Posts by Pat Grossmith
A man, who found his “uncle” molesting a four-year-old girl, pushed him down a flight of stairs and, in a subsequent tussle, stomped his leg repeatedly, breaking it according to court documents and court statements.
A judge declared a mistrial in the case of Sarah Lynch, accused of staging a crime scene and reporting a fake burglary, after a jury deadlocked Friday 7 to 5 in favor of acquitting her.
A man protesting a mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic Thursday at the Currier Art Museum was arrested after police said he continued to drive his Jeep in circles in the parking lot as families waited for their jabs.
A jury is deciding whether Sarah Lynch staged a burglary at her North End home in 2019, as prosecutors maintain, or whether she was attacked and police botched the investigation by failing to collect all the evidence, dust for fingerprints or follow through on leads, as the defense contends.
A mother and her boyfriend were indicted on assault charges after her toddler son ingested methadone and went into cardiac arrest, while another man is facing an assault charge for giving a 3-year-old a marijuana-laced brownie causing the child to suffer respiratory failure.
Defense attorney Leslie Gill said police can’t prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt because they didn’t do a complete investigation.
“Cases are staying open at the same time that more cases are coming in. Think of it as a faucet. The faucet never turned off during COVID. Arrests kept happening and new cases were added to the docket. The combination of those two things made case numbers explode.”
Manchester’s soccer community and others are grieving the loss of Thamba Mbungu, an extremely talented player described as an amazing person with a beautiful soul, found dead Sunday morning in Derryfield Park.
The mother of a missing 5-year-old Merrimack boy is being held without bail after her arraignment Wednesday on charges of endangering the welfare of a child and witness tampering.
Law enforcement in the Bronx, N.Y., arrested a New Hampshire couple in connection with a missing 5-year-old child from Merrimack.