NASHUA - The Nashua man accused of robbing St. Mary's Bank in Nashua on Monday morning remains jailed in lieu of $200,000 cash bail pending a probable cause hearing later this month.
John Labossiere, 44, of 145 Chestnut St., was arraigned in Nashua district court Tuesday morning on one count of robbery and two counts of possession of narcotic drugs.
He is accused of entering the bank, at 14 Spruce St., shortly before 10 a.m. Monday, walking up to a teller and producing a note stating "this is a robbery" as he demanded money, according to documents read by Judge James Leary.
According to the charges filed by Nashua police, Labossiere allegedly threatened physical force by stating he was armed with a gun while demanding "no die packs ... or I'll shoot you," a reference to banks' security devices designed to explode and spray red ink on people who aren't authorized to handle containers of money.
The alleged statements "put the (teller) in fear of her life," Leary quoted from the charging documents.
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Nashua robbery suspect arrested, being held on bail
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Police nab man after online post
MERRIMACK - He managed to elude police for more than a month, but 19-year-old sexual-assault suspect Christian Prater's luck finally ran out early Sunday morning when Nashua police, acting on a citizen tip, took him into custody as he walked down Tyler Street.
Prater, of 3 Iris Drive, was then arrested by Merrimack police around 3:45 a.m. and transported to Merrimack headquarters.
While he was on the lam, Prater even went so far as to post messages on the Merrimack Police Department's Facebook page in which he proclaimed his innocence and told police that they're wasting the town's money looking for him because "I know for a fact they won't find me."
But police proved him wrong, and by dawn Sunday, Prater sat in the Valley Street jail in Manchester awaiting Monday's arraignment on a slew of charges that include four counts of domestic violence - simple assault; two counts of obstructing the report of a crime; and one count each of kidnapping, aggravated felonious sexual assault, second-degree assault, domestic violence - criminal mischief, criminal restraint, and false imprisonment.
Prater was held on $50,000 cash bail following arraignment in Merrimack district court. He is scheduled for a probable cause hearing on Tuesday in the Merrimack court.
The majority of the charges stem from the evening of June 17, when police were called to Prater's home for a report of a domestic disturbance, Merrimack police Lt. Denise Roy said.![]()
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W. Hollis St. barbershop reopens after fire
Rafael Almonte remembers June 8 well.
"We had clients sitting down; we were shampooing hair," he said Monday in his downtown barbershop, La Fama. The first inkling of something wrong was came he saw smoke hovering by a mirror.
"Then I saw a little smoke coming out of the bathroom," he said. His first thought was: "Is somebody smoking in the bathroom?"
"I saw people outside calling to us. One of my friends went outside and started calling 'get out, go outside!' We went outside and the fire was huge," he said.![]()
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Fake story on buyout sends Twitter stock briefly higher
NEW YORK (AP) - Twitter's stock briefly spiked on Tuesday after a fake story said the company received a $31 billion buyout offer. The story, which cited "people with knowledge of the situation," appeared on a website made to look like Bloomberg's business news page. The website was registered Friday, according to a search of the nonprofit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, and the identity of the person or company who registered it is not publicly available. Bloomberg spokesman Ty Trippet says the story is "fake and appeared on a bogus website that was not affiliated with Bloomberg." Twitter, based in San Francisco, did not comment. Twitter's stock spiked 8.5 percent in late morning trading before settling back down after the story was confirmed fake. In May, a fake bid for another company, Avon Products, sent its shares as much as 20 percent higher.![]()
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Parking spaces for big rigs grow increasingly scarce
MONROE, Ohio (AP) - The amount of semitrailers on the road has climbed in recent years, but the number of parking spots for drivers to stop and rest hasn't kept pace, leading to what truck drivers and industry leaders describe as a safety hazard that puts truckers on the road for too long.
The Dayton Daily News reported the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's count of trucks registered across the country has grown from 8.2 million in 2004 to 10.6 million in 2013. The increase has been accompanied by more truck accidents. Ohio, for example, saw a record of nearly 21,300 truck crashes last year, involving 143 fatalities.
Under federal regulations, drivers can put in 11 hours a day driving and work no more than a total of 14 hours before 10 hours of mandatory down time. But truckers say a lack of parking spots prevents them from meeting that standard.
