Deliberations continue
in 'lobster wars' trial
DROCKLAND — Jurors have spent the day deliberating with no verdict in the trial of a Maine lobsterman charged with shooting a fellow lobsterman in a feud over lobster traps off Matinicus Island.
Sixty-eight-year-old Vance Bunker is charged with elevated aggravated assault and other charges for shooting 44-year-old Christopher Young in the neck on a wharf on remote Matinicus Island last July.
Bunker's daughter, Janan Miller, is also on trial for reckless conduct for her role in the shooting.
It's unclear whether jurors in Rockland will continue deliberating into the night or be sent home. The four-day trial has given outsiders a rare view into the unofficial rules followed by Maine's lobster industry.
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3 COMMENTS
DonC said...
@ 5 PM Ch 6 News reported that they were both found not guilty
March 12, 2010 at 6:00 PM Report abuse
UofA said...
As it should be! Maybe now Young and his other inbreeds will stay off of other persons boats when they are PO'd. That is what the Wardens and cops are for. It is about time that the lobster people realize that this is the 21st Century and customs may have to change. They do not own the waters off of Maine. Jump on my boat PO'd without permission and you are shark bait.
March 12, 2010 at 6:17 PM Report abuse
SL said...
Bunch of water going hillbillies.
March 12, 2010 at 6:57 PM Report abuse