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> SENTINEL & ENTERPRISE / SARAH BRITAIN Steven Bourgeois, right,
> is arraigned in Gardner District Court, Monday.
>
>
> GARDNER -- A Westminster man who allegedly used his truck to pin his
> live-in girlfriend under an ATV as their 3-year-old son sat in the truck
> is being held on $500,000 bail.
>
> Steven Bourgeois, 43, allegedly drove his red Ford F-350 pick-up truck
> through his garage Saturday, trapping Tracy Mei, 34, of Templeton, under
> the ATV, according to reports from Westminster police officials and
> Worcester County District Attorney John J. Conte.
>
> Police reports filed in Gardner District Court, where Bourgeois was
> arraigned Monday morning, say Mei suffered "life-threatening" injuries
> during the incident.
>
> Mei's 8-year-old son found her "lying in a pool of blood in the garage,"
> according to a report written by Westminster Police Sgt. Edward Robbins.
>
>
> Mei was unconscious and her left leg was stuck in the ATV's front grille
> when authorities arrived at the scene, according to Robbins.
>
> She suffered a "severe laceration on the top of her head" and a
> fractured left ankle, according to Robbins, but representatives from
> UMass Memorial Hospital in Worcester, to where officials transported
> Mei, said Monday they could not release her condition.
>
> Bourgeois faces one count of assault with intent to murder and one count
> of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and is being held in the
> Worcester County House of Correction until his bail-review hearing on
> Wednesday, according to court documents.
>
> Westminster police accounts of the crime scene, located at 28 Bourgeois
> Terrace, describe a chaotic blood-soaked environment, as Bourgeois fled
> the area and his relatives ran in and out of the house.
>
> Westminster Police Officer Jason Wetherbee saw Mei's sister, Jen
> Bourgeois, crying and covered in blood when he arrived at the suspect's
> house, according to his report.
>
> "Tracy (Mei) was bleeding heavily and there was already a pool of blood
> on the floor that I would estimate had a circular diameter of over two
> feet," Robbins wrote in his statement. "Tracy was unconscious with
> shallow breathing."
>
> Though the ATV had struck Mei directly, Robbins and Wetherbee concluded
> from the garage's extensive internal and external damage, as well as the
> fresh tire tracks, that a much larger vehicle had caused much of he
> damage, according to their reports.
>
> While officers inspected the scene, one of Bourgeois' brothers, Alan,
> urged police officials to treat Bourgeois gently because of past
> emotional issues and lack of proper medication.
>
> "Go easy on him," Alan Bourgeois said, according to Robbins' report. "I
> know you have to do your job, but he is sick and has had problems in the
> past."
>
> "There was talk about Steven (Bourgeois) needing to go away and get some
> help, and to be put on the right medications," Robbins wrote.
>
> Bourgeois and his pick-up truck eventually returned to his house,
> escorted by two more of his brothers, Raymond Jr. and Robert, who had
> found him in Hubbardston.
>
> Nearly every part of the truck had extensive damage, according to
> Robbins' report.
>
> Wetherbee questioned Bourgeois for a brief period of time before the
> family's attorney advised him via cell phone to stop talking with
> police, according to police reports.
>
> "I asked him what happened up in the garage," Wetherbee wrote. "Steven
> spoke slowly and with a low voice. He stated that he wasn't sure, and
> that he was driving too fast in the driveway."
>
> "I then asked him what happened after he entered the garage,"
> Wetherbee's report continues. "He stated that he didn't remember. I then
> asked him what he did after, he stated he did not remember and he did
> not know where he went."
>
> A somber-looking Bourgeois fought back tears during his arraignment
> Monday, but did not speak as his attorney, Joseph J. Brodigan of Boston,
> urged Gardner District Court's clerk magistrate, Whitney J. Brown, to
> release Bourgeois on personal recognizance or low bail.
>
> "His family is very well-known. His roots in the community are deep,"
> Brodigan said, arguing on Bourgeois' behalf.
>
> Despite a previous assault and battery charge against a different victim
> in 2002, Brodigan said Bourgeois deserved a reasonable bail because
> these two charges are Bourgeois' first serious offense.
>
> "This whole thing is extremely tragic," Brodigan said.
>
> Bourgeois, dressed in an olive-green short-sleeve T-shirt, jeans and
> sneakers, repeatedly glanced over toward family members sitting in the
> courtroom's back rows during the proceedings.
>
> "He has much, much in the way of family support," Brodigan said.
>
> The attorney stated during the brief arraignment that Bourgeois takes
> medication and has received psychiatric treatment in the past.
>
> Family members and Brodigan declined to comment following Monday's
> proceedings and then huddled around a black Lexus LS 400 sedan in the
> parking lot outside the court.
>
> The Bourgeois family owns seven properties on Bourgeois Terrace, a
> private way, and the adjacent road, Kurikka Place, that have a total
> assessed value of $2.6 million, according to the Westminster Assessor's
> Office.
>
> Family members on Sunday placed a barrier at the entrance to Bourgeois
> Terrace, hung signs asking for their privacy and asked a Sentinel &
> Enterprise reporter to leave the area.
>
> Raymond H. Bourgeois, who died in March 2003, and his widow, Shirley,
> first purchased property on Kurikka Place in 1951, and family members
> built homes on that street and Bourgeois Terrace beginning in 1989,
> according to the Assessor's Office.
>
> One of the office's employees, Robin Holm, 35, said Monday she is a
> former friend of Mei's, and described her as "a wonderful friend --
> loved her children, loved her family."
>
> The state Department of Social Services opened a 10-day investigation
> Monday into the couple's relationship and the treatment of their
> children, according
>
>
> to the department's spokesperson, Denise Monteiro.