"Sometimes people have driven miles illegally just trying to find a place to park and that's not good," truck driver Angela Sanders of Toledo said at a crowded rest stop on Interstate 75 between Dayton and Cincinnati.
The regulations for rest are important, but parking is often an afterthought, said Jet Express President Kevin Burch, who also serves as a vice chairman of the American Trucking Associations.
"These truckers have to have rest, so where do they go?" Burch said.![]()
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Mass. case sheds light on confidential, proprietary info
At-will employees who have not signed a non-solicitation or non-competition agreement are generally free to go into competition with their former employer, yet are prohibited from revealing confidential and proprietary information. A recent Massachusetts case illustrates that confidential and proprietary information that cannot be used by a former employee in competition with their former employer needs to truly be confidential information and not just what the employer states is confidential information.
In the case of Head Over Heels Gymnastics Inc. v. Harriett Ware and South Shore Gymnastics Academy Inc., the claim by Head Over Heels Gymnastics against its former employee, Harriet Ware, is that Ware misappropriated trade secrets, being the customer list.![]()
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Accusation claims bias at retailer
BOSTON - A Massachusetts woman filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday accusing Wal-Mart of wrongly denying employee benefits for same-sex spouses.
Jacqueline Cote says Wal- Mart repeatedly denied medical insurance for her wife before 2014, when the retail giant started offering benefits for same-sex spouses.
The couple incurred at least $150,000 in medical costs after Cote's wife, Dee Smithson, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Boston seeks damages for the couple and for any other Wal-Mart employees who weren't offered insurance for their same-sex spouses. It asks for money to cover out-of-pocket medical costs and for other punitive damages.
Cote said in a call with reporters that the financial stress worsened Smithson's suffering through cancer treatments.
"I'm following through with this for my wife and actually for anyone else who has suffered a similar injustice," Cote said.
Wal-Mart issued a statement Tuesday noting it expanded benefits last year to include same-sex spouses and domestic partners. "We have not yet seen the details of the lawsuit and out of respect for Ms.![]()
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Investigation into airbag issues widens
DETROIT - The problem of exploding air bags could be widening beyond Japanese manufacturer Takata Corp.
U.S. safety regulators are investigating inflators made by ARC Automotive Inc. that went into about 420,000 older Fiat Chrysler Town and Country minivans and another 70,000 Kia Optima midsize sedans.
The probe, revealed in documents posted Tuesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, comes just weeks after Takata agreed to recall 33.8 million inflators in the U.S. in the largest automotive recall in American history.![]()
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Innis, Guinta may face off in primary
PORTSMOUTH (AP) - Former congressional candidate Dan Innis has taken two key steps toward making another run for office against the embattled U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta.
Guinta, who defeated Innis in the 2014 Republican primary on his way to winning the 1st District seat, plans to seek re-election despite prominent Republicans urging him to resign. The Federal Election Commission recently concluded that Guinta accepted $355,000 in illegal campaign donations from his parents, but he insists the money belonged to him because he contributed to and managed a "family pot" of money.
Innis, a former University of New Hampshire business school dean and former hotel owner, stepped down as finance chairman of the state Republican Party on Monday, the same day the Federal Election Commission received his statement of candidacy.
In the 2014 GOP primary, Innis finished second to Guinta in a four-person race, losing the nomination by fewer than 5,000 votes.![]()
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Man in bomb plot to appear in court
BOSTON - The son of a Boston police captain has been accused of plotting to detonate pressure-cooker bombs at an unidentified university and to broadcast the killings of students live online to show his support for the Islamic State group, authorities said.
Alexander Ciccolo's father alerted authorities last fall that his son had a long history of mental illness and was talking about joining the Islamic State group, according to two law enforcement officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release details.
Ciccolo, 23, of Adams, was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed Monday with illegal possession of a firearm for receiving four guns on July 4 from a person cooperating with the Western Massachusetts Joint Terrorism Task Force. Ciccolo was barred from having a gun because of a drunken driving conviction.
His father, Robert Ciccolo, is a 27-year veteran of the Boston police force.
Ciccolo is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Springfield on Tuesday for a bail hearing. His attorney, David Hoose, did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
In court documents, the FBI said Ciccolo, also known as Abu Ali al Amriki, had talked with the cooperating witness in recorded conversations in June about his plans to commit acts inspired by the Islamic State group.
