New Hampshire

Concord Man Tussled With Officers While Intoxicated Downtown: Report

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1 year ago

November 14, 2024

Concord Man Tussled With Officers While Intoxicated Downtown: Report

CONCORD, NH — A felon from Concord was arrested on Tuesday morning after being accused of public drunkenness and passing out on the ground of a downtown street and sidewalk.

An officer traveling in the area of 61 S. Main St. around 12:45 a.m. saw a man face down on the ground halfway on the sidewalk and the street. The officer turned their cruiser around and checked on the man, who was not moving. The officer immediately recognized the man as Michael Guglielmo, 62, of Rumford Street in Concord, “from prior police contacts,” an affidavit stated. The officer attempted to speak to Guglielmo to confirm it was him and he “slurred that his name was ‘Michael Guglielmo,’” the report stated.

The officer accused Guglielmo of giving off “the strong scent of alcohol” and “attempted to move his head from the ground, but due to being highly intoxicated, he was having issues lifting his body.” The officer said there was a pool of drool and a hat on the sidewalk near where he was on the ground. He believed Guglielmo had lost his balance and had fallen onto the ground, the report stated.

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When asked where he was coming from and if anyone could get him, Guglielmo could not respond, the report stated. After several minutes, he was able to push himself up, onto his hands and knees, and staggered up onto the sidewalk, the affidavit said. The officer told him to sit down so he would not hurt himself, but instead, Guglielmo used a rock wall for support and was heavily swaying, the report stated. The officer noted he had blood on his forehead, and fire and rescue teams were requested to assist him.

After repeatedly being asked if someone could get him, “Michael was so inebriated that he would just grunt or not respond” and had “a one-thousand-yard stare” as he waited for firefighters, the officer wrote.

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EMTs cleaned up his forehead wound while the reporting officer attempted to find assistance for him but was unable to.

Due to his highly intoxicated condition, Guglielmo was taken into protective custody, the officer said. The reporting officer asked him to stand up, but he was unable to, they wrote. He was then cuffed and assisted to a police cruiser.

During a search, though, the reporting officer accused Guglielmo of getting “extremely irritated” and “began to yell,” the officer said.

“As I was attempting to finish the search,” the officer wrote, “Michael began to lunge his body at officers.”

Officers, they wrote, had to be pushed against while they attempted to force him into a cruiser. The affidavit said he was warned to stop lunging at them or he would be charged, but instead, Guglielmo lurched at them and attempted to use his feet to prevent a door from being closed after he was placed in the cruiser.

Guglielmo was taken to Concord Hospital and security was requested to meet the officer with a wheelchair, the report said. But he was accused of locking his legs and pushing against the ground when they tried to put him into the wheelchair.

“F— you,” Guglielmo was accused of yelling at officers and hospital security.

The reporting officer said they decided to place Guglielmo back into the police cruiser, but he was accused of fighting officers — although three were able to get him back inside. The reporting officer accused him of smacking his head off the cruiser as he was pushed back in but had no reaction to it.

The reporting officer interviewed one of the security guards to confirm whether Guglielmo kicked them. The security guard said No and believed him to be “too intoxicated to know what was really going on around him.”

Guglielmo was placed later into a bed in restraints and wheeled into the hospital, the report said. After being medically cleared, he was taken to the county jail. Guglielmo was charged with two counts of resisting arrest or detention and pleaded not guilty in Concord District Court. He is due back in court for a trial in March.

Last year, Guglielmo placed third in the Zone A (Wards 1, 2, 3, and 4) Concord board of education seat with 119 votes, after pulling his children out of the SAU 8 school district due to complaints by him and others about a crossdressing elementary school art teacher.

In April, he was arrested on a driving under the influence-second offense charge and an unsafe lane change violation after a crash on South State Street.

Guglielmo is a felon due to attempting to kill his drug dealer and being involved in a shootout with police in Manchester in the 1980s. He served nearly two decades in prison.

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N.H. woman accused of civil rights violation after allegedly shooting at lost man because he was Black

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3 hours ago

March 4, 2026

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N.H. woman accused of civil rights violation after allegedly shooting at lost man because he was Black

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Diane Durgin, 67, is accused of shooting at a Black man who inadvertently drove to her property after a prearranged truck part sale, prosecutors said.

