http://www.seacoastonline.com/articl...NEWS-120419885
police chief killed, 4 others (at least) wounded while attempting to bust a suspect for steroids
And here we go.A BearCat armored vehicle arrived on scene at 7 p.m. and there are six to eight ambulances.
I was wondering what all the cops charging south down Rt. 16 were all about.
Last edited by Anti Federalist; 04-12-2012 at 09:27 PM.
And the Bearcat is now justified.
Now, it'll get notched up to the next level, with multiple BearCats used for routine warrant service.
Thus increasing the heat and ensuring that even more people will be pushed over the line.
The Ballad Of Karl Drega.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Ballad-Car.../dp/0967025923
So this is over steroids?
Last edited by Lishy; 04-14-2012 at 09:29 AM.
...and let's not forget, "Tell that woman to send in her Waco Killers".Originally Posted by Anti Federalist
http://www.amazon.com/Send-The-Waco-...ref=pd_sim_b_1
Maybe some day people will wake up to realize the human and economic costs of manufactured "wars on [insert noun here]"
...but probably not. More likely, as AF says above, is they ratchet it up even more. This will pull even pro-gun NH into the freshly-reborn, Obama/Holder-driven conversation about gun control.
Details are still slow to come, but it may end up that one or all of the other cops shot were shot by each other.
Right now they are only willing to confirm that Maloney was killed by Multrie.
Greenland, N.H., shooter and woman found dead; police chief was killed, four other officers wounded in raid on home
By Martine Powers, Travis Andersen and John R. Ellement, Globe Staff
http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrode...HtJ/index.html
Greenland resident Tammy Hardy described her experience after Police Chief Michael Maloney was killed and four other officers were injured in a drug raid.
GREENLAND, N.H. – The man who killed this small town’s police chief and wounded four other officers was found dead inside his home early today, along with a woman who was inside the building when the officers were met by a barrage of gunfire when they tried to execute a drug warrant.
New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney told reporters at a pre-dawn press conference that State Police sent a robot with a camera inside the home on Post Road around 2 a.m. Police then discovered that both people were dead, both apparently shot to death.
Delaney identified the man as Cullen Mutrie, 29. He said the identity of the woman had not been confirmed, but that she is believed to be an acquaintance of Mutrie’s.
It was not yet known whether Mutrie and the woman died as the result of a murder-suicide or a double suicide, he said.
Greenland Police Chief Michael P. Maloney (Greenland Police website)
Killed in the shootings was Police Chief Michael Maloney, 48, who was one week from his retirement after 12 years on the force, Delaney said. An autopsy found that Maloney was shot in the head, the attorney general’s office said this afternoon in a statement.
State Police, along with federal agents, “continue to process the crime scene and investigate the circumstances surrounding Chief Maloney’s murder” and the injuries to the other officers, the statement said.
Autopsies were to be performed on Saturday on Mutrie and the woman. The statement said authorities would release no further information until after the autopsies were completed.
Injured in the shootings were Detective Gregory Turner of the Dover police, 32, a six-year-veteran who was treated and released from the Portsmouth Regional Hospital for a gunshot wound to the shoulder; Officer Eric Kulberg, 31, a seven-year veteran of the University of New Hampshire police, who was treated and released for a single gunshot wound to the arm; Officer Scott Kukesh, 33, a 10-year veteran of the Newmarket police, who went into surgery with a gunshot wound to his chest; and Officer Jeremiah Murphy, 34, a seven-year veteran of the Rochester police who was in intensive care after surgery.
“The law enforcement community in New Hampshire is certainly grieving this morning,” Delaney said. “But they have come together -- federal, state, and local agencies -- to do the job that law enforcement officers do every day, to secure the safety and protection of our citizens, and I’m proud of the work they have done during the past day.”
Delaney said that while police believe Mutrie fatally shot the chief, he would only say that he was “involved” in the shootings of the other four officers.
He refused to say if Mutrie was believed to be the lone shooter, and he did not say what type of firearm was used.
