Rockingham County News

BRENTWOOD A former youth football coach has been indicted for sexually assaulting two of his daughter's classmates during sleepovers at his Londonderry home, according to prosecutors.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - A total of seventy-five counts of possession of child pornography have been dropped against New Hampshire man Jerome Steffan, Jr., after an affidavit supporting the search warrant for his home was lost, reports CBS Boston .

Parsons waived Monday's arraignment in the 10th Circuit Court, Plaistow District Division, and is due back in court for a pre-trial conference Aug. 8. Parsons, 54, is accused of leaving his Glock 22 .40-caliber handgun unsecured on top of a safe inside his home at 53 Caramel Drive, Danville, March 11. While Parsons was away, authorities said his ... (more)

Nancy was raised in Haverhill, Mass., and was a graduate of Haverhill High School, Class of 1952.

Costly upgrades to the Rockingham County Dispatch Center are one reason commissioners are discussing charging the communities that use the service.

Seventy-five counts of possession of child pornography have suddenly been dropped against Jerome Steffan, Jr. after an affidavit for the search warrant of his home vanished from the case file at Portsmouth District Court.

The Select Board will have to soon consider changes to how the town operates its police and fire dispatch services, Town Administrator Paul Apple said at Monday's board meeting.

BRENTWOOD A judge has thrown out evidence in a child pornography case against a Portsmouth man because the search warrant used to search the man's home and computer was lost.

John Bouraphael, 33, of Danville is headed to trial on identity fraud charges on June 19 in superior court.

And John Rummler of Kittery Point, Maine, the man charged with fraudulently selling Wastech stock and forging stock certificates, is listed as one of the companies top inventors.

Rockingham County commissioners are considering charging towns that use the county's dispatch center $1 per resident for police dispatching and 50 cents per resident for fire calls to pay for a $950,000 upgrade and maintenance at the center.

Sharon Day, co-chair of the Republican National Committee will be the guest speaker at a reception on Friday, June 14 at 6 p.m. The event will be held at The Exeter Congregational Church of Exeter on Front Street.

Portsmouth should regionalize its emergency dispatch center with neighboring towns and investigate the possibility of getting a county tax refund because the city doesn't use the county dispatch service, according to a report published by a committee formed to study police and fire efficiencies.

A Maine man is free on $5,000 personal recognizance bail in a theft and forgery case that the Rockingham County attorney said cost the director of the Port of New Hampshire and his chief operating officer a combined $50,000 by selling them stock in a company that doesn't exist.

A Sandown man listed by the U.S. Marshal's Service as the "Fugitive Of The Week" turned himself in Friday morning on charges that he burglarized seven homes in Derry, Londonderry and Hampstead.

A judge issued a warrant for Kyle Berry, 40, for failing to appear at a bail-revocation hearing, stemming from his latest pot-growing arrest in Lawrence, Mass., last month.

John Bouraphael, 33, of Danville will go on trial June 19 for identity fraud after allegedly impersonating a public defender while being held in jail.

The U.S. Marshals Service District of New Hampshire/Joint Fugitive Task Force has named Joshua Andrew Fowler as New Hampshire's fugitive of the week.

A public meeting to present the results reported in the Exeter Great Dam Removal Impact Assessment Study Draft Final Report will be held on Wednesday, June 26, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Exeter High School Auditorium.

The Rockingham County sheriff's office is investigating two longtime jail employees, but officials aren't commenting on the details.