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A domestic violence charge has been dropped against Deputy Insurance Commissioner D.J. Bettencourt of Salem, who had been accused May 5 of simple assault for allegedly dragging his wife out of bed by her forearms while yelling at her after reading a text on her phone.
Many New Hampshire consumers will be shocked by their next electric bill. They will see pedal-to-the-metal construction work on a new exit ramp on Interstate 93 in Londonderry and Derry and $50 million in new infrastructure improvements at all 10 county nursing homes to protect seniors from illnesses like COVID-19.
The men and women suing the state claiming they were sexually and physically abused while incarcerated at the Youth Development Center in Manchester as minors have asked the court to allow their cases to go forward.
Law enforcement officers on Tuesday searched the former Manchester residence of Adam Montgomery, the father of missing Harmony Montgomery who was 5 when last seen more than two years ago, according to a news release from Attorney General John Formella.
Donna Pelliccia hoped she and her disabled daughter, Alyssa Acres, could get a fresh start when they moved to Troy three years ago.
MANCHESTER — New charges allege Kayla Montgomery, the stepmother of missing Harmony Montgomery who was last seen at age 5, lied to a grand jury about her employment.
“After a thorough investigation, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office has concluded that based upon the affirmative defenses available to the corrections officers and other evidentiary issues, there is insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that any of the corrections officers involved in these incidents committed any criminal offenses.”
After hearing from attorneys Tuesday morning, the state Supreme Court took little time to adopt the congressional map proposed by its special master that moved only five towns.
Armando Barron is going to prison for the rest of his life for murdering Keene’s Jonathan Amerault, and then forcing his wife, Britany Barron to cut the head off Amerault’s corpse.