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Man held after second drug-related arrest in four days

NASHUA – When a police officer patrolling Main Street allegedly noticed Craig Harper texting while briefly stopped at a red light, he pulled him over, presumably to warn him against the practice. However, when the officer noticed a cut straw “in plain view,” and got Harper’s ...

Suspect in alleged cutting-tool attack ordered to counseling

NASHUA – The man charged with felony criminal threatening for allegedly going after a couple with a rotary cutting tool in a downtown parking lot has been released from jail with orders to continue treatment and stay out of trouble. John Wilcox, 47, of 32 Willow St., Apt. A, was jailed on ...

Notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman convicted

NEW YORK (AP) – Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, ...

Trial for Woodburn to take place this summer

LANCASTER (AP) – The trial of a former New Hampshire state senator charged with domestic violence is expected to take place this summer. Jeff Woodburn, of Whitefield, pleaded not guilty last year to nine charges, including simple assault, domestic violence and criminal mischief stemming ...

Kidnap, assault suspect to remain in custody

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) – The Vermont man charged with kidnapping a woman and her 5-year-old son in New Hampshire and later sexually assaulting the woman in Vermont must stay in custody, a federal court magistrate ruled Tuesday. Everett Simpson, wearing a red prison jumpsuit, appeared before ...

Counseling, treatment ordered for standoff suspect

NASHUA – Struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder may have played a role in the domestic disturbance that led to the Jan. 31 standoff involving police and Shedds Avenue resident Kenneth Bell, according to court documents. Bell, 43, faces several charges in connection with the incident, ...