GREENFIELD — Accused of murder, armed assault with intent to murder and assault and battery, Lewis H. Starkey III arrived in court Wednesday to hear how proceedings against him will unfold.
Dates were set and potential evidence was discussed at the pretrial hearing, during which Starkey, 54, of Wendell sat silently, handcuffed and in orange jail attire.
He is being held without bail at the Franklin County jail. His Superior Court trial is not expected to start until 2019.
“We can determine whether February makes sense, or if some other date is better,” said Judge John Agostini during the hearing held at the Franklin County Justice Center, Greenfield.
Starkey is accused of murdering Amanda Glover after an argument at her 179 West St., Wendell, home on July 5, 2017. He then allegedly turned his shotgun and fired at Glover’s adult son, Devin Glover, who escaped. Starkey has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The defense and prosecution — attorneys Michael Sheridan and Jennifer Suhl, respectively — were given a Sept. 14 date to appear in court to discuss whether evidence of “bad acts” will be permissible.
After allegedly committing the murder, Starkey drove more than an hour to the Specialized Trucking company at 215 Griffith Road in Chicopee, according to police. He allegedly fired a shot through a window there, injuring an employee with glass shards.
While Starkey is set to go to trial in Hampden County Superior Court for the Chicopee incident, Suhl said some of the evidence in that case should be used during the murder trial as well, because its evidence of “bad acts” related to the murder case.
“It is believed that the gun used in Wendell was the same gun that was used and found in Chicopee,” said Suhl, assistant district attorney and chief of the domestic violence and sexual assault unit at the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.
Agostini said the Hampden County trial, which has yet to be scheduled, will “require some thought” and will influence the dates of the Franklin County proceedings.
Ongoing testing of DNA and ballistic evidence has also played a factor in scheduling, Suhl said.
Starkey’s final pretrial hearing in Franklin County before trial hearing was scheduled for Dec. 12.
The attorneys expressed their belief that the evidence to be presented at trial will be submitted by Sept. 14, which will give the parties enough time to review the evidence before Dec. 12 and begin trial in February.
Agostini said February may be too soon, and the trial could be pushed back.
Starkey was arrested on July 9 after a five-day manhunt. Orange Police Sgt. James Sullivan said when he apprehended Starkey, who was driving on Holtshire Road, Starkey told the officer, “You got the prize.”
Members of Glover’s family attended the pretrial hearing Wednesday. Glover’s sister, Lisa Glover, had previously described Glover as someone whose “true loves of her life were family and quilting.”
Devin Glover was living with his mother at the Wendell home and was 26 years old at the time of the shooting.
Shortly after midnight, he entered the room where Starkey and his mother were after hearing them arguing, and then witnessed Starkey allegedly shoot his mother in the torso and face with a 12-gauge shotgun Starkey purchased in 2014.
Devin Glover then fled into his bedroom, and Starkey allegedly fired several shots at the closed bedroom door. Devin Glover then took his phone, fled the house and into the woods and called 911, according to court documents.
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