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Massachusetts Double Homicide Suspect Arrested In Londonderry: Justin David Alba of Peabody, MA, was arrested by U.S. Marshals and police on Forest Street Thursday on 7 active charges out of Lynn, MA.
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Newmarket Man Indicted On Sexual Assault Charges: Court Roundup: Man indicted for assault, violating privacy; out-of-staters indicted for thefts; man indicted on distribution of child abuse image charges.
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Nashua Man Indicted On Kidnapping, Gun, Other Charges: Court Roundup: Merrimack man accused of assaulting woman; Nashua man indicted for strangulation; Boston man charged with stealing items from Sunglass Hut.
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Hooksett Man Indicted On Animal Cruelty Charge: Superior Court Roundup: Accused bail jumpers indicted; Concord man faces insurance fraud charges; Pittsfield man faces strangulation, domestic violence charges.
Woman Receives Suspended Sentence In 2021 Salem Fentanyl Buy Case: Khloe Sioux Lamontagne drove Travis Hood to Salem in March 2021 to buy 857 grams of fentanyl; she’s a felon due to 2022 drug DUI charges.
Nashua Firefighters Work Several Hours To Extinguish Compactor Fire: Nashua Fire Rescue responded to alarms sounding at retailer Savers and found the fire. Watch a video of firefighters working at the scene.
After 10 NH Road Deaths In 4 Days, Officials Issue Plea To Drivers: As of Monday, 64 lives have been lost in 59 crashes on New Hampshire roads since the beginning of 2024.
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NH Man Dead In Maine Motorcycle Crash: Reports: The driver, Joseph Vachon, 32, of Rochester, was found lying dead in a field on River Road in Lebanon, Maine, Thursday morning.
Jubilant Republicans Vs. Dour Democrats: Dueling Pressers Tell Tale Of 2 NH Political Parties: Biden for NH shifted its press conference to the NHDP headquarters and limited access, while the GOP held a presser open to all media.
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WILTON, N.H. (WHDH) – A woman died in a Wilton, New Hampshire, house fire Wednesday morning, according to the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office.
At 9:08 a.m., Wilton firefighters responded to Burns Hill Road after a caller said their home was filling up with smoke. When they arrived, a single-family home was on fire and they found out two people were still inside on the second floor.
A man and a woman were both taken out of the house by firefighters and taken to Elliott Hospital. The woman was pronounced dead and the man is in serious condition.
Officials have not released the name of the victim at this time.
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At this time, investigators are looking into the cause of the fire and are trying to determine if a power outage in the area played a factor. The fire is not currently considered suspicious.
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Diane Durgin, 67, is accused of shooting at a Black man who inadvertently drove to her property after a prearranged truck part sale, prosecutors said.
A New Hampshire woman is accused of violating the state’s Civil Rights Act four times after she allegedly shot at a man because he was Black, prosecutors said.
Diane Durgin, 67, of Weare, N.H. could face up to a $5,000 fine for each violation she is found to have committed, the office of New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said in a press release Tuesday.
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Durgin is also charged with criminal threatening against a person with a deadly weapon and attempted first degree assault with a deadly weapon, Michael Garrity, a media representative for the New Hampshire Attorney General, said in an emailed statement to Boston.com.
Durgin had a final pre-trial conference last week, Garrity said.
In a civil complaint filed Tuesday, Durgin is accused of threatening physical force against the victim, the AG said. Prosecutors asked the court to issue a preliminary injunction barring Durgin from repeating her alleged behavior and from contacting the victim and his family.
During the morning hours of Oct. 20, 2024, the victim claims, he “mistakenly” drove to Durgin’s home after a prearranged purchase of a truck part with a seller online, prosecutors wrote as part of their request for an injunction.
When the man — whom prosecutors identified in court documents as X.G. — arrived, Durgin allegedly stepped out of her home and approached his car with a gun “holstered by her waist,” prosecutors wrote.
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Upon noticing that X.G. was Black, Durgin allegedly “removed her gun and pointed it at X.G.,” prosecutors said in the injunction request.
While X.G. explained that he was lost, Durgin called the victim a “Black mother[expletive],” and threatened to “kill him,” prosecutors allege.
As the victim attempted to drive away, Durgin allegedly took her gun and fired two shots at the fleeing man’s car, missing both times, the AG’s office said.
While on the phone with a dispatcher, Durgin allegedly said she shot the man’s car because the victim is Black, the AG said.
“The guy is Black. And he, he…he says he’s meeting someone here and I think he’s coming here to steal,” Durgin allegedly said.
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Police located X.G. and brought him to the Weare Police Department, stopping along the way at the correct seller’s home to complete the truck part purchase, prosecutors wrote in court documents.
To prove a violation of the New Hampshire Civil Rights Act, the AG must show that Durgin “interfered or attempted to interfere with the rights of the victim to engage in lawful activities by threatening to engage in or actually engage in physical force or violence, when such actual or threatening conduct was motivated by race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, or disability,” prosecutors said.
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