US EditionPlea deal ends prosecution of New Hampshire ports director and his state Supreme Court justice wife
Geno Marconi was fined $2,000 and resigned after pleading guilty to sharing confidential records; his wife, Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi, pleaded no contest and returned to the bench.
- On Friday, Geno Marconi, Director of the New Hampshire Division of Ports and Harbors, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and must resign while paying a $2,000 fine.
- The allegations center on disclosures to Bradley Cook, with prosecutors saying Marconi accessed and shared Neil Levesque's vehicle registration as retaliation after Levesque raised Rye Harbor complaints.
- Marconi's trial was scheduled to start Monday on felony counts including witness tampering and falsifying evidence, but his defense sought to compel Attorney General John Formella to testify, a request denied last week by Judge David Ruoff.
- The plea deals leave both with misdemeanor convictions but no jail time, raising questions as cases before the state's highest court will involve Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi and ongoing New Hampshire Judicial Conduct Committee review.
- Earlier this month, Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi pleaded no contest, paid a $1,200 fine, returned to the bench within days, and observers question leniency amid Attorney General John Formella's reluctance to testify.
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Geno Marconi Pleads Guilty, Says He ‘Meant No Malice or Nefarious Purpose’
Neil Levesque arrives for the Geno Marconi plea and sentencing hearing at Rockingham County Superior Court in Brentwood on Oct. 31, 2025. DAVE LANE/Union Leader pool photo By NANCY WEST, InDepthNH.org BRENTWOOD – With the man behind the criminal charges against him sitting in the courtroom Friday, now former director of the Division of Ports and Harbors Geno Marconi ended a four-year investigation by pleading guilty to a misdemeanor violation of…
Geno Marconi strikes misdemeanor plea deal, resolving high-profile prosecution of N.H. power couple - The Boston Globe
The deal comes three weeks after his wife, N.H. Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi, was convicted of a misdemeanor for having sought to meddle with the investigation into her husband.
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Plea deal ends prosecution of New Hampshire ports director and his state Supreme Court justice wife
The longtime director of the New Hampshire Division of Ports and Harbors has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in a case that also led to criminal charges against his wife, a state Supreme Court Justice.
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