Recent events in Portsmouth have caused me some amount of concern. A police officer developed a case that he felt warranted charges against 3 Department of Social Services personnel and a private citizen effectively charging them with “elder abuse”. The officer felt the care that was being provided by a volunteer caretaker was inadequ [...]

The Portsmouth Police Department has concluded a 4 month long narcotics investigation which resulted in 61 indictments being handed down by a Portsmouth Grand Jury. Chief Hargis along with members of the Special Investigations Unit will hold a press conference at the Police Training Unit, 330 County Street, (NE corner of Court and County Streets) o [...]