One of many 4 males charged in a conspiracy to harass and intimidate a New Hampshire journalist for destructive protection of the founding father of a psychological well being and habit remedy middle was sentenced to greater than two years in federal jail.
U.S. District Courtroom Choose Indira Talwani sentenced Tucker Cockerline, 33, of Salem, N.H., to 27 months in jail to be adopted by three years of supervised launch. Cockerline pleaded responsible in federal courtroom in Boston final December to at least one depend of conspiracy to commit stalking by way of interstate journey.
Cockerline was indicted together with co-conspirators Michael Waselchuck, Keenan Saniatan and Eric Labarge. All however Saniatan have entered plea agreements and Saniatan is anticipated to plead responsible in a change of plea listening to scheduled for Sept. 5.
Waselchuck is scheduled for sentencing on Sept. 9 and Oct. 18 for Labarge, based on courtroom information.
Prosecutors say the lads vandalized houses related to a New Hampshire Public Radio reporter and the reporter’s editor on 5 events in April and Might 2022. The feds say that the intimidation marketing campaign started in retaliation for the publication of an article on Eric Spofford, founding father of the Granite Restoration Facilities, in March 2022.
The vandalism, which additionally affected the reporter’s mother and father’ dwelling, included using a derogatory phrase starting with “C” and the ominous phrase “JUST THE BEGINNING” spray painted in purple on the houses, in addition to at the very least one brick thrown by way of a window.
