Discover Yahoo! With Your Friends

Explore news, videos, and much more based on what your friends are reading and watching. Publish your own activity and retain full control.

To get started, first

YOUR FRIENDS' ACTIVITY

    Maine man guilty of arson at topless coffee shop

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A man blamed for a fire that destroyed a coffee shop where topless waitresses worked has been found guilty of arson.

    A jury convicted Raymond Bellavance Jr. on Friday after deliberating for four hours.

    Prosecutors said "anger and jealousy" caused Bellavance to set fire to the coffee shop, where his ex-girlfriend worked as a waitress. Deputy District Attorney Alan Kelley told jurors Bellavance was "a volatile man" who was quick to anger because his former girlfriend was having a relationship with the shop's owner, the Bangor Daily News reported.

    The Grand View Coffee Shop in Vassalboro, a town of about 4,000 residents just north of the state capital, Augusta, burned down June 3, 2009.

    The defense insisted Bellavance didn't do it.

    Bellavance testified he wasn't jealous. He said other people, including a man who testified he helped set the fire, were lying.

    A witness who recently finished a drug rehabilitation program testified last week that he was present when Bellavance poured and ignited gasoline behind the coffee shop in the early morning hours. Thomas Mulkern said Bellavance then became upset, telling him they could get life in prison because there were people inside the adjoining apartments.

    Coffee shop owner Donald Crabtree and six other people, including two infants, were sleeping in a room connected to the shop. All escaped without injury.

