An Aroostook County man admitted in court Wednesday to killing two people and wounding three others in a two-county rampage in 2015, according to the Maine attorney general’s office.
Anthony Lord, 37, of Crystal pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts each of murder, attempted murder, elevated aggravated assault, theft of firearms and one count each of arson, aggravated assault and eluding an officer, according to his attorneys. A kidnapping charge and two counts of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon were dismissed.
Wednesday’s hearing was held in at the Rockland courthouse because it is closer to the Maine State Prison, where Lord is serving a sentence for an assault unrelated to the rampage two years ago, defense attorneys said.
Lord told Superior Court Justice Ann Murray that he pleaded guilty to the charges because “it was morally right,” his attorney, Jeffrey Toothaker of Ellsworth, said after Wednesday’s hearing.
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