First mosquitoes positive for W. Nile Virus
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Health Department says a batch of mosquitoes from Nashua has recently tested positive for the West Nile Virus, the first this year.
The department says there have been no human or animal cases of mosquito borne disease so far this season in the state.
West Nile Virus was first identified in New Hampshire in August 2000. Last year, three mosquito batches tested positive for it in New Hampshire and there were two positive batches for Eastern Equine Encephalitis.
Both viruses are transmitted from the bite of an infected mosquito. Symptoms can include flu-like illness including fever, muscle aches, headaches, and fatigue.
Man pleads guilty to recording teen girls
BEDFORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man has admitted to secretly recording two teenage girls in a dressing room in Bedford.
Zachery Bishop, of Raymond, pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of violation of privacy. As part of the plea deal, he won’t serve time on the condition he remains on good behavior for two years.
The 23-year-old Bishop must also undergo a psycho-sexual evaluation and follow any recommendations made as a result of the exam.
Police say Bishop used his cellphone to record the girls while they were changing clothes at a Target Corp. store in June. He was in an adjacent dressing room.
Police say new charges will be filed if more victims come forward.
Snapchat sex assault defendants gets prison
SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A man and a woman convicted of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Massachusetts girl, videotaping the attack and sharing it on Snapchat have been sentenced to four to five years in prison.
Rashad Deihim and Kailyn Bonia were sentenced Friday in Essex Superior Court in Salem.
During the trial, the victim testified that she had little memory of the 2014 assault. She recalled drinking vodka with Bonia and Deihim in the woods near an elementary school in Saugus, then waking up in severe pain in a hospital.
A friend of the victim testified that she received graphic videos of the assault.
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