A New Hampshire woman is accused of violating the state’s Civil Rights Act four times after she allegedly shot at a man because he was Black, prosecutors said.

Diane Durgin, 67, of Weare, N.H. could face up to a $5,000 fine for each violation she is found to have committed, the office of New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said in a press release Tuesday.

Durgin is also charged with criminal threatening against a person with a deadly weapon and attempted first degree assault with a deadly weapon, Michael Garrity, a media representative for the New Hampshire Attorney General, said in an emailed statement to Boston.com.

Durgin had a final pre-trial conference last week, Garrity said.

In a civil complaint filed Tuesday, Durgin is accused of threatening physical force against the victim, the AG said. Prosecutors asked the court to issue a preliminary injunction barring Durgin from repeating her alleged behavior and from contacting the victim and his family.

During the morning hours of Oct. 20, 2024, the victim claims, he “mistakenly” drove to Durgin’s home after a prearranged purchase of a truck part with a seller online, prosecutors wrote as part of their request for an injunction.

When the man — whom prosecutors identified in court documents as X.G. — arrived, Durgin allegedly stepped out of her home and approached his car with a gun “holstered by her waist,” prosecutors wrote.

Upon noticing that X.G. was Black, Durgin allegedly “removed her gun and pointed it at X.G.,” prosecutors said in the injunction request.

While X.G. explained that he was lost, Durgin called the victim a “Black mother[expletive],” and threatened to “kill him,” prosecutors allege.

As the victim attempted to drive away, Durgin allegedly took her gun and fired two shots at the fleeing man’s car, missing both times, the AG’s office said.

While on the phone with a dispatcher, Durgin allegedly said she shot the man’s car because the victim is Black, the AG said.

“The guy is Black. And he, he…he says he’s meeting someone here and I think he’s coming here to steal,” Durgin allegedly said.

Police located X.G. and brought him to the Weare Police Department, stopping along the way at the correct seller’s home to complete the truck part purchase, prosecutors wrote in court documents.

To prove a violation of the New Hampshire Civil Rights Act, the AG must show that Durgin “interfered or attempted to interfere with the rights of the victim to engage in lawful activities by threatening to engage in or actually engage in physical force or violence, when such actual or threatening conduct was motivated by race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, or disability,” prosecutors said.

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Up to 4 inches of snow expected in NH tonight. See latest forecast

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16 hours ago

March 3, 2026

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Up to 4 inches of snow expected in NH tonight. See latest forecast

It may be March, but winter in New Hampshire is far from over. Just one week after a blizzard tore through the state with heavy snow and high winds, the state is getting another round of snowfall.

The state will get three to five inches during the evening and night of Tuesday, March 3, says the National Weather Service (NWS) of Gray, Maine. While the accumulation will not be significant, the snowfall may cause dangerous road conditions and a layer of ice on the ground in certain parts of the state.

Here’s what to know before tonight’s snow in New Hampshire, including snow totals and timing.

When will it snow in NH tonight?

According to the NWS, it will start snowing in New Hampshire during mid-afternoon or early evening and continue through the night. Specifically, snow will arrive to the southern part of the state around 2-3 p.m., spreading northwards through the rest of New Hampshire by 5 p.m.

Rain or freezing rain will mix in later this evening across southern New Hampshire, creating a wintry mix. All precipitation should move out of the state by midnight.

Due to the timing of today’s snowfall, the Tuesday evening commute will be affected, with the NWS warning to slow down and exercise caution while driving.

How much snow will NH get tonight?

New Hampshire will get one to four inches of snow tonight, with one to two inches in northern New Hampshire, two to three inches in southern New Hampshire and three to four inches in the center of the state, with the possibility for five inches in localized areas.

In the Seacoast specifically, Portsmouth, Rye, Hampton and York are expected to get between two to three inches of snow, while Dover, Exeter and Rochester may get up to four.

The wintry mix may also cause a light glaze of ice across southern New Hampshire.

NH weather watches and warnings

The NWS has issued a winter weather advisory for the state of New Hampshire, in effect from 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3 through 4 a.m. on Wednesday, March 4.