Three charged with N. Springfield attack

Three Springfield people have been arrested and charged with the home invasion and assault and robbery of an elderly North Springfield man in May.
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Published October 30, 2013 in the Rutland Herald Three charged with N. Springfield attack By susan Smallheer Staff Writer SPRINGFIELD — Three Springfield people have been arrested and charged with the home invasion and assault and robbery of an elderly North Springfield man on Fairgrounds Road in May. Springfield Police Lt. Mark Fountain said Joseph Morin, 30; Amanda Bernier, 25; and Eugene Meyette, 27, have all been charged with the May 6 assault, which sent the homeowner to the hospital for injuries he received. Morin, who has a lengthy criminal record and is in jail, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, reckless endangerment, giving false information to police, and assault and robbery. Meyette was charged with simple assault, burglary, assault and robbery and giving false information to police. Meyette, like Morin, is being held at the state prison in Springfield. Bernier, who is being held at the South Burlington prison for an earlier assault and robbery of a North Springfield man at the North Springfield Flood Control Dam, faces new charges related to Bernier’s and Meyette’s charges, Fountain said. Bernier’s specific charges and her role in the alleged home invasion were not available Tuesday. Morin is due in court on the new charges Dec. 10, Meyette on Nov. 26 and Bernier on Dec. 17. “The case officer received a tip and went from there,” Fountain said when asked how police had solved the old case. Police said the two men went to the man’s home May 6 at about 10 p.m. and claimed they had run out of gas. When the man went into his home to get them some money, he was attacked and robbed of $750, police said.