Crime & Safety

Farmington Teen Arrested on Assault Charge: Portsmouth Police Log

Plus, Dover teen arrested on probation violation, Portsmouth man arrested on drug charges, and Exeter woman arrested for DWI.

PORTSMOUTH, NH — Alexander T. Day, 19, of Broadway in Dover, was arrested at 8:07 p.m. on Feb. 21, 2017, on a probation violation. Officers were sent to Holiday Drive for a report of a woman stating that the ex-boyfriend of a woman had shown up at the home and taken her out. One of the other people in the home stated that the man had a knife. Police made contact with the man and found out that he had a probation violation and he was arrested. The woman was found later in Hampton and was safe.

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Alex Shea, 20, of Banfield Road in Portsmouth, was arrested at 6:16 p.m. on Feb. 21, 2017, for driving after revocation or suspension, suspended registration, transportation of alcohol beverages by a minor, and possession of drugs in a motor vehicle. Officers were on Woodbury Avenue and after allegedly finding drugs, they stopped the inventory search and impounded the vehicle. A passenger was given a ride back to his vehicle.

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Benjamin Combs, 18, of Tappan Street in Farmington, was arrested at 12:06 p.m. on Feb. 21, 2017, for simple assault. He was arrested by Hampton Police on a Portsmouth warrant.

At 11:07 p.m. on Feb. 20, 2017, a 17-year-old was taken into protective custody on Pierce Island after police were sent to a report of a suspicious vehicle.

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Susanne M. Becker, 46, of Springbrook Circle in Portsmouth, was arrested at 1:46 p.m. on Feb. 20, 2017, for disorderly conduct, reckless conduct, and two counts of criminal threatening. She was arrested after an incident on Springboork Circle.

Donna McBride, 56, of Epping Road in Exeter, was arrested at 4:15 p.m. on Feb. 20, 2017, for driving while intoxicated, possession of controlled/narcotic drugs, and possession of drugs in a motor vehicle. Officers were called to a motor vehicle accident on Lafayette Road between two vehicles without injury. Field sobriety tests were performed and McBridge was taken to the hospital to draw blood, according to dispatch, and arrested later.

Tyler Pye, 31, of Pleasant Street in Portsmouth, was arrested at 4:12 p.m. on Feb. 19, 2017, for possession of controlled drugs, possession of drugs in a motor vehicle, and two counts of possession of controlled/narcotic drugs. An officer stopped a vehicle on Woodbury Avenue and noted that the driver appear “nervous” but had agreed to a consent search. He was later arrested.

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