The former head of New Hampshire’s largest addiction treatment center was arraigned in federal court Monday, after he was indicted on charges of orchestrating attacks on journalists’ homes.

Magistrate Judge Paul G. Levenson said the defendant, Eric Spofford, could be released once he posts a $1 million bond. Spofford was arrested Friday after federal authorities indicted him on stalking and conspiracy charges.

Prosecutors say Spofford paid his close friend, Eric Labarge, $20,000 to vandalize the homes of New Hampshire Public Radio journalists and others in 2022. That was after NHPR journalist Lauren Chooljian published a story detailing allegations of sexual assault and harassment by Spofford. Over the next few months Chooljian’s home in Melrose, Massachusetts, her former home in New H

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