New Hampshire man gets 2+ years in prison for harassing journalist
AUG 31, 2024 | REPUBLISHED BY LIT: SEP 3, 2024
Photos included in federal court documents show Michael Waselchuck, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to intimidate charges. (Courtesy / U.S. District Court)
SEP 3, 2024
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One of the four men charged in a conspiracy to harass and intimidate a New Hampshire journalist for negative coverage of the founder of a mental health and addiction treatment center was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison.
U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani sentenced Tucker Cockerline, 33, of Salem, N.H., to 27 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release.
Cockerline pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston last December to one count of conspiracy to commit stalking through interstate travel.
Cockerline was indicted along with co-conspirators Michael Waselchuck, Keenan Saniatan and Eric Labarge.
All but Saniatan have entered plea agreements and Saniatan is expected to plead guilty in a change of plea hearing scheduled for Sept. 5.
Waselchuck is scheduled for sentencing on Sept. 9 and Oct. 18 for Labarge, according to court records.
Prosecutors say the men vandalized homes associated with a New Hampshire Public Radio reporter and the reporter’s editor on five occasions in April and May 2022.
The feds say that the intimidation campaign began in retaliation for the publication of an article on Eric Spofford, founder of the Granite Recovery Centers, in March 2022.
The vandalism, which also affected the reporter’s parents’ home, included the use of a derogatory word beginning with “C” and the ominous phrase “JUST THE BEGINNING” spray painted in red on the homes, as well as at least one brick thrown through a window.
United States v. Cockerline (1:23-mj-08245)
District Court, D. Massachusetts
The final judgment and sentencing order has been published. https://t.co/JeZolaPa7w
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