NORTHUMBERLAND — Former Northumberland Town Clerk Melinda Kennett was arrested last week on 16 Class A misdemeanor charges, alleging she assisted then Deputy Town Clerk Courtney McLain in accessing N.H. Division of Motor Vehicle records to process vehicle-related transactions without proper authorization.

McLain, 32, was arrested on March 8 on a total of 28 charges including 14 counts of computer related offenses and 14 counts of tampering with public records. Specifically, she was charged with using the New Hampshire Municipal Agent Automation Project computer network on May 5, 2023, to process vehicle transactions for 14 different customers without having proper certification to do so.

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