At the New Hampshire Attorney General's office as you all read in today's press
release, *** juvenile was arrested in charge today under the juvenile laws of
the state with three counts of first degree murder and one count of
falsifying physical evidence in connection with the deaths of Cassandra
Sweeney and her two Children in Northfield New Hampshire on August
three of 2022.
Because these are juvenile charges. I will stress with you the law precludes
really any further information from being released and in fact criminalizes,
makes it *** misdemeanor offense to release any additional information. So
I'll take briefly some questions, but I hope you understand that my answers
will be very limited.
So that's something I wouldn't be able to comment on. Um, you know what I can
tell you is what we said last week is that we believed we had identified all
of the individuals involved. But I can't elaborate on it beyond that.
I can't I can't provide any more details with respect to that charge
again because it's *** charge that's pending in the juvenile court.
So I can't comment specifically on on how that went in order to protect the
integrity of the investigation. Other than to say we appreciated the public's
compliance with our request to let the investigators do their job with
extensive searching on the, on the highway on the weekend. Can you talk
about this being juvenile charges, Let's say this goes all the way to
trial and whatnot this. Stay private the whole time. All the information. So
to the extent that *** juvenile delinquency petition and again,
speaking generally here to the extent that *** juvenile delinquency petition
um is filed and and charged in the family division of the circuit court
that would stay private the whole time until disposition there is then under
the juvenile laws, some limited information that can be released by the
court and that's up to the court following the disposition of those of
those charges.
I cannot know any other suspects. Are you guys looking at anybody else who
may be involved as well? We don't anticipate any other charges coming, as
I said, we, we believe that we believed last week that we had identified all
the individuals involved.
Sure. So, you know, obviously, as we've said, the family is completely
devastated and and rightly so by this, an incredibly tragic set of
circumstances. You know, from our perspective, we have *** job to do now
with respect to these cases.
So so again, generally speaking not with respect to this case specifically
because I can't speak to it, but I can tell you in, in the juvenile courts,
the statutes under RS *** chapter 1 69 be set forth sort of the next steps. Um,
and and timeline with respect to when *** trial would have to be held or an
adjudication would have to be held within the juvenile court for any
pending juvenile matter generally,
so again, what I can tell you is generally with respect to how juvenile
cases may proceed based on the law. And R. S. ***. 1 69. B. 24 provides for the
certification of *** juvenile as an adult. There are *** number of
different factors the court is to consider if they're asked to do that.
Eight factors, eight nonexclusive factors under that statute that the
court considers in making *** determination as to whether or not
someone can be certified and tried therefore as an adult. Should that
happen again in any matter where juvenile certified as an adult
proceedings continue. Then in Superior Court, if the Superior Court makes the
determination to accept the case and then that's public like any other
pending matter in Superior Court is trying this person as an adult an
option that U. S. Prosecutors have *** chance to move for or ask the court for
or is it totally up to the discretion. So the statute allows for the parties
for the state to petition for that certification as an adult and
ultimately it's *** determination made by the court.
I can't comment on that.
I can't comment on that either.
That's not information I can provide you based on the laws.
Thank you all very much