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. However, the report also took the Hooksett Police Commission and Hooksett Police Department to ...

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 on Tuesday, May 19, asking for an investigation into Police Chief Stephen Agrafiotis, ...

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 since January. He recently received a total of three-and-a-half days of back pay after ...

BY GINGER KOZLOWSKIThe 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 the Hooksett Town Council chambers, which filled to overflowing with supporters of Defina and ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERAlthough 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 Commission to terminate his employment with the department and the facts of the case are being ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERHooksett 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 two students on the bus. The police pulled the bus to the side on Merrimack Street and ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERA 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 the involved parties, the argument is still being discussed. Members of the community and School ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERDespite 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 Police Department budget by more than $200,000. Hooksett resident Vincent Lembo, a former ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERAccording 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. Nearly 50 safe school reports, all filed since late 2007, were released to Hooksett School Board ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERThe 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 search warrants on a house in Exeter, but have not found evidence to provide a break in ...