Courts & Corrections
Lee Man Pleads Guilty Wednesday to Child Exploitation Offenses
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A Lee man pleaded guilty today in federal court to possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
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A Lee man pleaded guilty today in federal court to possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Attorney General John Formella sent out a press release Tuesday saying the state paid its first victim the maximum $1.5 million settlement from the $100 million fund set aside for victims of sexual and physical abuse they suffered as children under state custody at the Youth Development Center and other facilities.
Philip A. DeVincent, the Administrative Officer at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, was honored in Washington D.C. with a Director’s Award for his service to the District of New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Rockingham Superior Court Judge Daniel I. St. Hilaire dismissed Eric Spofford’s lawsuit on April 17, but gave him 30 days to amend his complaint to focus on allegations of actual malice on the part of NHPR.
Akwasi Owusu of Manchester was found guilty of attempted murder and two counts of 1st degree assault for stabbing three Manchester police officers who were attempting to arrest him on Feb. 4, 2020 when he was 18 years old.
As officials with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office and the New Hampshire State Police are being called to give depositions in the Sununu Youth Services Center abuse case, the judge assigned to the civil lawsuits is questioning the role of the state’s top law enforcement agency.
Associate Attorney General Anne M. Edwards Parker said she has hoped to be a judge since becoming a lawyer in the 1980s and was inspired to pursue the law to help the people of New Hampshire as a way of giving back.
The public will get a chance on Wednesday to weigh in on the nomination of Associate Attorney General Anne M. Edwards Parker of Milford to be a Superior Court judge.
On May 2, 51-year-old Todd Gordon of Dracut, Mass. turned himself in to the Manchester Police Department on a warrant stemming from an incident at the Hillsborough County House of Corrections earlier this year.