Staff reports 8:04 a.m.
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 8:06 am
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CONCORD - A Dover man convicted of multiple counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault against a teenage girl hanged himself while inside the New Hampshire Men's Prison in Concord, prison officials announced on Tuesday.
A coroner determined the manner of death of Lawrence Pilla was suicide..
Pilla, 61, was convicted on several charges of assault on the victim whom he knew over a five-year period. He was serving a 20- to 60-year sentence.
Pilla pleaded guilty on all charges on Nov. 8, was remanded to prison immediately and took his own life the next day.