New Hampshire
New Hampshire woman arrested after pursuit that led to 20-minute highway standoff with police
A New Hampshire woman was arrested after a weekend pursuit that led to a 20-minute standoff with police on Interstate 89 in Concord, state police said Monday.
Desiree Charter, 38, of Nashua, was charged with reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, driving after being deemed a habitual offender, possession of a controlled drug – subsequent, aggravated DUI, driving under the influence and disobeying an officer, state police said.
At 10:22 p.m. Sunday, troopers tried to stop the driver of a 2013 Chevrolet Equinox, later identified as Charter, for lane control violations on Clinton Street in Concord.
The troopers used emergency lights and sirens, but Charter increased speed and continued swerving in lanes while driving Concord and Hopkinton, state police said.
During the pursuit, Charter nearly hit another vehicle on I-89 northbound in Concord. State police said troopers were later able to successfully deflate the SUV’s tires using a tire deflation device near Exit 4.
But Charter continued northbound on I-89 for about a mile before crashing into the right guardrail. She then refused commands from troopers, prompting a 20-minute standoff, state police said.
During the standoff, I-89 was closed in the area of mile marker 7.
Eventually, Charter got out of the SUV and was taken into custody. She was taken by ambulance to Concord Hospital with minor, non-life-threatening injuries, state police said.
Troopers later learned that Concord Police had also tried to stop the same vehicle earlier in the evening, but Charter failed to stop for officers, who chose to end their pursuit.
Charter is scheduled to appear in Concord District Court on Jan. 10.
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire Man Arrested After Traveling to NKY to Meet Juvenile

Paul Vallatini. Photo provided.
(Boone County, Ky.) – On Friday, June 6, Boone County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an anonymous tip of an adult male that traveled from New Hampshire to meet a juvenile female.
The initial investigation showed that Paul Vallatini, 37, had met the female on social media and drove to Florence to meet her.
Deputies made contact with Vallatini and the female, together in Florence. The juvenile female disclosed to deputies that she communicated with him through Snapchat, where he allegedly sent her nude photographs at least five times.
She added that she picked Vallatini up from the airport the day prior and over the two days, he took her shopping, buying her various gifts, including underwear.
Deputies say Vallatini was staying at a local hotel and a number of items corroborating the female’s statements were located, along with condoms that were found in Vallatini’s duffle bag.
Vallatini was charged with five counts of Distribution of Obscene Matter and one count of Human Trafficking – Victim Under 18.
He was lodged at the Boone County Jail.
New Hampshire
Man charged in deadly crash that killed Endicott police sergeant extradited to N.H.
The man accused in a deadly crash that killed an Endicott police sergeant was arrested and extradited to New Hampshire on Friday.
According to New Hampshire State Police, officers obtained an extraditable arrest warrant in December and charged Keoma Duarte, 40 of New Bedford with two felony counts of reckless conduct and one misdemeanor count of disobeying an officer.
Prosecutors say Keoma Duarte was so drunk the night before Thanksgiving that officers could smell the alcohol on him as they worked to free him from his crumpled Tesla on Interstate 95 near Newbury.
Duarte’s Tesla had slammed head-on into a car that Endicott College Police Sgt. Jeremy Cole was driving, killing the 49-year-old husband and father of four as he drove home from work.
Duarte, 40, was arraigned on vehicular homicide and manslaughter charges from his hospital bed in December. He spoke only once, acknowledging he could hear the judge.
On June 3rd, NH troopers traveled to Bristol County Jail and House of Correction in Massachusetts and took Duarte into custody.
Duarte was then transported back to New Hampshire, where he was held at the Rockingham County Department of Corrections ahead of arraignment on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Hampton District Court.
Jeremy Cole was a police sergeant at Endicott College. News of his death shook the close-knit community of students and staff.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Driver accused of killing Endicott College police sgt. extradited to New Hampshire

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