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AUGUSTA – Caribou trucker Scott Hewitt, whose lengthy record of driving offenses came to light after a fatal accident July 29, will remain in jail because supervision he proposed if released is inadequate, a judge decided.
Hewitt, 33, has pleaded innocent to nine misdemeanor charges resulting from the accident at a construction site along the Maine Turnpike in Hallowell. A Scarborough woman died of injuries she suffered when Hewitt’s truck plowed into her car.
After the accident, Hewitt’s record of 63 convictions, 22 license suspensions and involvement in a previous fatal accident triggered public outrage and calls for reforms by elected officials.
Hewitt has been in Kennebec County Jail in Augusta since late September, awaiting trial on the nine charges. Superior Court Justice S. Kirk Studstrup had set as a condition of bail that Hewitt find an individual or group willing to ensure he will show up for trial and that he not drive in the meantime.
On Friday, Hewitt’s attorney proposed that Hewitt be supervised by Richard Worster, 64, who owns an auto salvage business and described himself as a business associate of Hewitt’s.
Worster told the court he was willing to offer Hewitt a 30-hour-a-week job at his shop.
“That’s the extent of your supervision?” asked Deputy District Attorney Alan Kelley. “You’d be with him 30 hours a week?”
“Right,” answered Worster.
“Then he’d go home at night?”
“Right,” answered Worster. “And you’d go home at night?”
“Right,” said Worster.
The judge, who has expressed concern about Hewitt’s past failure to appear in courts and to drive with a suspended license, decided that Worster alone could not watch over Hewitt.
“I was looking for something that had a little more structure to it,” said Studstrup, adding that he would be willing to consider other supervisory situations in future hearings.
In addition to finding a supervisor, Hewitt was required to post bail of $75,000 in cash or $300,000 worth of real estate during his hearing on the nine charges.
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