New Hampshire Teacher Accused of Assault

(Merrimack, New Hampshire) A 28-year-old first-grade teacher at Maple Avenue Elementary School, Cassandra Beauchesne, has been accused of multiple assault charges stemming from an incident last Friday in which she allegedly choked a family member.

Officers, responding about 4 p.m. to the home at 292 Baboosic Lake Road, found the family member with cuts to his neck and red markings from Beauchesne’s fingernails, according to court documents.

Beauchesne was charged with one count of simple assault and two counts of second-degree assault for the alleged choking.

“(Beauchesne) knowingly engaged in strangulation … by wrapping her right arm around his neck and applying pressure,” Merrimack police officer Stephen Wallin wrote in his initial report.

Note that last December Beauchesne was involved in a similar assault incident. The prosecutor planned to drop those charges if she stayed out of trouble.

For the latest incident, Beauchesne was booked and released on $2,500 bond. A court appearance is scheduled for April 4.