Letang back in court on new charges
Serial offender admits to gun, probation offenses
WORCESTER – A local man who was sentenced to 15 to 16 years in prison for two counts of manslaughter and armed assault with intent to murder 13 years ago pleaded guilty of violating probation and additional gun charges Monday in Worcester Superior Court.
Oct. 21, 2010, Marc S. Letang, then 22, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and armed assault with intent to murder charges in connection with a 2007 double homicide in Dudley, during a home invasion inside a West Main Street apartment.
In 2010, Superior Court Judge Janet Kenton-Walker sentenced Letang to three concurrent sentences of 15 to 16 years in prison. Letang and a co-defendant Christian Muller were both charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
Thirteen years ago, Judge KentonWalker also sentenced Letang to 15 years of probation after he pleaded guilty to three counts of home invasion and one count of possession of a firearm without a firearm identification card. Letang received 1,200 days credit for the time he spent in custody since the 2007 attack that left Aaron Bash, 31, and Denise Johnston, 36, dead, and Joanne Mercier with a gunshot wound to the head. Mercier survived the attack.
Monday in Worcester Superior Court, Letang, who is now 35 and listed as living at 24B Gates Road, Worcester, pleaded guilty of violating his parole, after police stopped the car he was driving and found a Polymer 80 Ghost Gun with no serial number and loaded with 13 rounds of 9 mm ammunition in the magazine in the vehicle.
On the afternoon of April 10, police received a report that Letang assaulted
his wife of approximately 15 years. The couple live in the same house, according to Officer Anthony Borci’s statement of facts.
Letang’s wife said they had an argument after looking for their dog. She said Letang “peeled out” with his car and “gunned it” towards her, as if he was about to hit her with his car, according to the statement of facts.
She also told police that her husband is “verbally an emotionally abusive.”
In addition, Letang’s wife told police that her husband brought his “lockbox” with a working firearm into the vehicle when he left.
Roughly two hours later, police stopped Letang on Main Street and the loaded gun was found inside.
At the time of the incident April 10, Letang was on five-years of probation, starting Jan. 4, 2021 and slated to end Jan. 4, 2026.
Monday, Judge James G. Reardon sentenced Letang to three years of probation for violating probation for the home invasion charges and possession of firearm without an FID card, which he pleaded guilty to in 2010 in Worcester Superior Court.
In addition, Letang pleaded guilty to carrying a firearm without a license and possession of ammunition without a FID card in connection with the gun found in his vehicle. He was sentenced on two counts for three to four years in state prison, to be served concurrently, for the two gun charges.
The Bronx, New York, native was credited 190 days for time served while awaiting trial. Another gun charge, possession of a large capacity firearm, was dismissed at the request of the state with consent from the defendant.
“The whole situation is concerning me but…” Letang said to the judge during his sentencing.
Letang also pleaded guilty to assault, which was reduced from assault with a dangerous weapon (motor vehicle), and was sentenced to two years of probation for the assault charge to be served concurrently with his other probation sentence.
His probation also includes completing a batterer’s education program, following the restraining order against him and staying away from the victim.
Assistant District Attorney Edward N. Karcasinas Jr. recommended four to six years in state prison for the defendant, who he said is a “Level I armed career criminal.”