A Kennebec County grand jury indicted the 36-year-old man accused of firing about 20 shots near a summer camp Aug. 7.
Nathan Hewett was indicted in late September on charges of reckless conduct with a firearm, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and terrorizing with a dangerous weapon, which are felony charges, and discharging firearm near a dwelling, which is a misdemeanor-level charge.
An indictment is not a determination of guilt but indicates enough evidence exists for a case to move forward to trial.
Hewett allegedly fired the shots following an altercation with security guards at Camp Modin, a jewish summer camp. There were about 400 campers and staff members at the camp at the time. No one was injured.
Camp Modin was granted a protection order against Hewett on Sept. 28 after a complaint citing years of problems with Hewett, a neighbor of the camp.
Hewett was released from custody on $50,000 bail, and is barred from accessing dangerous weapons and using alcohol as conditions of his bail. He’s also barred from having contact with his father, Raymond Hewett, who is also a neighbor of the camp and was present for the interaction that preceded the shots being fired.
Hewett petitioned the court to modify this condition of his release, and his petition was denied.
Hewett’s dispositional conference — a nontestimonial hearing where the involved parties discuss the merits of the evidence, defense and motions with a judge — is scheduled for Nov. 10. at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta.
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