Man Fires Gun to Stop Dog Fight, Charged with Felony

John Pina, 46, of 11 Harvard St., Apartment B, Nashua, was arrested Aug. 2, charged with reckless conduct, a class B felony.

On August 2 at approximately 7 p.m., patrol officers from Nashua Police Department responded to the area of Harvard Street for the report of shots fired. Upon their arrival they determined that Pina had fired a handgun into the air twice in an effort to scare two dogs who were fighting with each other. No one was injured as a result of the shots being fired.

A class B felony is punishable by up to seven years imprisonment, exclusive of fines. John Pina is being held at the Nashua Police Department on $ 3,000 cash / surety bail and is scheduled to be arraigned in the 9th Circuit Court, Nashua District Division on August 5, 2013.