Thursday, November 29, 2012
Roland Dow and Jessica Linscott fled after Linscott's 3-year-old was treated for horrific injuries in Exeter. The boy's grandmother lives in Melrose.
Police are looking into the possibility that a Plaistow couple who fled the area after a horrific child abuse case had help evading authorities. Roland Dow, 27, and Jessica Linscott, 23, were arrested Thursday at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla. after nearly two weeks on the run. Dow was charged with first-degree assault for allegedly burning and battering Linscott's 3-year-old son earlier this month. Linscott was charged with multiple counts of misdemeanor-level child endangerment. Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams said their arrest was the result of the public sending in hundreds of tips, the media highlighting the case nationally, and law enforcement agencies cooperating with each other. "The chances of us getting them were very …
They were arrested in Florida after a 3-year-old child was found with horrific injuries at Exeter Hospital.
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
The Plaistow couple arrested in Florida this week in connection with a horrific child abuse case is being held in protective custody, according to officials. Roland Dow, 27, and Jessica Linscott, 23, were arrested at Universal Studios after nearly two weeks on the run. Dow was charged with first-degree assault for allegedly burning and battering Linscott's 3-year-old son earlier this month. Linscott was charged with multiple counts of misdemeanor-level child endangerment. Police said they discovered the boy's injuries after he was treated at Exeter Hospital Nov. 14. He is still recovering from his injuries. The pair on Thursday were being held in protective custody due to the case's high profile, said Allen Moore, public information …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Roland Dow and Jessica Linscott were on the run for nearly two weeks.
The Plaistow couple wanted in connection with a horrific child abuse case has been captured, according to Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams Roland Dow, 27, and Jessica Linscott, 23, were arrested at Universal Studios in Florida Wednesday, according to MyFoxBoston.com. Reams credited the public for sending in tips and police agencies for working together to capture the couple, who were on the run for nearly two weeks. "The public was a huge help and the law enforcement community cooperated in a very big way, particularly over the Thanksgiving weekend," he said. Dow was charged with first-degree assault for allegedly burning and battering Linscott's 3-year-old son earlier this month. Linscott was charged with multiple counts of …
Monday, November 26, 2012
Helen Nicholson is growing so frantic over the search for the missing Plaistow, N.H., couple accused of beating her grandson, she went out searching herself Sunday afternoon.
A Plaistow, NH couple charged with battering, burning and endangering a 3-year-old remain on the run from police and the search has moved into the Merrimack Valley. Lowell Police have received reports of a couple matching the desciption of Jessica Linscott and Roland Dow in area of Rt. 495 and Woburn Street, according to reports published on Twitter by the Lowell Sun. According to the reports, the woman was wearing a pink coat with her face covered. The 3-year-old's grandmother is Helen Nicholson, of Melrose, Mass. She told WMUR.com that she's "frantic." "They both need to pay for this and they need to pay big. This is not a small case," Nicholson told WMUR. "They tried to kill my grandson." Over the weekend, police received tips that …
Irene
11:12 am on Friday, November 30, 2012
let us all pray this child recovers and is adopted to loving parents--AND, that this couple gets their "JUST desserts" for doing such unspeakable things, to a little child, no less ! Let's hope the courts do not look the other way onthis one ! A mom and grandma! S. more ›