Crime & Safety
$1M Bail For NH Teen Charged With Stabbing MA State Trooper
An 18-year-old from Manchester is facing charges of armed assault with intent to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
MANCHESTER, NH — The suspect who police say stabbed a Massachusetts State Trooper following a chase Friday afternoon has been identified as an 18-year-old from Manchester. Nghia Le remains hospitalized at UMass Medical Center in Worcester after he was shot following a chase that ended in New Salem, Mass.
Le is facing charges of armed assault with intent to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He is being held on $1 million bail. His arraignment is expected to occur early this week, but a time and place have not been determined.
The 47-year-old trooper police said Le stabbed multiple times in the neck and shoulder area is hospitalized "in stable condition and good spirits," according to Massachusetts State Police.
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Authorities said Le was in a crash in Walpole, N.H., and carjacked the car the he crashed into. He then drove to Vermont and led police on a chase down Route 91 in Massachusetts.
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