LANCASTER — A Colebrook couple were indicted last week on a charge of second degree assault: domestic violence and strangling a 3-month old infant last April.
Gerald F. Hope, 37, and Erica Weatherwax, 26, both of 9 Bridge St., Colebrook were indicted by a Coos County grand jury for abusing the baby.
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