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June 16. 2012 11:37PM
Assistant attorney general resigns in wake of boyfriend's conviction
One of the lawyers who prosecuted the Mont Vernon home invasion slaying is no longer working as an assistant attorney general.
Lucy Carrillo has resigned from the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, according to Associate Attorney General Anne Edwards.
“Lucy voluntarily resigned,” Edwards said. “She gave no reason.”
Edwards said Carrillo’s resignation letter was dated May 21, less than two weeks after Carrillo’s former boyfriend was sentenced to prison in connection with a domestic dispute with her.
Carrillo declined comment when reached by phone.
Carrillo had been placed on paid leave for two months last year while her employer investigated allegations made by her ex-boyfriend, Peter DiBiaso. She was returned to work in the Appeals Division of the Attorney General’s Office.
DiBiaso, 47, was sentenced last month to serve 6½ to 13 years in the New Hampshire State Prison for Men after being convicted in connection with a domestic dispute with Carrillo on Jan. 27, 2011, in the Alton home they shared.
DiBiaso, a convicted felon who admitted using drugs while they lived together, was sentenced to one year for simple assault for recklessly causing a bruise on Carrillo’s arm that night.
In Belknap County Superior Court, Judge James Barry also sentenced DiBiaso on May 10 to three to six years for witness-tampering for telling Carrillo not to speak to the police officer who responded to her 911 hang-up call.
Barry also sentenced DiBiaso for a probation violation and ordered him to serve a prior 2½- to five-year prison sentence for burglary and felony firearm possession, for which he previously received probation.
DiBiaso had complained to the Attorney General’s Office on March 10, 2011, alleging Carrillo used her influence to get him a plea deal on those two convictions to serve probation instead of prison time after he stole a gun and a computer from his father to get money to buy drugs.
Jurors found DiBiaso, who represented himself at trial, not guilty of the six most serious charges, alleging he choked Carrillo, rammed her head through a wall, and beat and kicked her.
Carrillo, 47, testified at trial that DiBiaso tried to destroy her career when they were breaking up. Carrillo said DiBiaso raised false allegations to her boss, the media and the U.S. Air Force, where she serves in the Reserves.
Carrillo testified that she delayed reporting the most serious crimes for two months — after telling police the night of the incident there had been no assault — because she only later remembered some of them, according to a trial recording obtained from the court.
Carrillo also testified that she was embarrassed to be the victim of domestic violence.
In 2010, Carrillo helped prosecute the men who killed Kimberly L. Cates and wounded Cates’ daughter in a 2009 attack in their Mont Vernon home.
Nancy West may be reached at nwest@unionleader.com.nwest@unionleader.com
Lucy Carrillo has resigned from the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, according to Associate Attorney General Anne Edwards.
“Lucy voluntarily resigned,” Edwards said. “She gave no reason.”
Edwards said Carrillo’s resignation letter was dated May 21, less than two weeks after Carrillo’s former boyfriend was sentenced to prison in connection with a domestic dispute with her.
Carrillo declined comment when reached by phone.
Carrillo had been placed on paid leave for two months last year while her employer investigated allegations made by her ex-boyfriend, Peter DiBiaso. She was returned to work in the Appeals Division of the Attorney General’s Office.
DiBiaso, 47, was sentenced last month to serve 6½ to 13 years in the New Hampshire State Prison for Men after being convicted in connection with a domestic dispute with Carrillo on Jan. 27, 2011, in the Alton home they shared.
DiBiaso, a convicted felon who admitted using drugs while they lived together, was sentenced to one year for simple assault for recklessly causing a bruise on Carrillo’s arm that night.
In Belknap County Superior Court, Judge James Barry also sentenced DiBiaso on May 10 to three to six years for witness-tampering for telling Carrillo not to speak to the police officer who responded to her 911 hang-up call.
Barry also sentenced DiBiaso for a probation violation and ordered him to serve a prior 2½- to five-year prison sentence for burglary and felony firearm possession, for which he previously received probation.
DiBiaso had complained to the Attorney General’s Office on March 10, 2011, alleging Carrillo used her influence to get him a plea deal on those two convictions to serve probation instead of prison time after he stole a gun and a computer from his father to get money to buy drugs.
Jurors found DiBiaso, who represented himself at trial, not guilty of the six most serious charges, alleging he choked Carrillo, rammed her head through a wall, and beat and kicked her.
Carrillo, 47, testified at trial that DiBiaso tried to destroy her career when they were breaking up. Carrillo said DiBiaso raised false allegations to her boss, the media and the U.S. Air Force, where she serves in the Reserves.
Carrillo testified that she delayed reporting the most serious crimes for two months — after telling police the night of the incident there had been no assault — because she only later remembered some of them, according to a trial recording obtained from the court.
Carrillo also testified that she was embarrassed to be the victim of domestic violence.
In 2010, Carrillo helped prosecute the men who killed Kimberly L. Cates and wounded Cates’ daughter in a 2009 attack in their Mont Vernon home.
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Nancy West may be reached at nwest@unionleader.com.nwest@unionleader.com
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