He said negotiators made contact with Mutrie shortly after the shootings of the officers, but he declined to provide details on what Mutrie said.
Authorities decided to send a robot into the home at about 2 a.m. after losing contact with Mutrie for several hours, according to Delaney.
Maloney was assisting the other officers -- who are part of a special drug task force -- on the raid, Delaney said.
He would not say if they were wearing any protective gear.
Delaney said there were no changes in any of the surviving officers’ conditions this morning.
He said he could not recall a prior incident in New Hampshire where a police chief was killed and four other officers were shot.
Karen Anderson, town administrator, said the outbreak of violence and the death of the small town’s police chief had devastated the community.
“It’s a crisis for the town. It’s devastating. ... Right now our only thought is with Chief Maloney and his family.”
The town’s sole elementary school is closed today.
Neighbor Tammy Hardy said she lived across the street from Mutrie and saw him “in and out of the house with him and his friends and stuff” but did not know him personally.
Asked if she could ever imagine him doing what he did, she said, “No, not at all. You never think that in this town, anyways, because you know pretty much everybody around.” She said she and her two daughters were ordered to stay in their basement overnight.
“That’s where we stayed all night last night was in the basement,” she said.
She said it was “scary because we didn’t know what was going on.” “So I had to keep sneaking upstairs to see what was going on.”
“I just needed to be up for my kids, just so I know the safety. If they were to bombard the house, if there was going to be any more gunfire, or if he were to escape the house and be on the loose, I just needed to be awake for that,” she said
Might move the scale of cop shootings by cops from 1/3 to 1/2 of the total for the year to date.
I think you are missing the bigger picture, they got some steroids off the streets.
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Road rage a big problem in that town?
I got a call from one of my bank clients today to lower their flag to half mass because of this.
Insane - bust into someone's house over steroids. Unreal. I'm hard pressed to feel bad.
We are in a battle (here the war on drugs), I can't believe you don't see this. You want the terrorist to win?
Pfizer Macht Frei!
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The Federalist Papers, No. 15:
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I thought the same thing.
I'm also finding out that this was some big "multi-jurisdictional" raid, note that none of the other cops were from Greenland, which is a small town, but has more than one cop on the job.
I would not be at all surprised to find out that this was some sort of federally orchestrated $#@!up, and that those other cops were shot in a circular firing squad circle jerk.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post4347516And as the watchdog blog Clark County Criminal Cops points out, a significant number of the firearms deaths were actually cops who were shot by other cops.
And the fact that this whole mess started with a 911 call two months ago, for "domestic violence".
Now, maybe this guy was a 'roided up psychopath and not just after being pushed over the edge.
Or maybe it was just nosy neighbors reporting a loud fight that started a chain of events that ended up with everybody dead.
Do I even need to say it?
Originally I made a much more untactful post.. But I really must say, if that officer ordered such a large scale assault on someone just over steroids, then I honestly believe he deserves what he gets.
Last edited by Lishy; 04-14-2012 at 01:08 AM.
Yoir initial instinct was and is correct. Now you're likely engaged in fighting your societal conditioning with regards to cops.
“One may come to the aid of another being unlawfully arrested, just as he may where one is being assaulted, molested, raped or kidnapped. Thus it is not an offense to liberate one from the unlawful custody of an officer, even though he may have submitted to such custody, without resistance.” (Adams v. State, 121 Ga. 16, 48 S.E. 910).
Maybe this raid was because Cullen Mutrie didn't share his steroids with officers?
http://www.facebook.com/Cullen82
Cullen Mutrie was a volunteer firefighter.
"Hampton Falls fire chief Jay Lord said Mutrie was a volunteer firefighter from 2004 to July 2010. He said Mutrie was nice and polite and left the department on good terms to pursue paramedic school."
http://www.wmur.com/news/30887691/de...#ixzz1s1Qflm7t
Cullen Mutrie: History of Assault, Guns, Drugs
(...)
