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Student receives 90 days for stabbing

By The Maine Campus
Posted on April 26, 2010, at 2:02 a.m.

The University of Maine student charged in January with stabbing another student in a fraternity house fight will serve three months in jail and pay a fine and restitution, according to court documents.

Christopher Girouard, 20, of Sebago, pleaded guilty April 9 to two counts of Class D assault and settled out-of-court to a 90-day jail sentence, $850 in restitution and a $1,000 fine. He was booked in Penobscot County Jail, where he will serve out his sentence, later the same day.

The student was charged in connection with a fight that broke out at the Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) house on January 23 between Girouard — a member of Delta Tau Delta — and a FIJI brother. Police say Girouard stabbed the victim three times in the back. The victim was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center, where he received 22 stitches and was released later the same day.

Girouard had been free on unsecured bond since his first appearance in court in January.

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  • Anonymous

    Why is it that some Fraternities get in trouble and placed on probation for certain things, whilst others seem to be immune?

    There is no reference to the fact that both the assailant and the victim, who are both underage, were intoxicated whilst partying at Fiji. This seems to be overlooked, surely has nothing to do with the fact that they have rich alumni willing to donate to the University…

  • Rob Goodwin

    …. stabbing someone gets you 90 days in jail where a direct action blockade on a mine site that poisons the water and air gives one 60 days in jail.

    where is the justice in this counrty

  • oh no orono

    funny. i wonder if it had been a black kid (I know this was not mentioned, but this is UMaine) who stabbed a white kid if he would only get 90 days?

    This pile of crap should get a few years.