tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post8944974679488082576..comments2023-11-05T05:00:28.063-05:00Comments on Atkinson Reporter 2: Really NH????Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-34780926472339220302021-10-16T18:48:04.743-04:002021-10-16T18:48:04.743-04:00William Fortune blogger from CNHT William Fortune blogger from CNHT Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-19119766014375515522021-08-05T23:50:11.507-04:002021-08-05T23:50:11.507-04:00I posted my comment on the wrong page. I intended...I posted my comment on the wrong page. I intended it for the article about the 13 yr old girl that got married and shortly thereafter divorced.<br /><br />Another issue. people are making some really dumb comments. They need to be required to give their name that is traceable, like on FB.<br /><br />Lafrance, should not be heard in court again until she has been examined by 3 psychologists. She needs to be told what her mental problem is & told to try and resolve it.WILLIAM FORTUNEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-67973226736236479812021-08-05T23:40:43.128-04:002021-08-05T23:40:43.128-04:00Instead of divorce they should have spent a lot of...Instead of divorce they should have spent a lot of time with a psychologists to help them resolve their differences.WILLIAM FORTUNEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-65025280370474582342017-03-22T09:38:17.225-04:002017-03-22T09:38:17.225-04:00Done .... Over. The peeps have spoken
Craig....Done .... Over. The peeps have spoken<br /><br /><br /><br />Craig..... ALways the bridesmaid.... Keep trying big guy...<br /><br />Amy, good try girl, sit back, grab some popcorn, and get<br />ready to watch the fireworks<br /><br />I'm feeling the good Dr. Is dusting off his resume about now,<br />we just placed a boil on his butt... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-29003222401504561292017-03-20T09:11:40.549-04:002017-03-20T09:11:40.549-04:00OK Churchlady, crazy fireworks dude, crazy cat lad...OK Churchlady, crazy fireworks dude, crazy cat lady, <br />and all the rest of you haters...<br /><br />VOTE TOmorrow... <br />Imagine, yours will count too, ( except Churchlady, your vote only counts as half...its been determined)<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-40281373327847609902017-03-18T09:30:32.920-04:002017-03-18T09:30:32.920-04:00Why doesn't the state first file statutory rap...Why doesn't the state first file statutory rape charges against the boy? Conflicting laws and they're not enforced. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-52241142788955789402017-03-17T08:04:28.142-04:002017-03-17T08:04:28.142-04:00Hey be like a tree and leaveHey be like a tree and leaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-17917620084037015232017-03-14T12:24:01.801-04:002017-03-14T12:24:01.801-04:00No one gets services in Atkinson unless they give ...No one gets services in Atkinson unless they give services.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-83534924130628861552017-03-13T20:37:50.979-04:002017-03-13T20:37:50.979-04:00if only they actually were false, alas they were n...if only they actually were false, alas they were not. The lies were on the part of the police, and the alleged victim. Typical whiny little boy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-6302549016971060202017-03-12T16:52:38.595-04:002017-03-12T16:52:38.595-04:00BRENTWOOD — A former Atkinson town official is con...BRENTWOOD — A former Atkinson town official is considering appealing her conviction a second time after a Superior Court jury found her guilty of repeatedly lying to police by falsely accusing her neighbors of threatening behavior.<br /><br />Joyce Lafrance, 61, of Granite Ridge Road was convicted of four counts of making false reports to law enforcement following a District Court trial in October. She appealed her conviction at the superior court level, and following a two-day trial in early February, was convicted of the crimes again.<br /><br />"We're considering all our options," said Lafrance's attorney, Rick Lehmann. "I anticipate an appeal."<br /><br /><br />"The whole situation has been very difficult and serious for her. ... She maintains her innocence," Lehmann said.<br /><br />According to court documents, Lafrance — who served on the Atkinson Conflict of Interest Committee for several years before she resigned in March 2014 — called police on several occasions in November 2014 to allege that her neighbor was making loud noises and threatening her. On at least one occasion she told police he had fired a gun and "yelled out her name."<br /><br />Atkinson police charged a neighbor with disorderly conduct as a result of Lafrance's complaints twice. Lehmann said his client has a restraining order against that man.<br /><br />After receiving constant complaints, the Police Department investigated by having an officer monitor the alleged noisemaker's home overnight. The officer testified she heard no noise coming from the home.<br /><br />Lafrance has already begun the appeals process with her lawyer. On Feb. 14, Lehmann filed three motions, asking the court to set aside the guilty verdict, order a new trial, and allow for post-trial discovery so Lafrance could subpoena three police officers to testify.<br /><br />Each motion was denied by Judge Andrew Schulman on Feb. 27.<br /><br />Lafrance sought first to secure a new trial by alleging that Chief Al Brackett of the Atkinson Police Department had committed perjury in his testimony when he said Lafrance called the department "every day" and complained about "all" of Atkinson's officers. <br /><br />The state argued that such concerns should have been remedied during cross examination at trial.<br /><br />"If the defendant thought that the chief's statements were inaccurate, he (Lafrance's attorney) had the opportunity to cross examine Chief Brackett and did so quite vigorously," wrote Assistant County Attorney Melissa Fales. "Here, the defendant never objected to the chief's testimony, did not move to strike the chief's testimony and never even cross examined the chief regarding what he not contends is false testimony."<br /><br /><br />Schulman agreed Brackett did not commit perjury and denied the motion.<br /><br />He also denied Lafrance's motion to have the verdict set aside because, as she said, "the jury's verdict in this case was contrary to the weight of the evidence." As an example, Lafrance noted that one of the prosecution's witnesses could not remember if he was 6 feet tall or 6 feet and 3 inches, casting doubt on his reliability.<br /><br />Lafrance also sought post-trial discovery because she subpoenaed three police officers to the trial, but they did not receive the subpoenas before the trial ended. <br /><br />The state and Schulman disregarded this because the subpoenas were delivered to the sheriff just one day before the trial began. The addresses listed on the paperwork were those of the stations where the officers worked, and the three were not working when the deputy sheriff attempted to deliver the subpoenas.<br /><br />"The defendant should have attempted service prior to jury selection, when the trial was scheduled to begin the next day, and last only a few days," Schulman wrote.<br /><br />Fales, the prosecutor, said she was "happy with the results" of the second trial.<br /><br />"False reports, we take them seriously because they take police and first responder resources away from ... people who are actually in need of services," Fales saidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com