On Feb. 8, 2011, Mutrie was charged with nine class B felony counts of possession of controlled narcotic drugs after Greenland Police arrested for having several steroids in his residence, according to Portsmouth District Court documents.
Some of these steroids included drugs such as Stanozolol, Trenbolone Acetate, and Nandrolene Decanoate, according to court documents. These complaints were bound over to Rockingham Superior Court in March 2011 by Judge Sawato Gardner for indictment. Mutrie was scheduled to go on trial on a host of drug charges this fall.
A chilling section of the court documents reveal that at one point a Greenland police officer threatened to kick down Mutrie's door before the search – a foreshadowing of last night's events.
http://windham.patch.com/articles/cu...ult-guns-drugs
Too Much Testosterone Already
The Surprising Connection Between Police Brutality and Steroid Use
by Jesse Harwell
Have you ever wondered about the rise in police brutality in the past few decades? Believe it or not, steroids might be to blame.
Several recent investigations have found that steroid use is prevalent among many law enforcement agencies. When The Star-Ledger of Newark, NJ investigated the issue, they found that 248 police officers and 53 firefighters had received steroids from an area physician.
So why are police officers using steroids? Few professions will involve dealing with armed and dangerous people on a daily basis. Bulking up may be a way to feel more in control and powerful over criminals such as drug dealers, gang members, and violent con artists. This article from ABC News talks with a former police officer who discusses how prevalent steroids were in his department and how he took them to have “an edge” on criminals. The pressure to reach peak strength and fitness rivals within the profession likely rivals what many professional sports players face.
It doesn’t help that many departments aren’t doing much to discourage steroid used. While random testing for drugs like cocaine and marijuana may be common, such tests rarely include steroids. Officers have very few hurdles keeping them from using steroids in an effort to be stronger. But the use of such steroids can have some very negative effects on the community these officers are supposed to protect.
The worst effect by far is the use of brutality against the public while on duty. A common side effect of steroids is known as ‘roid rage,’ or aggression due to extra amounts of testosterone in the body. A number of police brutality cases around the U.S. have possible links to steroid use. One officer in Sound Bend, IN, who had been previously arrested because of assault, was caught and sentenced to jail for dealing steroids (AOL News).
But many cases of steroid use among law enforcement officials continue to be hidden. For example, an 84-year-old man in Florida was thrown to the ground by a police officer and had his neck broken as a result. When his lawyer requested the officer’s department to test him for steroids, the department refused to do so because it violated the officer’s rights under his union.
This system needs to change. Law enforcement departments need to recognize the use of steroids among their employees as a legitimate problem. Two new reforms in New Jersey are leading the way in legislation aimed at targeting the issue. One reform requires departments to randomly test for steroids, and another requires officers who fill prescriptions for steroids to undergo fitness evaluations (NJ.com). But this is a far cry from the legislative reforms that need to be made in order for justice to be served.
Last edited by donnay; 04-14-2012 at 07:51 AM.
“The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner
Funny, the yahoo article I read today only talked about what a scumbag Mutrie was.Maybe this raid was because Cullen Mutrie didn't share his steroids with officers?
http://www.facebook.com/Cullen82
Cullen Mutrie was a volunteer firefighter.
"Hampton Falls fire chief Jay Lord said Mutrie was a volunteer firefighter from 2004 to July 2010. He said Mutrie was nice and polite and left the department on good terms to pursue paramedic school."
http://www.wmur.com/news/30887691/de...#ixzz1s1Qflm7t
Cullen Mutrie: History of Assault, Guns, Drugs
(...)
On Feb. 8, 2011, Mutrie was charged with nine class B felony counts of possession of controlled narcotic drugs after Greenland Police arrested for having several steroids in his residence, according to Portsmouth District Court documents.
Some of these steroids included drugs such as Stanozolol, Trenbolone Acetate, and Nandrolene Decanoate, according to court documents. These complaints were bound over to Rockingham Superior Court in March 2011 by Judge Sawato Gardner for indictment. Mutrie was scheduled to go on trial on a host of drug charges this fall.
