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New Hampshire troopers fatally shoot armed man during foot pursuit with a police dog, official says

New Hampshire State Police troopers killed Joseph Russell, 36, during the pursuit that began while they were assisting Rochester Police Department officers, Attorney General John Formella said in a statement.

State Police fatally shoot man in Rochester, N.H., attorney general’s office says

Joseph Russell, 36, who was allegedly armed with a firearm, was fatally shot by two state troopers in a wooded area off Gooseberry Circle, a residential neighborhood in Rochester, Friday evening, the New Hampshire attorney general's office said.

Man sentenced to at least 27 years in prison for fatal shooting outside Manchester, N.H., bar

John Delee, 23, of Salem, N.H. was found guilty by a jury in December in the shooting death of Timothy Pouliot on Jan. 28, 2023.

Death of 75-year-old N.H. man ruled homicide, caused by stab wound, officials say

An autopsy found that a stab wound was the cause of Vernon Hayford’s death, and the manner of death was ruled a homicide, officials said.

CRIME

Stepmother of Harmony Montgomery, 5-year-old murdered by father, granted parole for perjury

Kayla Montgomery, the estranged wife of a N.H. man convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter, has been granted parole more than a year after she was sentenced to prison for lying about where she was when the child was last seen.

MEDIA

Catholic news site Church Militant agrees to pay $500k to N.H. priest in defamation case

The outlet and its parent company, St. Michael’s media, is not authorized to represent the Catholic Church, according to the Archdiocese of Detroit, in whose territory it is based.

CRIME

Teen charged with triple murder in Northfield, N.H., floats insanity defense

Eric Sweeney is being tried as an adult on charges that he fatally shot his sister-in-law and her two young sons in their home.

CRIME

New Hampshire State Police backtrack after saying arrestee’s name wouldn’t be released

The identity of an adult who has been arrested is a matter of public record under state law.