A precedent for the addiction treatment center network targeting journalists, including spraying spraying in their homes and throwing bricks through their windows
Concorde, NH (AP) – The former founder and CEO of the largest network of addiction treatment centers in New Hampshire was accused of organizing threats and sabotage targeting public radio journalists in New Hampshire who have published allegations of sexual misconduct.
Eric Spopord, 40, who lives in Salem, New Hampshire and Miami, was arrested on Friday after being accused by a major federal jury on three charges of chasing and the conspiracy against pursuit. The man who accused him of pushing him to carry out the 2022 attacks, and he has already condemned three others who participated.
According to the public prosecutors, the homes of the NHPR editor, correspondent and correspondent of the correspondent were injured with bricks and rocks and red spray paint in six accidents in April and May 2022. She was sprayed on the front of her home.
The attacks came after ChulijianPublish a storyHe described the allegations of sexual assault and harassment against Spevord, who established granite recovery centers in 2008 and sold the company in 2021. He denied these allegations and later sued journalists, claiming defamation, but the case was rejected.
The court’s documents are not included as a lawyer for Spofford, who was scheduled to appear in the initial court of Boston on Monday. The lawyer who was previously represented by a phone message or email.
Prosecutors say that Spevord paid his friend, Eric Laparge, $ 20,000 to sabotage homes and offer specific addresses and instructions. Labarge works in prison for 46 months; Three other men have been granted in the implementation of the attacks between 21 to 30 months.
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