One woman told lawmakers that her son’s toenails grew so long while he was at the state prison’s Secure Psychiatric Unit that they curled under his feet and dug into his skin.
New Hampshire Fire Marshal J. William Degnan said his report has been turned over to Coos County Attorney John McCormick for possible criminal charges.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Linda Stewart Dalianis is a woman of many firsts, but colleagues say it is her talent, tenacity and temperament – certainly not her gender – that have propelled her to the top of the state’s judiciary.
Rochester Police Officer John Gantert — who is out $20,000 from his unsuccessful attempt to remove his name from the secret “Laurie” list of potentially dishonest cops — is upset that legislation that would have protected law enforcement is now dead in the water.
Convicted murderer Eduardo Lopez Jr. says a judge was wrong last month to rule that evidence of a police detective’s dishonesty decades ago wouldn’t have affected the 1993 guilty verdict against him.
A judge ruled against convicted murderer Eduardo Lopez’ bid for a new trial saying undisclosed evidence of a lie told decades ago by then-Nashua Police Detective John Seusing was “inconsequential” in proving Lopez’ guilt in 1993. Seusing went on to become the chief of the Nashua Police Department and retired in January.
Sen. Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry, has filed confidential proposed legislation that provides police with a process to appeal placement on secret lists designating dishonest officers.
Members of the Commission on the Use of Police Personnel Files and two people who testified before it have differing views about how to be fair to police and to defendants.
CONCORD — It didn’t take long for John Gantert’s life to fall apart four years ago when he was fired from the Rochester Police Department over a report he filled out that landed him on the hated “Laurie” list.
Gantert, now 33, was quickly evicted from Wyandotte Falls housing because his living arrangement there hinged on him working as community police officer. His girlfriend left him.
Gantert was suddenly alone and unemployed after six years on the job.
“I lost everything within 30 days,” Gantert told members of a commission studying Laurie issues on Wednesday. “It was unreal.”
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