Ciccolo initially talked about killing civilians, police officers and members of the U.S.![]()
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Legislative victory for Maine bear hunters
PORTLAND, Maine - Maine's bear hunters are getting ready for their season after withstanding a pair of challenges to the way they hunt, but opponents say their methods are cruel and they might try again to stop them.
The season is critical to guides, lodge owners, outfitters and others who make a living serving people who come to rural Maine to hunt big game, said Don Kleiner, executive director of the Maine Professional Guides Association.
"I'm hearing the bear population is still high, and so is a successful season," Kleiner said. "I think everybody is fairly positive at the moment."
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Funding for projects despite budget veto
CONCORD - Not all state funding for new projects has been stalled by the budget stalemate between Gov. Maggie Hassan and legislative Republicans.
The state's $271 million capital budget, now signed into law, allows the state to move forward on a number of projects, ranging from a new courthouse in Concord to the addition of 50 beds at the New Hampshire Veterans Home.
About $126 million of the capital plan is paid for through bonding.
Here's a look at some of the projects that will be funded:
Courts
The capital budget plan includes $16.6 million to rebuild the Merrimack County Superior Court at a new location on Hazen Drive in Concord. The court, now located on North Main Street, is too small to provide the necessary services, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Linda Dalianis wrote to Hassan in February. It does not have enough storage space or a jury assembly room, and some of the court rooms are too small, among other issues, Dalianis wrote.
Court officials say construction of the building should take about 18 months, and they hope to see it open by late 2017.
Women's prison
The budget adds an additional $12.6 million for construction of a new women's prison, which was originally projected to cost $38 million.![]()
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Litchfield man hurt in Sagamore Bridge motorcycle crash
Richard LaRose, 64, of Litchfield was riding his 2002 Harley Davidson motorcycle westbound on the Sagamore Bridge between nashua and Hudson when he veered into the grass median for an unknown reason, Hudson police said Wednesday.
LaRose was travelling alone when the collision occurred just before the Nashua city line at about 3:42 p.m., police said. LaRose suffered severe injuries, according to police.
Emergency crews from Hudson treated him at the scene, and later transported by medical helicopter to as yet unidentified hospital. LaRose's medical condition was not known as of 10 a.m. Wednesday.
State police closed traffic on both sides of the bridge for about half an hour to allow the medical helicopter to land and depart.![]()
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Nashua educators organize fundraiser for 9-year-old struck by car
Friends of the family of a 9-year-old Nashua boy seriously injured when hit by a vehicle on Amherst Street have set up a fund to help pay for his care.
Kathy Spuler, a parent of Charlotte Avenue School student who is a classmates of Jesus Diaz, said "the Charlotte Ave. para(educators) have formed a Go Fund Me account, because the mom has been unable to work, she's been in the hospital."
Neighbors identified the injured boy at the scene as Jesus Diaz, 9. He was in critical condition Tuesday, according to a spokesman for Massachusetts General Hospital.
The goal of the GoFundMe account is $12,000. Those interested in contributing can access the page at www.gofundme.com/z88zfz8z.
Police responded Friday evening to Route 101A near the Amherst Park apartments and Gold's Gym.
The boy ran across the front lawn of the Amherst Park apartment complex at 525 Amherst St.![]()
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Two motorcyclists killed when hit by car in Brookline
BROOKLINE - Police says two motorcyclists were killed when a car crossed the center line on Route 13 in Brookline and struck them at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
According to state police reports, Miguel Ramos, 41, of Leominster, Mass., was driving an Infiniti Q35 driven on Route 13 just south of Scabbard Mill Brook Road, in th center of town, when he crossed the center line into the path of two motorcycles.
Police said both motorcyclists died on the scene. A passenger from one of the motorcycles was flown to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass. Identities of the victims are being withheld, pending notification of next of kin.
