Dead cook found in burning restaurant; manager charged with arson
OSSIPEE, N.H. –Anthony Balliro is innocent of two arson charges and did not kill the cook found inside his burning restaurant, his public defender said Friday.
“We maintain Anthony’s innocence. He did not commit these crimes,” public defender Jesse Friedman said after Balliro’s arraignment on the arson charges in Southern Carroll County District Court. The charges are felonies, so he could not enter formal pleas.
Prosecutors say the cook found dead Wednesday night in the burning Moose Tracks Restaurant in Bartlett had been stabbed repeatedly, but as of Friday afternoon no charges had been filed. more…
