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Portsmouth man fined for threatening to poison coworker
Article Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 PORTSMOUTH — For pleading guilty Monday to a charge of criminal threatening,
a Rochester man, accused of threatening to pour tire shine into a coworker's
coffee mug, received an $840 fine and was court ordered to be on good behavior
for two years.
Woman locks self in trunkBy E1izabeth_Dinan edinan@seacoastonline.com April 07, 2008 6:00 AMNEWINGTON - After 22 years as a police officer, Newington Master Patrolman Leonard Kerekes experienced a first when he was dispatched to help a woman who had locked herself in the trunk of her Mustang. Kerekes said he took a March 29 call from the department's emergency dispatch center at 2:32 p.m., reporting a 911 call from the unidentified woman who said she was locked inside the trunk of her red 1996 Mustang in the Fox Run Mall parking lot. The patrolman said he instructed the dispatcher to inform the woman there was probably an emergency release latch inside the trunk, while he made his way over to the mall. "I get down there, and I'm banging on the trunk and she starts yelling," said Kerekes. "She says she has a hide-a-key, and I find it and open the trunk." After freeing the woman, whom he said is in her 50s, Kerekes asked, "What did you do?" According to the Mustang owner, she tried to let herself in the car through the driver's side door, and when her key wouldn't work, she decided to enter through the trunk and "crawl over the seats." The plan was foiled when "she couldn't get through," said Kerekes, adding, "I don't know how the trunk closed. " "I didn't ask," he said, "And she didn't tell me." Asked if there's a moral to the story, the Newington officer asked, "Don't lock yourself in your trunk?" Kidding aside, Kerekes said people should be aware that "most newer cars" have lock releases on the interior of trunk lock mechanisms.
Nine-year-old boy killed in car crash on Woodbury Avenue
Three unidentified women watch as firefighters and police work at the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident on Woodbury Avenue in Newington. Don Clark/dclark@seacoastonline.com By Rick Dumontnews@seacoastonline.com July 18, 2007 6:00 AM NEWINGTON — A 9-year-old boy, reportedly from Seabrook, died Tuesday when the car he was riding in was crumpled in an accident on Woodbury Avenue. The Buick LeSabre sat at the intersection of Piscataqua Drive, a heap of twisted metal and glass, while a Jeep Cherokee lay on its roof just to the north as the boy and the two adults believed to be his parents were being treated at Portsmouth Regional Hospital. The accident forced police and emergency crews to shut down Woodbury Avenue, from Gosling Road to the Fox Run Mall entrance just off the Spaulding Turnpike for about five hours while the State Police Technical Accident Reconstruction team investigated the collision. The passenger of the Cherokee was apparently able to walk away without a scratch. The accident happened around 5 p.m., just as traffic from commuters heading home at the end of their work day reached a peak. The road closure forced dozens of motorists to reroute their trips. According to reports, the LeSabre was traveling north, the driver attempting to make a left turn into the mall, when it was struck by the Jeep, spun and went back across the street to rest so it appeared as though it was coming out of Piscataqua Drive. Attempts to contact State Police for information were unsuccessful.
Pictured is former Newington Officer Michael Lalime with suspect Rashaun Browne. Not mentioned in Foster's Article is the arrest of Browne by Newington Police Department. Browne is charged with Felony Theft from a Building and scheduled to appear on June 7, 2007, in Portsmouth District Court for a Probable Cause Hearing
Foster's on Line - Thursday - May 31, 2007 Article published May 31, 2007 Portsmouth man held on $20k for violating no contact order PORTSMOUTH - A local man accused of repeatedly violating a no contact order is being held on $20,000 cash bail. Police testified that Rashaun Browne, 23, of 21 Brewster Street, twice violated an order not to contact a woman with whom he had a child. A third violation on Tuesday, just hours before his hearing, was still pending, police said. During the arraignment, Browne repeatedly told Portsmouth District Court Judge Sawako Gardner he was confused, particularly after Gardner refused to accept a plea deal in which Browne would have received a suspended, six-month jail sentence. Prosecutor Corey MacDonald said a final protective order differs from a restraining order in that it is permanent and occurs after numerous court proceedings. The charges stem from phone calls, going near Smith's home and other ways of trying to communicate over the past two days. Browne also faces a 120 day suspended sentence, which could be imposed if he is found guilty of violating the order. Judge Sawako Gardner ultimately set bail a $20,000 cash bail and encouraged Browne throughout the proceedings to speak to a lawyer. Seacoastonline FOSTER'S DAILY DEMOCRAT SUSPECT FLEES AFTER VERBAL CONFRONTATION by Matt Kanner, Democrat Staff Writer NEWINGTON -- A customer helped thwart an attempted bank robbery at the TD Banknorth on Woodbury Avenue late Tuesday afternoon, but the suspect remains at large. Police armed with assault rifles manned street corners while other officials scoured the woods with police dogs in search of the suspect, who fled the bank after engaging in a verbal altercation with a customer, police said. The suspect, who is described as a white man about six feet tall between the ages of 20 and 30, with sand blond, medium length hair, entered the bank around 3:45 p.m., police said. Wearing a hooded sweatshirt and some kind of mask over his face, he distributed several bags to employees and demanded cash without displaying a weapon, Capt. Brian Newcomer said. The suspect apparently agitated when the employees took too long and at some point got into a