Crime & Safety
New Boston Teen Indicted On Hampton Child Sexual Assault Charges: Rockingham County Court Indictments
Elderly Portsmouth man accused of plowing a truck into a vehicle and then into a Brentwood house; woman accused of stealing a gun in Salem.

BRENTWOOD, NH — A grand jury in Rockingham County recently indicted the people listed below.
Christopher Acosta, 29, of Chatham Street in New Haven, Connecticut, on a felony count of accomplice to theft by unauthorized taking. He worked as an accomplice to Catherine Garcia-Martinez to steal merchandise from CosmoProf valued at more than $1,500 on July 12 in Portsmouth, according to the indictment.
Aspen Mary Amirault, 22, of South Road in Fremont, on possession of crack cocaine and possession of fentanyl and/or cocaine charges, both felonies, on April 29 in Salem.
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Hope Elizabeth Augustus, 25, of Tappan Street in Farmington, on a felony count of assault by prisoners. She was accused of spitting in the face of a corrections officer at the Rockingham County Jail in Brentwood on April 15.
Tytus James Scott, 23, of South Main Street in Seabrook, on felony operating while certified as a habitual offender and disobeying an officer charges. He was accused of driving on Arboretum Drive in Newington and failing to stop on March 22, 2025, after being deemed a habitual offender by the NH DMV.
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Dylan Smith, 29, of Old Centre Road in Deerfield, on a felony count of possession of methamphetamine on Jan. 28 in Salem.
Benita Savannah Soto, 33, of Baystate Road in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on possession of fentanyl and delivery of articles prohibited charges, both felonies. She was accused of possessing the drug at the Rockingham County Jail in Brentwood on April 21.
David F. Spencer, 35, of Rockingham Village in Seabrook, on a felony count of falsifying physical evidence and theft by unauthorized taking-less than $1,000. He was accused of stealing another person’s phone from a vehicle in Seabrook on June 12 and then threw it out an apartment window to impair an investigation, according to the indictment.
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Jerome H. Stapleford, 70, of Codfish Corner Road in Portsmouth, on reckless conduct-deadly weapon and criminal mischief charges, both felonies. He was accused of driving a truck with a plow attachment into another person’s vehicle and pushing that vehicle into their residence while they were inside, causing more than $1,500 in damage, on Jan. 19 in Brentwood.
Paul Sybert, 19, of Bedford Road in New Boston, on three felony counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault. He was accused of raping and sexually assaulting a boy under 13 on more than one occasion across of period of two months or more within a period of five years between June 9 and Nov. 16, 2022, in Hampton.
Moises Tevenal, 60, of Easton Street in Lawrence, MA, on two felony counts of theft by unauthorized taking. He worked in concert with Scott Keraghan to steal a trailer valued at more than $1,500 in Salem on Sept. 18, 2025, according to the indictment. Twice before, according to the indictment, Tevenal was convicted on theft charges.
Thomas Dennis Wallace Jr., 39, of Barberry Lane in Raymond, on a felony count of possession of crack cocaine on Feb. 27 in Hampton.
Jessica Danyelle Wilson, 49, of School Street in Concord, on felony operating after being certified as a habitual offender and driving after revocation or suspension. She was accused of driving on Essex Drive and/or the McDonald’s Restaurant parking lot in Raymond on Jan. 31 after being deemed a habitual offender by the NH DMV.
Alyssa Marie Wright, 28, of Sawyer Street in Wareham, MA, on a felony count of theft by unauthorized taking of a firearm. She was accused of stealing a .38 caliber Smith & Wesson pistol from another person’s home on Jan. 2 in Salem.
Julie Elizabeth Zakas, 62, of Summer Street in Salem, on possession of meth, possession of amphetamine, and possession of fentanyl charges, all felonies, in Salem on Jan. 8.
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