Embezzlement charges filed last year by the state police against Portsmouth resident Tim Roche, the former manager of the Newport Bay Club timeshare association, have been dismissed.
Exonerated in the criminal courts, Roche now wants to clean the stain from his reputation. And with the backing of some of the timeshare association’s 1,500 homeowners, he is waging a civil battle against the association’s board that he alleges has been violating bylaws, not paying dues, negotiating sweetheart leases for themselves and paying themselves with no-bid contracts.
Roche is seeking $5 million in damages from the board in a counterclaim he filed in response to a suit the board filed at the time of his arrest last September.