verbal altercation with a customer, Newcomer added. He then fled the bank and ran into the woods behind the parking lot, leaving the bags behind. He did not obtain any money, Newcomer said. "He engaged in a verbal exchange with him and at some point the guy ran out the door;" said Newcomer. The customer who engaged in the altercation with the suspect identified himself to a reporter as Rob Sinks of Saco, Maine. He said police instructed him not to discuss the incident with the media because the investigation is ongoing. Dean Richardson of Limerick, who works for Sinks and was waiting outside when the incident occurred, said his boss only expected to be in the bank a short time. "All he was doing was cashing a check, that's it," Richardson said. Richardson, his girlfriend and a co-worker were waiting in a car parked behind the neighboring Chevrolet dealership when Sinks entered the bank. They did not know anything had happened until they heard the sirens approaching. "We heard the cops and I cam running," he said. Several departments assisted in trying to hunt down the suspect, including Portsmouth, State Police Troop A, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Coast Guard, which sent boats out on the Piscataqua River. Newcomer said the suspect removed his mask outside, enabling witnesses to provide a more accurate description. Another witness reported possibly seeing the suspect in the woods and said he appeared to be soaking wet, according to Newcomer. The greenish-blue Mazda the suspect drove to the area remained parked to the rear of the bank after he fled. Newcomer said the car ahd been reported stolen from the Shaws in Portsmouth earlier that afternoon. A tow truck eventually hauled the vehicle away. Police spent hours at the scene speaking with bank employees and customers and collecting evidence. newcomer said images of the man were captured by surveillance cameras but did not appear to be helpful. Employees of the Chevrolet dealership gathered in the parking lot as police flooded the scene. They said several K-9 officers entered the woods behind the bank, but most of the officers later went elsewhere. "At first they just scoured the woods and all of a sudden everybody took off," said employee Mike Pitch. An officer holding an assault rifle blocked off the bank's entrance as cruisers crawled along surrounding streets, including Shattuck Way, Patterson Lane, Piscataqua Drive and Gosling Road, scanning the edge of the woods with spotlights. At one point, officers stopped and searched a bus in the parking lot of the Fox Run mall, but they did not find anyone of interest on board, Newcomer said. About a dozen cruisers congregated in Allard park around 5:30 p.m. to strategize, but the suspect still had not been located as of this morning.
Captain Newcomer at the scene of the robbery with customer, Rob Sinks. Lt. Qualls gathering evidence
TD Banknorth Stolen Vehicle Seacoastonline Portsmouth Herald Local News 11-17-2006 Eighty bras latest theft at Fox Run Mall NEWINGTON -- Maybe they should be called the "bra bandits." Police said three men allegedly stole 80 bras from Victoria's Secret in the Fox Run Mall Thursday afternoon. Officer Seth Appelbaum said one man apparently distracted a store clerk, while the other two stuffed undergarments into their jackets. A few customers witnessed the incident and police were called, but the men left before officers arrived. "That's pretty much where it ends. Seems like when this happens there's little to no witnesses and the employees don't know what's going on," Appelbaum said. The only description police have is that the suspects were black males, he said, adding that the store does not have a security camera. Appelbaum said shoplifting complaints at the mall are common, and lately police have responded there at least once a day. Store security officers will often have a suspect in custody when police arrive, he said. "Sometimes it can range from a $10 item to thousands of dollars," he said. In a past case, Appelbaum said a man caught stealing large quantities of clothing told police he planned to sell the items on eBay. --Emily Aronson PRESS RELEASE Portsmouth Herald Local News Police: Man grazed by local hunter
NEWINGTON - Arthur Talbot was hunting white-tailed deer in some woods off the Spaulding Turnpike when ammunition he fired from his muzzleloader blew holes through a stranger's sweatshirt, allege N.H. Fish & Game officials. The victim later told police he "heard a shot, saw a flash and felt a spray go across his face." In a case moving through Portsmouth District Court, Talbot, 45, of 559 Sagamore Ave., is alleged to have grazed the man who, according to police records, was in the same woods collecting tree clippings the morning of Oct. 31, when the shooting occurred. As a result, Talbot is charged by Fish & Game officials with the class A misdemeanor charge of negligent discharge of a firearm. According to the district court complaint, Talbot "discharged his muzzle loading firearm at an unclearly identified target in the direction of (the victim) as to place his life in danger." A report by Newington Police Sgt. Scott Qualls says after the victim heard the shot, saw the flash and felt the spray, he began yelling to let the shooter know he was in the area. About five seconds later, Talbot came out of the woods and asked if he was all right, according to the victim's statement. But it wasn't until a half-hour later, he told police, he noticed holes in his sweatshirt and ringing in his ears that wasn't going away, both prompting him to call police. Later the same day, according to Qualls' narrative, police escorted the victim back to the scene - a parcel of land once occupied by the Newington drive-in movie theater - with Fish & Game officials, where they found Talbot and began an investigation. The projectile path was reportedly studied and statements were taken from Talbot which were "not substantiated by the shoot direction we saw at the scene," wrote Qualls. "Talbot said he did not see (the victim) in the woods and