William Barnes

William Barnes, 24, of Weymouth, Mass., talks to public defender Alan Hassler as he prepares to leave Carroll County Superior Court last Friday, after pleading guilty to misdemeanor disobeying an officer regarding an incident in Bartlett in 2024. (DAYMOND STEER PHOTO)

BARTLETT — A Weymouth, Mass., man pleaded guilty last Friday to a misdemeanor charge of disobeying an officer in Bartlett. As a provision of the plea deal, a felony charge that had alleged he drove 100 mph on Route 302 was dropped.

The incident that led to the guilty plea occurred almost exactly a year earlier on Aug. 29, 2024 near the Golden Apple on Route 302. And on Dec. 30, 2024, William Barnes, 23, was indicted by a Carroll County Superior Court grand jury on a charge of reckless conduct with a deadly weapon.

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