DOVER, N.H. (AP)– A New Hampshire man that knowledgeable cops he had truly been alcohol consumption has truly been fingered in a hit-and-run collision that eradicated the chief of the state’s Air National Guard, authorities claimed.
Paul Clement, 81, of Rochester, was fingeredOct 17 by a Strafford County grand court docket on prices of irresponsible homicide and conduct after a mishap inflicting a fatality or damage. He stays complimentary on particular person recognizance and is ready as much as be arraignedNov 5.
A cellphone message on the lookout for comment was left Monday for his lawyer, Andrew Cotrupi.
BrigGen John Pogorek was safeguarding a tons on his trailer on the roadside in Rochester on July 8 when he was struck by an SUV that proceeded with out quiting, cops claimed. Investigators in a while located the automobile andClement He was jailed in August on the conduct charge and knowledgeable cops in court docket information that he had truly been consuming prematurely, Foster’s Daily Democrat reported.
Pogorek, 57, completed from the united state Air Force Academy in 1989 and signed up with the New Hampshire Air National Guard in 1999. He was referred to as chief in 2022, functioning as a number one advisor toGov Chris Sununu and the state’s adjutant primary and managing all procedures at Pease Air National Guard Base.