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Litchfield Police Chief Benjamin Sargent, 43, of Hudson has been charged with Official Oppression for allegedly sexually harassing a subordinate over a 24-hour period starting Dec. 31, 2021.
Today, Planned Parenthood New Hampshire Action Fund and reproductive rights allies released a plan containing short- and long-term recommendations for protecting and expanding access to safe, legal abortion in the Granite State.
All of the motions have now been filed. It is now up to Judge Charles Temple whether the Laurie List, also known as the Exculpatory Evidence Schedule or EES, will become public in its entirety.
Attorney General John Formella wants the lawsuit seeking the unredacted 280 names on the Laurie List of dishonest law enforcement officers dismissed, arguing the matter is no longer in dispute because a new law will make the list public anyway.
The lawsuit seeking the unredacted Laurie List of dishonest police will continue even though five of the newspapers and ACLU-NH that originally sued the attorney general to get the list have withdrawn saying it is moot now that HB 471 has been signed into law.
The ACLU of New Hampshire sent a letter yesterday evening to Attorney General Gordon McDonald asking that his office reject the New Hampshire Republican State Committee’s request to prohibit remote learners from voting.
Two police officers, Lt. Richard Smolenski and Senior Officer Paul Gifford, have been placed on paid administrative leave, according to Lebanon Police Chief Richard Mello, who declined to say why the action was taken.