CRIME & SAFETY
UNH frat brothers, Durham bar deny any responsibility for 2021 death of Vinny Lirosi
DURHAM — A UNH fraternity, fraternity brothers and a local bar deny any wrongdoing in their responses to a wrongful death civil lawsuit filed in Strafford County Superior Court by Robin Lirosi, the mother of a UNH student who died in 2021. No trial dates have been scheduled and...
Decades after her sons were taken from her, woman hopes she'll see them again
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Some consider it the oldest parental abduction case in the country, and the search for a Rochester real estate broker and his two young sons who went missing in 1986 is still ongoing. Charles Vosseler is wanted by the FBI for the 1986 kidnapping of his...
Portsmouth woman charged in Prescott Park pedestrian's death waives arraignment
PORTSMOUTH — A woman charged with reckless manslaughter and negligent homicide in the August death of a pedestrian near Prescott Park has been ordered not to leave the state and not to have contact with the victim’s relatives. Indicted by a Rockingham County Superior Court grand jury last...
Silver Alert canceled: Police locate missing vulnerable adult
EPPING — Police have located a 21-year-old Epping woman reported missing by her family. The woman had last been seen Wednesday, April 24, around 8:50 p.m., at her residence on Jenness Road in Epping. Police said she walked away from her home, and it was "unknown if she was picked up in a vehicle or if she remained on foot." ...
Alleged gang members charged in $50K lottery ticket theft spree in Massachusetts, NH
SEABROOK — Six men were arrested this week for allegedly committing a spree of convenience store break-ins and lottery ticket thefts. Forty-three rolls of different scratch tickets were stolen from Richdale Convenience Store at 472 Lafayette Road in Seabrook in the early hours of March 19. Three men committed that break-in, two entering the store at 3:57 a.m. and one acting as the lookout, according to an Essex County district attorney press release.
Bald eagle hit by car, currently in ICU at Center for Wildlife
CAPE NEDDICK (WGME) -- The Center for Wildlife is helping a Maine bald eagle after he was hit by a vehicle on the highway and suffered serious injuries. The Center for Wildlife says someone saw the eagle get hit. The rescuer took action and brought him straight to the center.
Portsmouth police arrest 'thrill-seeking' car thief spanning multiple towns
PORTSMOUTH — Police have arrested a man accused of stealing numerous cars across southern Maine and the New Hampshire Seacoast. Authorities had been searching for 44-year-old Anthony Bizzocchi of Eliot, Maine, since earlier this month after cars were turning up stolen in towns like York, Maine and North Hampton, New Hampshire.
'I'd do it all over again': Kittery Fire Chief David O'Brien retiring after 49 years
KITTERY, Maine — Like father, like son. David O’Brien, longtime chief of the Kittery Fire Department, remembers the moments from his childhood when his father, a volunteer call firefighter in town, would be summoned out of bed and ordered to an active fire scene. O’Brien’s mother would wake up, hand his father the keys, and off he’d go to fight the fire.
Testimony resumes in Youth Development Center trial
BRENTWOOD, N.H. — Testimony continued Friday in the civil trial involving the state's Youth Development Center and claims of physical and sexual abuse there. ** Warning: This trial involves allegations of physical and sexual abuse against a teenager. Contents may be disturbing. **. Accuser David Meehan is suing the...
Early-morning rollover crash on Route 101 in Candia injures four
CANDIA — A single-vehicle rollover crash on Route 101 early this morning injured four people and caused a significant road closure, according to New Hampshire State Police. Troopers were called to the scene near Candia at approximately 3:15 a.m. on April 23 following reports of a crash. A preliminary...
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