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New Hampshire: Arrest

Thu, 10/30/2008 - 20:35

Police arrest man in duck outfit

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

Before the U.S. Senate debate in Manchester, police arrested a man dressed in a duck costume outside the WMUR television studio.

A video of the arrest can be seen using this link: arrest

UPDATE: WMUR reported that the man arrested is Jody Gale and has been released by Manchester police.

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Thu, 10/16/2008 - 08:52

Ryan released on bail

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

Former state Rep. Jim Ryan (D-Franklin) has been released from prison on bail, The Conway Daily Sun reports.

Ryan was bailed out by Jim Craig, a Manchester lawyer and former House Minority Leader.

"I've been practicing for 25 years, this is the first time I bailed anyone out," Craig told a clerk at Carroll County Superior Court.

Ryan was jailed in late August for failure to pay the court $9,000 from charges relating to a forgery case.

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Tue, 10/14/2008 - 17:27

Updated: NH GOP goes after Spratt with mailer

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=4185|title=New Hampshire Republican Party mailer against Spratt|desc=Photo Credit: PolitickerNH.com|link=none|align=left|width=405|height=314]The New Hampshire Republican Party has paid for a mailer that brings up the past arrest of a Democratic state Senate candidate.

The mailer highlights the 2004 arrest of state Rep. Stephen Spratt (D-Greenville), during which, according to an indictment, Spratt swore at and threatened men who were working next door to his house.

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Sat, 09/13/2008 - 12:26

Ryan to resign

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

State Rep. Jim Ryan (D-Franklin) says that he will resign his position and not seek re-election in November.

Ryan, who has been jailed for charges relating to a forgery case, told The Citizen he sent a letter of resignation to House Speaker Terie Norelli.

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Sat, 08/30/2008 - 20:38

Ryan stripped of House duties

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

State Rep. Jim Ryan (D-Franklin) has been removed as chairman of the House Transportation Committee and as co-chair of the Committee to Elect House Democrats.

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Fri, 08/29/2008 - 15:02

Biden N.H. chair arrested

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

The New Hampshire campaign chairman of U.S. Sen. Joe Biden's presidential campaign has been arrested for violating terms of a court order, The Citizen is reporting.

State Rep. Jim Ryan (D-Franklin), who chaired Biden's campaign during the New Hampshire primary, was arrested Tuesday and is currently being held in lieu of $9,675 cash-only bail.

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