Eric Bard News Today

While we preserve some monuments, we let a lot of history rot.

That conviction of the crimes that took place in 2011 and 2012, led to 34-year Eric Bard being sentenced to 50 years in prison.

33-year old Eric Bard initially pleaded guilty in 2014 to 21 counts of sexually abusing a girl he was babysitting and recording it on his cell phone.

That conviction of the crimes that took place in 2011 and 2012, led to 34-year Eric Bard being sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Eric Bard, 32, faces a second trial after his previous conviction was overturned by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court because the district court judge who presided over the first trial improperly met with the prosecution without a lawyer for the defense present.

Maeghan Maloney, district attorney for Kennebec and Somerset counties, was accused of misconduct for a 2014 meeting with a judge, at his request, which resulted in a conviction being overturned.

Sidney man agrees to plea deal with state regarding nearly decade old rape case

AUGUSTA - A Maine man, who was found guilty of sexually assaulting a four year old, has had his sentence cut nearly in half.

Eric Bard has been sentenced to 28 years in jail — 22 years less than his original sentence.

An improper meeting between the district attorney and judge resulted in the overturning of Eric Bard's 2015 conviction. Now, instead of facing 50 years in prison for more than 21 charges, he is to serve 28.