A chilling section of the court documents reveal that at one point a Greenland police officer threatened to kick down Mutrie's door before the search – a foreshadowing of last night's events.
http://windham.patch.com/articles/cu...ult-guns-drugs
Too Much Testosterone Already
The Surprising Connection Between Police Brutality and Steroid Use
by Jesse Harwell
Have you ever wondered about the rise in police brutality in the past few decades? Believe it or not, steroids might be to blame.
Several recent investigations have found that steroid use is prevalent among many law enforcement agencies. When The Star-Ledger of Newark, NJ investigated the issue, they found that 248 police officers and 53 firefighters had received steroids from an area physician.
So why are police officers using steroids? Few professions will involve dealing with armed and dangerous people on a daily basis. Bulking up may be a way to feel more in control and powerful over criminals such as drug dealers, gang members, and violent con artists. This article from ABC News talks with a former police officer who discusses how prevalent steroids were in his department and how he took them to have “an edge” on criminals. The pressure to reach peak strength and fitness rivals within the profession likely rivals what many professional sports players face.
It doesn’t help that many departments aren’t doing much to discourage steroid used. While random testing for drugs like cocaine and marijuana may be common, such tests rarely include steroids. Officers have very few hurdles keeping them from using steroids in an effort to be stronger. But the use of such steroids can have some very negative effects on the community these officers are supposed to protect.
The worst effect by far is the use of brutality against the public while on duty. A common side effect of steroids is known as ‘roid rage,’ or aggression due to extra amounts of testosterone in the body. A number of police brutality cases around the U.S. have possible links to steroid use. One officer in Sound Bend, IN, who had been previously arrested because of assault, was caught and sentenced to jail for dealing steroids (AOL News).
But many cases of steroid use among law enforcement officials continue to be hidden. For example, an 84-year-old man in Florida was thrown to the ground by a police officer and had his neck broken as a result. When his lawyer requested the officer’s department to test him for steroids, the department refused to do so because it violated the officer’s rights under his union.
This system needs to change. Law enforcement departments need to recognize the use of steroids among their employees as a legitimate problem. Two new reforms in New Jersey are leading the way in legislation aimed at targeting the issue. One reform requires departments to randomly test for steroids, and another requires officers who fill prescriptions for steroids to undergo fitness evaluations (NJ.com). But this is a far cry from the legislative reforms that need to be made in order for justice to be served.
Yes, that is what I have come across too. It seems the media is in lock-step to make Mutrie look like a psychopath in order to justify more federal funding for a larger standing army. After all one of the lords and masters were killed in the process. Not discounting the death of the police chief, or the other officers shot, it's tragic and only another chapter in this failed war on drugs. However, I get so tired of this sensationalizing to justify the police state.
I am sure that the fact that Mutrie was a volunteer firefighter and considered nice and polite will go down the memory hole. One of the reasons I like to post full articles after the fact because not all media are in on the sensationalizing and are actually 'reporting' the facts!
“The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner
FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!When his lawyer requested the officer’s department to test him for steroids, the department refused to do so because it violated the officer’s rights under his union.
I guess Cullen Multrie decided that he wasn't going to be arrested that day.
Just like that fellow in Modesto decided he wasn't going to be evicted.
Pro cop postings trying to prove a non existent war on cops notwithstanding, you're going to see more and more and more of this.
You go to a war footing, then do not act surprised when things turn into a war.
This is an article brought to my attention by ExPatPaki. Notice any similarities?
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2012/04/03/making-taliban/
Making Taliban
John Glaser, April 03, 2012
Via Malou Innocent, embedded journalist Neil Shea writes in The American Scholar about the mistreatment perpetrated on Afghans by U.S. soldiers, which the media (including himself, he admits) never include in the war coverage. From shooting valuable animals and pets to demolishing a family’s house and physically abusing civilians, Shea wonders how many “Taliban” were created as a response to this treatment.
