Milton man gets to keep license while out on bail awaiting hit-and-run trial

Scene of June 2 fatal hit-and-run; inset, Kimberly Lucier, left, and Christopher Robinson of Milton (Rochester Police photo; inset left, Rochester Voice file; inset right, Rochester Police photo)

ROCHESTER - A Strafford Superior Court judge on Wednesday decided to allow a Milton man accused in a fatal hit-and-run to keep his license while out on bail awaiting trial.
Christopher Robinson, 43, of Milton, who turned himself in to police three days after the accident, was found to be not a threat to the public, the judge ruled.
Kimberly Lucier, 60, who suffered a severe head wound in the June 2 crash on Milton Road near Hannaford, died three days later at Portsmouth Regional Hospital.
Robinson told police that he left the scene after seeing he'd hit her because he "freaked out," according to a police affidavit.
"Before I could do anything I hit her and then I just panicked," he told police during an initial interview at Rochester Police headquarters. "I saw the back of a person and then it was over."
On the following Monday Robinson called his father. who arranged for representation by Shaheen and Gordon law firm attorney Timothy Harrington.
Robinson arrived for the police interview with his white 2018 Ford F-150 pickup, which showed front-end damage consistent with the crash.
Lucier, a homeless person well known as "Kimmie" and beloved among the homeless community, had been living on the street off and on for about seven years, she told The Rochester Voice in a January 2022 interview.
Robinson was charged with felony conduct after an accident for having left the scene of an accident that resulted in death or personal injury. The charge carries a three and a half to seven year prison sentence.