> is arraigned in Gardner District Court, Monday.
>
>
> GARDNER -- A Westminster man who allegedly used his truck to pin his
> live-in girlfriend under an ATV as their 3-year-old son sat in the truck
> is being held on $500,000 bail.
>
> Steven Bourgeois, 43, allegedly drove his red Ford F-350 pick-up truck
> through his garage Saturday, trapping Tracy Mei, 34, of Templeton, under
> the ATV, according to reports from Westminster police officials and
> Worcester County District Attorney John J. Conte.
>
> Police reports filed in Gardner District Court, where Bourgeois was
> arraigned Monday morning, say Mei suffered "life-threatening" injuries
> during the incident.
>
> Mei's 8-year-old son found her "lying in a pool of blood in the garage,"
> according to a report written by Westminster Police Sgt. Edward Robbins.
>
>
> Mei was unconscious and her left leg was stuck in the ATV's front grille
> when authorities arrived at the scene, according to Robbins.
>
> She suffered a "severe laceration on the top of her head" and a
> fractured left ankle, according to Robbins, but representatives from
> UMass Memorial Hospital in Worcester, to where officials transported
> Mei, said Monday they could not release her condition.
>
> Bourgeois faces one count of assault with intent to murder and one count
> of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and is being held in the
> Worcester County House of Correction until his bail-review hearing on
> Wednesday, according to court documents.
>
> Westminster police accounts of the crime scene, located at 28 Bourgeois
> Terrace, describe a chaotic blood-soaked environment, as Bourgeois fled
> the area and his relatives ran in and out of the house.
>
> Westminster Police Officer Jason Wetherbee saw Mei's sister, Jen
> Bourgeois, crying and covered in blood when he arrived at the suspect's
> house, according to his report.
>
> "Tracy (Mei) was bleeding heavily and there was already a pool of blood
> on the floor that I would estimate had a circular diameter of over two
> feet," Robbins wrote in his statement. "Tracy was unconscious with
> shallow breathing."
>
> Though the ATV had struck Mei directly, Robbins and Wetherbee concluded
> from the garage's extensive internal and external damage, as well as the
> fresh tire tracks, that a much larger vehicle had caused much of he
> damage, according to their reports.
>
> While officers inspected the scene, one of Bourgeois' brothers, Alan,
> urged police officials to treat Bourgeois gently because of past
> emotional issues and lack of proper medication.
>
> "Go easy on him," Alan Bourgeois said, according to Robbins' report. "I
> know you have to do your job, but he is sick and has had problems in the
> past."
>
> "There was talk about Steven (Bourgeois) needing to go away and get some
> help, and to be put on the right medications," Robbins wrote.
>
> Bourgeois and his pick-up truck eventually returned to his house,
> escorted by two more of his brothers, Raymond Jr. and Robert, who had
> found him in Hubbardston.
>
> Nearly every part of the truck had extensive damage, according to
> Robbins' report.
>
> Wetherbee questioned Bourgeois for a brief period of time before the
> family's attorney advised him via cell phone to stop talking with
> police, according to police reports.
>
> "I asked him what happened up in the garage," Wetherbee wrote. "Steven
> spoke slowly and with a low voice. He stated that he wasn't sure, and
> that he was driving too fast in the driveway."
>
> "I then asked him what happened after he entered the garage,"
> Wetherbee's report continues. "He stated that he didn't remember. I then
> asked him what he did after, he stated he did not remember and he did
> not know where he went."
>
> A somber-looking Bourgeois fought back tears during his arraignment
> Monday, but did not speak as his attorney, Joseph J. Brodigan of Boston,
> urged Gardner District Court's clerk magistrate, Whitney J. Brown, to
> release Bourgeois on personal recognizance or low bail.
>
> "His family is very well-known. His roots in the community are deep,"
> Brodigan said, arguing on Bourgeois' behalf.
>
> Despite a previous assault and battery charge against a different victim
> in 2002, Brodigan said Bourgeois deserved a reasonable bail because
> these two charges are Bourgeois' first serious offense.
>
> "This whole thing is extremely tragic," Brodigan said.
>
> Bourgeois, dressed in an olive-green short-sleeve T-shirt, jeans and
> sneakers, repeatedly glanced over toward family members sitting in the
> courtroom's back rows during the proceedings.
>
> "He has much, much in the way of family support," Brodigan said.
>
> The attorney stated during the brief arraignment that Bourgeois takes
> medication and has received psychiatric treatment in the past.
>
> Family members and Brodigan declined to comment following Monday's
> proceedings and then huddled around a black Lexus LS 400 sedan in the
> parking lot outside the court.
>
> The Bourgeois family owns seven properties on Bourgeois Terrace, a
> private way, and the adjacent road, Kurikka Place, that have a total
> assessed value of $2.6 million, according to the Westminster Assessor's
> Office.
>
> Family members on Sunday placed a barrier at the entrance to Bourgeois
> Terrace, hung signs asking for their privacy and asked a Sentinel &
> Enterprise reporter to leave the area.
>
> Raymond H. Bourgeois, who died in March 2003, and his widow, Shirley,
> first purchased property on Kurikka Place in 1951, and family members
> built homes on that street and Bourgeois Terrace beginning in 1989,
> according to the Assessor's Office.
>
> One of the office's employees, Robin Holm, 35, said Monday she is a
> former friend of Mei's, and described her as "a wonderful friend --
> loved her children, loved her family."
>
> The state Department of Social Services opened a 10-day investigation
> Monday into the couple's relationship and the treatment of their
> children, according
>
>
> to the department's spokesperson, Denise Monteiro.