HAVERHILL — A Grafton County Superior Court Grand Jury handed up several indictments during its January session, including several involving Central New Hampshire residents.
Among them was Roger A. Champagne, 54, of 97 Cooper Road, Hebron, who is facing a special felony charge of aggravated felonious sexual assault and a Class B felony charge of second-degree assault for allegedly strangling his victim on Dec. 5, 2017.
Champagne also faces Class A misdemeanor charges of criminal threatening for allegedly drawing back his fist and bringing it toward the victim’s face, and saying, “I could bash your head into the chimney,” as well as simple assault charges for pulling her hair and throwing her to the floor during the encounter.
An indictment is not a finding of guilt, but an independent jury’s decision, after hearing from police, that sufficient evidence exists to warrant a court trial.
Also indicted during the January session was John Nesteruk, 48, of 115 Currier Road, Hill, on Class B felony charges of second-degree assault and three counts of reckless conduct.
Police allege that, on Aug. 22, 2015, as Nesteruk entered Dartmouth College Highway from Horse Meadow Road in Haverhill, he was reckless, causing his vehicle to cross into the opposite lane and collide with another vehicle. Both cars went off the road and a female passenger in the other vehicle sustained fractures to the left foot and the T3 vertebrae.
William Burke, 28, of 423 Madison Avenue, Berlin, is facing a Class B felony charge of theft by unauthorized taking in connection with merchandise valued between $1,000 and $1,500 that he allegedly removed from the Rite Aid Pharmacy in Bristol on Oct. 16, 2016.
Among the items Burke is alleged to have taken were two 19-inch televisions, portable speakers, headsets, a camcorder, and other electronics and accessories, as well as deodorant.
Rueben James Bushnell, aka Rueben Ruiter, 31, of 6 Pine St., Woodsville, is charged with the Class B felony of being a felon in possession of metallic knuckles in Plymouth. He had previously been convicted of burglary on Nov. 1, 2006.
Stephen W. Marando, 57, of 72 Chestnut St., Franklin, was indicted on a Class B felony charge of possessing fentanyl and buprenorphine in Lebanon on Oct. 10, 2017.
Aimee Parent, 26, of 104 Red Oak Hill Road, Wentworth, was indicted on a Class B felony charge of possessing fentanyl in Plymouth on July 25, 2017.
Nancy Reed, 50, of 58 High Ridge Road, Hill, was indicted on a Class B felony charge of falsifying physical evidence. Police allege that she flushed a small bag containing a white, sugar-like substance down the toilet to prevent authorities from identifying it between March 24 and 30, 2017.
Anthony Troila, 25, of 51 Tobey Road, Campton, is facing a Class A felony charge of possessing heroin on Sept. 4, 2015, after having been previously convicted of drug possession on Feb. 17, 2015.
Joseph H. Wilcott, 40, of 10 Arch St., Laconia, was indicted on a Class B felony charge of operating a motor vehicle in Bristol on July 9, 2017, after having been declared a habitual offender, and a Class A misdemeanor charge of disobeying an officer by allegedly providing a false name and/or date of birth.
1 February 2018
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