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Derry man involved in fatal Mass. crash

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:01:00 EDT

Methuen, Mass. — Massachusetts state police are investigating an accident where a 47-year-old Derry man struck and killed a woman walking on the highway Sunday morning.
Raymond Cerri was traveling north on Interstate 495 in his 1997 GMC Sierra pickup truck near Exit 46 when he hit 27-year-old Brandi Sullivan-Feole of Haverhill, Mass., who was pronounced dead at the scene. Cerri was uninjured in the crash, according to a police press release. The right travel lane of I-495 north was closed for a few hours while police investigated the crash.

About the Law: Mail call

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:01:00 EDT

Birds are chirping, buds are blooming and postal rates are going up. They're all signs of spring! Get used to it.
The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act was signed into law on Dec. 20, 2006. Coming in the thick of the holiday season, few noticed. Under this law, the Postal Service may "adjust" rates every year. Increases may not exceed the inflation rate as set in the consumer price index.

Londonderry Police Log

Wed, 07 May 2008 09:59:00 EDT

Tuesday, April 15
11:39 a.m.: Criminal mischief, 4 Delta Drive.
3:59 p.m.: Justin McInnes, 19, 3 Jenney Dickey Hill Road, Derry, arrest, charged with reckless operation, reckless conduct — placing another in danger, limitations — passing on the left, revocation for reckless driving or DWI and two counts of disobeying an officer.

Derry Police Log

Wed, 07 May 2008 09:59:00 EDT

Sunday, April 20
5:45 a.m.: Arson and bombing, Rockingham Road.
5:32 p.m.: Christopher Gagne, 19, 26 Dubuque St., Manchester, arrest, charged with unlawful possession and intoxication.
7:36 p.m.: Robert Levesque, 20, 91 E. Broadway, arrest, charged with unlawful possession and intoxication.

Drug deal interrupted, two arrested

Fri, 02 May 2008 07:00:00 EDT

DERRY — Police broke up a drug deal on Linlew Drive on April 29 that sent two men to jail.
Police received a call at 5:42 p.m. on Tuesday about a possible drug deal in the works in the parking lot outside the Derry Country Club Estates, according to Capt. Vernon Thomas.

Londonderry man pleads gulity to wreckless conduct.

Fri, 02 May 2008 07:00:00 EDT

LONDONDERRY — A Londonderry man will spend two weeks in jail after he pleaded guilty to reckless conduct and driving while intoxicated at Belknap County Superior Court in Laconia on April 28.
The charge stemmed from an incident during which Henry Pratte, 48, 516 Old Mammoth Road, crashed his motorcycle on Route 106 in Gilmanton during the celebration of the 84th annual Motorcycle Week in 2007.

Routine stops never routine

Fri, 02 May 2008 06:45:00 EDT

Every car stop made by a police officer is a potential criminal investigation. Most car stops are short in duration and result in a verbal warning. Sometimes the police officer issues a citation for a violation of the rules of the road such as speed or running a stop sign. The officer has the discretion to do either. Generally in Londonderry warnings for traffic offenses are given three to four times more often than citations. At the LPD the decision to warn or cite is made based on the seriousness of the offense and the prioritization of education over enforcement. In other words we believe that the driver should be educated about the need to change their behavior before the heavier hand of enforcement is brandished.

Derry Police Log

Fri, 02 May 2008 06:15:00 EDT

Monday, April 14
1:30 p.m.: Benjamin Farmer, 18, 7 Gaita Drive, arrest, charged with receiving stolen property.
Tuesday, April 15
8:14 a.m.: Paula DeFelice, 32, 10 Birch St. rear, arrest, charged as a habitual offender.

Londonderry Police Log

Fri, 02 May 2008 06:15:00 EDT

Wednesday, April 9
6:48 a.m.: Ilyas Oner, 24, 22 Cleveland St., Everett, Mass., arrest, charged with burglary and conspiracy to commit.
8:13 a.m.: Criminal mischief, Old Nashua Road.
Thursday, April 10

About the Law: Separation anxiety

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EDT

"Separation of church and state" is often thought of as absolute. Like a wall. It is not. Volumes have been written. This is a brief column. But some recent news headlines invoke the issue, so I'll do my best.

Londonderry Police Log

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EDT

Monday, April 7
5:23 p.m.: Auto theft, Garden Lane.
5:50 p.m.: Amy Homsey, 40, 16 Royal Lane, arrest, charged with driving under the influence of drugs or liquor.
Tuesday, April 8
12:16 a.m.: William Gannon, 69, 29 Cheyenne Drive, Nashua, arrest, charged with driving under the influence of drugs or liquor.

Derry Police Log

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EDT

Monday, April 7
3:38 a.m.: Robert Wilcox, 31, 9 Susan Drive, arrest, charged with two counts violation of a protective order.
9:14 a.m.: Anna Merril, 40, 24 Linlew Drive, arrest, charged with four counts of forgery.

