New Hampshire

New Hampshire State Police say an inmate escaped Tuesday and barricaded himself in a room with a knife in Concord before being arrested. The standoff began around 3 p.m. at the state office complex on Pleasant Street, where administrative offices are located in several buildings. Police were initially tight-lipped about what had occurred, initially saying only that the public should…

A prisoner who’d escaped a New Hampshire hospital where he’d been getting treatment this week was tracked down to South Boston and arrested, officials said. Anthony Clark, 41, was found in a back bedroom of a South Boston apartment on Logan Way early Friday morning, according to the U.S. Marshals, who were able to take him into custody after...

UPDATE (Aug. 2, 2024, 11 a.m.): Clark was arrested in South Boston Friday morning. U.S. Marshals are searching for an escaped prisoner who authorities say managed to evade authorities when he was brought to a New Hampshire hospital for medical treatment. Anthony Clark, 41, was being held at the Belknap County Department of Corrections for domestic violence charges, including strangulation,…

A man charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy at New Hampshire’s youth detention center decades ago has died while awaiting trial, his lawyer said Wednesday. Gordon Thomas Searles, 68, died Sunday, said attorney Joseph Fricano. He said he did not know the cause of death and that his client had been looking forward to his day in court. “I…

The daughter of baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley testified at her trial Wednesday that she didn’t know she was pregnant when she gave birth in the woods in subfreezing temperatures on Christmas night in 2022 and thought her baby had died. Alexandra Eckersley, 27, was homeless at the time and living in a tent in Manchester, New Hampshire….

Former New Hampshire lawyer and one-time Democratic congressional candidate Justin P. Nadeau is facing multiple charges for allegedly tricking a client with a traumatic brain injury into giving him two loans totaling nearly $300,000 and then concealing his actions. Nadeau, who lost a bid for New Hampshire’s First District Congressional seat in 2004, is charged with theft by deception, forgery,…

A man is dead after a boat crash involving a scull rowing boat and a pontoon boat on Lake Winnisquam in Tilton, New Hampshire, Sunday morning. New Hampshire State Police say marine patrol officers responded to the incident around 6:42 a.m. The Marine Patrol Unit determined that 76-year-old Thomas Mead, of Tilton, was operating a scull when he was struck…

The trial began Thursday for the daughter of baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley, who is accused of abandoning her baby after giving birth in the woods in subfreezing temperatures on Christmas night in 2022. Attorneys for Alexandra Eckersley, 27, said she didn’t know she was pregnant, thought the child had died, and was suffering from substance use disorder…

Investigators searched a property in Barrington, New Hampshire, on Wednesday in connection with a decade-old missing persons case. A spokesman for the Essex District Attorney said detectives from their office, Lynn police and New Hampshire State Police were conducting a search as part of a search for Leeanne Redden, last seen 11 years ago in Lynn, Massachusetts. Authorities say Redden…

A student-athlete wanted on a murder charge in the death of a girl in Washington State this April was arrested Wednesday in New Hampshire, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Demiko Fox, 22, was arrested without incident near Bow Junction in Bow, New Hampshire, just south of Concord, according to the Marshals. He’d been tracked to a temporary residence in...

Getting thrown into the ocean by a massive humpback whale that comes crashing down onto your boat is no walk in the park, according to the fishermen who’ve become world famous for their extremely close encounter off New Hampshire on Tuesday. “You’re basically trying to survive,” said Ryland Kenney, one of the fishermen who was dumped into the Atlantic...

A pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries when he was struck by a van on Interstate 293 in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Wednesday morning. State police said they received multiple reports around 6 a.m. Wednesday of a person who had been hit by a vehicle on I-293 north in Manchester. Troopers responded and found a man with life-threatening injuries. He was taken…

Authorities are investigating a shooting that occurred on Monday night in Danbury, New Hampshire. State police said in a press release Tuesday that they responded to a residential location in Danbury shortly after 10 p.m. Monday for a report of a shooting. Around that same time, Grafton and state police responded to a home in Grafton for a report of…

An armed man was shot and killed by police in Kensington, New Hampshire, Monday night, the Attorney General’s Office said. While following up on a mental health call at about 12:05 p.m. from the previous night, an officer received information about a man in a home on Olivia Lane threatening another occupant. When officers arrived, an hours-long standoff ensued,...

A 31-year-old man is accused of stabbing another man in the neck in Nashua, New Hampshire, over the weekend. The incident happened at about 3:40 p.m. Sunday on Pleasant Street, Nashua police said. The 65-year-old victim suffered a severe laceration to the neck and substantial blood loss, according to police, who said he was then taken to the hospital, where…

Two people were seriously injured in a crash involving several cars Sunday afternoon in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. State police say troopers were notified around 12:38 p.m. about the crash on Route 12 at River Rd. N and responded to find three vehicles and five occupants involved. An investigation shows that a Toyota Sienna had been traveling northbound when it struck…

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire has signed a bill that would ban transgender athletes in grades 5-12 from teams that align with their gender identity, adding the state to nearly half in the nation that adopted similar measures. The bill passed by the Republican-led Legislature would require schools to designate all teams as either girls, boys or coed,…

Police in New Hampshire say a man was fatally pinned under a dump truck Friday afternoon in Middleton. State troopers responded shortly after 2 p.m. to Access Road, where the man was stuck under the vehicle. The man, identified as 53-year-old William Miners III of Madison, was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck rolled backward onto Miners, state police…

A 26-year-old man forcefully broke into a home in Hudson, New Hampshire, this week, according to police. The incident happened just after midnight Thursday on Towhee Drive, Hudson police said, where officers found several doors to the home physically breeched. Those inside the home at the time of the break-in had to barricade themselves inside an upstairs bedroom, police said….

Residents and businesses in an area of Northwood, New Hampshire, were told to shelter in place during an undisclosed police incident on Wednesday night. Shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday, Northwood police said in a post on Facebook that due to “a contained police incident” in the area of Ridge Road and Route 4, they were asking residents to avoid the…