NH: Rep. Jon Stone (R) Threatened Mass Shooting and Rape After Investigation [View all]

Republican Rep. Jon Stone’s New Hampshire law enforcement career ended when he threatened to kill fellow police officers in a shooting spree, and murder his chief after raping the chief’s wife and children, all while he was already under scrutiny for his inappropriate relationship with a teen girl, according to the internal investigation reports finally released this week.

Stone, a twice-elected Republican state representative for Claremont, has been fighting to keep those reports secret for years. Last month, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that Stone could not block their release in response to this reporter’s 2020 right-to-know request, ending years of legal challenges.

Stone did not respond to a request for comment on Friday. His attorney, Peter DeCato told InDepthNH.org he had nothing to add.

The documents portray Stone in 2006 as an out-of-control and unstable man who made colleagues worry about their safety. Stone had a reputation for being aggressive on the job and had already been disciplined for assaulting a mentally disabled man during an arrest, and for failing to arrest an intoxicated driver who a short time later nearly hit a police cruiser in Vermont.

But the investigation into his inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old Stevens High School girl, started when she was 15, brought out a violent and deranged side of Stone that had other officers scared, according to the investigation conducted by now deceased Claremont Detective Colby Casey.


https://indepthnh.org/2024/04/05/documents-rep-jon-stone-threatened-mass-shooting-and-rape-after-investigation/