AUGUSTA — A Belgrade mother pleaded guilty to a charge of child endangerment in a case where her son walked about five miles from the home before being found by a school administrator who helped pull him from a stream.
Under an agreement worked out between the Kennebec County District Attorney’s Office and a defense attorney, Melissa L. Godin, 32, can withdraw that plea and the charge would be dismissed if she complies with conditions of a 12-month deferred disposition.
Her son, a preteen with special needs, was found wandering on Wings Mills Road near the Long Pond storage dam in Mount Vernon in late April. Patricia Stanton, dean of students at Maranacook Community School, was heading to work about 6 a.m. when she saw the boy. She and another motorist stopped to assist him.
The boy couldn’t give his name, but Maine State Trooper Diane Perkins-Vance recognized him and brought him home.
Conditions of the deferred disposition in Kennebec County Superior Court require that Godin not leave the boy unattended and that she comply with Department of Health and Human Services recommendations and requirements, “continue to maintain alarms and visual ‘stop signs’ on all outside doors to the residence, and maintain all locks in working order.”
Godin was represented by attorney Stephen Bourget.
Betty Adams — 621-5631
Twitter: @betadams
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