Crime & Safety

Merrimack Man Accused Of Firing Gun At Driver In Portsmouth: Rockingham County Superior Court Indictments

Hampton, Lawrence, and Seabrook thieves face new charges; Exeter woman accused of interfering with jail fire alarms; gun threat indictment.

A Portsmouth sex offender was indicted on Hampton charge.
A Portsmouth sex offender was indicted on Hampton charge. (Tony Schinella/Patch)

BRENTWOOD, NH — A Rockingham County grand jury recently indicted the individuals listed below.

Devin Michael Clark, 22, of Naticook Road in Merrimack, on three felony reckless conduct-deadly weapon charges. He was accused of firing a gun into the leg of a driver in a vehicle with two passengers on April 3 in Portsmouth.

Anthony G. Cooney, 80, of South Street in Portsmouth, on a felony count of failure to register as a sex offender. He was accused of failing to notify Hampton police of a change of address on July 14. Cooney is a sex offender, according to the state of New Hampshire, due to being convicted on four counts of felonious sexual assault-victim 13 or older and under 16 with an age difference of more than four years in Court/Suffolk Superior Court in December 2000 and three counts of sexual assault in East Boston District Court in January 1995

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Shanti Curley, 54, of Auburn Street in Exeter, on two felony counts of unlawful interference with fire alarm apparatus and two criminal mischief charges. She was accused of interfering with a sprinkler at the Rockingham County Jail in Brentwood on Dec. 19 and Dec. 24, 2025.

Craig Peter Cushing, 42, of High Street in Hampton, on a felony count of theft by unauthorized taking. He was accused of stealing DeWalt items at Home Depot in Salem on April 21. Twice before, according to the indictment, Cushing was convicted on theft charges.

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Roger S. Depina, 38, of Harmony Drive in Standish, Maine, on three felony counts of reckless conduct-deadly weapon. He was accused of passing a trooper’s cruiser, nearly striking the cruiser, at a high rate of speed, on May 3 in Hampton.

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Luis R. Diaz, 55, of Bay State Road in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on two felony counts of theft by unauthorized taking. He was accused of stealing items from a motor vehicle in Salem on Nov. 17, 2025. Twice before, according to the indictment, Diaz has been convicted on theft charges.

Douglas J. Dipesa Jr., 28, of Ridge Road in Deerfield, on a felony count of operate after certified as a habitual offender. He was accused of driving on Range Road on May 9 after being deemed a habitual offender by the NH DMV.

Kenneth Michael Dovey, 54, of Waterford Drive in Sandown, on two felony counts of assaults by prisoners. He was accused of spitting at one corrections officer’s head and/or arm and kicking a second corrections officer in the face on July 29 in Brentwood.

Alan K. Dustin, 68, of Allen Street in Sandown, on two felony counts of criminal threatening-deadly weapon. He was accused of pointing a gun at another person and saying, “You have to fucking leave or I will fucking kill you,” or words to that effect, on Sept. 29, 2025, in Sandown.

Aimee Eaton, 33, of Lower Collins Street in Seabrook, on two theft by unauthorized taking charges. She worked with Eric Joseph Lessard to transfer more than $1,000 from a PayPal account to a TD Bank debit card between Aug. 15 and Sept. 1, 2025, according to the indictment. Twice before, according to the indictment, Eaton was convicted on theft charges.

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