Man Charged With Manslaughter In Nipmuc Regional HS Grad's Death

BELLINGHAM, MA — A Medway man was arraigned Monday at Superior Court in Worcester after he was indicted last week on a manslaughter charge over a deadly crash last summer that left a recent Nipmuc Regional High School graduate dead.

Christopher Millien, 27, was also charged with motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation, child endangerment and giving alcohol to a minor.

Millien was driving on June 30, 2021, with Jenna Giardini, 17, when he crashed his car into a tree along Granite Street in Bellingham. Giardini, a Mendon resident, had graduated from Nipmuc Regional just a few weeks before the crash.

Giardini, a Nipmuc cheerleader, was set to attend UMass-Boston and had planned to become a nurse.

The charges against Millien are an upgrade after a November court appear in Milford, where he was charged with motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation.

Millien will be eligible for release on bail, which a judge set at $2,500, according to the Worcester County District Attorney's Office. He was also ordered to wear a GPS monitoring device, not to drive and to submit to random drug screenings. He'll be back in court on May 6.