Posts by Pat Grossmith
A 25-year-old man is facing a negligent homicide charge in the bathtub drowning death of a child that occurred two years ago somewhere in Hillsborough County.
The city is paying a Manchester man $20,000 to settle a lawsuit against police officers who twisted his arm and seized his cell phone containing a recording of a brawl two years ago outside a 7-Eleven.
Brandon Gomez accused a 57-year-old homeless man of stealing his cell phone when he repeatedly pummeled him with his fists, knocking him to the ground in Victory Park, according to court papers.
Dispatchers answering calls – an average of 261 per day, 70,213 so far this year — must obtain as much detailed information as possible from the caller: Name, location, what happened, anyone hurt, is a weapon involved. While doing that, the dispatcher is simultaneously researching the call itself – have police been to that location before, were there any threats and assessing the danger level to both the citizen and police. The information is needed to ensure both the safety of the caller and the officer.
Jordan Moura was thrown out of Beers and Cheers Saturday night but, a prosecutor said, he forced his way back inside and shot a 29-year-old man, the brother of a woman he had insulted.
A man accused of posting nude photos of a former roommate, taken in a computer hack, will spend 21 days in jail after a judge “reluctantly” agreed to a plea negotiated by prosecuting and defense attorneys.
Craig W. Sprowl had nodded off more than once while driving along Route 125 before he rear-ended a bicyclist on Route 125 last Tuesday, killing a retired Hudson police sergeant, according to court documents.
Paul Francis Stanford, a self-described out-of-work stockbroker from Plymouth, Mass., lost his bid to obtain a restraining order against Alderman Keith Hirschmann who, he alleged, is a member of a secret extra-governmental task force who has been surveilling him and infiltrating his electronic communications.
The two indictments against Brandon Velez, 21, of 325 Amherst St., for first-degree assault and burglary, are among the 146 indictments for September handed up by a grand jury sitting in Hillsborough County Superior Court Northern District. They were made public on Monday.
A former elementary school principal is facing an additional felony charge of falsifying physical evidence related to an incident two years ago in which police say she faked a burglary at her North End home.