Somerset County courts for March 2-6, 2020
Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
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SKOWHEGAN Closed cases for March 2-6, 2020, in Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court:
Benjamin Ard, 35, of Montville, violating condition of release Aug. 19, 2019, in Madison, seven-month 15-day jail sentence. On Sept. 24, 2019, in Madison: harassment by telephone, six-month jail sentence; violating condition of release, dismissed.
Joseph Arietti, 39, of Bingham, domestic violence assault July 23, 2019, in Bingham, dismissed.
Joseph Babb, 30, of Newport, violating condition of release Jan. 24, 2020, in Detroit; 30-day jail sentence.
Scott Bickford, 44, of Norridgewock, on May 19, 2019, in Skowhegan: operation of defective vehicle, $250 fine; displaying fictitious vehicle certificate, dismissed.
Leah Adele Garcia
Oct. 13, 1926 Jan. 15, 2021
Leah Garcia passed away early in the morning of Jan. 15 after a brief illness. She was born Oct. 13, 1926, in Loyalist, Alberta, Canada, to Delia Marie Herard and Harry Mumm.
She is survived by her daughter Susan Garcia, her daughter Carolyn Weiner and her husband John, her son Daniel Garcia and his wife Noriko, and her son Thomas Garcia, as well as her grandchildren Natalie and Erik Weiner, and Nicholas, Jackson, and Tara Crockett, and her wiley cat Geronimo.
She spent her childhood with her family on a farm in rural Alberta. After her father became ill, Leah worked to help support her mother and her family, finding work wherever she could. Although it was a hard life, she would later reflect on this time warmly and with good humor, telling one grandson, “We didn’t have much, but we lived richly!” before fondly recalling rides on horse-drawn sleighs and her favorite animals, including a horse named Blue and a pet lamb named Z