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MLB’s brightest future is in its past
Now that Major League Baseball has reaffirmed the reality that the Home Run Derby is the only entertainment worth watching during the All-Star Break, would the lords of the game consider abandoning the game itself? The answer, of course, is a resounding no. There is too much money on the table, even if the game's luster started rusting decades ago. Commissioner Rob Manfred, during his stateof- the-game press briefing Monday, lofted a few trial balloons on various concepts that are radical, at least in MLB's typically glacier-like approach to change. For instance, abbreviating the regular season to allow the World Series to end before snow flies in Boston is worthy of discussion, though finding a way to make up for the revenue lost in a 154-game schedule might be impossible to scrounge up elsewhere. But at least Manfred is thinking aloud, at least tacitly acknowledging that looking back to baseball's heyday in drawing a road map for its future is not merely an exercise in fuddy-duddy reminiscence. At least one fuddy-duddyin training says that the best thing Major League Baseball could do is rebuild the wall that once divided the American League and National League. In homogenizing the two leagues, baseball not only took away the healthy dislike that punctuated the All-Star Game every July, it sanded down a healthy friction that enhanced the season's greatest event, the World Series. Players, fans and even umpires identified with one league or the other. The next time highlights of the 1975 World Series are shown (they may become omnipresent on NESN within a few weeks), notice the AL umpires in their maroon blazers and white turtlenecks and the NL umps in their dreary dark suits.
(It may be noticeable, at this point, that these are thoughts from an old American League man.)
When the Orioles swept the Dodgers in the 1966 World Series, one memorable moment in Baltimore's clubhouse celebration included American League president Joe Cronin rhetorically flipping off his National League counterpart, Warren Giles.![]()
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Lawsuit: Town wrong for arrest at meeting
CONCORD - The New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union is suing the town of Alton and its police chief on behalf of a man who was arrested after suggesting at a public meeting that the entire board of selectmen resign.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Concord on behalf of Jeffrey Clay, who was arrested Feb. 3. A judge in June dismissed the disorderly conduct charge against him, saying the board's actions amounted to pure censorship.
The lawsuit says the board's policy gave members of the public five minutes to speak but that Clay was ordered to stop talking after 40 seconds and was arrested when he refused.
Alton's police chief, town administrator and attorney did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Clay initially told board members he wanted them to resign because of "poor decisions" and "poor judgment." Selectman David Hussey interrupted him to say his remarks amounted to character assassination and chairman R. Loring Carr shut down the public input session at that point.![]()
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Nashua police department arrest log
JUNE 30
ARRESTS/SUMMONSES
Stephanie Beard, 27, 29 Kinsley St., Nashua, violation of city ordinance-public drinking.
Jason Stewart Dow, 43, 14 Brook St., Nashua, violation of city ordinance-public drinking.
JULY 1
ARRESTS/SUMMONSES
Russell Wayne Morse, 57, 70 Walnut St., Apt. B, Nashua, theft by unauthorized taking.
Cynthia Ennis, 44, 415 North River Road, Milford, out-of-town warrant.
Freddie c. Buchanan, 45, 5 Shattuck St., Apt. b, Nashua, electronic bench warrant: non-appearance in court.
Colby Joseph Jackson, 21, 14 Tacoma Circle, Nashua, disobeying an officer, operating without a valid license.
Rufino Eugene Pacheco, 37, 10 Celeste St., Nashua, driving after suspension-second offense, driving without giving proof.
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Man arrested for indecent exposure
Police say an elderly Merrimack man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly exposing himself.
Roy Neuberger, 83, of 14 Reeds Ferry Way, was arrested by Merrimack Police Department on indecent exposure/lewdness charges stemming from an incident reported to officers on Monday. Police say a victim was walking in the area of Reeds Ferry Way when they encountered Neuberger, who allegedly exposed his genitals to the victim.
After an investigation, officers issued a warrant for Neuberger and he turned himself into police. He released on $2,500 personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to appear in court on July 30.
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Accused bank robber waives PC hearing
The Nashua man accused of robbing St. Mary's Bank in Hudson in late June has waived a probable cause hearing, setting the stage for the case to go to the Hillsborough County Grand Jury.
Daniel K. Quinn, 47, formerly of 73 Atherton Ave., has been jailed in lieu of $250,000 cash or surety bail since his arrest early the afternoon of June 25, a short time after police were called to a reported robbery at the bank, 3 Winnhaven Drive in Hudson.
Documents at Nashua district court state that Quinn has retained Nashua attorney Tim Bush.
The case will be presented to an upcoming session of the Grand Jury, members of which review each case and determine whether there is enough evidence for the state to move forward with the case.
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