Guilty Plea and Sentence in State of New Hampshire v. Bradley Cook

Concord, NH - Attorney General John M. Formella announces that Bradley Joseph Cook, the former-Chair of the Division of Ports and Harbors Advisory Council, today entered a guilty plea to one count of Obstructing Government Administration (RSA 642:1), a class B misdemeanor, in Rockingham County Superior Court and was sentenced to a $1,200.00 fine.

Bradley Cook was originally charged with other crimes for falsely testifying before the Rockingham County Grand Jury, where he denied that former-Division of Ports and Harbors Director Geno Marconi had provided him with confidential documents. Bradley Cook's plea and sentence were part of a cooperating-witness agreement with the State, whereby Bradley Cook had agreed to testify for the State at the trial of Geno Marconi. Geno Marconi subsequently entered a guilty plea after the agreement between the State and Bradley Cook was reached.

"When those entrusted with public responsibility break the law, they undermine public confidence and the rule of law," said Attorney General John M. Formella. "We will continue to hold all public officials accountable to protect the integrity of our Granite State institutions."

The case was prosecuted by Senior Assistant Attorney General Dan A. Jiménez and Assistant Attorney General Joe M. Fincham II of the Public Integrity Unit.