Keenan Saniatan, Conspiracy to Commit Stalking, Massachusetts 2025

BOSTON – A brazen act of revenge against two courageous journalists has resulted in a prison sentence for a New Hampshire man. Keenan Saniatan, 36, of Nashua, N.H., was sentenced to 30 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a conspiracy 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. Saniatan was responsible for vandalizing two homes connected to the NHPR journalists in April 2022, at Labarge’s request.

On the evening of April 24, 2022, Saniatan spraypainted the word “C*NT” in large red letters on the front door of Victim 2’s home in Concord, N.H. He also threw a large rock at the exterior of the home. That same evening, Saniatan threw a softball-sized rock through an exterior window and spraypainted the word “C*NT” in large red letters on the front of Victim 1’s parents’ home in Hampstead, N.H.

According to court documents, Saniatan, along with co-conspirators Tucker Cockerline and Michael Waselchuck, agreed to harass and intimidate Victims 1 and 2 and their immediate family members in response to their reporting. The article, published in March 2022, detailed allegations of sexual and other misconduct by a former New Hampshire businessperson, identified in the charging document as Subject 1.

Labarge, a close personal associate of Subject 1, was also involved in the conspiracy and was sentenced to 46 months in prison in November 2024. Cockerline and Waselchuck received prison sentences of 27 months and 21 months, respectively, earlier this year.

The case was announced today by United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division. Valuable assistance was provided by the Concord, Hampstead and Hanover, New Hampshire Police Departments, the Melrose, Massachusetts Police Department and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jason A. Casey and Torey B. Cummings of the Criminal Division are prosecuting the case. The charges were brought as part of the Department of Justice’s continued effort to protect journalists and their families from harassment and intimidation.

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