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ACLU court petition seeks records about investigation of Salem police officer Verrocchi 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 reco...

After a nearly two-year investigation, the Attorney General’s Office has decided not to charge former Salem police chief Paul Donovan in connection with numerous allegations contained in a 2018 audit of the department. For the first time, the nature of the allegations against Donovan was made public, but specific details remain sealed for now. Senior Assistant Attorney General Geoffrey W.R. Ward said in a letter on Wednesday that the office investigated whether Donovan committed the crimes of official oppression and unsworn falsification. “After a review of evidence gathered during ...

By a vote of 3-2, Salem Town Manager Chris Dillon avoided being fired in a closed-door meeting in October, according to recently released minutes of that meeting. At the heart of the Board of Selectmen’s private discussion were a police audit and subsequent criminal investigations by the state Attorney General’s Office. On Oct. 19, Selectman Lisa Withrow made a motion to go into a nonpublic session to “take action” on the town manager. The motion was seconded by Bob Bryant, who referenced the town manager statute, the tax collector state law and a number of ongoing lawsuit...