Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Justin Bent, 28, of Southwest Harbor, Maine, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to operating under the influence of alcohol (OUI) and causing serious bodily injury, operating a vehicle without due care and destroying trees and other natural resources.
Court records reveal that Bent, while under the influence of intoxicants, drove off of a roadway and crashed a van in Acadia National Park, causing serious bodily injury to a passenger and destroying trees. Bent’s blood alcohol content measured.14%. The passenger was transported by life flight to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor where he underwent emergency surgery for a severe leg fracture.
Bent faces up to six years in prison and a $250,000 fine for OUI and up to six-months in prison for operating the vehicle without due care and destruction of park property. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.
The investigation was conducted by National Park Service Rangers as well as the Southwest Harbor and Mount Desert Island Police Departments.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
