BANGOR
The former girlfriends of two men on trial at the Penobscot Judicial Center in connection with the brutal slayings of three people reluctantly took the stand Tuesday.
Nicholas Sexton, 33, of Warwick, R.I., and Randall Daluz, 36, of Brockton, Mass., known by the nickname
“Ricky” or “Money,” have been charged with three counts of murder and one count of arson in connection with the deaths. Investigators have described the slayings as a drug deal gone bad. Sexton and Daluz have pleaded not guilty.
The charred bodies of Nicolle A. Lugdon, 24, of Eddington; Daniel T. Borders, 26, of Hermon; and Lucas A. Tuscano, 28, of Bradford were found in a burning rental car on Aug. 13, 2012, at 22 Target Industrial Circle in Bangor.
Chantee Andrews, 33, of Cranston, R.I., who has two children with Sexton, and Patti Pond, 31, of Fall River, Mass., both wept as they answered questions about their relationships with the men. Andrews said she was jealous of the time Sexton spent with Daluz. She told jurors she later learned Sexton sometimes was with other girlfriends when he said he was with Daluz.
Andrews said that she drove to Bangor on Aug. 13, 2012, to pick Sexton up and drive him back to Massachusetts. She said that he seemed upset about something but did not tell her what.
Pond said that she knew nothing about Daluz’s drug deals. She told jurors that he worked as a landscaper and did painting and other odd jobs with Sexton.
On the lookout
With the jury out of the courtroom, Pond said that Daluz told her to be on the lookout for “Nick or one of his people” around their home in Taunton, Mass.
“He didn’t say he was scared of Nick, he just told me to be careful and watch my house,” she said.
Pond described her relationship with Daluz as “rocky” during the summer of 2012. She said that earlier in the year he had had an affair with another woman but said he was a “good father.”
If convicted, Sexton and Daluz face between 25 years and life in prison on each murder charge.
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