Legal Briefs: News from Around NH
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Seabrook Red's restaurant owner pleads guilty to million-dollar tax fraud scheme
John Drivas pleaded guilty to defrauding the IRS and Massachusetts Department of Revenue over six years
NH Supreme Court rules in favor of police who inflated traffic stop numbers
Decades after alleged misconduct, three officers are fighting to get their names removed from publicly available Laurie List
Sanborn wants more time to sell casino, says state is trying to kill a deal
State sent feds computers it seized from Sanborn
Republicans urge NH Supreme Court to overrule Claremont school funding rulings
The lawmakers filed an amicus brief with the New Hampshire Supreme Court, which will consider the state’s appeal of the decision of Judge David Ruoff of Rockingham County Superior Court in the suit brought by the ConVal School District
Upper Valley waste management company pleads guilty to falsifying reports
An Orange-based waste management company has pleaded guilty to falsifying annual facility reports and will pay a total of $100,000 in fines, state officials announced.
Berlin wants Burgess to pay its back taxes
Frustrated that Burgess BioPower has not revealed plans to pay its property taxes to Berlin, the city is asking the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Delaware to order the immediate payment of $1.39 million in overdue tax payments for the 75-megawatt biomass plant.
Legal briefs: News from around NH
Salem man sentenced to two years in prison for harassment of NHPR journalists A Salem, New Hampshire man was sentenced to more than two years in prison, and three years of supervised release, for his role in a conspiracy to…
The ABCs of ZBA: A guide for businesses
Most business owners are aware that most of New Hampshire’s municipalities have adopted zoning ordinances which regulate how land can be used. Businesses that are new to an area of the state, or that are growing and expanding, may encounter situations in which they need to seek relief from the applicable zoning ordinance through their zoning board of adjustment.
Hung jury forces mistrial in first YDC criminal trial
A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after a jury deadlocked on whether Victor Malavet was guilty of repeatedly raping a teenage girl in 2001 while he worked as a counselor at a state-run youth detention facility. It was the first criminal trial resulting from the state Attorney General’s special investigation into allegations of rampant child abuse allegations within New Hampshire’s youth detention system and other facilities for minors.
