The elderly man who allegedly shot at a caretaker in July has been released to a nursing home, reports The Union Leader.
Kenneth Rickard, 81, of Newport, New Hampshire was arrested on July 1, 2019 for an altercation in which he allegedly shot at a woman who he called his caretaker. It is stated that this woman lived in the house with he and his wife for four years, and Rickard would pay her with cigarettes and beer. Upon arrest, Rickard was charged with one count of reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, and one count of criminal threatening with a deadly weapon.
Until this time he has been housed at the Sullivan County House of Corrections. According to his attorney Gary Apfel, Rickard is in failing health and has been hospitalized multiple times since being arrested. “I’m convinced that if he is not transferred he’s going to die in that facility,” stated Apfel at a bail hearing Monday.
The judge is allowing Rickard to be transferred to a nursing home adjacent to his current facility, but he is not allowed to possess firearms or come in contact with the alleged victim. The case will go to trial in December 2019.
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