A journalist’s home was vandalized after an investigation. The subject of her reporting was indicted.

In 2022, Lauren Chooljian of New Hampshire Public Radio published this investigative story: “He built New Hampshire’s largest addiction treatment network. Now, he faces accusations of sexual misconduct.”

Now, the man at the center of that story, ​​Eric Spofford, faces new charges: that he orchestrated vandalism on the homes of the journalists who investigated him.

The New York Times’ David Enrich wrote, “The grand jury in Boston indicted the businessman, Eric Spofford, on four stalking-related charges after prosecutors said he had paid an associate $20,000 to vandalize the homes of a reporter and an editor at New Hampshire Public Radio, as well as the home of the reporter’s parents.”