Huff Post: NH GOP house candidate scandal

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In the midst of a bid for New Hampshire's First District, Republican Frank Guinta is trying to explain his behavior during a shocking altercation at a private club in Manchester while he was mayor of the state's largest city.

Though any mention of a fight was omitted in the police dispatch report of the incident, transcripts of police interviews obtained by HuffPost show that a serious altercation took place. No action was ever taken and the victim declined to press charges.

Guinta was present for the entire event but claims he was too engrossed with his BlackBerry to look up. He left before the ambulance arrived, reportedly stepping over the victim's body on his way out the door.

On the night in question, June 18, 2009, Dan Mahoney, manager of the Fish and Game Social Club, received several calls from local alderman Mike Garrity, asking to speak with Tommy English, a longtime construction worker and carpenter who had fallen on hard times. Mahoney said he'd seen him at the bar.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/11/frank-guinta-implicated-i_n_756398.html

Wow, I only thought this happened in New York. :-)