By PHILLIP BANTZ Sentinel Staff The Keene Sentinel: March 25, 2009 A Connecticut man who was sent to prison Tuesday for committing a string of alcohol-fueled crimes in New Hampshire is a modern-day Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, his public defender said. Kenneth W. Jefferson, 36, pleaded guilty in Cheshire County Superior Court to charges [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Crime Spree Convict Has Split Personality
Posted in COURTS, MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hinsdale Greyhound Track’s Land Deal Before Bankruptcy ‘Fishy,’ Creditors’ Attorney Says
Posted in GAMBLING on March 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
By PHILLIP BANTZ Sentinel Staff The Keene Sentinel: March 22, 2009 Betting is Herschel Bird’s business. The Nevada resident has etched out a comfortable living beating the odds. Not much slips past this guru among horse racing aficionados. But if you told Bird four months ago that the five-decades-old Hinsdale Greyhound Racing Association was on [...]
Drug Traffickers Plague Keene Police
Posted in MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By PHILLIP BANTZ Sentinel Staff The Keene Sentinel: March 17, 2009 A big drug problem is festering beneath the surface of this little city, police say. Cocaine and heroin appear to be flowing into Keene at a higher rate than in previous years, although police aren’t exactly sure why. “We are seeing more of it,” [...]
State lawmaker and retired police officer believe innocent man’s sitting in prison
Posted in COURTS, MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By PHILLIP BANTZ Sentinel Staff The Keene Sentinel: March 14, 2009 Five years ago, a jury acquitted Brian R. Chevalier on multiple charges alleging he raped and terrorized his ex-girlfriend, a Jaffrey woman, but convicted him on a single count of kidnapping related to the incident. The jurors deliberated for two days, then came back [...]
