By
Jennifer Feals
KENNEBUNKPORT
— Kennebunkport police have charged one of their own officers with driving to
endanger, following a motorcycle accident last July.
Officer
Marc Laflamme, 44, of Kennebunkport, was charged on May 28 with driving to
endanger after an investigation into an accident on July 26, 2013, when
Laflamme sustained serious injuries after crashing his motorcycle on Arundel
Road.
Laflamme
is due to appear at the Biddeford District Court on July 23. The charge is a
misdemeanor, said Police Chief Craig Sanford.
The
case was screened by the York County District Attorney’s Office, Sanford said,
which “decided what charges should be brought forward.”
Following
the accident last July, an accident reconstruction was conducted immediately by
an investigator from the Sanford Police Department and a blood alcohol analysis
was conducted. Those results were turned over to the District Attorney’s office
and Sanford said Friday that he could not discuss those results as the case is
“pending.”
“It’s
all in the courts right now. Where it’s a pending case, I can’t talk about it,”
he said. “They have their evidence and we’ll see what happens.”
Laflamme
returned to work at the police department in March. Sanford said the charge
does not affect that status.
“Everybody
is innocent until proven guilty,” he said.
Laflamme
joined the Kennebunkport Police Department as a full-time patrolman in October
2007 after working as a summer reserve officer since 2001. Laflamme is a
longtime volunteer with the Kennebunkport Fire Department and Kennebunkport
Emergency Medical Servic