    ___

    Information from: Bangor Daily News, http://www.bangordailynews.com

     
    • rabbit  •  4 mths ago
      The coffee shop may be gone, but we'll always have the mammaries
      • Patsy 4 mths ago
        lmao good one
      • Guapo 4 mths ago
        That's very funny
      • Franklin Brown 4 mths ago
        AlL I can say is hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!
    • D  •  Yakima, Washington  •  4 mths ago
      Instead of grande and veinte, the coffee comes in "B" cup, "C" cup, and "D" cup!
      and for the 2 handed coffee drinker - the double "DD" :-)
      • kittkatt 4 mths ago
        Now that is funny. About the only comment on here that makes any sense. Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!
      • gofer 4 mths ago
        Like it!
    • Rico  •  4 mths ago
      I really live in the wrong state.
      • ☮ ѕтєƒ☺ 4 mths ago
        get a gf
      • 2helwitpoltics 4 mths ago
        Get a life, and be a bit more tolerant of other people's views/fanatasies, miss.
      • Dr. Zook 4 mths ago
        Not enough topless coffee shops in your state Rico or not enough arsonists?
    • Blue Sky  •  San Diego, California  •  4 mths ago
      for burning down a coffee bar he should go to jail.
      For burning down a TOPLESS coffee bar.. death!
      • Menno 4 mths ago
        Not literally... but I share the sentiment! lol
      • Viet Vet 4 mths ago
        Aw Menno, he should be hung in public for such a crime!
    • joe  •  4 mths ago
      They have the breast coffee around.
      • rabbit 4 mths ago
        ba dam chhhhh
      • joe 4 mths ago
        yessireee
      • cowboy_59 4 mths ago
        I don't care how good the coffee is, I'm going anyway.
    • Albert  •  Surfside, California  •  4 mths ago
      You could get an eye knocked out in one of those places.
    • WilliamH  •  4 mths ago
      It is always that one guy that wants to screw it up for the rest of us!
    • DavidS  •  Charlotte, North Carolina  •  4 mths ago
      this article needs pictures
    • PK  •  San Diego, California  •  4 mths ago
      A topless coffee shop will get you up in the morning!
    • freedomclublebanon  •  Abbotsford, Canada  •  4 mths ago
      how awkward would it be to ask for milk there?
    • ak7666  •  Louisville, Kentucky  •  4 mths ago
      My 68th cup and its only 6am!!!
    • Savin Face  •  Albuquerque, New Mexico  •  4 mths ago
      I am glad we have been kept abreast of this situation. . . . .
    • T. Stark  •  Dallas, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      Starboobs.
    • Alpo  •  4 mths ago
      The defense insisted Bellavance didn't do it.....duh, what would be point of a trial if the defense said he did it?
    • Bill  •  Yakima, Washington  •  4 mths ago
      This is udderly ridiculous
    • aprilh  •  Richardson, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      omg! i am laughing my #$%$ off on all these comments!!! seriously, the tears are messing with my mascara...man, ya'll are freakin' hilarious!!! love it!!!
    • Scott S  •  Newport Beach, California  •  4 mths ago
      The coffee couldn't have been that bad.....
    • JON  •  4 mths ago
      A bottomless cup of coffee in a topless establishment and someone Had to Ruin it ? So sad .
    • Jasper  •  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  •  4 mths ago
      Sounds like the arson had nothing to do with the place being a topless coffee shop, and all about a jealous jerk out to get back at his girlfriend. Good thing no one was hurt, and also that he didn't take a gun in and shoot people.
    • Ryan  •  Livingston, New Jersey  •  4 mths ago
      I'll take a "C-cup" of coffee please
    [ [ [['Connery is an experienced stuntman', 2]], 'http://yhoo.it/KeQd0p', '[Slideshow: See photos taken on the way down]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['Connery is an experienced stuntman', 7]], ' http://yhoo.it/KpUoHO', '[Slideshow: Death-defying daredevils]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['know that we have confidence in', 3]], 'http://yhoo.it/LqYjAX ', '[Related: The Secret Service guide to Cartagena]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['We picked up this other dog and', 5]], 'http://yhoo.it/JUSxvi', '[Related: 8 common dog fears, how to calm them]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['accused of running a fake hepatitis B', 5]], 'http://bit.ly/JnoJYN', '[Related: Did WH share raid details with filmmakers?]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['accused of running a fake hepatitis B', 3]], 'http://bit.ly/KoKiqJ', '[Factbox: AQAP, al-Qaeda in Yemen]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have my contacts on or glasses', 3]], 'http://abcn.ws/KTE5AZ', '[Related: Should the murder charge be dropped?]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have made this nation great as Sarah Palin', 5]], 'http://yhoo.it/JD7nlD', '[Related: Bristol Palin reality show debuts June 19]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have made this nation great as Sarah Palin', 1]], 'http://bit.ly/JRPFRO', '[Related: McCain adviser who vetted Palin weighs in on VP race]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['A JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas', 3]], 'http://yhoo.it/GV9zpj', '[Related: View photos of the JetBlue plane in Amarillo]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed', 15]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/white-house-stays-out-of-teen-s-killing-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/cv/ip/ap/default/120411/martinzimmermen.jpg', '630', ' ', 'AP', ], [ [['Titanic', 7]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/titanic-anniversary/', ' ', 'http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/b/4e/b4e5ad9f00b5dfeeec2226d53e173569.jpeg', '550', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['He was in shock and still strapped to his seat', 6]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/navy-jet-crashes-in-virginia-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/cv/ip/ap/default/120406/jet_ap.jpg', '630', ' ', 'AP', ], [ [['xxxxxxxxxxxx', 11]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/russian-grannies-win-bid-to-sing-at-eurovision-1331223625-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/1/56/156d92f2760dcd3e75bcd649a8b85fcf.jpeg', '500', ' ', 'AP', ] ]
    [ [ [['did not go as far his colleague', 8]], '29438204', '0' ], [ [[' the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed', 4]], '28924649', '0' ], [ [['because I know God protects me', 14], ['Brian Snow was at a nearby credit union', 5]], '28811216', '0' ], [ [['The state news agency RIA-Novosti quoted Rosaviatsiya', 6]], '28805461', '0' ], [ [['measure all but certain to fail in the face of bipartisan', 4]], '28771014', '0' ], [ [['matter what you do in this case', 5]], '28759848', '0' ], [ [['presume laws are constitutional', 7]], '28747556', '0' ], [ [['has destroyed 15 to 25 houses', 7]], '28744868', '0' ], [ [['short answer is yes', 7]], '28746030', '0' ], [ [['opportunity to tell the real story', 7]], '28731764', '0' ], [ [['entirely respectable way to put off the searing constitutional controversy', 7]], '28723797', '0' ], [ [['point of my campaign is that big ideas matter', 9]], '28712293', '0' ], [ [['As the standoff dragged into a second day', 7]], '28687424', '0' ], [ [['French police stepped up the search', 17]], '28667224', '0' ], [ [['Seeking to elevate his candidacy back to a general', 8]], '28660934', '0' ], [ [['The tragic story of Trayvon Martin', 4]], '28647343', '0' ], [ [['Karzai will get a chance soon to express', 8]], '28630306', '0' ], [ [['powerful storms stretching', 8]], '28493546', '0' ], [ [['basic norm that death is private', 6]], '28413590', '0' ], [ [['songwriter also saw a surge in sales for her debut album', 6]], '28413590', '1', 'Watch music videos from Whitney Houston ', 'on Yahoo! Music', 'http://music.yahoo.com' ], [ [['keyword', 99999999999999999999999]], 'videoID', '1', 'overwrite-pre-description', 'overwrite-link-string', 'overwrite-link-url' ] ]
    Loading...