New Hampshire
Manchester Man Indicted On Child Rape Charges: Superior Court Roundup
MANCHESTER, NH — A Hillsborough County grand jury indicted the following people recently.
Avian Ferrell, 22, of Lake Avenue in Manchester on a felony reckless conduct, conduct after an accident, and two second-degree assault charges, all felonies. He was accused of driving recklessly the wrong way against traffic while attempting to evade New Hampshire State Police and causing a crash in Manchester on Dec. 19, 2023. Ferrell was also accused of assaulting an intimate partner causing multiple bruises all over her body and causing her to suffer a concussion on May 11, 2023, in Manchester.
Joshua R. Haggerty, 36, of Manchester Street in Manchester on a felony felon in possession of a dangerous weapon. He was accused of possessing a knife on Dec. 30, 2023, in Manchester. Haggerty is a felon due to a burglary conviction in July 2006.
Roshaun Hartford, 28, of River Road in Manchester on aggravated felonious sexual assault, indecent exposure and lewdness, and obscene matter offenses charges, all felonies. He was accused of raping a girl between May 1, 2018, and May 31, 2019, sharing pornography with her, and exposing himself to her in Manchester. Read more about this case here: Manchester Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Children
Kelsey Haskell, 26, of West River Drive in Manchester on domestic violence-reckless conduct-deadly weapon and possession of fentanyl charges, both felonies, He was accused of possessing the drug and putting a family member in dangerous by exposing them to the fentanyl on July 20, 2023, in Manchester.
Jovan Hibbert, 36, of Russell Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, on two felony illegal sale of a controlled drug charges. He was accused of selling crash cocaine to a confidential informant in Manchester on March 30 and April 10, 2023.
Robert Jache, 43, of Central Street in Manchester on seven felony counts of certain uses of computer services prohibited. He was accused of sharing pictures and soliciting sexual contact with two girls online in November 2022 in Manchester.
Manuel Jones, 27, of Cartier Street in Manchester on a felony second-degree assault charge and two simple assault-domestic violence charges. He was accused of strangling and assaulting an intimate partner on Nov. 17, 2023, in Manchester.
Christian Lopez, 45, of Karatzas Avenue in Manchester on three felony illegal sale of a controlled drug charges. He was accused of selling crack cocaine to a confidential informant in Manchester on Aug. 1, Aug. 9, and Aug. 29, 2023.
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New Hampshire
2 killed, 1 seriously injured in NH crash
Two people are dead and another person has serious injuries following a crash Friday in Rumney, New Hampshire.
The Rumney Fire Department says it responded to Route 25 just after 1:30 p.m. for a motor vehicle crash with entrapment. Crews, including from Plymouth-Fire Rescue and the Wentworth Fire Department, arrived on scene to find two vehicles in the road that appeared to have been involved in a head-on collision.
The driver from one vehicle was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries, the fire department said. The driver and a passenger in the second vehicle were both pronounced dead on scene.
The victims’ names have not been released at this time.
Route 25 was closed for approximately five hours for an on-scene investigation and clean up, the fire department said.
It’s unclear what caused the fatal crash. The Rumney Police Department is investigating.
New Hampshire
Fireball spotted streaking over towns in southeast New Hampshire: video
An eagle-eyed photographer captured the moment a shining fireball cut across the sky in southeast New Hampshire early Saturday evening.
Rob Wright, a professional photographer based in New Hampshire, shared dash camera footage of the suspected meteor — which he called a “bright green boldie” — blazing straight downwards while he was cruising through Portsmouth.
“That was one of the best I’ve seen and likely the best I’ve ever caught on camera,” Wright boasted on Facebook.
Wright was approaching a traffic circle in the coastal town when a pulsing yellow light appeared in the sky. It tracked downwards in a straight line and released a brighter spurt of light before disappearing entirely, all in the span of eight seconds, according to the video.
Others in Nashua and Londonderry, both located southwest of Portsmouth and closer to the Massachusetts border, told WMUR that they also saw the suspected meteor.
Several other highlighted sightings around the same time in Dover, Bedford, Rindge, Hooksett and Jaffrey, which are all within a 90-mile radius of Portsmouth, according to the American Meteor Society.
Locals who follow Wright’s work reported seeing the fireball, too. One woman who also lives in Portsmouth commented that she “thought it must have been a firework.”
It’s unclear what exactly the fireball was.
Meteorites present similarly to a fireball when they’re plummeting from orbit — but leave a more obvious impact.
In August, a 3-foot meteor splintered in the air while it was flying over Georgia and left fragments scattered all over Newton County. The explosion caused a sonic boom equivalent to 20 tons of TNT exploding at once.
Pieces of the meteor were found all over the county, including one that crashed through the roof of a home.
Over the summer in 2024, a meteor disintegrated about 30 miles above Midtown Manhattan. The force shook parts of New York City, rattling midday commuters.
New Hampshire
Firefighters battle large blaze at home near NH’s Loon Mountain
Firefighters from multiple northern New Hampshire communities helped battle a blaze at a home near Loon Mountain on Saturday night.
Campton-Thornton Fire Rescue said in a Facebook post Sunday morning that they responded to the fire on Crooked Mountain Road in Lincoln around 7 p.m. Several other area departments also responded and helped shuttle water to the scene from a site in nearby Woodstock.
No one was home at the time and no firefighters were injured battling the blaze. Fire crews cleared the scene around 4 a.m.
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