In a case resembling Franz Kafka’s The Trial, Merrimack County Superior Court Judge Andrew Schulman denied former Nashua police officer Tony Pivero’s right-to-know request to learn why his name had been placed on the state’s Exculpatory Evidence Schedule 18 years after his retirement from the job. Schulman ruled that Pivero could find out the reason by challenging his inclusion on the list under a new state law, but that would mean paying attorney and court costs.
The Exculpatory Evidence Schedule is a list of officers alleged to have credibility problems due to histories of falsifying evidence, brutality, or other forms of misbehavior. The list, formerly known as the Laurie List, was created after learning that a Franklin police officer who helped to convict Carl Laurie Jr. in the murder of Lucian Fogg had been disciplined for dishonesty. The list is intended to alert defense lawyers about problem officers involved in their cases.
The new law, RSA 105:13-d,IId, arose from a court case seeking to make the list public. It requires public release of the EES, but redacts the names of officers until they have a chance to appeal their inclusion on the list.
Shooting In Rumney
Police have charged Dean Kenneson of Rumney in the March 1 shooting of another man at the U.S. Post Office in Rumney. Police say Kenneson and the victim, whom they did not name, knew one another. The man had a non-life-threatening injury to his torso.
According to the report, the two men got into an argument in the parking lot of the post office before Kenneson fired a handgun at the victim.
Kenneson has been charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and reckless conduct with a firearm.
Salisbury Man Charged In Assault
Thomas Thibeault, 35, of Salisbury is facing six counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault and one count of second-degree domestic violence assault with strangulation following an investigation into a February 15 report of the crime. Thibeault was arrested the following day.
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