OSSIPEE — A Carroll County Superior Court grand jury has indicted a Jackson woman on two counts of simple assault "subject to a hate crime enhancement," according to a statement from the New Hampshire Attorney General and the Carroll County Attorney.
The woman, an innkeeper for her parents' lodging establishment on Route 16 in Jackson, said the allegations are unfounded and that she was merely ejecting unruly guests who were harassing her.
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Now, it's a "hate crime" to remove unruly people from your property? I pray for this hotel owner. It must be so dam hard to keep a business profitable worrying about offending people who are being unruly and disruptive.
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