Suspect charged with arson, burglary at Somersworth home
SOMERSWORTH A man is facing arson and other charges following a fire on Tate’s Brook Road.
Somersworth police announced Monday they’ve charged Darien J. Young, 27, who has no fixed address, with Class A felony arson, Class A felony burglary and felony-level possession of methamphetamine following an investigation into the Jan. 19 fire at a single-family home at 28 Tate’s Brook Road.
“An investigation was initiated and it was determined that the fire was intentionally set and that various items had been stolen from the residence,” Capt. Tim McLin wrote in a release Monday afternoon.
DOVER Body cameras are on the way for the Strafford County Sheriff’s Office.
Five body cams will arrive around the first week of March for deputies assigned to the office’s civil unit, according to Sheriff Mark Brave. Twelve additional cameras for supervisory deputies and investigative deputies will be ordered in the new year and arrive between April and May.
The Strafford County Sheriff s Office joins a number of area law enforcement agencies who have implemented officer-worn and cruiser-mounted devices in recent years. Brave made body cams one of his promises on the campaign trail in 2020, heralding them as a way to increase transparency.
DOVER The Strafford County House of Corrections now has 29 detainees and 5 correctional officers who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the latest test results shared by the facility’s superintendent.
One additional officer was exhibiting mild symptoms, but test results for that individual weren’t back as of 4 p.m. Friday, according to Superintendent Chris Brackett.
Brackett said his staff continue to carefully manage the jail’s outbreak first announced Tuesday and everyone’s safety. The facility s outbreak management includes strict testing protocols to using negative pressure rooms to quarantine symptomatic individuals.
As the staff cases increase, so too is the overtime being used to cover open shifts, according to Brackett. One employee has recovered and is eligible to return to duty, but as of Friday afternoon Strafford County was still short 25 shifts a week because of the five others who are still out on COVID leave.
Detainees at Strafford County jail cope with COVID outbreak
DOVER The number of symptomatic people has increased by two inside the Strafford County House of Corrections but the total number of cases linked to the jail’s COVID-19 outbreak remains unchanged, jail administrators said Wednesday.
However, Superintendent Chris Brackett said the total number of active COVID-19 cases amongst people held at the facility has grown by one to 17, thanks to a new arrival who has tested positive. The results for that individual, a county inmate who was administered a PCR test when they arrived on Dec. 13, came back Wednesday.
Brackett said that individual’s case isn’t considered part of his facility’s outbreak.
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ROCHESTER Police say a New Durham man badly injured a Frisbie Memorial Hospital security officer early Sunday when he assaulted him in the hospital s parking lot.
Police charged Tyler Thurston, 29, of New Durham, with second-degree assault for allegedly assaulting the security officer around 3:20 a.m. Sunday, according to Rochester Police Capt. Todd Pinkham.
The security officer, who was found unresponsive, sustained serious injuries after being punched in the face and falling to the pavement and striking his head. He was transported to Portsmouth Regional Hospital.
His condition wasn t immediately available Monday.
Pinkham said Thurston was held on bail and transported to the Strafford County House of Corrections on Sunday. He was scheduled for arraignment Monday in Strafford County Superior Court.