BY JENN McDOWELL A 16-year-old Pelham High School student was arrested on the second day of school for allegedly bringing narcotics into the school to sell them to other students. The student’s name is not being released because he is a juvenile. Police are pursuing charges through Salem Family Court for possession of a controlled ...

BY JENN McDOWELL Pelham police called in the region’s special operations unit to negotiate with a 31-year-old man after they heard what they at first believed to be a gunshot coming from inside a home on Victoria Circle and could not get the man to come to the door. While the Southern New Hampshire Special Operations Unit was ...

BY JENN McDOWELL Police arrested an 18-year-old Pelham man as part of an ongoing effort to halt the use and sale of prescription drugs, particularly OxyContin, in the community. Krystopher Draper, 18, of Pelham was pulled over on Sherburne Road on Thursday, July 17, at around 2 p.m. by detectives investigating several individuals ...

BY JENN McDOWELL A Pelham teen was one of three people charged as a result of an armed robbery of the owner of a Dracut pizza parlor after beating him repeatedly with a wooden stick, police said. As police waited to execute a search warrant on the home of one of the suspects, the juvenile accomplice and an accessory to the crime ...

BY JIM DEVINE A Massachusetts man was arrested Wednesday, May 14, after falsely telling Hannaford Supermarket employees he was soliciting contributions for a nonprofit athletic group. Jamie Simard, 32, of Lowell, Mass., was arrested on charges of attempted theft by deception, possession of controlled drugs and giving false ...

Police arrested five teens early Sunday morning, May 4, at an underage drinking party on Surrey Lane. Following an anonymous report of an underage drinking party, police found 11 underage people in a detached garage at the residence. No parents were present at the home. While police determined that only five had been drinking ...

BY JIM DEVINE Police Chief Joseph Roark recently expressed to selectmen that officer retention will become a concern, following another year without an approved contract raise. The department’s juvenile detective, Michael Marshall, gave his notice to leave the department at the end of the month for an officer position in ...

BY JIM DEVINEPolice said the conflict over a girlfriend that led to a Pelham man’s stabbing death last week could have been resolved with just a phone call. At the probable cause hearing for Scott Hanks, 49, which took place on Tuesday, April 15, Salem police Sgt. Steve Malisos detailed the investigation and interviews surrounding the ...

BY JIM DEVINE PELHAM – A 71-year-old man remained in serious condition at a Boston area hospital on Monday, March 24, a day after a teenage driver hit him as he walked down Melody Lane with his wife. John Walton-Deamato of 10 Hillcrest Lane was airlifted to Boston Medical Center’s intensive care unit after the ...

By Darrell Halen   The School Board may revise its policy on drug searches in Pelham schools after concerns were raised about the magnitude of the searches and disruptions caused to students. During the board’s Wednesday, Jan. 16 meeting, School Board member Linda Mahoney cited the large number of law enforcement agencies that were ...