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Unsealed Report Questions Cop’s Credibility
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The report into Crystal Eastman’s complaint about her 2017 arrest was released Wednesday after years of legal battles. Eastman is now known as Crystal Wright.
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The report into Crystal Eastman’s complaint about her 2017 arrest was released Wednesday after years of legal battles. Eastman is now known as Crystal Wright.
The woman who sued Canaan after she says she was assaulted and injured by former town police officer Samuel Provenza during a traffic stop is getting $160,000 to settle the case.
Samuel Provenza, the former Canaan Police Officer accused of assaulting a woman during a traffic stop, had computer access beyond his rank to the department’s video system, and the ability to delete dashboard camera videos, according to a Grafton County Sheriff’s investigation.
Court documents recently filed in the federal civil rights lawsuit against former Canaan police officer Samuel Provenza reveal he was accused of lying about the cruiser camera video from a disputed traffic stop, and then later deleting the evidence.
The lawyer for State Trooper Samuel Provenza asked the New Hampshire Supreme Court on Wednesday to keep hidden from the public an investigation into his alleged misconduct while he was working as a Canaan police officer.
The New England First Amendment Coalition is joining the lawsuit that seeks to make public a report on an alleged assault by former Canaan Police Officer Samuel Provenza that is now before the New Hampshire Supreme Court.