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An 81-year-old Rochester man now faces a negligent homicide charge after a hit-and-run crash that killed the commander of the New Hampshire Air National Guard in July. Paul Clement was indicted earlier this month and charged with negligent homicide, “in consequence of being under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or a controlled drug,” and causing the death of John Pogorek, 57, while operating a motor vehicle, according to the indictment. Pogorek, a brigadier general, was parked along the side of Crown Point Road in Rochester with his teenage son about 5 p.
m. July 8 when a westbound Toyota RAV4 struck him while he was out of the vehicle. His son was uninjured.
Clement was also indicted on a charge of conduct after an accident after he “knowingly failed to immediately stop his vehicle at the scene of the accident,” according to the indictments. Police say surveillance footage and a tip helped identify Clement, who lives on Crown Point Road, as the driver. Clement is scheduled to be arraigned in Strafford County Superior Court on Nov.
5. The negligent homicide charge carries a sentence of 71⁄2 to 15 years in prison. Pogorek commanded more than 1,300 officers and airmen at Pease Air National Guard Base and was the principal adviser to Gov.
Chris Sununu on the New Hampshire Air National Guard..
