Rockingham County News

A day after he was sentenced in federal court in Maine for deliberately setting two fires in that state, a former Exeter man was sentenced in Rockingham Superior Court for a Seacoast crime spree that included felony theft charges in North Hampton.

A new report shows metropolitan areas in New Hampshire have grown relatively stronger in their ability to withstand the worst of the recession.

A Dover woman pleaded guilty this morning to charges she impersonated an Exeter lawyer in an attempt to reap millions from two cash advance settlement companies.

While on bail for a charge alleging he burglarized a city home, Storm Addison broke into a New Castle home, stole valuables, fled on a "gas-powered bicycle" and failed to stop for police, according to court records.

A high school student accused of driving the getaway car from an armed robbery at Cabot Street Market was given the opportunity to return to school while under house arrest.

Joseph Vrooman is expected to testify today that he discussed how to murder Jack Reid with Jesse Brooks and his father, John "Jay" Brooks.

A 30-year-old man is facing charges he dragged a New Hampshire State Police trooper with his car before speeding off.

A Newburyport, Mass., man has been indicted on charges he dragged a state trooper with his vehicle before speeding off.

Share + Nov 9, 2009 8:33 pm US/Eastern BRENTWOOD, N.H. A former police chief in southern New Hampshire has been indicted in the alleged theft of cash from a charitable account.

A Danville man who has admitted to police he has a sexual addiction to athletic-looking boys has recently been arrested again for stalking.

An Exeter girl is collecting a $35,000 settlement from a McDonald's restaurant because she suffered second-degree burns from hot tea that spilled on her lap, according to court documents.

A Danville man charged with killing his landlord by repeatedly chopping him in the head with an ax-like weapon wants to claim self-defense. Prosecutors are fighting the stance Paul McDonald, 50, is taking as he heads to trial in January on charges of first-degree murder for the June 2008 killing of Richard Wilcox, 54.

Joseph Todd Gamester will remain in prison to serve out his 12- to 24-year sentence for the stabbing death of a Rye man outside a Portsmouth bar in October 1999, a judge ruled yesterday.

A Massachusetts man is accused of stealing $15,000 in coins and jewelry from a Londonderry home while the family was overseas on vacation earlier this year.

A Ledgewood Drive teen convicted for sexually assaulting two classmates failed to convince a judge to free him from jail on personal recognizance bail for a new charge alleging he failed to register as a sex offender.

A Derry man charged with making threats to the director of Southern New Hampshire University's Salem Center is on conditional release from the state psychiatric hospital, prosecutors said yesterday.

The Manchester man who shot and killed Jason Violette during a 2007 home invasion in Derry recalled how he struggled with Violette while his fellow robbers ran.

The town of Epping and two members of its police department could be held liable for the death of Kenneth Countie because they were allegedly aware of abuse by Sheila LaBarre but failed to intervene before she murdered him, a judge has ruled.

A partner of convicted cop killer Michael Addison argued with a judge this morning for more time to fight an inmate assault case that could compound an already lengthy prison sentence.

BRENTWOOD, N.H.: The following individuals were indicted by the Grand Jury during its October deliberations at the Rockingham County Superior Court.