Many times I have watched soldiers or Marines, driven by boredom or fear, behave selfishly and meanly, even illegally, in minor ways. In a few searing moments I have wondered what would come next, what the men would do to prisoners or civilians or suspected insurgents.
…The soldiers of Destroyer talked about how their house searches had become demolition parties. They shattered windows and china, broke furniture, hurled civilians to the ground. Earlier that day, they had blown up a building.
In reference to an Afghan prisoner:
“I think he remembers we were the ones who $#@!ed him up last night,” the soldier said to Givens. “I think he’s starin’ at you.”
“$#@! him,” Givens said. “The only reason he’s still alive is because the United States of America holds 25 to life over my head.”
…”Yeah, we definitely made some Taliban out here,” he said. “It was like a week-long Taliban recruiting drive. And we had fun doing it. I love recruiting for the Taliban. It’s called job security.”
Sweet Jesus...
And these guys are coming back to go to work as...
EXACTLY. It explains much doesn't it?
So some pigs were shot while attempting to bust someone for a victimless crime. Good! Serves them right.
BTW, the raid victim tagged five "officers" before turning his weapon on himself. That's some pretty skillful shooting there.
Last edited by GuerrillaXXI; 04-14-2012 at 11:42 AM.
"Man lives freely only by his readiness to die." -- Mohandas K. Gandhi
"Generally speaking, the way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death." -- Miyamoto Musashi
Actually there may or may not be some dispute. See post #7. Could just be that the mixing of several different agencies that hadn't trained together led to less than skillful L.E. tactics.
As previously noted, we're conditioned to side with the cops (government), aka the "bullies" through the "news" outlets.
“One may come to the aid of another being unlawfully arrested, just as he may where one is being assaulted, molested, raped or kidnapped. Thus it is not an offense to liberate one from the unlawful custody of an officer, even though he may have submitted to such custody, without resistance.” (Adams v. State, 121 Ga. 16, 48 S.E. 910).
Who Was Police Shooting Suspect Cullen Mutrie?
Documents: Former Volunteer Firefigther Had History Of Violence, Anger
http://www.wmur.com/news/30887691/de...#ixzz1s76I42ta
GREENLAND, N.H. -- A man accused of fatally shooting Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney as well as four other officers is remembered by some as a polite volunteer firefighter who dreamed of a career serving his community. But court documents show a criminal past that includes domestic assault and drug charges.
Read: Court Documents Related To Mutrie Drug Charges
Cullen Mutrie, 29, grew up in Hampton Falls, and no one answered the door at his mother’s home Friday.
Hampton Falls fire chief Jay Lord said Mutrie was a volunteer firefighter from 2004 to July 2010. He said Mutrie was nice and polite and left the department on good terms to pursue paramedic school.
"This is not the Cullen that we know," said Lord. "People go the wrong direction, and that's what happened to Cullen."
Lord said he hadn't spoken to Mutrie since November 2010, and at that time, Mutrie was working construction.
A WMUR search of Mutrie’s court records shows a violent criminal history prior to Thursday evening’s shooting.
In December 2003, court documents state that Mutrie’s ex-girlfriend was granted a protective order against him after she claimed Mutrie, "forcefully grabbed me, choked me and pulled my hair … as well as pushed me down several times."
The woman also said Mutrie was "threatening," was "prone to jealous rages" and indicated he had guns and knives in his possession.
On Dec. 12, 2003, she accused Mutrie of calling her, "intoxicated in a rage, asking where I was and verbally abusing me."
"I then woke up on Dec. 13 to find two of my car tires slashed," she wrote, "I am very scared of him because of our history and his explosive behavior and past history of violence."
Court documents from Nov. 10, 2006, indicate Mutrie was charged with two counts of simple assault for punching a man in the face and head at a Portsmouth restaurant. Mutrie was found guilty of disorderly conduct and was ordered to have no contact with the victim. He was also ordered to take part in anger management evaluation and treatment.
