Category Archives: Crime
Officials: June had highest number of overdose cases in 2017
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire authorities say they’ve responded to more overdoses in June than any other month in 2017 so far, with a total of 117 suspected overdoses reported. American Medical Response says 92 of the 117 June … Continue reading
Sex misconduct revisits elite prep school already under fire
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An elite New Hampshire prep school is facing new revelations about another competition of sexual conquest two years after a student was convicted of sexually assaulting a freshman as part of a tradition called “Senior Salute.” … Continue reading
18-year-old stole from cars before fleeing from, assaulting officers in NH
NEWPORT — An 18-year-old is accused of stealing from cars and assaulting a police officer in Newport. The Newport Police Department received reports of a man going through cars in the area of the Newport Village Apartments on Whipple Road … Continue reading
Manchester’s City Solicitor Tom Clark resigns in light of domestic violence prosecutions
MANCHESTER — City Solicitor Tom Clark will retire at the end of July, Mayor Ted Gatsas announced Friday, a day after criticism surfaced of his office’s handling of domestic-related cases. Clark, who has been city solicitor for 22 years, has … Continue reading
Police say NH sex offender’s daughter witnessed him sexually assault 4-year-old at sleepover
On the night of June 25, Christopher Elwell, 28, of Somersworth allegedly put his “peep” in the mouth of a 4-year-old girl while she was at a sleepover in Dover along with her younger sibling, the children who lived in … Continue reading
NH State Supreme Court Upholds Limited Warrentless Search
Accordingly, we reject the State’s invitation to adopt the federal automobile exception under the State Constitution. We leave intact the central holding of Sterndale — that we do not recognize, under Part I, Article 19, the federal automobile exception as … Continue reading
NH Police Investigating (Another Case of) Reported Sexual Assault at Prep School
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Police in New Hampshire are investigating reports of a sexual assault at a prep school with a history of sexual misconduct allegations. Concord police say they opened an investigation at St. Paul’s School on June 1 … Continue reading
FBI agent indicted in Oregon refuge standoff shooting
PORTLAND, Ore.— An FBI agent has been indicted on accusations that he lied about firing at a rancher in 2016 when officers arrested leaders of an armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in rural Oregon. Sources familiar with the case say the … Continue reading
An ICE agent visited a restaurant. About 30 employees quit the next day
The co-owner of a dockside Baltimore restaurant has revealed that nearly his entire kitchen staff resigned after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent demanded their papers in the latest example of the national debate over immigration. In an open letter … Continue reading
Jail Guards Caught Smuggling in Heroin, Impersonating Cops, Preventing Mail Delivery
Chris Brackett, the head of the jail in Dover, New Hampshire decided to impose a policy of obstructing all inmate mail. No more letters from the outside world. An article published by the Portsmouth Herald cites recent inmate overdoses as the … Continue reading