The man behind the wheel of the vehicle involved in a crash that killed four people, including three children, is broke. Judge Russell Kegley declared 22-year-old Gage Smith indigent and appointed Shawn Stratton as his public defender in a hearing held in Portsmouth Municipal Court. Smith is so indigent that the court waived the $25 […]
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