Crime & Safety

Report of State Street Fight Leads to Arrest

Excerpts from the Portsmouth police log.

The following are excerpts from the Portsmouth police log. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

Tuesday, July 2

  • 12:51 a.m. Caller reports a suspicious vehicle on Martha Terrace. It turned out to be workers from a repossession company looking for another vehicle.
  • 1:44 a.m. Caller reports a burglary on a boat at Harbour Place.
  • 12:18 p.m. Caller reports speeding vehicles on South Street. Police note it's an ongoing problem.
  • 12:19 p.m. Staff at the Crossroads House call police, saying a woman is refusing to leave.
  • 1:52 p.m. Emergency room staff at Portsmouth Regional Hospital call police, saying a drunk woman was been brought there by her family and is being unruly.
  • 4:49 p.m. A group of people are reported to be drinking in the Vaughan Mall downtown.
  • 4:55 p.m. A man said a truck hit his motorcycle, which was parked in his driveway on Springbrook Circle. He said it caused more than $1,000 in damage.
  • 7:33 p.m. A man said someone sprayed graffiti on his building on Ladd Street.
July 3
  • 11:38 a.m. A caller reports a man in his 20s "casing" the area of Court Street.
  • 11:45 a.m. Speeding vehicles were reported on Ocean Road.
  • 8:50 p.m. A caller says there's a car on Islington Street with four men who keep getting out and urinating.
  • 9:03 p.m. A caller says a man on a cyclist smashed a car window.
  • 10:54 p.m. A caller reports two men fighting on State Street, adding one was punched in the face and fell to the ground. Police arrive and arrest Derek Hudson, 20, of Portsmouth, for disorderly conduct and unlawful possession of alcohol.


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