Rockingham County News

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.

Increases at the county level and the downshifting of costs by the state have resulted in an 11-cent tax rate increase and a roughly $30 increase over the year for average taxpayers, city officials announced Friday.

New Hampshire's two representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives, Paul Hodes and Carol Shea-Porter, will be the featured speakers at the Rockingham County Democratic Committee's annual Eleanor Roosevelt Covered Dish Dinner Sunday, Oct.

Troy Whipple admitted this morning to setting up a Derry carpenter he once worked for, which ended in the man being murdered during an August 2007 home invasion.

A man charged as an accomplice in the 2007 murder of a Derry carpenter came to court this morning in a last-minute bid to have his charges dismissed before his trial starts.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Seacoast is holding a "Toast to Temptation" - an evening of Champagne and Chocolate, to support its one-to-one mentoring programs in Rockingham and Strafford counties.

A lawyer for the man accused of kidnapping and beating his father, a former police chief, argues that Hillsborough County prosecutors have a clear conflict of interest and should be disqualified from handling the case.

Embattled fire chief Rudy Cartier responded to concerns laid out in an investigative report issued by the Rockingham County Attorney's office last week, but additional information released shows distrust of Cartier's command runs deep.

Two Brentwood men are answering to charges of drug possession and providing alcohol to minors this week, but police may have more on their hands.

With the weather turning colder, Rockingham County's weatherization program is entering its busiest time of the year.