Man indicted in fatal Carmel shooting

BANGOR – A 42-year-old Carmel man was indicted for murder and attempted murder Monday by the Penobscot County grand jury.

Donald Robichaud remains in custody at the Penobscot County Jail, where he has been incarcerated since the March 25 shooting that claimed the life of Calvin Hamilton, 48.

On Monday the grand jury indicted Robichaud in the murder of Hamilton as well as the attempted murder of Robichaud’s ex-girlfriend, Wanda Clark, 40.

Robichaud, who has a lengthy criminal record of assaults and burglaries, could face life in prison if convicted. He is scheduled to be arraigned in Penobscot County Superior Court later this month.

Hamilton was shot to death in the driveway of the home of Lorraine Parker on the Haskell Road in Carmel. Parker is Clark’s mother and Clark was living there at the time.

On Monday, Maine State Police Detective Joe Zamboni filed an affidavit with the 3rd District Court in Bangor indicating that the sound of gunfire was captured on a police 911 tape.

There were several people, including Robichaud’s two grown daughters and 2-year-old grandson, in the home when the shooting occurred at about 4:30 p.m.

When family members realized there was a confrontation between Robichaud and Hamilton in the yard, Parker called 911.

“The caller stated that Donald Robichaud was at the residence with a gun and they needed cops at the scene,” Zamboni wrote. “Moments later shots can be heard on the tape, and the people at the residence all started screaming and an ambulance was requested.”

When the ambulance personnel arrived they found Hamilton lying on a bed in the living room, according to the affidavit. He died a short time later at Eastern Maine Medical Center.

Zamboni stated that he saw several empty 9 mm casings on the ground near the house and a trail of blood that led from the doorway to the living room. Several bullet holes were noted in the walls and doorway to the residence, he wrote.

“Five copper-jacketed lead bullets were recovered from walls and appliances located near the entrance to the residence,” Zamboni reported.

Nicholas Smith, who is engaged to one of Clark’s and Robichaud’s daughters, told police that he had seen Robichaud with a 9 mm handgun and that Robichaud had told Smith the gun “had Calvin’s name on it.”

Smith told investigators, according to court records, that Robichaud also said he was “going to kill Calvin.”

Robichaud pulled into the driveway of Parker’s home just a moment before Hamilton arrived, according to witnesses, who told police that Robichaud took a gun from his truck. Those in the house then reported hearing gunshots and Hamilton arrived in the doorway bleeding.

Heather Parker, Clark’s daughter, told police that her father then entered the house and pointed his gun and fired at Clark.

During an interview last week, Clark said she saw the gun and tried to push her 2-year-old grandson out of the way. When she did she tripped on a package of diapers on the floor and the shot missed her.

Stacie Robichaud, a relative of Donald Robichaud, told police she spoke to him at 8 p.m. that evening and he told her that he “shot two people tonight.”

Robichaud turned himself in to police later that night.

Police searched Robichaud’s dilapidated home on the Fuller Road in Carmel, but did not seize anything, Zamboni reported. Police did seize three live 9mm rounds of ammunition from Robichaud’s pickup, according to documents.