FARMINGTON — A Rangeley man was sentenced Tuesday to serve two years of a nine-year sentence for driving drunk, which resulted in the death of another driver. Rusty LeRoy Knox, 35, of East Wilton, a self-employed logger, husband of his school sweetheart and the father of four, died at the scene on Lambert Hill Road […]
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Rangeley man pleads not guilty in fatal crash
FARMINGTON — A Rangeley man pleaded not guilty Friday to drunken driving in a fatal, fiery wreck that claimed the life of Rusty Knox, 35, of Wilton last October in Strong. Mark Garner, 25, pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to a Class A charge of manslaughter and a Class B charge of […]
Rangeley man indicted on manslaughter charge in Strong crash
FARMINGTON — A Rangeley man was indicted Wednesday on a manslaughter charge in the fiery crash that killed Rusty Knox, 35, of Wilton last October. Mark Garner, 25, was also indicted on a charge of aggravated operating under the influence. Garner told a Franklin County sheriff’s deputy last year that he’d drunk six beers and […]
Police: Rangeley driver admits blame in fatal wreck
FARMINGTON — The man charged with drunken driving after his truck slammed into another and killed the driver in a fiery wreck in Strong on Tuesday night told a sheriff’s deputy he’d drunk six beers and was speeding, according to a police affidavit. Mark Garner, 24, of Rangeley admitted to Franklin County Deputy Andrew Morgan […]
Rangeley man charged with OUI in fatal crash in Strong
UPDATE: Rangeley man tells deputy he drank too much in fatal accident STRONG — A Rangeley driver was drunk and speeding when his truck crossed the centerline on Lambert Hill Road on Tuesday night and struck another truck head-on, killing the driver in a fiery wreck, police said. Mark Garner, 24, of Rangeley was arrested at the […]