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Son/brother of murder victims in court, but only for driving offense; authorities appear to be holding cards very close
City trades pay raises for much larger contribution to cost of health insurance By Michael Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The City Council last night unanimously approved a new collective bargaining agreement negotiated with the Laconia Professional Firefighters (LPA), International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1153, who have worked without a contract since July 2010. The one-year contract takes effect July 1 and provides firefighters with a twopercent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to their salaries, equivalent to that awarded other city employees in fiscal year 2012-2013, along with another two-percent COLA for fiscal year 2013-2014. Employees, though, will receive no lump sum payments to compensate them for the period they worked without raises. “There is no retroactive payment,” see UnIOn page 7
Shawn Carter is shown as he appeared on the closed-circuit TV monitor in 4th Circuit Court, Laconia Division on Tuesday morning. Carter was in an arraignment room at the Belknap County Jail but his public defender lawyers were in the actual courtroom of Judge Jim Carroll. (Alan MacRae/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
By Gail OBer
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The Belmont man who was the subject of a brief but intensive police manhunt Friday afternoon after his mother and brother were founded chopped to death earlier that morning in the Winnisquam home the three shared is being held in jail on $200 cash bail for a relatively minor traffic offense. Judge Jim Carroll ordered Shawn Carter, 31, of 20 Sunset Drive held after his video appearance in 4th Circuit Court,
Laconia Division yesterday for one count of operating after his license was suspended and one count of breach of bail. He has not been charged with any offense related to Friday’s grisly discovery at 20 Sunset Drive in Belmont and authorities have not publicly announced that he is even a person of interest in the case. But in a move that seemed highly unusual considering the relatively minor nature of a driving violation Ryan McFarland, an attorney for the Department of Safety represented the state in court yes-
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terday and asked for $1,000 cash bail. He said Carter was operating without a license when he was freed by a bail commissioner after being served by Belmont Police on May 22. He argued that any violation, especially one that was committed two days after he was served for operating after suspension should be considered a violation of the good behavior provision of May 22. He also said Carter owned $310 to Concord District Court. The head of the Laconia Public Defendsee CaRTeR page 9
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