Man Reaches Plea Deal in Attempted Murder Case

A Merrimack man will not go to trial on attempted murder charges after negotiating a plea deal that will send him to jail for five to 13 years, according to a story in the Nashua Telegraph.

Matthew Bobola, 45, was indicted in May on attempted murder charges stemming from an attack he made on a family member on Jan. 1.

Bobola, who has been incarcerated in Valley Street Jail since his arrest on Jan. 1, is accused of trying to kill a family member by putting zip ties around her neck and trying to strangle her, a substantial step toward the act of killing someone, a Hillsborough County grand jury said.

But on Monday, Bobola agreed to plead guilty to second-degree and attempted second-degree assault and serve 5-13 years in prison. He will also serve four concurrent year-long jail sentences for simple assault and criminal threatening charges, according to the Telegraph. Attempted murder and kidnapping charges were dropped as part of the deal.

Read the full story on the Nashua Telegraph.