State Rep. injured in two-vehicle crash
DERRY — An accident with a logging truck sent a Derry state representative to the hospital Sunday afternoon.
A white Ford Explorer driven by Rep. Gina Hutchinson, D-Derry, of 75 Chester Road in Derry collided with a logging truck driven by William Perron of 32 Brown Road in Deerfield, police said.
Hutchinson was attempting to turn onto Chester Road (Route 102) when the accident occurred at 3:35 p.m., police said.
She suffered minor injuries and was taken to Parkland Medical Center for treatment, police said. Perron was not hurt.
Hutchinson did not return a call seeking comment about the accident.
The crash shut down Chester Road for 2 1/2 hours due to a diesel fuel spill and the cleanup it triggered, police said.
Woman charged with stealing from school
BRENTWOOD — A Derry woman has been indicted on charges of stealing more than $80,000 during her time as a bookkeeper at St. Joseph Regional Catholic School in Salem.
Elizabeth Kishbaugh, 39, was indicted in Rockingham Superior Court last week on charges of stealing between $83,000 and $98,000 from the school between May 1, 2007, and Jan. 31, 2009. The charges are being handled by the state attorney general's office.
Town, flea market settle their suit
DERRY — The town has reached a verbal agreement with the Grandview Flea Market to resolve a lawsuit between the parties.
The town filed the action in November, claiming inspectors found the flea market property was being used for unauthorized purposes and property owner Martin Taylor had failed to correct the problems.
During an inspection of the property in April, code enforcement officer Robert Mackey found parking areas and additional tents set up in an unapproved area.
The flea market also was selling on-site lockers that had not been approved, and had an overburdened septic system, according to documents filed in Rockingham County Superior Court.
The agreement gives the flea market 20 days to come into compliance or it faces a fine of more than $19,000, according to town attorney Steve Clark.
Teens indicted in connection with burglaries
DERRY — Nine people face charges stemming from burglaries in Derry that have been committed in the last nine months. Four of those people allegedly carried out a series of burglaries during the summer in an attempt to pay bail for a friend, who also was charged with trying to cover up evidence from the burglaries.
Kathy Ricker, 17, Robert "Mike" Dalton, 18, Joshua Colgate, 18, and Michael Lynch, 18, have all been indicted in Superior Court on charges in connection with the burglaries, which were committed between April and August of last year, according to the indictments.
The group is accused of breaking into homes to raise money to pay bail for their friend, Christopher Yule, 18, who was jailed on charges from Windham of second-degree assault, possession of a controlled drug, and unlawful possession of alcohol.
Yule was indicted earlier this month on a charge of falsifying physical evidence. He eventually made bail and made efforts to hide some of the goods the group had stolen when he found out police were investigating, according to an indictment.
Colgate is charged with seven counts of burglary, Ricker faces three counts of burglary, Dalton is charged with three counts of accomplice to burglary, and Lynch is charged with theft by receiving stolen property and burglary.
Charges also have been brought forward in several other burglaries from last year.
On Oct. 2, Timothy Butterworth, 18, and Joshua Powell, 17, both of Derry, stole two BMX bicycles and four tire rims by breaking into a house at 24 Eastgate Road through a basement window, according to a police affidavit. They both were charged with burglary.
Nicholas Cloutier, 20, of Derry faces two charges, burglary and receiving stolen property, for burglarizing a home at 4A Blackberry Road on Aug. 2, and pawning a flat-screen television he took from the home at Rockingham Trading Post, according to an indictment.
Mark Foster, 18, of Derry faces a charge of attempted burglary for allegedly trying to break into the building at Alexander Carr Playground on Sept. 9.
Those indicted will be arraigned in Rockingham County Superior Court in Brentwood later this month.
Londonderry teen charged in connection with fire
Four teens face charges in connection with a fire in Henniker earlier this month that destroyed a lakeside home.
Police arrested Michael Heuttner, 18, of Henniker on one charge of arson, in addition to trespass and prowling charges. Matthew Gelinas, 19, of Weare and Keith Seymour, 18, of Londonderry were accomplices to the arson, according to a police report, and face various charges. A fourth man, Joseph Dodson, 18, of Weare was charged with criminal trespass.
The police said more arrests are possible.
