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@@@ A New Hampshire man who shot and paralyzed a Lebanon homeowner during a burglary at the man s home last year was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison. Ronald Bauer, 49, formerly of Farmington, New Hampshire, was sentenced by Superior Court Justice Paul Fritzche to begin serving the sentence for shooting Richard Potorski after Bauer completes a different New Hampshire prison term in which his minimum release date will be 2023. The back-to-back sentences in New Hampshire for armed robbery, drug and firearm charges followed by the shooting sentence in Maine mean Bauer will likely spend the rest of his life in prison, <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/michaelkorssonline.php> michael kors sale</a> according to the York County District Attorney s Office. Potorski, whose spine was severed by the bullet and who retains some function in his upper body, appeared in a wheelchair at the sentencing hearing in York County Superior Court in Alfred. He did not speak at the hearing. Bauer also chose not to speak at the hearing, Deputy District Attorney Justina McGettigan said.
That shot <a href=http://www.symbiose.ca/images/christianlouboutin.gwij.php>Christian Louboutin Sale</a> paralyzed him, and the bullet is still in his body, McGettigan said of Potorski s injuries.
Bauer pleaded guilty to Class A felony charges of elevated aggravated assault and burglary with use of firearm as part of a plea agreement reached by his attorney, Robert LeBrasseur, and Assistant District Attorney John Connelly. The plea agreement called for Bauer to be sentenced to the maximum prison term of 30 years. As part of the agreement, lesser charges of theft and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon were dismissed. On Jan. 8, 2013, Potorski returned home from work to eat lunch and was surprised to find Bauer, a stranger who carried a gun, coming up the interior stairs from the <a href=http://capstone.edu.sg/images/gucciusaonlineoutlet.php> cheap gucci</a> basement, according to the district attorney s office. The two men spoke to each other, then Bauer shot Potorski. As Potorski lay on the floor asking for help, Bauer replied, Cry me a river, the district attorney s office said in a news release. Bauer then stole Potorski s cellphone and other items in the house and fled using Potorski s vehicle. Investigators used the stolen cellphone to track Bauer, leading to his arrest and the arrest of a co-defendant, 49-year-old Susan Gutierrez. The case against Gutierrez remains pending. She is accused of driving Bauer to the scene of the crime. Maine State Police said last year that the couple burglarized the home to get money to feed their drug habit. Potorski s vehicle was found in Rochester, New Hampshire. Scott Dolan can be contacted at 791-6304 or at:
