HARTFORD, Vt.

Man charged with murder in 2013 death of 2-year-old

Police have arrested a Hartford man and charged him with murder in the death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old child last year.

Hartford police said 31-year-old Luke Theriault was arrested Wednesday after more than a yearlong investigation into the child’s death July 4, 2013. He is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated domestic assault.

Theriault is being held without bail. He is to appear in Windsor County Superior Court on Thursday. It wasn’t immediately known if he has a lawyer.

JAFFREY, N.H.

Rescuers help injured hiker and hiker who lost his way

Rescue workers had a busy night on New Hampshire’s Mount Monadnock.

Conservation officers got the call just after 3 p.m. Tuesday that a hiker had injured her ankle and needed assistance. Several hours later they located 32-year-old Jocelyn Frain of Hinsdale near the summit. Rescuers said she worked her way partly down the mountain before they reached her with a litter.

On the way down the mountain with Frain, rescuers were passed by 27-year-old Douglas Phenan of Concord about 6 p.m., headed up the mountain. They would hear from him several hours later, after darkness fell and he became disoriented. He had no map or gear to assist him.

Rescuers headed back up the mountain and escorted Phenan back to his car by 10:45.

PELHAM, N.H.

Motorcyclist dies after crash with car that injured driver

Police in Pelham, New Hampshire, say a motorcyclist has died in a collision with a car.

The accident happened Tuesday night on Mammoth Road. The motorcyclist, 24-year-old Nicholas Limberopoulos of Pelham, suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to Lowell General Hospital, where he died.

The driver of the car, 22-year-old Kayla Walsh of Salem, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Southern New Hampshire Medical Center for treatment. A passenger with her was not injured.

Police said Limberopoulos was traveling north on Mammoth Road, approaching the Tenny Road intersection. Walsh was traveling west on Tenny and made a left-hand turn onto Mammoth as the two collided.

NEW YORK

Boston suspect’s sister charged in bomb threat

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s sister has been accused of threatening to bomb a New York City woman and has been arrested.

Police said Ailina Tsarnaeva made the threat via telephone Monday and turned herself in Wednesday. She’s charged with aggravated harassment.

Police said the North Bergen, New Jersey, resident is due in court Sept. 30.

Tsarnaeva has been required to check in with Massachusetts probation officers since last October after prosecutors said she didn’t cooperate with a counterfeiting investigation.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is charged in the April 2013 marathon explosions, which killed three people. He has pleaded not guilty. His brother died after a gunbattle with police.

BOSTON

Cape Wind opponents file federal appeal in lawsuit

A Cape Cod town and other local opponents of the Cape Wind energy project are appealing a federal judge’s decision to dismiss their lawsuit.

The town of Barnstable, the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound and local businesses and residents argue in their appeal that the judge was wrong to rule that the federal court had no jurisdiction in their suit, which challenged the company’s contract to sell energy to NSTAR, a local utility provider. The appeal was filed Tuesday in Boston.

In their original lawsuit, opponents of the project alleged state regulators had coerced NSTAR into agreeing to buy power from Cape Wind at above-market rates that will lead to higher energy costs. Cape Wind proposes building more than 100 turbines in Nantucket Sound.

WORCESTER, Mass.

Priest pleads not guilty to embezzlement charges

A Roman Catholic priest has pleaded not guilty to stealing more than $230,000 from the parish where he served as pastor.

The Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported that the Rev. Stephen Gemme was arraigned Wednesday on five counts of larceny by a common scheme over $250. The thefts from St. Bernadette in Northborough allegedly were to support a gambling habit.

Gemme was released on personal recognizance and returns to court Oct. 7. He was indicted last week.

The Worcester Diocese announced last October that Gemme had stolen from two accounts since 2008. Bishop Robert McManus said then that Gemme acknowledged a gambling problem and resigned. He was granted a medical leave of absence.

The bishop said parishioners should remember all the good Gemme has done. Gemme had been appointed to the parish in 2003.

– From news service reports