James Spillane represents Rockingham2 in the New Hampshire legislature and has since 2014. He was elected in spite of pleading guilty to trying to strangle his wife. They had been out to dinner, he had a few drinks so she was driving. They were arguing and he yanked hard on the wheel causing the car to go off the road and crash near their home. The car totaled a neighbor’s mailbox and they called 911. So did Spillane’s wife. According to the police, she said that her husband “just tried to kill her…he totaled her car with her in it and he came in the house and tried to strangle her.”
When police arrived they found her hiding in the bathroom and claiming he tried to strangle her. He pleaded guilty to the DWU and Reckless conduct felonies and pleaded guilty to a lesser, misdemeanor domestic violence. He had a one-year prison sentence, suspended, and paid a $500 fine.
He has voted against increased funding to prevent domestic violence and to help victims of domestic violence.
More recently, he was ousted committees for posting on Facebook, “Public Service Announcement: If you see a BLM sign on a lawn it’s the same as having the porch light on for Halloween. You’re free to loot and burn that house.”
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Concord Monitor
Concord, New Hampshire · Saturday, June 29, 2019
