MissileCop
February 1, 2003, 09:20 AM
Just when you think you've heard it all! :banghead:
One of the guys that I work with knows this waste product in the gene pool, so I'll have to quiz him on Monday.
Police say man shot
woman as they had sex
By WARREN HASTINGS
Concord Bureau
CONCORD — An Epsom man who told police he accidentally shot his girlfriend in the head while they were having sex Thursday night was arraigned yesterday on second-degree assault charges.
Keith Levesque, 25, of 333 Goboro Road told authorities he shot Sarah Pickard, 18, in his apartment, which she shares with him. She was listed in serious condition at Concord Hospital late yesterday afternoon.
Pickard had asked Levesque to hold the loaded gun to her head while they had sex, Levesque told police.
Concord District Court Judge Arthur Robbins ordered Levesque released on $50,000 personal recognizance after testimony from the state and defense counsel that Levesque had no prior criminal history.
Levesque was arrested in his third-floor apartment by Epsom police after calling 911 at about 10 p.m. to report the shooting. Police Chief Henry L. Farrin Jr., who responded to the report, said he found Levesque holding a cloth to Pickard’s head. She was on the phone, apparently talking with a 911 operator, he said.
During an interview at Concord Hospital, Pickard told New Hampshire State Police Detective Fred Lulka that she had asked Levesque to get a gun and put it to her head while they were having sexual intercourse, Farrin said in an affidavit filed in district court.
The firearm, a Ruger .357 Magnum, can hold six shells, Farrin said. Levesque told police he pulled the hammer back on the pistol and it discharged, according to the affidavit.
Levesque also told police it was the third time the two had used a firearm in this type of situation, Farrin said.
In his bail order, Robbins noted testimony that Levesque is a lifelong resident of the Concord-Epsom area and has worked as a telephone technician the past five years for AT&T. Robbins also cited Levesque’s cooperation with police.
Pickard has been living with Levesque for the last several weeks, according to Jeff Strelzin, an assistant New Hampshire attorney general.
“Although there is an allegation here of a felony-level assault with a firearm resulting in serious bodily injury, the court does not believe that the defendant is either a flight risk or a continuing threat to public safety,” Robbins said in his order.
Strelzin had asked the judge to hold Levesque because of the reckless nature of the alleged crime, which occurred in a multistory apartment building.
Robbins ordered Levesque not to contact Pickard or her family and not to have any guns. A probable cause hearing will be held prior to Feb. 20, Robbins said.
Other residents of the apartment building had little to say about Levesque or Pickard. “He’s a nice kid,” said Judy Rowe, who lives in a downstairs apartment. She was unaware there had been a shooting until she saw police arrive. “A nice, happy-go-lucky guy,” she said.
Rowe said Levesque had been living in the apartment for several years. He had a male roommate, she said, and she believed Levesque’s relationship with Pickard was relatively recent, in the last three months or so. >
The building, which has at least seven apartments, is owned by John Arvanitis, whose address is listed as Wilmington, Mass. Rowe said some of the upstairs tenants had many visitors.
- At a hair salon up the road, Bette Pinto said the shooting had been a common topic of discussion yesterday, but no one seemed to know too much. “It’s a small town,” she said. “You don’t want to hear things like this.”
Union Leader Correspondent Anne Saunders contributed to this report.
One of the guys that I work with knows this waste product in the gene pool, so I'll have to quiz him on Monday.
Police say man shot
woman as they had sex
By WARREN HASTINGS
Concord Bureau
CONCORD — An Epsom man who told police he accidentally shot his girlfriend in the head while they were having sex Thursday night was arraigned yesterday on second-degree assault charges.
Keith Levesque, 25, of 333 Goboro Road told authorities he shot Sarah Pickard, 18, in his apartment, which she shares with him. She was listed in serious condition at Concord Hospital late yesterday afternoon.
Pickard had asked Levesque to hold the loaded gun to her head while they had sex, Levesque told police.
Concord District Court Judge Arthur Robbins ordered Levesque released on $50,000 personal recognizance after testimony from the state and defense counsel that Levesque had no prior criminal history.
Levesque was arrested in his third-floor apartment by Epsom police after calling 911 at about 10 p.m. to report the shooting. Police Chief Henry L. Farrin Jr., who responded to the report, said he found Levesque holding a cloth to Pickard’s head. She was on the phone, apparently talking with a 911 operator, he said.
During an interview at Concord Hospital, Pickard told New Hampshire State Police Detective Fred Lulka that she had asked Levesque to get a gun and put it to her head while they were having sexual intercourse, Farrin said in an affidavit filed in district court.
The firearm, a Ruger .357 Magnum, can hold six shells, Farrin said. Levesque told police he pulled the hammer back on the pistol and it discharged, according to the affidavit.
Levesque also told police it was the third time the two had used a firearm in this type of situation, Farrin said.
In his bail order, Robbins noted testimony that Levesque is a lifelong resident of the Concord-Epsom area and has worked as a telephone technician the past five years for AT&T. Robbins also cited Levesque’s cooperation with police.
Pickard has been living with Levesque for the last several weeks, according to Jeff Strelzin, an assistant New Hampshire attorney general.
“Although there is an allegation here of a felony-level assault with a firearm resulting in serious bodily injury, the court does not believe that the defendant is either a flight risk or a continuing threat to public safety,” Robbins said in his order.
Strelzin had asked the judge to hold Levesque because of the reckless nature of the alleged crime, which occurred in a multistory apartment building.
Robbins ordered Levesque not to contact Pickard or her family and not to have any guns. A probable cause hearing will be held prior to Feb. 20, Robbins said.
Other residents of the apartment building had little to say about Levesque or Pickard. “He’s a nice kid,” said Judy Rowe, who lives in a downstairs apartment. She was unaware there had been a shooting until she saw police arrive. “A nice, happy-go-lucky guy,” she said.
Rowe said Levesque had been living in the apartment for several years. He had a male roommate, she said, and she believed Levesque’s relationship with Pickard was relatively recent, in the last three months or so. >
The building, which has at least seven apartments, is owned by John Arvanitis, whose address is listed as Wilmington, Mass. Rowe said some of the upstairs tenants had many visitors.
- At a hair salon up the road, Bette Pinto said the shooting had been a common topic of discussion yesterday, but no one seemed to know too much. “It’s a small town,” she said. “You don’t want to hear things like this.”
Union Leader Correspondent Anne Saunders contributed to this report.