did not know where he was when he took the shot," according to Qualls' report. No one else was in the area at the time, according to Newington police records. Talbot was scheduled for a May 23 trial in the local district court, but his case was continued and has yet to be rescheduled. Fish & Game officials, who did not return the Herald's call for comment, asked for the continuance, according to court records, citing a need for additional time to test physical evidence. Talbot also did not return the Herald's message seeking comment, nor did his attorney, John Hinsman of Dover. Court records show he has pleaded not guilty. Portsmouth Herald Local News Man Gets 20 Years for Role in Heroin Death NEWINGTON - A local man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in the death of Donald McGrath in 2004. Brian Mahoney of 80 Little Bay Road in Newington, pleaded guilty on July 19 of last year on a charge of conspiracy to distribute in excess of 100 grams of heroine that resulted in a death. The conspiracy covered a two-year span from about January 2003 to May 6, 2004 during which Mahoney obtained heroin from Cirilo Jiminez in Rhode Island and distributed it in the New Hampshire Seacoast area. U.S. Attorney Tom Colantuono singled out Portsmouth Police Chief Michael Magnant, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Resident Agent in Charge Leo Ducey, and Newington Police Chief Jon Tretter for their assistance in the case. Also assisting in the investigation were the NH State Police Narcotics Investigation Unit, Massachusetts State Police, Kittery Maine police, Somersworth police, Dover police, the DEA in Providence, R.I. and the police in Pawtucket, R.I. Plane has Brief Landing Problem at Pease Airport NEWINGTON - Emergency crews at Pease International Tradeport were prepared for the worst when a KC-135 Stratotanker had trouble deploying its landing gear on Wednesday. Airport manager Bill Hopper said the refueling plane was briefly forced to circle over the ocean around 12:30 p.m. while the problem was resolved. Firefighters from the N.H. National Guard's 157th Air Refueling Wing staged in the area as a precautionary measure, and departments from Portsmouth and Newington were put on alert for mutual aid. Hopper said personnel onboard the plane were able to repair the gear in a matter of minutes, and the aircraft landed without further incident. He was not sure what caused the problem, nor was he certain how many people were on board. Hopper did not know exactly where the plane was coming from, but he said it was a locally based craft. Abduction and Possible Kidnapping NEWINGTON - At approximately 10:42 a.m. on December 2, 2005, the Portsmouth Police Department put out a radio broadcast to the area departments based on a 911 call they received. The male caller reported to them that he was being held against his will, and that a gun was involved. A short time later those involved were located on Shattuck Way in Newington, driving a 2002 Volkswagen Jetta. The car was subsequently stopped in the area of Custom Pools by Newington and Portsmouth Police. All parties were taken into custody with the victim being transported to the Portsmouth Hospital. A firearm was seized at the scene. The incident is currently under investigation jointly by the Newington, Dover, and Portsmouth Police Departments. Police called to Selectmen's Meeting NEWINGTON - A typical Board of Selectmen meeting was anything but that Monday night, as the police were called in response to a heated exchange between selectmen and a resident. Police Chief Jon Tretter, accompanied by Officer Jon Garvin, responded to a call made during the meeting by the board's secretary, Bea Marconi, while resident Vincent Frank was emphatically speaking to the board about the renovations to old town hall. "I do not want to see the peace disturbed. I want to make sure it stays civil (at our meetings)," board Chairman Jack O'Reilly explained after the meeting. "In case something like this happens, first I'll tell the person that he's out of order and ask him to stop, then ask him or her to leave. At that point, he can be escorted out by the police." But police did not escort Frank out of the room. Instead, he finished explaining his concerns about the old town hall renovations and left. He discussed the situation with Tretter in the hallway outside the meeting. "I had a feeling about it," Frank said afterward. "I knew they (selectmen) were up to something. As far as I'm concerned, I didn't do anything to warrant this ... The thing that gets me is that if you disagree with them, their tactic is to discredit you. I have integrity, more than they'll ever have." Selectman Jan Stuart stood behind the board's call to the police. "This needs to be a place of respect," she said. "I will hear a person's opinion, but will not listen to his out-of-control mouth. Careno (Construction of Portsmouth) was not here to defend himself against these accusations." But resident Barbara McDonald said it was ridiculous for the police to be called at all. There was no reason for the police to be called, he was not out of order," McDonald said. Frank asked to be placed on the agenda regarding the renovation of the old town hall, a $790,000 project that is slated to be complete next week. Careno Construction is the contractor on the project. CMA Engineers is the design-build manager. "I'd like to tell you, as far as I'm concerned, you do not have a design-build contract in place," Frank told the board. "I've gone through the numbers, there is $144,956 unaccounted for. The numbers are being played with here." But selectmen said Frank's numbers are incorrect and that they are pleased with the renovations so far. "We had a committee of very intelligent residents; they spent hours going over what they wanted in the building," Stuart explained. "We had a lot of good people put a lot of effort into this." The building is slated to be completed June 15 and the town will host an open house at a later date.
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