Courts & Corrections
Ex-Rep. Troy Merner To Be Sentenced; No Jail Time Expected
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Former Republican state Rep. Troy Merner will appear before a judge Wednesday at his plea and sentencing hearing at 11 a.m. in Grafton Superior Court.
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Authorities Say Woman Arrested in 2019 ‘Death of Juvenile,’ But Don’t Identify Child Victim
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A Belknap County grand jury returned indictments charging Sherry Connor with manslaughter for recklessly causing the death of the juvenile. Further, the grand jury returned indictments on charges of negligent homicide, six counts of first degree assault, second degree assault and four counts of witness tampering.
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Next YDC Abuse Civil Trial Set For 2025
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Facing a potentially debilitating number of civil trials that could consume the court for decades, Rockingham Superior Court Judge Andrew Schulman is pushing forward with a schedule for the 801 Sununu Youth Services Center – formerly called YDC – abuse cases on his docket.
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Fiscal OKs Changes to YDC Settlement Program; Chairman Suggests Lie Detectors
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Legislative budget writers Friday approved changes to the Youth Development Center Settlement Fund program to align with legislation passed this year to make it more attractive to victims of sexual and physical abuse from about 1990 to 2000 at the Manchester facility.
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Judge Denies Ex-Sen. Woodburn’s Latest Motion To Avoid Jail Time
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Judge Peter Bornstein has denied former Democratic state Sen. Jeffrey Woodburn’s motion for sentence modification and ordered a hearing to impose his 30-day jail sentence, but Attorney Mark Sisti said his client isn’t giving up at this point.
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AG: Manchester Teen Wanted To Be Shot By Police
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A Manchester teen wanted a deadly confrontation with police when he pulled a BB gun replica of a 9 mm pistol on a police officer, according to the report released Thursday by New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella’s office.
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Maine Law Firm Vets YDC Abuse Claims and Paid From Same Victims’ Settlement Fund
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The state is paying an out-of-state law firm to vet claims by victims who were abused as children while incarcerated at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester – then called YDC – out of the same $160 million the legislature approved to compensate victims through the settlement fund.
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Sex Assault Trial Cancelled and Some Charges Dropped Against Ex-Jail Guard
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The first of two scheduled sex assault trials against former Grafton County House of Corrections Officer Max Fournier is cancelled as prosecutors have dropped two of the three original charges.
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New Case Opened in Jonathan Amerault Murder
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Prosecutors may have unfinished business in the murder of Keene man Jonathan Amerault, whose brutal slaying by Armando Barron shocked the world.