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ACLU Pries Loose Employment Record of New Hampshire Trooper Who Detained Woman on Falsified Evidence, Leading to $237,500 Settlement
Loaded on Sept. 30, 2022
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2022, page 30
Filed under:
Police Misconduct,
False Statements, Testimony or Documents,
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Location:
New Hampshire.
by Matt Clarke
On July 6, 2022, the New Hampshire Personnel Appeals Board upheld the firing of former State Trooper Haden Wilber, who allegedly illegally searched a woman during a traffic stop, found suspected heroin residue, and then — together with fellow Trooper Matthew Locke — falsified evidence that got ...
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