Judge Will Allow LaBarre’s Former Attorneys to Testify
April 15, 2008
Sheila LaBarre’s former attorneys can testify against her a judge ruled Wednesday.
Prosecutors want three attorneys — including the Exeter town attorney — to tell them more about their interactions with LaBarre when she consulted with them or hired them to represent her.
Defense attorneys for LaBarre, 49, who has admitted the state has enough evidence to prove she murdered two men, Michael Deloge in 2005 and Kenneth Countie in 2006, at her Epping farm and is pleading insanity, tried to fight the request, but on Wednesday the judge in the case granted the motion.
LaBarre consulted with two attorneys, Lynn Morse and Michael McCarthy, in between Deloge and Countie’s death. Morse is also the Exeter town attorney.
Full story from Russ Choma in The Union Leader.
Jurors to Tour LaBarre Property
April 10, 2008
Jurors in the upcoming insanity trial for Sheila LaBarre will get to tour the property where she killed two men and then disposed of their bodies.
LaBarre, 49, of Epping, has already pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing the two men, Kenneth Countie and Michael Deloge, but early next month a jury will sit to determine whether she was legally responsible for the deaths.
In a ruling earlier this week, Rockingham County Superior Court judge Tina Nadeau granted a request by prosecutors to take jurors on what is called a view — a tour of specific sites they say are relevant to their case.
Full story from Russ Choma.
Epping Debates Who Plays When
April 10, 2008
High school coaches, parents and student athletes spoke out last night on a controversial policy that punishes players who miss high school games to compete on more elite club teams outside of school.
Nearly 30 people attended a forum organized by school board members who wanted to hear from those on both sides before making any policy changes.
“Life is not always fair. Kids make choices,” said Stephanie Arsenault, whose daughter is a catcher on the high school softball team. “I think that outside sports do need to take a second seat.”
Full story from JASON SCHREIBER
Brother-in-law Gives Big Gift of a Kidney
April 10, 2008
Two days before Thanksgiving, Todd MacLeod got a phone call that only a few, lucky people receive. Doctors told him they had found a kidney on the National Transplant List, and that he should prepare for surgery, which he would have within hours.
Unfortunately, after waiting and getting ready for his operation, the doctors came back into the room and told him there was a paperwork issue and the donation fell through.
“It was an emotional day,” MacLeod said. “I met with the surgeon, and then you have to wait until the organ flies in. The next thing I knew, the surgery was not going to happen. I got sent home, but I was thinking of the other guy’s family. He was a young man with a head injury.”
It was at this point that eight separate people, both friends and family members of MacLeod’s, stepped up to the plate to offer their own kidneys. Only one person can be tested for a match at a time, and through a process of elimination, they found a few people who could have been potential donors. However, MacLeod’s brother-in-law, Bill Roberts, ended up being the perfect match.
Full story from Ashley Chamberlain
20,000 Cans Stolen From Recycling Center
April 9, 2008
With the high price of aluminum these days, Jim Freeman knew it was only a matter of time before crooks would try to cash in on cans at Epping’s recycling center.
After thieves took nearly a ton of cans worth $1,352, Freeman is taking extra steps to protect the aluminum cans dropped off for recycling .
“They basically stole a good chunk of somebody’s tax dollars,” Freeman, supervisor of the town’s solid waste department, said yesterday.
Selectmen this week asked Town Administrator Dean Shankle to research the cost of installing a security camera at the recycling center on Old Hedding Road.
Full story from Jason Schreiber.
