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.
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AUBURN A woman who was sexually assaulted starting when she was a young teenager told her abuser Thursday he had robbed her of her innocence and independence.
“At the age of 15, you stole something from me that you had no right to take. I will live with that for the rest of my life because this is something that can never be undone,” the woman said in an Androscoggin County Superior Court room.
Michael Veilleux
Androscoggin County Jail photo
“I can’t say that I lost my virginity to the person I love. The person I love today is the person I wish I was able to experience that with,” she told Michael Veilleux, 40, of Lewiston.