Sentence in Student Hit-and-Run Death

The Bangor Daily News and other media outlets reported on the sentencing of  a South Berwick man who was convicted of manslaughter and drunk driving in the January 2010 death of UMaine student Jordyn Bakley. Garrett Cheney was sentenced to 15 years in prison with all but seven suspended for the incident. Bakley would have graduated in 2011 with a double major in education and women’s studies and UMaine Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Robert Dana told the court Bakley worked in the food court in the Memorial Union.

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