New Hampshire
Employee arrested for alleged shooting threat at Veterans Affairs hospital in N.H. – The Boston Globe
A longtime employee of the US Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Manchester, N.H., was arrested Monday after he allegedly threatened to shoot two supervisors.
Paul M. Gangi, who has been employed as a carpenter for about 13 years at the Manchester VA Medical Center, made an allegedly threatening remark about the supervisors on Sept. 5 while expressing frustration about having been relieved of some of his duties, according to newly unsealed court records.
“If they keep harassing me, I am going to come in and pop these guys,” Gangi allegedly told a witness at the medical center’s electric shop, according to an affidavit prepared by Michael G. Nunley, a special agent with the VA Office of Inspector General.
That witness told authorities Gangi was a “ticking time bomb” who needed help, and fellow workers had grown nervous. Three other witnesses told investigators they had heard Gangi make comments at various points months earlier about carrying out a workplace shooting, according to the affidavit.
Gangi, 45, of Raymond, N.H., is accused of violating a section of the law that prohibits threatening to assault, kidnap, or murder federal officials with retaliatory intent for their official conduct, according to a statement from the office of US Attorney Jane E. Young in New Hampshire. The alleged offense carries a possible sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
Gangi appeared in court Monday morning and is expected in court again Tuesday morning for preliminary and detention hearings, according to prosecutors.
His public defender, Jaye L. Rancourt, said he maintains his innocence.
Gangi earned recognition as an expert marksman while serving in the US Army, according to the affidavit. He served in Iraq in roughly 2004 to 2005 and earned the Army Commendation Medal.
His coworkers at the hospital said he has exhibited anger issues and also talked about his firearms at work, according to the affidavit.
While telling police he wouldn’t make the threats he’s accused of making, Gangi also unleashed a profanity-laden rant about the supervisors he is accused of threatening, according to the affidavit.
“They have taken everything from me,” he said. “They have taken my dignity. They have taken my respect.”
Gangi told police he used to have his own office, computer, phone extension, and storage space for his tools at work, but the supervisors took that away and now keep such a close eye on him that he gets a knot in his stomach every day at work.
“It never used to be that way,” he said. “I love this f—ing facility. This is my hospital; this place saved my life. I take pride in it. But I’ve been s— on so much, and it’s at every turn.”
Gangi told police he doesn’t like the supervisors and wants them to back off, but doesn’t want them dead, according to the affidavit.
“One day, you could push somebody to that point,” he added. “I do have PTSD. It is their job to support me, and you as a veteran. Not actively trying to trigger you so that they can fire you.”
One of the supervisors told investigators he feared Gangi wouldn’t stop at targeting the two individuals he is accused of threatening: “once he starts pulling the trigger, it is going to be a bloodbath,” the supervisor said, according to the affidavit.
Gangi had been working at the facility as a locksmith until a few months ago, when supervisors said they stripped him of that role after it became clear he was abusing the position, according to the affidavit. They said multiple master keys on campus likely came from Gangi, and they said they have been assessing how to improve safety and security at the facility.
A spokesperson for the VA Manchester Healthcare System acknowledged an inquiry Monday afternoon from The Boston Globe but did not immediately provide comment.
This story has been updated to include comments from prosecutors and a public defender.
Steven Porter can be reached at steven.porter@globe.com. Follow him @reporterporter.
New Hampshire
Massachusetts man in burning car rescued by trooper on N.H. Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s security detail
A Bay State man who was trapped in his vehicle after crashing into a toll plaza was rescued by a trooper who’s on New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s security detail, according to police.
The governor also helped at the chaotic scene, police said, as the group helped the seriously injured 51-year-old man from Massachusetts at the Bedford Toll Plaza on the F.E. Everett Turnpike.
The state trooper assigned to the governor’s security detail helped pull the driver from his burning vehicle. The driver has been identified as Yevgeny Mirman.
At 11:55 a.m. on Tuesday, troopers assigned to the Troop B barracks responded to the single-vehicle crash involving a 2026 Lucid Gravity that struck the toll plaza. 911 callers said the vehicle had caught fire, and someone in the vehicle appeared to be trapped.
While units were responding, a veteran trooper assigned to Ayotte’s security detail came upon the crash, saw that the vehicle was actively on fire, and spotted the driver inside the car.
The trooper then pulled the driver from the burning car through a window. Ayotte, along with other witnesses at the scene, provided assistance to the trooper.
Mirman was transported by ambulance to an area hospital with serious injuries. The name of the trooper is being withheld due to the nature of their position.
“Certainly, their actions were heroic in what they did,” Colonel Mark B. Hall said in a statement. “Without hesitation, they put themselves in danger to render aid to someone who was in need of it.”
Troop B was assisted by members of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, Bedford Fire Department, Litchfield Fire Rescue and Merrimack Fire Rescue.
No charges were immediately filed. However, all aspects of the crash remained under investigation.
Anyone with information that may help the ongoing investigation was asked to contact Trooper Nathan Belanger at Nathan.R.Belanger@dos.nh.gov.
New Hampshire
Texting and driving? Lawmakers want you to pay steeper fines – Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
If you use your cell phone while driving, you may want to think twice — unless you’re willing to pay twice as much.
A bipartisan bill, backed by state law enforcement, would institute higher fines for drivers who use handheld devices behind the wheel. In some cases, motorists could lose their licenses for a month or more.
Sen. Donovan Fenton, a Democrat from Keene who serves on Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s Highway Safety Task Force, pointed to state crash data as reason for the change proposed in his Senate Bill 649
The number of traffic deaths in New Hampshire has crept up over the past few years. In 2023, there were 127 fatalities, at least six of which stemmed from distracted driving, Fenton said.
“Distracted driving is becoming more pronounced, more dangerous and more deadly,” he said at a public hearing last week. “The current penalties are not enough to change behavior, particularly with repeat offenses.”
There were 133 traffic deaths in 2024 and 138 in 2025, according to the Office of Highway Safety. In 2026 so far, thirteen people have died in car crashes.
Fenton’s bill would increase the amount someone has to pay for violating the prohibition on cell phone use while driving. First-time offenders would pay $250 instead of the current $100, and on the second violation in two years, the offender would pay $500. For the third offense in two years, they would pay $750 and lose their license for 30 days. All those penalties could increase if cell phone use behind the wheel is found to be a contributing factor in a car crash.
Current law allows hands-free operation of a cell phone via Bluetooth but prohibits handheld device use. The state collected more than $568,000 in related fines and penalty assessments in the most recent fiscal year.
Distracted driving was a contributing factor in 4,520 of the state’s nearly 28,000 non-fatal crashes in 2023, according to the Department of Safety. That’s a little over 16%, though a report from the task force said officials suspect distracted driving is difficult to track and underreported in more serious collisions. Cell phones are a common culprit in distracted driving.
Ayotte’s task force has highlighted other policies that it says would increase public safety, including doubling the license suspension period for refusing a breathalyzer test.
In the first 10 weeks of 2026, three-quarters of the people arrested for impaired driving in New Hampshire refused to take a breath alcohol test, Ayotte said in a recent press release. The governor has waged a public campaign for the proposed law, Senate Bill 260, which she says would disincentivize drivers from refusing the test.
What’s next: Senate Bill 649 breezed through the Senate earlier this year. The House of Representatives is set to vote on it in the coming weeks after a committee recommended its passage almost unanimously.
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