Damien Fisher

New England

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“I don’t mind if you don’t like my manners. They’re pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings.”

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Articles

Ex-Manchester Teacher Found Guilty in Child-Sex Sting

1 week ago | nhjournal.com | Damien Fisher

Jurors found a former Manchester teacher who solicited sex with a child during work hours guilty Thursday on one count of attempted sex trafficking of a minor. Stacey Lancaster, 46, a Navy veteran and Manchester West High School’s lead NJROTC teacher, was busted last year as part of a federal sting operation nabbing several men. Lancaster was arrested in the parking lot of the Manchester Econo Lodge where he thought he was meeting a child’s pimp.
Acquitted of killing bikers, trucker's license suspension still stands

1 week ago | eagletribune.com | Damien Fisher

CONCORD, N.H. — A jury found Volodymyr Zhukovskyy not guilty of causing the deaths of seven motorcycle riders in a tragic 2019 crash, but Superior Court Judge Martin Honigberg ruled he is still responsible for the deaths. Zhukovskyy lost the appeal over his license suspension, imposed last year by a hearings officer, when Honigberg on Tuesday upheld the decision to hold him accountable for the deaths of seven members of the Jarheads Motorcycle Club.
Truck Driver in Fatal Jarheads Crash Loses Suspension Appeal

1 week ago | nhjournal.com | Damien Fisher

He was acquitted of criminal charges, but Volodymyr Zhukovskyy is still deemed responsible for the horrific crash that killed seven motorcycle riders. Superior Court Judge Martin Honigberg denied Ukraine-born Zhukovskyy’s appeal of his driver’s license suspension, agreeing with the state’s administrative hearings officer who ruled Zhukovskyy’s habitual drug use is the prime reason seven people died in the June 2019 crash.
Bow Parents Appeal Ruling as Civil Rights Investigation Looms

1 week ago | nhjournal.com | Damien Fisher

The Bow soccer parents booted from a game by school district officials for wearing pink, XX wristbands to protest biological males playing in girls’ sports are appealing their case. Lawyers for Kyle Fellers, Anthony Foote, Nicole Foote, and Eldon Rash filed a notice of appeal with the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.
Acquitted of Killing Motorcyclists, Zhukovskyy’s License Suspension Stands

1 week ago | indepthnh.org | Damien Fisher

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State Says Brave’s Lies Should Send Ex-Sheriff to the Slammer

1 week ago | nhjournal.com | Damien Fisher

Former Strafford County Sheriff Mark Brave earned at least seven years in prison for the multitude of lies he spun out to cover up his thefts and affairs, prosecutors say. “The truthfulness of law enforcement officers, and the sanctity of their oath to tell the truth in official matters, is central to the concept of ordered liberty in the State of New Hampshire,” Assistant Attorney General Joe Fincham and Assistant Attorney General David Lovejoy wrote in a sentencing memorandum filed Monday.
Child Porn Convict Featured in Netflix ‘Sextortion’ Documentary

1 week ago | indepthnh.org | Damien Fisher |Garry Rayno

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NH court ruling protects mental health records

1 week ago | eagletribune.com | Damien Fisher

CONCORD, N.H. — An alleged victim of childhood sexual abuse was about to have records of her counseling and therapy sessions handed over to her abuser. The accused, Gene Zarella, wanted to plumb the depths of the woman’s therapy and crisis counseling records in order to discredit her as a witness in his upcoming criminal trial. And until this week, the woman had no way to stop her private mental health information from being used against her. kAm%96 }6H w2>AD9:C6 $FAC6>6 r@FCE @?
NH Supreme Court Overturns Precedent To Protect Mental Health Records

2 weeks ago | indepthnh.org | Damien Fisher

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YDC survivor settles with state for $4.5M

2 weeks ago | derrynews.com | Damien Fisher

Sexual abuse survivor Natasha Maunsell is getting $4.5 million from the state in a settlement finalized weeks before her civil trial was set to begin. Maunsell claims that she was raped dozens of times by Concord’s Youth Development Services Unit staffer Victor Malavet starting in 2001 when she was 15. She was at the facility from 2001 and 2002. Malavet, 62, is charged with several felonies for the alleged abuse, but the first trial last year ended in a hung jury.