Merrimack man indicted for shooting driver in Portsmouth

Rockingham County Superior Court grand jury indictments reveal a mix of violent and property crimes across the Seacoast and Southern NH region.

Devin Michael Clark, 22, of Merrimack, faces three felony counts of reckless conduct involving a deadly weapon. The indictment alleges that on April 3, Clark fired a gun into the leg of a driver in Portsmouth. Two passengers were present in the vehicle at the time.

Anthony G. Cooney, 80, of Portsmouth, was charged with felony failure to register as a sex offender. Prosecutors say Cooney failed to notify Hampton police of an address change on July 14. State records indicate Cooney is a registered sex offender following convictions in 2000 and 1995 for four counts of felonious sexual assault and three counts of sexual assault.

Shanti Curley, 54, of Exeter, faces two felony counts of unlawful interference with fire alarm apparatus and two criminal mischief charges. The indictment states that on December 19 and December 24, 2025, Curley interfered with a sprinkler system at the Rockingham County Jail in Brentwood.

Property theft charges were filed against three other individuals. Craig Peter Cushing, 42, of Hampton, is accused of stealing DeWalt items from a Home Depot in Salem on April 21. The indictment notes two prior theft convictions. Luis R. Diaz, 55, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, faces two felony theft counts for stealing items from a motor vehicle in Salem on November 17, 2025. Diaz also has two prior theft convictions. Aimee Eaton, 33, of Seabrook, was charged with two counts of theft by unauthorized taking. The indictment alleges that between August 15 and September 1, 2025, Eaton and Eric Joseph Lessard transferred more than $1,000 from a PayPal account to a TD Bank debit card. Eaton has two prior theft convictions.

Roger S. Depina, 38, of Standish, Maine, is charged with three felony counts of reckless conduct involving a deadly weapon. The indictment describes an incident on May 3 in Hampton where Depina passed a trooper's cruiser at a high rate of speed, nearly striking the vehicle.

Douglas J. Dipesa Jr., 28, of Deerfield, faces a felony charge of operating after being certified as a habitual offender. The indictment states he drove on Range Road on May 9 despite a New Hampshire DMV determination. Kenneth Michael Dovey, 54, of Sandown, is charged with two felony counts of assault by prisoners. The indictment alleges that on July 29 in Brentwood, Dovey spat at a corrections officer's head or arm and kicked a second officer in the face.

Alan K. Dustin, 68, of Sandown, faces two felony counts of criminal threatening with a deadly weapon. The indictment alleges that on September 29, 2025, Dustin pointed a gun at another person and said, "You have to fucking leave or I will fucking kill you," or words to that effect.