Plotting ex-wife gets 7-14 years in jail
By JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
August 19, 2010

BRENTWOOD, New Hampshire- Kristin Ruggiero will spend 7 to 14 years in state prison for what police say was part of a years-long ploy to use the criminal justice system against her ex-husband, who was thrown in jail and nearly lost his career during a bitter divorce.

Judge Kenneth McHugh said Ruggiero's attempt to set up her ex-husband and use the legal system as a weapon was unlike any other case he has seen.

"There's a lot of people, usually women, who have been subjected to abuse by their significant others," McHugh said, during Ruggiero's sentencing yesterday. "As a result of her actions, their cases, their safety, their security has been damaged. The web for this is much greater than what has just happened to Mr. Ruggiero."

A jury found that Kristin Ruggiero registered a disposable cell phone under her ex-husband's name and sent herself a dozen threatening and suicidal text messages. She then reported to East Kingston police in May 2008 that her ex-husband had violated bail conditions tied to a criminal threatening case, which police learned was also fabricated by the 34-year-old mother.

By portraying herself as a victim, she duped local police and portrayed her ex-husband, Jeffrey Ruggiero, as a violent monster while the couple was going through a contentious divorce in family court, according to prosecutors.

The couple battled over finances and their 7-year-old daughter.

While Jeffrey Ruggiero was being investigated, his ex-wife called him at all hours and taunted him over the phone, according to court testimony.

"She mocked him. She laughed at him. (She said) 'I took all your money, I took your daughter and now I am going to take your career'," Assistant County Attorney Jerome Blanchard said in court yesterday.

...He said Ruggiero's folly came because claims in criminal court had to be backed up -- unlike in family court where she made repeated claims about ex-husband's behavior.

"Unfortunately for her, we're not in family court anymore," Blanchard said.

Blanchard argued that Ruggiero continued to try to manipulate the justice system, even after her conviction in May from her jail cell.

In a series of recorded phone calls from the jail played in court, Ruggiero asked her mother to get a letter from a doctor, which would claim that Ruggiero suffered a form of psychosis stemming from addiction to Adderall and alcohol.

"I'm going to pull the mental health card, you know what I mean?" Ruggiero says during the call, which was played in court. "It has to be outpatient in the United States and I can live at home."

...Before her arrest in September 2008, Ruggiero nearly had the criminal justice and family court system fooled, according to prosecutors. A district court judge convicted Jeffrey Ruggiero of misdemeanor criminal threatening and related charges, but refused to jail him before sentencing.

That allowed Jeffrey Ruggiero to remain free on bail and return to his job as a petty officer in the U.S. Coast Guard.

It enraged Kristin Ruggiero so much that she came up with the scheme about receiving a series of threatening and suicidal text messages. Ruggiero was sentenced on 12 counts of falsifying physical evidence, which each carry a potential 3 1/2 to 7-year prison term.

The case that McHugh repeatedly described as "bizarre" yesterday may not be over.

Prosecutors revealed during Ruggiero's sentencing hearing that a new criminal investigation related to her is under way.

Ruggiero was also ordered to pay $19,000 in restitution to the East Kingston police department, which conducted the investigation. FULL STORY

Nothing "bizarre" about this case.  It's actually about NORMAL.  I am not even gonna start on what my ex-wife did to me.

Check the Twitter feed for some letters he supposedly wrote.

Kristin Ruggiero's Twitter page- http://twitter.com/kkruggiero 

The Most Dangerous Woman In New Hampshire
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 01:20PM
NH Insider

.....Kristin Ruggiero is the epitome of the most dangerous woman in society. No, she does not use guns or knives or other traditional weapons when seeking to hurt another. She uses the legal system to bludgeon her intended victim. In Kristin's world, nobody is immune. She has gone as far as to target Law Enforcement officials and prosecutors. 

The real problem is that the Kristin Ruggieros of society are hardly unique. There are others like her. We rarely hear about them because they have not been caught... continuing to fly stealthily under the grasp of the justice system. We really do not know how many people are currently incarcerated, ruined or bankrupted as a consequence. The victim advocacy system refuses to acknowledge this as a problem at all. Our family law system gives substantial presumptive weight that such accusing spouses are truthful.

....Despite being tried, convicted and sent to jail, Kristin Ruggiero still actively engages in the sociopathic behavior that landed her there in the first place. This woman is dangerous and should not be let out of Prison. She has now hired a powerful attorney to work on getting her out of jail, having only served four months of her seven to fourteen years. I can't help but wonder who is paying here? Given the context of what she says, one cannot help but wonder if her parents aren't enabling her, if not complicit. But what is even scarier is the only difference between Kristin and others like her is that Kristin got caught.

