NH Lawmaker Arrested for Obstructing Snowplow

A Republican lawmaker in New Hampshire was arrested Friday for allegedly screaming and swearing at a snowplow truck operator who recorded the confrontation and later reported him to police.

Rep. Jeffrey Greeson, 51, of Wentworth was charged with disorderly conduct, felony threatening and easy assault, in keeping with police. He was launched on private recognizance and ordered again to Plymouth District Court docket on Might 18.

Police stated they made the arrest after receiving a report {that a} member of the Wentworth Freeway Division had been obstructed in his efforts of snow removing by a citizen and had recorded a part of the encounter on his cellular phone.

Greeson didn’t instantly reply to an e mail to his Statehouse workplace in search of remark Friday.

Paul Manson, the street agent in Wentworth, stated he had already been plowing for about six hours Saturday when he encountered Greeson standing in the course of the street round 8 a.m.

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“He simply began giving me hell, and I didn’t know what was occurring,” he stated Thursday. “Once I acquired out of the truck, he began screaming in my face. So I acquired again within the truck and acquired my cellphone.”

The video, which Manson posted to Fb, reveals Greeson clamoring over a pile of snow as much as his knees alongside the street. The storm dropped almost a foot of snow earlier than winding down later within the day.

“Right here’s the place my driveway ends, proper right here. Push it out of the street!” shouted Greeson, who additionally used a impolite hand gesture and expletives. “Your job is to clear the street. Clear the street! Now, get in your truck and do your job!”

Greeson, a retired Navy officer and pastor serving his second time period within the Home, additionally didn’t reply to an e mail in search of remark Thursday.

“He was upset as a result of I wasn’t pushing the snow off the street far sufficient, and I used to be placing all of it in his driveway, which I’m going to be trustworthy with you, that’s what I do,” Manson stated. “My job is to get the snow off the street. And I really feel dangerous more often than not as a result of I do put snow again in individuals’s driveway, and I actually can’t assist it.”

Manson stated he realizes it’s no enjoyable to shovel out after a snowplow passes. However he stated public servants don’t need to be attacked.

“I get to go residence after I’m accomplished with my 15-, 16-, 18-hour shifts and do the identical factor,” Manson stated.