Maine Man Busted for DWI, Drugs After Pursuit from I-95 to Route 101

MANCHESTER, NH — A Maine man was arrested on numerous charges last night after 45-mile of alleged reckless driving that began in at the Maine-Portsmouth border and ended in Manchester, according to New Hampshire State Police. Brian Harrington, 35, of Limington, ME, was arrested on Oct. 15, 2016, for aggravated driving while intoxicated, disobeying a police officer, reckless conduct, transporting drugs, and resisting arrest.

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At just before 6 p.m. last night, state police began receiving reports about a pickup truck with Maine license plates traveling at a high rate of speed and having lane control problems on I-95 South in Portsmouth, according to Sgt. David Kane of the NHSP. The pickup truck also reportedly struck a guardrail along the way, according to the report.

The vehicle made its way onto Route 101 in Hampton and traveled west until a trooper caught up with the vehicle in Brentwood and alleged that it violated speed limits and was having lane issues.

“The vehicle did not stop for (the) trooper but accelerated in an apparent attempt to escape,” Kane alleged. (The) trooper followed the vehicle west on Route 101, attempting to stop it. Raymond Police were able to deploy stop sticks on Route 101 westbound in the area of Exit 4 and were able to deflate the front and rear tires on the driver’s side of the vehicle.”

The pickup, however, reportedly continued to drive west on Route 101 until Exit 1 in Manchester. The vehicle took the exit and at the end of the off-ramp, stopped. The operator – later identified as Harrington – allegedly fled into the woods. He was found a short time later and arrested.

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Kane noted that the incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information pertaining to this incident is asked to contact Trooper Locke, NH State Police Troop A at matthew.locke@dos.nh.gov or at 603-223-8490.

Assisting Troop A troopers were the New Hampshire State Police Troops B and D, The Rockingham Counter Sheriff’s Department, as well as Raymond, Candia, Auburn, and Manchester Police, according to Kane.