Eric Labarge, Stalking, Massachusetts 2024

State: Massachusetts
Category: Violent Crime
Source: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/new-hampshire-man-pleads-guilty-stalking-journalist" style="color:#cc0000;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">DOJ Press Release ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Â Ã¢â‚¬â€

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New Hampshire Man Pleads Guilty to Stalking Journalist

BOSTON, Mass. – Eric Labarge, 46, of Nashua, N.H., pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in two conspiracies to harass and intimidate two journalists employed by New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR).

The harassment and intimidation of the victims included the vandalism – on five separate occasions – of the victims’ homes and the home of one of the victims’ parents with bricks, large rocks and red spray paint.

Labarge pleaded guilty to a five-count superseding Information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit stalking through interstate travel and using a facility of interstate commerce; one count of conspiracy to commit stalking using a facility of interstate commerce; one count of stalking using a facility of interstate commerce and aiding and abetting; and two counts of stalking through interstate travel and aiding and abetting.

Labarge was arrested and charged in September 2023 along with co-conspirators Tucker Cockerline, Michael Waselchuck and Keenan Saniatan.

Labarge is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 18, 2024.

Each charge carries a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release, a $250,000 fine and restitution.

Labarge is a close personal associate of Subject 1, a former New Hampshire businessperson who was the subject of a report by the two journalists. In response to the reporting, Labarge conspired with Cockerline, Waselchuck and Saniatan to harass and intimidate the journalists and their immediate family members.