PARIS — A 21-year old Oxford woman found to be responsible for the deaths of two West Paris teens in a high-speed car crash two years ago will be sentenced Wednesday. Prosecutors are asking a judge to order Oxford resident Kristina Lowe to five years behind bars following a jury’s conviction on two counts of […]
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Defense seeks community service time in Lowe sentencing
PARIS — Defense lawyers are asking a judge to sentence a 21-year-old woman found guilty of manslaughter in the deaths of two teenagers to community service. Kristina Lowe of Oxford would be ordered to educate students about the dangers of distracted driving, according to her lawyer’s request. “Incarceration of Kristina Lowe for this horrible tragedy will do […]
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Judge upholds Kristina Lowe’s manslaughter convictions
PARIS — A judge has upheld a jury’s conviction of Kristina Lowe on two counts of manslaughter and one count of leaving the scene of an accident. In a written ruling submitted to the Oxford County Superior Court clerk’s office Monday afternoon, Active-Retired Judge Robert Clifford dismissed motions from Lowe’s defense attorneys’ for a new […]
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No decision on motion to overturn Lowe’s manslaughter convictions
PARIS — Defense lawyers argued Thursday that an Oxford woman’s manslaughter convictions should be overturned because her father should not have been allowed to testify at her trial. Active-Retired Judge Robert Clifford did not issue an immediate ruling on the motion from defense attorneys representing Kristina Lowe who is seeking a new trial or to […]
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Prosecutors seek five-year prison sentence in West Paris manslaughter case
PARIS — Prosecutors recommended a five-year prison sentence for Kristina Lowe, 21, of Oxford, convicted last month on two counts of manslaughter and one count of leaving the scene of a high-speed crash that killed two West Paris teens in 2012. In a sentencing memo filed with Oxford County Superior Court on Friday, Assistant District […]
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Father of slain West Paris teen frustrated with court pace
WEST PARIS — The father of a West Paris teenager killed in a vehicle accident two years ago expressed his extreme frustration in setting a sentencing date for the driver, Kristina Lowe, convicted of two counts of manslaughter. Jerrold Mason, father of 16-year-old Rebecca Mason, who was killed in a high-speed crash in West Paris […]
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Lawyer for Kristina Lowe files for new trial, hearing
PARIS — A lawyer for Kristina Lowe has filed a motion for a testimonial hearing in an initial appeal of guilty verdicts on two counts of manslaughter in a high-speed crash that killed two teenagers in 2012. Lowe, 21, of Oxford also was found guilty May 22 of leaving the scene of an accident. A […]
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Jury finds Kristina Lowe guilty of manslaughter
PARIS — A lawyer for Kristina Lowe said Thursday he would appeal her guilty verdicts on two counts of manslaughter in the high-speed crash that killed Rebecca Mason, 16, and Logan Dam, 19, both of West Paris, in 2012. The seven-woman, five-man jury also found Lowe guilty of leaving the scene of an accident, but […]
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Lowe’s father: Kristina said she was driving, distracted by phone
PARIS — The father of Kristina Lowe testified this morning that as his daughter rested in a hospital bed, she told him and her mother that while looking at her cell phone, she lost control of the vehicle she was driving on Jan. 7, 2012. The accident killed two passengers in the back of the […]
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Father: Kristina Lowe said she was driving
PARIS — Kristina Lowe’s father was arrested late Tuesday, charged with contempt of court after he failed to show up to testify at her double manslaughter trial in Oxford County Superior Court. State Police Trooper Adam Fillebrown arrested Earl Lowe, 43, at his home on Mt. Mica Road in South Paris at 9:30 p.m. on […]