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BRENTWOOD - The guilty verdict is the fifth and final one tied to Jack Reid’s murder four years ago inside a Deerfield horse barn. The killing was carried out at the behest of millionaire businessman John “Jay” Brooks. His son Jesse helped recruit and pay the perpetrators.
BRENTWOOD - Afraid that evidence about the victim's alleged drug use and gun ownership might "blacken" his reputation among jurors, prosecutors in the John "Jay" Brooks capital murder case have asked a judge to exclude it from trial, court documents show. Police found a small amount of marijuana inside Jack Reid's truck and trailer after he was killed on June 27, 2005. An unspecified number of guns were also found in his trailer, according to court records.
Attorney General Kelly Ayotte and her team have done something no other Attorney General's office in recent state history has done: convince two separate juries to find defendants guilty of capital murder.
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A Brookline business that lets customers roll their own cigarettes has banned "pipe tobacco" from its rolling machines in response to a judge's order, the shop's lawyers said yesterday.
WALPOLE - Updated, 6:49 a.m. Emergency workers are tied up this morning on Route 12 in North Walpole, clearing a crash scene that sent a bucket truck into the Connecticut River. One man was injured.
CONCORD - The New Hampshire congressman said a provision from a House health care reform plan that bans the use of federal funds to cover abortions will restrict access. However, he stopped short of saying he would not vote for the plan.
BRENTWOOD - A jury is now weighing whether the son of a millionaire businessman conspired with friends and provided payoffs for the 2005 murder-for-hire killing of Jack Reid.
Brentwood - Updated, 1:17 p.m. Jesse Brooks sought revenge just as his multi-millionaire father did when they planned the murder-for-hire killing of their one-time mover in 2005, prosecutors said today during closing arguments.
BRENTWOOD - In today's closing arguments, lawyers want to say that while he was involved in 2003, Jesse Brooks later left the conspiracy before the 2005 murder.
BRENTWOOD - A Danville man testified about how millionaire businessman John "Jay" Brooks one day decided to fully refurbish his 250-year-old home in much need of repair.
BRENTWOOD - Joseph Vrooman, left, was accused yesterday of fabricating payoffs he allegedly got from Jesse Brooks for murdering Jack Reid.
BRENTWOOD - A thankful Jesse Brooks made at least three payoffs to a Las Vegas contractor for the murder-for-hire killing of Jack Reid, according to court testimony yesterday.
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BRENTWOOD - Updated, 12:14 p.m. According to testimony this morning, "Jay" Brooks' son Jesse (left photo) agreed to pay Las Vegas contractor Joseph Vrooman (at right) $10,000 for helping murder Jack Reid.
BRENTWOOD - Joseph Vrooman is expected to testify today that he discussed how to murder Jack Reid with Jesse Brooks and his father, John "Jay" Brooks.
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