0351332013 03233 FAH 120?4?43103 

Bryan Carrier

605 RIDGE ROAD
FAIRFIELD, MAINE 04937
TEL 207-649-0515

FAX 207?474?3103

Date: q?ml?a
Pages: 3 Plus Cover

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STAT OF 

Thank you for the opportunity to present this information in support of my request to
have my license reinstated. I am requesting that my license to operate a motor vehicle be
retnstatetl but with the gpeci?c restriction that I only operate a motor vghicle with an

igition interlock-device.
The incident

0n the night of November 22, 1996 I went to a party in Skowhegan. I do not remember
all of the details of the night as I sustained head trauma from the accident but from whatI
can piece together, and what I have accepted as fact throughout the years, I gave a ride
from the party to Elbert Knowles and Nikki Johnson. I had consumed alcohol that night.
From what I understand I was going over the speed limit on an unfamiliar road and went
through a stop sign. My truck struck a van killing Alex Jewell and his mother Arlyce
Jewell. Royce Jewell, Alex?s father, was also injured. Elbert Knowles was killed and
Nikki Johnson was injured

My blood alcohol content was a .07 when it was drawn after the accident. The
investigation concluded that my blood alcohol was a .l at the time of the accident.

In June of 1997 I was sentenced on three charges of vehicular manslaughter and three
charges of aggravated DUI, and sent to Maine Department of Corrections to serve a
sentence of 10 years with all but 2 years suspended and 6 years of probation, as well as
$6,000 in ?nes.

Post?sentence

After my release from prison I immediately went and worked for my father again in
Skowhegan. I worked with him for a year when on March I, 2000 I watched in horror as
he slipped into a bio rnass processing grinder at his processing facility. For months I
could not speak enough to even order a coffee at Dunkin Donuts.

While on probation I completed all of the counseling lwas required to complete. I also
performed over 2000 hours of community service. That service was with the St.
Anthony's Soup Kitchen in Skowhegan. It was a humbling experience to serve those who
had a far more dif?cult life than I had and who were struggling to just get by. I throw
myself into that service and as my supervisor Savage wrote in the attached letter
I was one of the best workers she ever had in her 17 years.

I have had ajoh and worked steadily, full time, since I was released from prison. I am

currently employed by Carrier Chipping. There has never been a time when I have not
worked full time.

My bacgground

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I was born on December IS, 1976 in St Georges, Quebec, Canada to Michel and Suzanne
Carrier. I became a dual citizen because my parents were naturalized, as they both grew
up in Canada. We lived in Jackrnan, Maine until 1989. I have two siblings, an older
sister, Veronique, and younger brother, Peter.

My father was one of thirteen kids. Together with their children there were nearly sixty
family members and we were all very close growing up and supportive of each other. As
a young boy my family was always together, at each other's houses for gatherings, and
outings.

In 1939 we moved to Skowhegan where I started working for my father after school and
on weekends. I attended Skowhegan Area High School and instead of participating in
school activities I went to work. In 1994 I brie?y went to work for an uncle in Bristol,
Connecticut working construction. Soon after 1 came back to Manic to work for an uncle
who owned a trucking company and wood yard in doing odd jobs and
cleaning around his shop. In 1995 I left to go to work for my father and an uncle in
Dssipee, New Hampshire at a new wood processing facility that they had incorporated.
During this time I was working in Ossipee and living in Standish, Maine with an uncle. I
lived there until November 22, 1996.

I am blessed to have two children, Julia Carrier who is 9 years old and Jameson Mae
Carrier who is 3 years old. I am married to Logan Carrier.

Even though 1 made such a horrible decision when I was 19 years old I have strived to be
a better person going forward. I am married with two children. I work a fill] time job to
support my family. I am trying to be the best possible role model that I can be for them,
all the while recognizing that the person I was almost 20 years ago was far from a role
model at all.

Egret an? 

I deeply regret the loss of lives due to my poor choices. 1 live with shame and remorse for
my actions and not a day goes by where I do not feel terrible about the choices I made
that night nearly 20 years ago when I killed three people and injured two others. I cannot
bring those lives back. 1 carmot imagine the pain I have caused to the families involved. I
have tried to work through this shame in counseling but the reality is that I will never be
able to forgive myself for what I did.

I want the families of the victims here to know, once and for all, thatI am truly sorry for
what I did to their loved ones and their families who have to live with such a devastating
loss every day. It was my fault and though I know they will never forget have
done i can only ask that some day they choose to forgive me. But I accept if they do not
do so.

The request

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In two months I will have been without a driver?s license for 20 years. I accept that
punishment. I am not the same person as I was when I was l9 years old and caused the
death of three people. With nearly 20 years of re?ection, growth, and maturity I am a
different person and someone who the State can trust to drive again.

Though I do not need to drive to work, as a father I want to be able to be able to drive to
and from family get togethers and visits with my relatives, to attend school functions, and
be at athletic events of my children and relatives, as well as be able to drive day to day to
the supermarket, to the barber shop, to the dentist, and all of the other places one would
go on a regular basis. There is virtually no public transportation in Fair?eld and if I ever
need to go anywhere at this time I have to ask for a ride. I have accepted this fate for the
last two decades, but I believe the time has come for me to be able to drive again.

I am requesting that the Secretary of State reinstate my license but to do so only
conditionally. The condition would be that 1d no erate otor hicle le I
d' so with an i 'tion in look device aid for at own ense. This device was not
available for regular installation and monitoring in Maine until 2013. Though I have
never consumed alcohol and drove a motor vehicle since the night of November 22, 1996
to the extent that there is any concern whatsoever about my driving safety I want to give
everyone the confidence that whenever I am driving I am doing so without any alcohol in
my system. The ignition interlock device would do that.

 
 

Thank you for reviewing all of this as you consider whether to allow me to drive again.

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