BRENTWOOD – The Massachusetts state trooper charged with felony domestic violence in connection with an incident involving his extramarital girlfriend Jan. 31 in Exeter has been denied bail by a Rockingham Superior Court judge.
Judge Martin Honigberg wrote in a decision released Tuesday that Trooper Sgt. Bryan Erickson presented a level of a danger. He cited the charge he allegedly sought to control the actions of his girlfriend the day leading into their altercation during the early morning hours of Jan. 31, and then allegedly drove through residential Exeter streets at high speed to avoid being stopped by local police.
Hank Brennan, one of Erickson’s attorneys, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
EXETER – A Massachusetts State Police sergeant was arrested by his own agency Sunday after fleeing local police following a domestic violence incident where he allegedly assaulted and strangled a woman.
Trooper Sgt. Bryan Erickson, 38, of Groveland, Massachusetts, was arrested on a warrant issued by Exeter police. Massachusetts State Police transported Erickson to Exeter, where he was charged with felony domestic violence assault and misdemeanor charges of domestic violence assault, domestic violence obstructing the report of a crime, disobeying an officer, criminal trespass and reckless operation.
According to the police affidavit from Exeter officer Kristina Chase, she responded to an Exeter home following a 911 hang up at approximately 2:50 a.m. Sunday. Chase reported she witnessed a male close the garage door when she arrived. She then knocked on the front door and announced herself as police responding to the abandoned 911 call. A woman answered and informed Chase that
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A New Hampshire man is facing criminal and civil rights charges after he allegedly shouted racial slurs at a Black family and then threatened to douse one of the victims with gasoline and burn him.
John Doran, 61, of Seabrook, was indicted this month by a Rockingham County grand jury for criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, criminal threatening and simple assault, according to Seacoastonline. He also faces a civil penalty for violating the Civil Rights Act, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General s Office.
The charges stem from an incident on July 29, 2020, where Doran allegedly shouted racial slurs at a Black family from Springfield, Massachusetts, at a gas station at routes 1A and 286 in Seabrook. When the victim responded, authorities said Doran again shouted racial slurs while threatening to douse him with gasoline and burn him.
BRENTWOOD – A Maine man is facing several felony charges related to a domestic violence assault in Portsmouth, where he allegedly told a woman he would kill her by throwing her into a wood chipper, court documents say.
Jack Coffey, 61, with addresses listed in both Westbrook and Arundel, Maine, was indicted earlier this month by a Rockingham Superior Court grand jury on three counts of domestic violence simple assault and three counts of domestic violence criminal threatening.
According to the indictments, Coffey was previously convicted of violating a protective order in 2017, specifically a protection from abuse order out of Cumberland County District Court in Maine.
ACLU court petition seeks records about investigation of Salem police officer
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Published: 1/12/2021 6:51:01 PM
After being denied records from the Salem Police Department that delve into how suspended Sgt. Michael Verrocchi came to be criminally charged, the ACLU has filed a petition in Rockingham Superior Court.
In the petition, ACLU attorney Gilles Bissonette accuses the department of taking an unconstitutional position of secrecy concerning one of its members.
Court paperwork dated Jan. 10 says the ACLU wants all reports, investigatory files, disciplinary documents and other records related to Verrocchi’s actions on Nov. 10, 2012.
Verrocchi is accused that day of evading fellow Salem officers who tried to pull him over while he was driving and off duty. He allegedly ran a red light and avoided spike strips put in the road. Verrocchi eventually stopped his vehicle and is said to have laughed, thinking the incident to be a joke.