Local Man Pleads No Contest In Criminal Mischief Gay Slur Case

By: Robert Blechl

Outlets: Caledonian Record

Published: September 3, 2026

Words: 785

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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LITTLETON — A local man has pleaded no contest for what authorities said was his role in spray-painting a gay slur on a business storefront in downtown in 2025, a case that had initially gone to the New Hampshire attorney general’s office to determine if it met the threshold for a hate crime.

In January, Richard Francis Leslie Jr., 22, of Dalton, was charged with a Class A misdemeanor count …

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