes manager Tony La Russa has made in his first 29 games would be viewed as monumental. Maybe Jimenez hits one out of the park against Sonny Gray, and the Sox beat the Reds 1-0 on Wednesday instead of losing 1-0 in 10 innings. Then maybe La Russa wouldn’t have used closer Liam Hendriks needlessly and wouldn’t have been exposed for not knowing a rule. Maybe good speed, no bat outfielder Billy Hamilton wouldn’t have been put in the difficult position to drive in the tying run in the 10th, an assignment La Russa allowed him to undertake. Maybe Leury Garcia, in an inexplicable decision in the view of almost everyone except La Russa, wouldn’t have tried to steal second base and gotten thrown out by Gold Glove catcher Tucker Barnhart, an attempt that led perplexed Sox radio analyst Darrin Jackson to say on the air, “I don’t know what we’re doing out there.”
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“Bad optics’’ is business-speak for anything that negatively affects the public perception of a business or a person. We used to say, “Who told you those pants were a good idea?” Now we just say, “Bad optics, Mr. Smithers.’’ Whatever you want to call Tony La Russa’s foggy, meandering journey to admitting he didn’t know a new Major League Baseball rule, it wasn’t good for him or the White Sox. It happened during a recent postgame Zoom news conference, and it was painful viewing the thin, reedy voice, the faraway look, the overall befuddlement. At a minimum, the Sox have a perception problem with their manager, which means they have a problem with their manager. There’s no use trying to distinguish between the two.
2021/05/06 08:35 FILE - In this April 12, 2021, file photo, Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa, center, argues with home plate umpire Gabe Morales (47) while catc. FILE - In this April 12, 2021, file photo, Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa, center, argues with home plate umpire Gabe Morales (47) while catcher Yasmani Grandal (24) listens during the ninth inning of the team s baseball against the Cleveland Indians in Chicago. La Russa developed a reputation as a master strategist while managing the Oakland Athletics to a World Series championship and the St. Louis Cardinals to two more. His second tenure with the Chicago White Sox is off to a bumpy start. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)