By DanO’BrienHooksett 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 with the Police Department since 1999, said he plans a legal fight to get his job back. “I ...

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 meeting on July 21. “(Officer Defina) really has made an impact on our school,” ...

By Ginger Kozlowski The Hooksett Police Department has removed officer Jason Defina as the town’s school resource officer, putting Sgt. Gary Blanchette in the position as of Aug. 13. Defina has served as the school resource officer since April 2008. Until last fall, there appeared to be no problems with his performance, but then he was ...

BY LAUREN SAUSSERHooksett schools will operate without the full-time presence of school resource officer Jason Defina until Jan. 19 – the date when Defina’s temporary suspension from the Hooksett Police Department will be lifted. For reasons that have not been made public, Defina has been suspended without pay from the Hooksett Police ...

BY GINGER KOZLOWSKIHooksett School Resource officer Jason Defina has been restored to full-time duty in the schools, following public outcry against the shifting of his duties to street patrols. At the Hooksett Police Commission meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 18, Police Chief Stephen Agrafiotis informed the commission of the change. Following last ...