N.H. news in brief
SWANZEY, N.H. -- Police were deciding what charges to file after someone shot at a woman and her son outside their home during the weekend.
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The residents were not hurt, and police caught two suspects after the woman's husband chased them in his truck while calling police.
Police said someone fired a single shot at the mother and son Saturday night. They did not release names of the victims or suspects.
Officers who stopped the suspects found a rifle in their SUV.
Someone fired four shots at a house in nearby Winchester in November, and police were checking to see if the two cases are related.
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Bradley-Iraq
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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley believes American troops will be in Iraq another two years as Iraqi forces take over more responsibility for their country's security.
Bradley, R-N.H., returned last week from Iraq, Jordan and Germany.
He said Iraqi security forces have a way to go, but are improving.
Bradley said American troops have better armor on their vehicles and better flak jackets, but he says they are not out of the woods in terms of attacks from insurgents.
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Drug Partners
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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- Thirteen New Hampshire health care organizations have joined a new nationwide program to make it easier for people without prescription medicine insurance to get the drugs they need.
The Partnership for Prescription Assistance joins medicine companies, health care providers, patient advocates and community leaders to help patients find public or private assistance programs to help them.
Through a Web site, the clearinghouse provides a single point of access to more than 275 public and private patient assistance programs, including more than 150 programs offered by drug companies.
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On the Web: www.pparxnh.org
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Drug Sentencing
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The third person convicted in a four-person drug ring in southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts has been sentenced to federal prison.
Ramon Suriel, 35, of Lawrence, Mass., was sentenced to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty last year to possessing and intending to sell more than 50 grams of crack cocaine.
Authorities said Suriel was working with three other people to sell crack in the Salem and Methuen area. One was sentenced to five years and the other to more than eight years in prison. The fourth person is to be sentenced next month.
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Drug Conviction
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- A Northfield man has been convicted of dealing cocaine.
The verdict against Mark Auger, 37, was delivered by a Hillsborough County Superior Court jury.
Prosecutors said Auger was seen by a state trooper two years ago selling cocaine in a Manchester parking lot.
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Tax Indictment
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A 70-year-old Plaistow man has been indicted by a federal grand jury with preparing fraudulent income tax returns for his clients.
Prosecutors said he prepared 40 fraudulent returns or amended returns for 16 taxpayers from January 1999 to December 2002.
If convicted, Owens could be sentenced up to eight years in prison and fined $350,000.
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Controlled Burning
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LACONIA, N.H. (AP) -- The National Forest Service says it will start controlled spring burning this week in the White Mountain National Forest.
It designated burn areas in the New Hampshire communities of Chatham, Livermore, Albany, Easton, Milan, Berlin and Lancaster; and the Maine towns of Stoneham, Albany, Gilead, Mason and Batchelder's Grant.
The burn sites range from two to 14 acres. About 81 acres of the 780,000-acre forest are planned for burning.
The burns are designed to maintain openings and grassy meadows or shrubby areas essential for wildlife, reduce the amount of dead leaves, brush and wood to reduce wildfire potential and prepare seedbeds for regeneration of certain tree species.
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Fugitive
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Police were looking for a man whose car they chased through city streets Wednesday reaching 100 mph but were unable to capture him.
David Luedecke, 35, is wanted in New Hampshire, Florida and Montana and now faces additional charges of assaulting a state trooper with his car.
Luedecke is wanted on drug and fraud charges in New Hampshire.
Authorities said they were not sure if Luedecke is armed but should be considered dangerous.
Luedecke is described as white, six feet tall, weighing about 400 pounds, driving a red 1991 Cadillac El Dorado with New Hampshire license plate 205-0634.
