CRIME & SAFETY
UNH faculty, students call on university police chief to resign following alleged assault on student
Five days after police arrested 12 pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of New Hampshire, students and faculty called for the resignation of university Police Chief Paul Dean after they say he assaulted a student while responding to last week’s protest. The calls came at a demonstration Monday afternoon at...
Body of 18-year-old found after suspicious 1995 fire at Hooksett home; case still unsolved
HOOKSETT, N.H. — The body of Richard Biron, 18, was found in a house fire on May 6, 1995, and the circumstances surrounding the fire and death have not yet been solved. Biron died in a Hooksett house, and his cause of death was never determined. The state cold...
Multiple people injured in three car crash in Hooksett, NH
Multiple people were injured in a three car crash in Hooksett, New Hampshire on Saturday night. Police say they responded to a report of a crash with multiple injuries on the intersection of Mammoth Road and Castle Drive at around 7:23 p.m. According to authorities, a 2023 GMC pickup sideswiped...
'Staggering': Maine man sentenced for drug conspiracy to distribute 30 pounds of meth
CONCORD, N.H. — A Turner man was sentenced on Monday to six years in prison in connection to a drug conspiracy to distribute 30 pounds of methamphetamine in New Hampshire. Brian Strout, 46, pleaded guilty in federal court in Concord, New Hampshire, earlier this year. Strout's wife, Tara Christian,...
Authorities investigating boat fire in Epping
EPPING, N.H. — Authorities are investigating a boat that caught on fire in Epping Sunday. Epping fire said crews responded to 41 Church Street just before 11 a.m. for a report of a boat engulfed in flames. Authorities said the family was home at the time and called 911...
State police and NH National Guard host 'Guardians of the Granite State' fitness contest
PEMBROKE, N.H. — New Hampshire State Police and the New Hampshire National Guard hosted an annual fitness competition to crown the "Granite Guardian." On Sunday, dozens of officials and National Guard members gathered at the Edward Cross Training Center in Pembroke to participate in the fourth annual "Guardians of the Granite State."
Here's Portsmouth school shooting threat suspect's argument for less prison time
PORTSMOUTH — Prosecutors are seeking a four-year prison sentence and three years of supervised release for Portsmouth High School shooting threat suspect Kyle Hendrickson, while his defense maintains he never intended to carry out a shooting. The 26-year-old from Berwick, Maine is set to be sentenced in federal court in Concord Tuesday, May 14 on two charges handed down by the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of New Hampshire. Hendrickson pleaded guilty to charges of interstate...
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