TEACHER BRINGS GUN INTO TROUBLED MAINE SCHOOL

[MaineCWPtraining]

Ex-teachers's aide agrees to plea deal over gun
Beth Bergeron gets community service and a chance to have the conviction dismissed next year.

December 9, 2009

PORTLAND — A former teacher's aide at the Riverton Community School pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge of possessing a firearm on school property.

Beth Bergeron, 49, of Harrison must do 100 hours of community service and take an eight-hour gun safety course, under the terms of a plea agreement with Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson. She also will be prohibited from possessing any firearms.

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[Twigg]

The charge is a misdemeanor that carries a maximum six-month jail sentence.

She also will be prohibited from possessing any firearms.

Since when does one become a "Prohibited Person" for a misdemeanor ?

Or am I missing something here ?

 

[terraformer]

Ex-teachers's aide agrees to plea deal over gun
Beth Bergeron gets community service and a chance to have the conviction dismissed next year.

December 9, 2009

PORTLAND — A former teacher's aide at the Riverton Community School pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge of possessing a firearm on school property.

Beth Bergeron, 49, of Harrison must do 100 hours of community service and take an eight-hour gun safety course, under the terms of a plea agreement with Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson. She also will be prohibited from possessing any firearms.

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They are going to DQ her but still send her to a gun safety course???

 

[insomniac]

Yeah, that's pretty weird; why mandate the gun safety course if she's prohibited from possessing firearms?

 

[cekim]

Another criminal mastermind off the streets

 

[jamz]

In Maine you are not required to have a license to own a gun, only to carry concealed. That's like saying you will be prohibited from owning alcohol if you have a drunk and disorderly charge. How will they enforce it?

 

[buketduder]

now she can walk around portland carrying openly until they decide to give her her permit back...

 

[DJMc]

I have no problem with teachers carrying....

But there is a wee bit of a difference between carrying and leaving unattended in the middle of a cafeteria!

At least a wee bit of difference. We cannot allow too many woopsies with our firearms. Not many at all. If we are not safe, then the anti-gun lobby is going to use that against us.

 

[SecondAmdFirst]

You should always be aware of where a loaded weapon is....case closed...IMHO

 

[Rob Boudrie]

That's like saying you will be prohibited from owning alcohol if you have a drunk and disorderly charge. How will they enforce it?

It is very common for persons on probation, or deals like CWOF (MA term) where the charge gets dropped after a certain period of time to have conditions placed on them. My guess is that this is a court ordered, not statutory, prohibition and is probably in effect only for the duration of the one year period.