Lawyer could be removed from death penalty case

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EDT

BRENTWOOD — A prominent Boston attorney could be removed from the death penalty case of John "Jay" Brooks.
The state attorney general's office asked Judge Robert Lynn earlier this month to decide whether defense lawyer Thomas Hoopes should be taken off the case because he could be called as a witness.

Nurse to plead guilty to drug charge

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EDT

BRENTWOOD — A former Derry nurse has agreed to plead guilty to stealing drugs from the nursing home where she worked.
In exchange for her guilty plea, prosecutors will drop a felony drug possession charge against Madeline Seatten, 38, who worked at Pleasant Valley Nursing Center. Seatten will plead guilty to a misdemeanor theft charge and spend 30 days in county jail.

Neighbor busted in Direct TV scam

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EDT

LONDONDERRY — A 35-year-old Londonderry man posing as a Direct TV employee was arrested on April 21, charged with stealing money from his neighbors that they thought was for a satellite television subscription.

High-speed chase ends in arrest

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EDT

LONDONDERRY — Police arrested a 32-year-old Manchester man on Tuesday, April 22, for charges of driving recklessly and without a license earlier this month.
Michael Sawtelle, of 795 Elm St., nearly hit several vehicles and drove through multiple red lights while avoiding police on April 3, according to a police affidavit.

Woman recovering after freak accident

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EDT

LONDONDERRY — A 62-year-old Londonderry woman was injured in her driveway on April 18 when her daughter lost control of her car backing out of the driveway and ran her over.
Rosemary Eagen, of 19 St. Andrew's Way, was collecting the mail when her 34-year-old daughter, Erin Eagen, of Andover, Mass., lost control of her 2002 Dodge Stratus. Eagen sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Elliot Hospital, according to police.

Derry Police Log

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:12:00 EDT

Thursday, April 3
8:51 a.m.: Sylvain Pelletier, 40, 30 Kendall Pond Road, warrant arrest.
9:31 a.m.: Criminal threat, A Street.
6:23 p.m.: Theft, Birch Street.
9:11 p.m.: Illegal dumping, Warner Hill Road.

Londonderry Police Log

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:11:00 EDT

Friday, March 28
10:21 a.m.: Wires down, Perkins Road.
3:26 p.m.: Criminal threatening, Stokes Road.
5:43 p.m.: Shoreshvan Ali, 24, 394 Bridge St., Manchester, warrant arrest, charged with violation of protective order.

Derry Police Log

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EDT

Tuesday, April 1
7:43 a.m.: Theft, Fairfax Avenue.
9:20 a.m.: Disorderly conduct, Bradford Street.
12:11 p.m.: Theft, North High Street.
4:34 p.m.: Juvenile, 17, warrant arrest, charged with criminal mischief.

Derry man charged with assault on teen

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EDT

DERRY — Police arrested a 34-year-old Derry man April 18 on a warrant for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl last month.
Shaun Lacasse of 15 Sunset Circle turned himself in to Derry police at 9 a.m. for one felonious sexual assault charge.

About the Law: Where there's a will, there's a 'whoa!'

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EDT

Attorney Myers: I just did a will using a Web site and it was cheaper than if I had hired an attorney. Why not?
This reminds me of a news story from a few years ago. Instead of hiring an electrician, a fellow wired up the underwater lights of his own swimming pool. When the do-it-yourself handyman jumped in, he was electrocuted.

Londonderry Police Log

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EDT

Wednesday, March 26
11:58 a.m.: Fraud, Oakridge Drive.
2:54 p.m.: Criminal mischief, Fieldstone Drive, mailboxes damaged.
6:49 p.m.: Larceny, Adams Road, stolen bike.
11:45 p.m.: Christopher Rubera, 19, 3011 Bodwell Road, Manchester, arrest, charged with violation of protective order; penalty.

Shining Star

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EDT

Sometimes it's hard to figure out what it all means, or if it means anything at all. I don't think I am alone in feeling this way.
Morning comes; the day begins filled with unceasing obligation: kids to school, then baseball/softball/lacrosse practice. Maybe it is piano or SAT prep or yoga or working out...you know the drill. At work it is the same: I must get this or that done today, phone calls and e-mails to be returned; that project to be finished, another waiting in the wings; the client or customer who refuses to understand that the impossible is, well just that: impossible. Bills to pay and conversations we just do not want to have await once each of us returns home. We here in New England wait for months for winter to break and then do not walk outside to feel the warmth of sunshine beaming from April skies. It's not until May or early June that we take the walk at noon to feel the warmth of the day and the newly found sun, if we do it at all. It is easy to get lost in stuff that is, at the moment of ultimate truth, utterly meaningless. Our focus is lost in the blare and stress of modern life. We all, each of us alone in the separation from others that is so much a part of the modern, life get lost in that blare, in the cacophony of daily life.

Derry Fire: Take 'heart' and learn CPR

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EDT

DERRY — Seconds matter when someone is in distress and suffering a sudden cardiac attack.
Time is of the essence and Derry Fire officials hope more people in town come on board to make Derry a "HeartSafe" community so they can help save lives and be proactive when it comes to learning what to do in case of an emergency health crisis.