New Hampshire Attorney General's Office

New Hampshire has reached a settlement with Johnson & Johnson in the state’s opioid case against the pharmaceutical company, four years after an initial complaint was filed. In a news release from Attorney General John Formella’s office, authorities say New Hampshire has reached a $40.5 million settlement with J&J subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals. $31.5 million of that money is set...

Authorities investigating the disappearance of a college student in 2004 conducted a search Wednesday.

Police looking for long-missing UMass student Maura Murray are searching in two towns in New Hampshire Wednesday, authorities said.

A man and a woman who were found dead Wednesday morning in Gorham, New Hampshire, were fatally shot, investigators say. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office identified the victims Thursday as 28-year-old Holly Banks and her acquaintance, 42-year-old Keith Labelle. Both were found in Banks’ home on North Main Street. An autopsy conducted Thursday determined Banks and Labelle died...

Authorities say they are investigating two suspicious deaths in Gorham, New Hampshire, on Wednesday morning. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office said they, along with Gorham and state police, are responding to the scene. No further details were given, but the attorney general’s office said more information will be released as they become available. The attorney general’s office said...

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is investigating the shooting deaths of 67-year-old Stephen Reid and 66-year-old Djeswende Reid.

About six months after 5-year-old Elijah Lewis’s body was found buried in a wooded area in Abington, Massachusetts, his mother, 35-year-old Danielle Dauphinais, has now been indicted on murder charged in connection with her son’s death.

Elijah Lewis’ body was found in a makeshift grave in Massachusetts after he was reported missing in October 2021

The mother of a 5-year-old New Hampshire boy whose body was found in a makeshift grave in Massachusetts less than two weeks after he was reported missing in October 2021 has been indicted on murder charges. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office announced Monday that Danielle Dauphinais, 35, was indicted on one count of first-degree murder for purposely causing the…

Several organizations pushing to eliminate vote counting machines have violated state law by sending postcards or mailers that lack the required identification information, according to the New Hampshire attorney general’s office. Attorney General John Formella said his office has received numerous complaints regarding political advertising in the leadup to Tuesday’s town elections. State law requires such advertising to include...

The number of lawsuits alleging physical or sexual abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center has grown to more than 100, though the attorney general’s office is seeking to dismiss some it says lack detail. In the last two years, more than 430 men and women have come forward with accusations against 150 staffers at the Sununu Youth Services Center…

Two people have died in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, in what officials called “suspicious” circumstances, authorities said Wednesday. They identified the people who died as David Lent, 47, and his 12-year-old son Tyler Gilbert. The shooting took place about 12:53 p.m. at a home on Plain Road in Hinsdale, state and local authorities said. It wasn’t immediately clear how the father…

Attorneys for New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center are suggesting that a man who claims he was physically and sexually assaulted by multiple counselors as a teen was partially responsible for at least some of the alleged abuse. David Meehan sued the Sununu Youth Services Center, the agencies overseeing it and half a dozen former employees in January 2020 alleging…

A New Hampshire judge was arrested Thursday on felony and misdemeanor charges tied to allegations she changed her orders in a family court case, authorities said. Circuit Court Judge Julie A. Introcaso, a 56-year-old from Bedford, faces two felony charges of falsifying physical evidence, two misdemeanor charges of falsifying physical evidence and another misdemeanor charge of unsworn falsification, the New…

The death of a man in a New Hampshire shooting Saturday was ruled a homicide, according to state officials. Late Saturday morning, police in Concord received word of a disturbance in a fourth-floor apartment on Warren Street. Shortly after 11:30 a.m., gunshots were heard, according to the initial caller. The victim, later identified as 28-year-old Terrance Wigglesworth, was found by…

The New Hampshire state trooper involved in a deadly traffic stop Wednesday has been identified as Matthew Merrill, according to New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald. Merrill has been a law enforcement officer for approximately 11 years, MacDonald said in a written statement. He joined the New Hampshire State Police in 2012 after working as a Grantham Police officer from…

Two months after a compliance monitor overseeing the handling of sexual abuse claims at St. Paul’s School resigned in protest, the school has agreed to hire an additional person to support his replacement and have an anti-sexual violence organization review its student safety programs. Jeffrey Maher resigned in October, accusing campus officials of thwarting his efforts. He had been...

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office says online scammers are targeting people who are looking to add a four-legged family member. The scammers are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic as more people stay home and turn to the internet for a new pet, authorities announced Wednesday. Senior Assistant Attorney General Brandon Garod says at least a half a...

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office says online scammers are targeting people who are looking to add a pet to their family.

New Hampshire’s attorney general says there’s no reason for the nation’s highest court to weigh in on the state’s so-called “Free the Nipple” case.