Staff Writer
LIMESTONE — The bind-over hearing to determine whether a Limestone teenager will be tried as a juvenile or an adult has been postponed until possibly this fall.
The originally scheduled Aug. 27 hearing for Limestone resident Nicklas Jones, 17, on Aug. 27, was in connection with the death of his 3-month-old daughter, Joselyn Jones, who died on April 27 at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor from injuries that she reportedly suffered four days earlier; Maine State Police investigators said the baby died from blunt force trauma to the head.
Police allege that Jones threw the baby into her crib to stop her from crying.
He was arrested on May 1, and is being held at Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston.
According to Assistant Attorney General Andrew Benson, a status conference on the case is scheduled be held on Oct. 2; Benson stated that he hopes the bind-over hearing will be held later in the month.
Jones’ attorney, Anthony Trask of Presque Isle, was not available for comment on Tuesday.
