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• Investigation report on Hooksett Police Department, Commission: No coverup, poor communication

  By Ginger Kozlowski An investigation by the Merrimack County Sheriff into whether the Hooksett Police Department tried to hide the existence of safe school reports or cover up safety issues in Hooksett public schools has found no such coverup exists. Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:23 PM by Hooksett Editor | 18 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, schools, School Board, Police Department, safety

• Hooksett Police Commission shuts down anonymous complaints against chief

  By Ginger Kozlowski The Hooksett Police Commission has refused to look into a complaint filed against the police chief because it was unsigned, despite its own policy allowing anonymous complaints. A document was filed with the Hooksett Police Commission Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:54 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Police Department, Police Commission, complaints, chief

• Hooksett school officer back to work – for now

  By Lauren Sausser School resource officer Jason Defina is back to work after an extended suspension from the Hooksett Police Department for what his superiors deemed incompetence and untruthfulness. Defina was suspended without pay for more than 20 days Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 06, 2009 1:41 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, school, Police Department, officer, suspension

• Hooksett school officer gets hearing

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI The Hooksett Police Commission considered grievances filed by officer Jason Defina at a public hearing on Monday, April 13, but did not render any decisions, other than to dismiss three of the complaints. The hearing took place at Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:12 PM by Hooksett Editor | 5 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Police Department, school officer

• Fired Hooksett cop appeals termination

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER Although the Hooksett Police Commission voted to terminate the employment of former Hooksett police officer Benjamin Beauchemin in January, that decision could change. Beauchemin and his attorney have appealed a decision by the Police Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:10 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Police Department, Police officer, termination

• Drug deal on Hooksett school bus handled swiftly

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER Hooksett police responded to an alleged drug deal between students on a Hooksett school bus on Monday, March 16. Police were advised of the incident by a parent whose child had sent a text message relating an exchange of pills between Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:36 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Drug bust, Cawley Middle School, Police Department

• Press release on police, School Board dispute doesn’t satisfy public

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER A press release that was prepared weeks ago by members of the Hooksett School Board and Police Department was intended to end an ongoing debate about the existence of safety threats at Cawley Middle School. But much to the chagrin of Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:18 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, School Board, Cawley Middle School, Police Department

• Hooksett Budget Committee criticized for police cuts

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER Despite hopes that many residents would turn out from the municipal Budget Committee hearing on March 5, only two residents spoke out at the public hearing and the majority of the input criticized the committee for slashing the proposed Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:32 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, budget committee, budget, Police Department

• Knives in school

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER According to safe school reports recently released by the Hooksett Police Department, eight counts of confiscated knives and reported knife possession by Cawley Middle School students have been filed during the past two school years. Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:11 PM by Hooksett Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, School Board, school, Police Department, knives

• Home invasion puzzles police

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER The investigation of a house robbery that left one man in the hospital with blunt head injuries last week has the Hooksett police stumped. Detective Jake Robie said the department has exhausted almost every possible lead, including conducting Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:27 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, robbery, Police Department, home invasion

• Hooksett Safety Center to be fixed

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER The Hooksett Safety Center on Legends Drive may have been leaky since the first year it opened 12 years ago, but town officials have decided now is the time to do something about it. Interim Town Administrator Carol Granfield said the Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:21 PM by Hooksett Editor | 4 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, Safety Center, fire department, Police Department, repairs

• $33,000 sign sparks debate

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER The Hooksett Budget Committee chairman said the Hooksett Police Department is spending money on items that were not approved by voters, and that they should be acting more transparently when it comes to big-ticket purchases. Specifically, Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 10, 2008 2:31 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, budget committee, town council, Police Department

• Hooksett police priorities are questioned

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI To some parents, where Hooksett police officer Jason Defina spends his time is a matter of safety. To some residents, it’s a matter of money and where it gets spent. To school officials, it’s about keeping a valuable program Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 2:34 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, schools, Police Department

• Elderly woman robbed of purse at Shaw’s

  BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI An 81-year-old woman was the victim of a purse thief at the Shaw’s supermarket in Hooksett on Wednesday, Oct. 8. The woman was not hurt. Police were called to the store at about noon and told that two people had fled the area Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:57 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, robbery, Police Department, Concord District Court, Shaw's

• Hooksett cop exonerated of DWI waits to hear if he’s still got a job

  BY LAUREN SAUSSER As soon as the Hooksett Police Department wraps up its internal investigation regarding the professional conduct of officer Benjamin Beauchemin, Police Chief Stephen Agrafiotis said he will deliver a final decision regarding Beauchemin’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 1:55 PM by Hooksett Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hooksett, DWI, Candia District Court, Police Department