NH lawyer fights ban on alleged cussing jogger

Elmore Furth

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Thu Mar-18-10 10:44 PM
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NH lawyer fights ban on alleged cussing jogger

Edited on Thu Mar-18-10 11:09 PM by Elmore Furth

This is a free country and we demand our free speech. "Live free or die" is the state motto of New Hampshire and who are these fascists taking away our rights? I like sitting on my front porch with my assault gun uttering profanities at passing citizens. It's my way of honoring the constitution.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - The attorney representing a jogger accused of yelling at police and citizens during his runs through Portsmouth, New Hampshire said an order barring his client from the city while he is free on bail is unconstitutional.

Attorney Anthony Naro argued during a hearing Tuesday that a judge should dismiss a charge that 28-year-old Craig O'Brien violated his bail conditions. But prosecutor Rena DiLando argued that O'Brien engaged in a willful course of conduct, taunting the police department with daily visits for a week while on bail.

The judge has not ruled on the dismissal motion.

O'Brien is a resident of Eliot, Maine. He faces disorderly conduct charges alleging he yelled profanities or offensive words during jogging outings last May and August.

NH lawyer fights ban on alleged cussing jogger

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