BRENTWOOD – A Massachusetts state trooper charged with allegedly head-butting and strangling his extramarital girlfriend intends to assert self-defense when the case goes to trial.
Attorney Hank Brennan, representing Trooper Sgt. Bryan Erickson, informed the court Thursday of his intention to file a notice of self-defense during a scheduling conference at Rockingham Superior Court.
Brennan also told the judge they intend to file a sealed motion requesting a closed hearing with the court.
The woman alleged to be the victim told police Erickson choked, head-butted and repeatedly pinned her down on the bed in a 20- to- 25-minute struggle, during which she attempted to call 911 several times but was allegedly prevented from doing so by Erickson, according to court documents.
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State reports four more deaths, 412 new infections
Update: Wednesday, April 14, 4:10 p.m.
Four more Granite Staters are known to have died from the coronavirus, state health officials announced Wednesday. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, one of the new deaths occurred in December 2020, and was just recently confirmed to be a result of COVID-19.
Since the start of the pandemic, 1,261 residents have died from the virus.
State health officials announced 412 newly-identified COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of cases being tracked by the state to 3,544. Of the new cases, 82 are individuals under the age of 19. (Scroll down to read about the uptick in COVID cases among young people in New Hampshire.) 118 residents are currently hospitalized.