Overview

• A federal grand jury in Boston indicted Eric Spofford on May 30 on four counts including conspiracy to commit stalking and interstate stalking
• Prosecutors allege Spofford paid friend Eric Labarge $20,000 and provided addresses to vandalize NHPR reporters’ homes with bricks, rocks and threatening graffiti
• Labarge and accomplices Tucker Cockerline, Keenan Saniatan and Michael Waselchuck were convicted in 2024 for their roles in the targeted harassment campaign
• The charges stem from a March 2022 NHPR exposé on alleged sexual misconduct and abusive leadership by Spofford and his dismissed 2023 defamation lawsuit against the station
• If convicted, Spofford could face up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and fines of up to $250,000 per count