By Darrell Halen A Salem woman was sentenced to spend a month in jail after being found guilty of five counts of animal cruelty. Christine Harris, 54, was convicted of the misdemeanor charges on Wednesday, Jan. 9, in Salem District Court. She was sentenced to six months behind bars, with five months suspended as long as she stays on good ...

BY DARRELL HALEN A Pelham man who engaged in a five-and-a-half hour standoff with police when he refused to leave his home is scheduled to go on trial in December. George W. Labonte Sr., 68, of 4 Jones Road, faces misdemeanor charges of domestic simple assault and resisting arrest. His lawyer, Benjamin Faulkner, has asked Salem District Court ...

BY MICHELLE KIM When Chris and Pat Blanchette saw the black pickup truck gunning towards the side of their house, they couldn’t believe it. Just moments before, they had been quietly relaxing in the living room of that very house – a neat, modest place they had built eight years ago at 151 N. Mast St. as their retirement home. ...

BY DARRELL HALEN A five-and-a-half hour standoff ended peacefully after a Pelham man who had refused to come out of his house surrendered to police. George Labonte Sr., 68, of 4 Jones Road, was charged with domestic simple assault and resisting arrest after he finally surrendered to members of a police SWAT team around 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. ...

BY DARRELL HALEN An exotic baby bird stolen from a Salem pet store has been found, and one of two men accused of stealing it  – a driver involved in a fatal crash the same day – has been arrested. Joseph Connolly, 34, of Andover, Mass., was arraigned on Tuesday, Sept. 25, in Derry District Court, where bail was set at $5,000. ...

BY DARRELL HALEN Moyer was doing more than delivering mail in Salem on his postal route. He was allegedly swiping money from greeting cards. Moyer, of 35 Appleton Lane, Hampstead, faces theft charges in U.S. District Court in Concord. Sean Conway, postmaster of the Salem Post Office at 51 South Broadway, told postal service investigators ...

Pembroke police arrested a Concord man and a Pembroke man in connection with the Aug. 7 robbery of Fred’s One Stop Mobil Station on Pembroke Street in Pembroke. Richard Metzler, 19, of Washington Street in Concord, was arrested on Aug. 27 at his home during the execution of a search warrant for that residence held by the Pembroke Police ...

BY DARRELL HALEN Four young men have been arrested and charged with a rash of vandalism in Pelham that caused at least $25,000 in damage. The arrests followed an investigation by several agencies in response to the suspicious fires of two sheds, the theft of an all-terrain vehicle, thefts from cars and several acts of criminal mischief. All ...

BY DARRELL HALEN A Florida man faces at least 10 years behind bars after being convicted of luring a 15-year-old girl from her Windham home. Following a three-day trial, Daniel M. Lenz, 26, of Jacksonville, Fla., was convicted in U.S. District Court in Concord. He had been charged with causing the transportation of a minor in interstate ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEY In the past, the metal chairs in Merrimack District Court have been used as weapons because they’re not bolted down to the floor. The courthouse, which is used by Bedford police and prosecutor, has been the cause of many safety concerns over its 30-year history, said Merrimack Town Manager Keith Hickey, who previously ...