http://www.derrynews.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Wed, 07 May 2008 10:01:00 +0000 http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_128100145.html http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_128100145.html Methuen, Mass. and mdash; 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. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:01:00 +0000 http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_128100123.html http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_128100123.html 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. Wed, 07 May 2008 09:59:00 +0000 http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_128095937.html http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_128095937.html 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 and mdash; placing another in danger, limitations and mdash; passing on the left, revocation for reckless driving or DWI and two counts of disobeying an officer. Wed, 07 May 2008 09:59:00 +0000 http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_128095915.html http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_128095915.html 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. Fri, 02 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_122160221.html http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_122160221.html DERRY and mdash; 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. Fri, 02 May 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_122160211.html http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_122160211.html LONDONDERRY and mdash; 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. Fri, 02 May 2008 06:45:00 +0000 http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_122160155.html http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_122160155.html 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. Fri, 02 May 2008 06:15:00 +0000 http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_122160139.html http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_122160139.html 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. Fri, 02 May 2008 06:15:00 +0000 http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_122160129.html http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_122160129.html 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 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_120152159.html http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_120152159.html "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. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_120152131.html http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_120152131.html 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. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_120152123.html http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_120152123.html 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. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_115150421.html http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_115150421.html BRENTWOOD and mdash; 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. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_115150413.html http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_115150413.html BRENTWOOD and mdash; 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. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_115151306.html http://www.derrynews.com/crimecourt/local_story_115151306.html LONDONDERRY and mdash; 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.