I think it would behoove this legislature to look at creating clear unambiguous penalties for people just like this. While there is likely a special place in Hell reserved solely for Kristin Ruggiero, reforms are desperately needed to force accountability for law enforcement not to be activists.

UPDATE-

East Kingston Police: General::
Already in prison, woman faces 21 more charges
By JAMES A. KIMBLE 
Union Leader Correspondent 
Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 

BRENTWOOD, New Hampshire – Kristin Ruggiero, who is already in prison for trying to trick police and set up her ex-husband, is facing 21 new charges that allege she committed perjury and manipulated witnesses and evidence during her trial, according to indictments released Wednesday. 

Ruggiero, 35, was indicted by a Rockingham County grand jury, as were her mother, Elizabeth McDonald of East Kingston, her boyfriend, Brendan Bisbee, also of East Kingston, and her ex-brother-in-law Daniel Ruggiero of Enfield, Conn. 

Kristin Ruggiero, 34, of East Kingston testifies during her trial in Rockingham County Superior Court earlier this year. A grand jury has now indicted her on charges that she committed perjury and allegedly manipulated witnesses and documents during her trial. 

Ruggiero -- who also goes by Kristin McDonald -- waived arraignment on the new indictments Wednesday and was ordered held without bail. 

She is already serving a 7- to 15-year prison sentence after being convicted in May of falsifying physical evidence in an attempt to use the criminal justice system to seek revenge against her ex-husband, Jeffrey Ruggiero, during a bitter divorce. 

She falsely reported to East Kingston police in May 2008 that she received a series of threatening text messages from her ex-husband. 

Jeffrey Ruggiero was briefly jailed and had his career in the U.S. Coast Guard nearly derailed before an investigation concluded his ex-wife had been manipulating police. 

The new charges focus on Kristin Ruggiero's alleged actions while she was on trial in Rockingham County Superior Court, along with the efforts her 58-year-old mother allegedly undertook to provide false documents to the defense. 

Bisbee, 33, the boyfriend, (the gigolo) allegedly made several false statements to a grand jury and under oath during Ruggiero's trial, the indictments say. Ruggiero's ex-brother-in-law, Daniel Ruggiero, 33, also committed perjury during the trial, indictments say. 

County Attorney James Reams said Wednesday said he expects to seek significant prison time for those charged in the case. 

The indictments come months after prosecutors suggested they were reviewing some of the evidence and testimony during Ruggiero's trial in May. A grand jury returned several indictments when they met earlier this month. 

Kristin Ruggiero was indicted on four counts of witness tampering, three counts of falsifying physical evidence, four counts of solicitation to commit perjury, six counts of perjury and four misdemeanor counts of unsworn falsification. 

McDonald was indicted on two counts of falsifying physical evidence, one count of criminal liability for conduct of another and one count of unsworn falsification. 

Bisbee was indicted on six counts of felony perjury, which allege he made false statements to a grand jury and during Ruggiero's trial. 

Daniel Ruggiero was indicted on one count of perjury and one count of misdemeanor false swearing. 

Kristin Ruggiero has petitioned a court judge to be freed on bail in recent weeks while her conviction in the first case is pending appeal.

There's not a dime's bit of difference between these people and what CPS agents and their colluding contractors do under the guise of "particularized guarantees of trustworthiness"

Kristin Ruggiero dead in state prison hours after conviction affirmed
By PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
Published Dec 28, 2011 at 3:44 pm (Updated Dec 28, 2011) 

GOFFSTOWN - Kristen Ruggiero was found dead today in the New Hampshire State Prison for Women in Goffstown, the same day that the state's Supreme Court upheld her conviction for falsifying evidence to set up her ex-husband.

New Hampshire Department of Corrections spokesperson Jeffrey Lyons has confirmed that at approximately 10:30 a.m. today corrections staff responded to a report of an inmate suffering a seizure in her room. Lyons said the inmate, identified as Ruggiero, became unresponsive.

He stated that medical staff attempted to resuscitate the inmate without success, and that she was transported to Catholic Medical Center in Manchester where she was pronounced dead.

Ruggiero, 36 was convicted in Rockingham County Superior Court of multiple counts of falsifying physical evidence and was serving consecutive sentences of 3 ½ - 7 years in prison. She was admitted to the women's prison on August 19, 2010. She would have been eligible for parole on January 7, 2018.

The news of her death came just hours after the Supreme Court released its decision regarding her appeal.

In the decision, Chief Justice Linda Stewart Dalianis writes, “there was sufficient evidence upon which a rational jury could find the defendant guilty of each of the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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