September 2009 - Posts

• Neighbors miss promised officer

  BY DAN O'BRIEN Neighbors of a convicted child rapist whose house is within feet of a school bus stop say their concerns are falling on deaf ears. Gayle Gillespie says there was no police officer patrolling the bus stop on Monday, Sept. 28 -- something Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:40 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, schools, Police, Crime, sex offenders

• Rapist prompts notification bill

  BY DAN O'BRIEN State Rep. David Boutin has filed legislation at the State House that would allow police departments more freedom to notify residents when convicted sex offenders move to town. Boutin filed the bill on Thursday, Sept. 24, in response Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:34 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Crime, sex offenders, politics

• Hooksett Police Commission steps back over firing

  BY DAN O'BRIEN Hooksett’s three Police Commission members said they would recuse themselves from handling a grievance filed by former police officer Jason Defina. Defina, a 10-year Hooksett Police Department veteran, was fired by the commission Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:28 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Political, Police, Police Commission

• Police chief says he’ll air town’s laundry over move to enlarge Police Commission

  Dan O’Brien The chairman of the Hooksett Police Commission is defending the Hooksett police chief, who reportedly made a remark to a town councilor that some interpreted as a threat. “He could not have said that,” said David Gagnon, Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 16, 2009 4:36 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Police, town council, Police Commission

• Ray Langer dies

  By Ginger Kozlowski Raymond Langer, a former Citizen of the Year, state represenative, longtime selectman/town councilor, budget committee member and School Board member, has died at the age of 88. Langer was well known throughout Hooksett, having dedicated Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 16, 2009 4:32 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Langer

• Officer Defina fired, vows to fight

  By DanO’Brien Hooksett police officer Jason Defina, the school resource officer who was reassigned last spring despite community objections, was fired by the Hooksett Police Commission on Sept. 8. Defina, 35, a Marine Corps veteran who has been Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 16, 2009 4:12 PM by Hooksett Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Police, school, resource officer

• Animal cruelty charges lead to sex assault investigation

  By Dan O’Brien A child predator living in Hooksett was arrested Aug. 20 for failing to register as a sex offender after police found dead and dying pets in his filthy trailer park home. He was released from prison Wednesday, Aug. 26, after a Hooksett Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 02, 2009 4:09 PM by Hooksett Editor | 5 Comments Filed under: Pembroke, Police, animal cruelty, assault