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By Dan O’Brien The Hooksett Police Department, coping with personnel disputes and disciplinary action, spent more than $175,000 in legal fees in fiscal 2009, substantially more than what was spent in some similar-sized communities. “We continue, Read More...
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By Dan O’Brien Holding signs that read, “Support SRO Defina” and “Agrafiotis is our dirty laundry,” a group of a dozen people held a protest against the town’s police chief outside the Wednesday, Nov. 4, Town Council Read More...
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By Dan O’Brien Chrissy Curran was surprised, but not overly shocked, when someone broke into her unlocked Whitehall Terrace home in June. It was probably some mischievous kids, she thought. Only an iPod and a plastic container of loose change were Read More...
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By Dan O’Brien The labor union representing fired Hooksett police officer Jason Defina has filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the state Public Employee Labor Relations Board. The complaint, filed Oct. 16, accuses Hooksett Police Chief Read More...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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By Lauren Sausser Hooksett Police Chief Steve Agrafiotis made no indication of whether he’d reinstate former school resource officer Jason Defina into that position again, even after two teenage girls pleaded for him to do so at a Police Commission Read More...
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By Eddie Wilson A report detailing problems at the Hooksett Safety Center proposes between $500,000 and $3.5 million in repairs. The building housing the police and fire stations has been plagued with problems since it was built in 1996, with leaks and Read More...
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By Lauren Sausser The Merrimack County Sheriff’s Department will conduct an independent investigation of the Hooksett Police Department in order to determine if officers knowingly attempted to conceal safe school reports filed by the school resource Read More...
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BY LAUREN SAUSSER The Hookett Budget Committee finalized its municipal budget proposal, officially recommending more than $200,000 be cut from the proposed Police Department budget. The final budget figure, which includes revenues and expenditures of Read More...
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BY LAUREN SAUSSER The Hooksett Budget Committee made deep cuts in the proposed Police Department budget, including significant erasures in the wages and benefits lines. The committee cut more than $200,000 from the $4.1 million budget that was recommended Read More...
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BY LAUREN SAUSSER Hooksett school district and Police Department officials will meet in a closed-door session on Friday, Feb. 20, to air out any disagreements about alleged weapons and drug issues at Cawley Middle School. The meeting, originally scheduled Read More...
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