Brook Casino Of Seabrook Donates $67K To Seacoast Crime Stoppers​

SEABROOK, NH — Seacoast Crime Stoppers recently received a generous donation of $67,201.43 from its partnership with the Brook Casino, located in Seabrook.

The money was raised through charitable gaming and will help to continue supporting law enforcement and the surrounding communities. The Brook donates 35 percent of all gaming proceeds to New Hampshire charities.

Having originally started as the “Portsmouth Crime Line” in 1983, the non-profit organization was renamed Seacoast Crime Stoppers in 2003. It went from only serving Portsmouth, to currently serving 17 member communities located within New Hampshire and Maine: Portsmouth, Rye, New Castle, Newington, Greenland, Stratham, Durham, University of New Hampshire, Exeter, Newmarket, Newfields, Kensington, Barrington, Epping, Kittery ME, Eliot ME, and York ME.

Seacoast Crime Stoppers, Inc. was founded for the promotion of law and order, and better enforcement of existing laws by its law enforcement partners. Also, for assisting with the apprehension and conviction of criminals by making funds available for reward payouts which helped develop a community offensive against crime. The reward payouts are sometimes a motivating factor for the public to cooperate with police departments in the cities and towns mentioned above.

Seacoast Crime Stoppers has since expanded its purpose and mission aside from using funds for rewards and payouts, by also becoming passionately involved in crime-prevention and community outreach to try and make our communities safer. Seacoast Crime Stoppers have donated funds towards youth sports, community events, equipment and education for law enforcement, and has provided free child ID kits available to the public for a number of years.

The board members are all volunteers who not only donate their time for monthly meetings, but also towards volunteering at events such as National Night Out, Family Fun Day, Market Square Day, Children’s Day, touch a truck, Cops & Kids, Bike Rodeos, Neighborhood Watch Meetings, Safety Talks, and the Citizen Police Academies. All the while making sure that the McGruff the Crime Dog makes special appearances upon request.

In 2022, Seacoast Crime Stoppers offered a $10,000 reward to help resolve a 30-year-old Kittery Maine unsolved murder case. Seacoast Crime Stoppers President, Scott Forte, was quoted saying, “Seacoast Crime Stoppers is committed to making our community a better and safer place. We offer our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Maxine Bitomski and are hoping that the $10,000 reward we are offering can help bring a resolution to the unsolved homicide investigation”.

With the generous donation from Brook Casino’s charitable gaming, Seacoast Crime Stoppers is able to continue helping make our communities a better and safer place. Seacoast Crime Stoppers will appraise the public on the usage of funds by making future public announcements.

If you are interested in becoming board member please email Board@seacoastcrimestoppers.com.

If you would like to provide information about a crime, anonymous tips can be made by calling 603-431-1199 or at seacoastcrimestoppers.com submit a tip. Rewards of up to $1,000 may be paid for help solving cases if the information leads to the arrest or indictment of a suspect.

Caption: Director of Operations at the Brook Casino-Scott Webster, Seacoast Crime Stoppers Board Members: Board Member-Tim Kerber, Board Member-Billy Paquette, President-Scott Forte, Secretary-Cathy Youngs, Board Member-Kim Lindquist, Treasurer-Tim Baxter, and Greenland Police- Lt. David Kurkul.

Respectfully submitted by Seacoast Crime Stoppers Police Coordinator, Portsmouth Police Detective Rochelle Jones.