Crime & Safety

Hours Before Nashua Gun Incident, Man Arrested in Hollis

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Just hours before his arrest in Nashua for attempting to steal a car from a hospital parking lot, James Paul, 33, of Amherst, was arrested in Hollis, police said. 

On Dec. 17 at about 3:40 a.m. Hollis Police Officer Mitchel Cardona responded to a residence on Plain Road for a report of a man outside pounding on the door and yelling. The Plain Road resident advised police that they were not familiar with the man banging at the door. Upon his arrival, Officer Cardona found the man, later identified as James Paul, outside the home. Paul had no legitimate reason to be at the residence and continued to be loud and disorderly.

Paul was subsequently arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, a violation. He was later released on a summons to appear in the 9th Circuit Court, Nashua District Division on Jan. 8. 

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By noon on Dec. 17 Paul was in custody of Nashua Police, arrested for attempting to steal a car from the Southern New Hampshire Medical Center parking lot. That attempt was thwarted with the owner of the car, Paul Jensen, of Nashua, returned to  his car to find Paul driving off. 

Jensen stopped the car and demanded that Paul get out of the car. When Paul refused, Jensen pulled out his licensed pistol and held Paul at gunpoint until police arrived.

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Paul was charged by Nashua Police with unauthorized use of a propelled vehicle, a misdemeanor.

Paul was held overnight at Nashua Police headquarters where he ripped the sprinkler from his holding cell, causing damage. He was additionally charged with interference of fire apparatus, a felony.

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