Salem Man Indicted On Child Sexual Assault Charges: Court Roundup

BRENTWOOD, NH — A Rockingham County grand jury indicted the following people recently.

Shawn Jordan Bateman, 32, of Old Turnpike Road in Deerfield, on theft by unauthorized taking and theft by unauthorized taking committed while on release charges, both felonies, and a criminal trespass charge. She stole merchandise from Home Depot in North Hampton on Sept. 15, 2024, a store she was previously trespassed from, and merchandise from the All Town-Mobile gas station in Northwood on Nov. 17, 2024, according to the indictments. Bateman’s theft charges are felonies due to two previous convictions, according to the indictment.

Shaun Beckwith, 25, of Henry Lane in Higganum, Connecticut, on manufacture of child sexual abuse images, two endangering the welfare of child or incompetent, four certain uses of computer services prohibited, and five indecent exposure and lewdness charges, all felonies. He directed a girl to create a visual representation of her engaging in sexually explicit conduct between Aug. 1 and Oct. 1, 2022, in Seabrook via SnapChat and transferred images of his genitals to the child five times, according to the indictments.

Kurt Richard Blanchette Sr., 62, of Grove Street in Nashua, on a felony second-degree assault charge. He was accused of shaking a ladder and causing another person to fall off it, fracturing their temporal bone and-or scapula bone in Derry on Jan. 8, 2024.

Jonathan Michael Bodwell, 40, of Massabesic Street in Manchester, on a felony possession of fentanyl and xylazine mix charge on July 7, 2024, in Epping.

Steven Burleigh, 37, of Manchester, on a felony burglary charge. He was accused of burglarizing the West Village Market on Pleasant Street in Epping on Nov. 26, 2024.

Jeremiah James Fix, 29, of Chester Road in Derry, on three felony domestic violence-second-degree assault charges. He was accused of strangling an intimate partner with his knee twice and breaking her humerus by pushing her arm behind her in East Hampstead on Nov. 3, 2024.

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Joseph Frank Frontiero, 40, of Beach Street in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on felony possession of methamphetamine and driving after revocation or suspension-subsequent charges. He was accused of possessing the drug and driving in Salem on Sept. 17, 2024, with a suspended Massachusetts license. Previously, according to the indictment, Frontiero was convicted on an operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license-subsequent charge in November 2023 in Ipswich District Court in the Bay State.

Briana Marie Julia Gammon, 36, of Berry River Road in Barrington, on a felony theft by unauthorized taking charge. She was accused of stealing merchandise from Walmart in Epping on Sept. 2, 2024. Twice before, she was convicted on theft charges, according to the indictment.

Jonathan Sylvester Gonzalez, 43, of Memorial Circle in Andover, MA, on robbery and criminal threatening charges, both felonies. He was accused of brandishing a knife during a robbery at the 7-Eleven in Salem on Oct. 14, 2023.

Casey Goodrich, 30, of Manchester, on felony receiving stolen property and unauthorized use charges. He was accused of retaining a 2020 Kia Soul, owned by another person, without their consent, on Oct. 22, 2024, in Salem.

Brady Goodwin, 22, of Dyer Avenue in Salem, on two felony felonious sexual assault charges. He was accused of fondling a girl and getting the girl to fondle him on June 25, 2024.

Christopher Paul Gouin, 55, of Kelsey Way in Greenland, on a felony criminal threatening with a deadly weapon charge. He was accused of pointing a handgun at another person during an argument in Portsmouth on July 19, 2024.

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