On August 16th, 2012, a town employee for the Town of Winchester filed a Federal Lawsuit for civil rights violations.

Daniel Rapucci Vs Winchester Police Dept.
Co. Defendants

Plaintiff:
Daniel Reppucci
vs
Defendants:
Cheshire County, Cheshire County Sheriff’s Department, Richard A Foote, Kelvin Macie, Gary A Phillips, Christopher Roberts, Unknown Employees, Winchester Police Department and Winchester, Town of

Case Number: 1:2012cv00316
Filed: August 16, 2012
Court: New Hampshire District Court Concord Office
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights – Other Civil Rights
Cause: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

The reason I’m posting this injustice on Keene Cop Block is because one of the defendants is former Cheshire County Deputy Sherriff Kelvin Macie who was fired and rehired by Keene Police Dept.  See KPD Employees.

Kelvin J. Macie
accreditation specialist
kjmacie@ci.keene.nh.us
603.357.9813 x7037

By reading court documents and litigation it seems to me that Kelvin Macie illegally used his position to do an unauthorized favor type investigation for retaliatory purposes on behalf of Winchester Police Chief Gary Phillips.

http://dockets.justia.com/docket/new-hampshire/nhdce/1:2012cv00316/38265/

This habit of Keene Police covering for officers and hiring family members of other Keene Police officers (Kyle Macie nephew of Kelvin Macie) after they’ve been let go from other departments for disciplinary reasons needs to stop.  Keene Police Chief Kenneth Meola needs to resign along with all the upper brass.  Not to mention at least two County Road Pirates are former KPD retirees, also these two former KPD employees were promoted just weeks before their retirement, Darrell Madden and Eli Rivera.

This whole thing was set off by former Sheriff Richard Foote who later turned in his resignation due to a lawsuit filed by a female officer Jackie Parker who is now a police officer in Pembroke, NH.  Officer Parker filed a lawsuit against Winchester PD and reached an undisclosed settlement and court records were sealed.  You can see details of this story also on http://winchesternhcorruption.blogspot.com/.  This is one corrupt little police department and it’s a wonder why Keene Police would hire someone involved in all this .