CONCORD, NH — Concord police are investigating a gun threat incident on the top floor of the Durgin Block Parking Garage on School Street Friday night, not far from revelers enjoying the 50th Annual Market Days Festival.

Around 8:30 p.m., police dispatch received a report from a caller that an unknown man pulled a gun on them in the garage. The caller gave the dispatcher the plate number of the vehicle the man was occupying. The dispatcher looked at security cameras and confirmed several people were on the top floor of the garage.

Several officers headed to the area while dispatch gave them the license plates, makes, and models of the vehicles leaving. As they headed to the garage, a dispatcher said, “I just saw the gun,” and said the guy with the gun was in a blue Ford. They could not confirm from security cameras if it was real or a BB gun, they said.

Officers intercepted several vehicles while another officer began eyeing security footage for license plates. The suspect vehicle was stopped on the fourth floor of the garage. According to an officer, the driver was detained in handcuffs for officer safety and placed in the back of a cruiser. Witnesses on the first floor of the garage were questioned. A green Mini Cooper that left the scene was stopped outside the Statehouse on North State Street. Two other vehicles were stopped in the Merrimack County Savings Bank parking lot next door.

One officer, while examining the Ford, reported seeing a bullet on the floor of the vehicle, according to scanner chatter.

During the investigation, other officers were sent to the garage, and some headed to other calls, including a Dunkin’ Donuts on South Main Street theft incident and a woman screaming that someone was trying to kill her, which was heard in the area of the dog park on Old Turnpike Road.

One witness claimed the man who pointed the gun at his friend was involved with his ex-girlfriend. Another officer said they believed the man and the ex-girlfriend were associated with a call they were involved with in May.

At least one person was taken into custody.

A tow truck was requested to remove the Ford from the garage.

Concord NH Patch will update this post when more information becomes available.

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NASHUA, NH — A Hillsborough County grand jury indicted the following people recently.

Reginald R. Guay, 59, of Ridge Street in Nashua on five controlled drug act; acts prohibited charges, all felonies, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, and cocaine, from Aug. 16, Aug. 30, Sept. 5, and Sept. 11, 2023, in Nashua.

Jose Gurley, 25, of Myrtle Street in Nashua on six first-degree assault and four second-degree assault charges, all felonies. He was accused of striking a child and pulling their hair on Jan. 19 in Nashua, causing a fractured nose, a bruised and fractured cheek, a fractured finger, a bruised neck, a torn lip, and a lacerated kidney, forehead, and ear. Read more about this case here: Gate City Felon, Accused Of Assaulting Child, Captured In Maine: Nashua Police

Brian Heselton, 37, Bunker Hill Road in Auburn on a felony theft by unauthorized taking charge. He was accused of stealing more than $1,500 worth of merchandise from Home Depot in Nashua on Dec. 11, 2023.

Jovan Hibbert, 36, of Russell Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, on pistols & revolvers; convicted felons-a 9 mm firearm and controlled drug act; acts prohibited-crack cocaine charges, both felonies, on Aug. 2, 2023, in Nashua.

Erik Hirsh, 34, of Paxton Terrace in Nashua on a felony controlled drug act; acts prohibited-fentanyl charge on Feb. 1 in Nashua.

Paul Johnson, 36, of Chestnut Street in Nashua on a felony habitual offender charge. He was accused of driving on Chestnut Street in Nashua on Aug. 24, 2023, after being deemed a habitual offender by the NH DMV and being convicted previously of aggravated driving while intoxicated, habitual offender, driving without giving proof, and disobeying a police officer, according to the indictment.

Michael Langlois, 44, of South Street in Milford on pistols & revolvers; convicted felons-a crossbow and controlled drug act; acts prohibited-methamphetamine charges, both felonies, on Feb. 3 in Milford. He is a felon due to a drug conviction in Hillsborough County Superior Court North in February 2019.

Emily Leduc, 30, of no fixed address in Nashua on felonious sexual assault and manufacturing of child sexual abuse images charges. She was accused of statutory rape of a boy and recording a video of her performing fellatio on him between March 1 and April 22, 2023, in Nashua. Read more about this case here: ‘Adult Film Star,’ Felon Arrested On Nashua Child Rape Charges

Abygail R. Medugno, 32, of Farrwood Drive in Hoosett on a felony controlled drug act; acts prohibited-fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl mix charge on Sept. 27, 2023, in Merrimack.

Joseph Melanson, 67, of Gibbs Avenue in New Ipswich on a felony second-degree assault charge. He was accused of strangling an intimate partner on March 8 in New Ipswich.

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MANCHESTER, NH — Patch.com in New Hampshire won four press association awards for government, political, and spot news reporting, while news partners affiliated with the site also earned many honors.

Tony Schinella, a senior local editor with Patch, won four awards for stories published in 2023 as Class II Division entries. The Class II Division is for freelancers or media outlets with less than four employees.

In the Political Reporting category, Schinella took first place for Concord NH Patch’s 2023 municipal election coverage package which included five stories — the announcement that the city’s longest-serving mayor was stepping down, a story about non-compliant campaign signs, a story about all the money being raised and spent by city candidates for what are essentially volunteer positions, a data piece analyzing incomes, home values, and political affiliations of the outgoing city and school officials as well as the candidates, and a results story. In the entry, it was also noted that Schinella co-hosted debates between candidates in 12 of the 13 competitive city and school races in an eight-week campaign sprint — an unprecedented accomplishment for one journalist and two cable access employees. Patch also offered free profiles to candidates, with dozens of links included in the 2023 campaign stories.

The third-place entry concerned a gun threat incident at the Concord Heights Burger King, which was published not long after the incident and included video and updates as police and state troopers searched for the suspect.

In Government Reporting, Schinella also earned a third-place award for the story about the city’s longest-serving mayor in Concord deciding not to run for reelection.

New Hampshire Patch news partners and freelancers also won several awards.

Jeffrey Hastings, who covers breaking news in the southern part of the state as a freelancer for Patch, won seven awards for General News and Spot News photography.

A number of freelancers at InDepthNH also won awards, including Paula Tracy, Damien Fisher, columnist Michael Davidow, Beverly Stoddard, another columnist, and Ani Freedman, who won the Rookie of the Year award. Some of Freedman’s impressive coverage included PFAS issues in Merrimack and surrounding communities.

Fisher also won awards with NH Journal — including a piece on RFK Jr. and his reporting on disgraced former Strafford County Sheriff Mark Brave involved with theft charges, accused of using money to fund activities with a mistress and trips, and a combined award with Michael Graham, publisher of the site, for their coverage of the riot and siege of a Merrimack defense contractor owned by an Israeli company as part of Palestinian protests. Graham also won for Best Video for his Dinner Table Economics series.

New Hampshire Bulletin, another news partner, won several awards for stories published, including second and third-place finishes for Journalist of the Year for Annmarie Timmins and Ethan Dewitt.

Carole Soule of Miles Smith Farm in Loudon, who writes a weekly column published on the Concord NH Patch site, won a third-place award for a feature photo.
All won entries in the Class II Division.

The full list of winners in the state will be listed here when published.