Staties In NH Snag ‘School Shooter’ Signs Suspect On Interstate 89

CONCORD, NH — State officials believe they have the man who posted numerous “school shooter” threat signs in three capital region communities on Friday.

Guy Hanson, 61, of Pittsfield was arrested by New Hampshire State Police and charged with felony falsifying physical evidence, false report to law enforcement, false public alarm, and criminal threatening charges. He was arrested on Interstate 89 south in Warner around 4 p.m.

Hanson, Tyler Dumont, the public information officer for the state’s department of safety, said, was accused of placing multiple signs — paper plates with a black marker, that stated “school shooter,” and other information, in Barnstead, Epsom, and Pittsfield.

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“A joint investigation was launched with local, state, and federal partners and members of law enforcement were immediately dispatched to all schools within the three communities,” he said. “Multiple schools initiated lockdowns as a precaution shortly after. As a result of the investigation, it has been determined there is no credible threat to the communities or schools where the signs were located.”

Dumont said there were no other suspects being charged at this time. Along with state police, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, the Belknap and Merrimack county attorney’s offices, the Belknap County Sherriff’s Office, Barnstead, Pittsfield, Epsom, and Bow police, the FBI, and the Joint Terrorism Task Force all assisted with the case.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact New Hampshire State Police Det. Sgt. Kempes Corbally at kempes.r.corbally@dos.nh.gov.

Hanson’s Prior Crimes

Hanson, who previously lived in Concord, is no stranger to police, according to posts on Patch and superior court records, with a criminal history that dates back more than three decades.

In November 1990, he was accused of sale of a controlled-narcotic drug and later, pleaded guilty to a single felony count in May 1991. In March 1994, he filed a petition to suspend the sentence which was later denied.

In June 2011, he was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after an incident on Fisherville Road in Concord. In December 2015, he was arrested for possession of drugs and possession of drugs in a motor vehicle in Pittsfield.

In May 2017, he was arrested on reckless conduct and criminal threatening charges after being accused of brutally attacking a woman with an aluminum baseball bat in Pittsfield. About a month later, he was arrested on unlawful report to law enforcement and default or breach of bail conditions charges. Hanson was accused of attempting to frame the woman from the baseball bat attack incident who had a restraining order against him. He accused her of attempting to break into his home and smashing a glass door, according to a report at the time.

According to the Concord Monitor, not long after the incident, Hanson reportedly began hanging Confederate flags and Nazi paraphernalia outside his home.

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