In July 2010, another woman, who identified Mutrie as her "boyfriend" in a police report, was granted an order of protection after she said Mutrie grabbed her by the hair, dragged her to her car and slammed her head on the hood.
Documents state that when police responded to Mutrie’s home to serve the order of protection and retrieve his firearms, they found steroids and steroid paraphernalia. Mutrie was charged with nine counts of possession of controlled/narcotic drugs. He was also charged with simple assault in the incident. Mutrie was given a 30-day suspended sentence and was ordered to undergo an anger management evaluation.
Lee Miller, who lives next door to where the shootings took place, told The Associated Press that she had complained to police repeatedly about suspected drug activity at the house and had been told it was under investigation.
"The neighborhood was raped by him. He came in and took over. And that was the end of our lives. There were fights out there at three, four o'clock in the morning," she said. "I moved my bed all around the room to get away from the window that faces the driveway. I said the next place I'm going to be sleeping is the bathtub."
Miller said Mutrie had lived in the house for seven years.
Officers went to Mutrie’s home on 517 Post Road on Thursday to serve a drug-related warrant when Mutrie opened fire, according to the attorney general’s office.
Read more: http://www.wmur.com/news/30887691/de...#ixzz1s76D0xAD
“The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner
Suspect allegedly shot self, his friend
April 15, 2012|By Martine Powers
GREENLAND, N.H. - Cullen Mutrie, the 29-year-old alleged to have fatally shot Police Chief Michael Maloney last week, killed a woman in his apartment, then shot himself in the head, according to a statement released Saturday afternoon by the New Hampshire attorney general’s office.
The woman, who suffered a bullet wound to the head, was identified as Brittany Tibbetts, 26. Her mother, Donna Tibbettsof Berwick, Maine, said the young woman had been dating Mutrie on-and-off for almost two years, but they had broken up two weeks before the shooting.
Brittany Tibbetts had returned to Greenland on Monday to visit Mutrie after he had lost a treasured ring belonging to his deceased father, her mother said.
“I can’t even let myself think about what it must have been like for her in those last moments,’’ said Tibbetts, 51.
Officials believe Mutrie fired shots at Maloney and four other officers, who were all injured, as they attempted to gain entry into his house to serve a search warrant Thursday night. After an eight-hour standoff, police sent in a robot with live video capabilities, at which point they discovered that Mutrie and Tibbetts were dead.
In addition to the self-inflicted wound, the medical examiner also found a bullet graze on Mutrie’s arm. Tibbetts had no other injuries.
Associate Attorney General Jane Young said Saturday that investigators continue to process the crime scene and investigate what happened. The two officers who have been released from the hospital - Detective Gregory Turner of Dover and University of New Hampshire officer Eric Kulberg of Hampton - have undergone preliminary interviews, she said, but the office cannot reveal more details about Thursday night’s events until all the officers have been interviewed.
Officer Scott Kukesh of Newmarket and Officer Jeremiah Murphy of Rochester remain in stable condition at Portsmouth Regional Hospital.
Donna Tibbetts, 51, said a friend called when she heard news of the shooting in Mutrie’s house. Donna Tibbetts immediately called her daughter and when she got no answer, she raced to Greenland.
It was not until 4:30 a.m. when police informed her that Brittany had been found dead, she said.
Tibbetts told the story as she sat on steps leading to the back patio of her rural Berwick home, a cream-colored house with light blue shutters in the middle of verdant, rolling green hills and farmhouses.
She stroked Brittany’s dog, a brown Chihuahua named Diesel. Police found him at Mutrie’s house and returned him to Brittany’s family Friday night.
“It’s like the last part of her we have with us,’’ Tibbetts said, holding the dog to her chest.
Brittany never told her mother anything that suggested Mutrie could be violent, Donna Tibbetts said. She had met him a few times and saw no red flags.
“As a parent, you’re always worried,’’ Tibbetts said. “But I never thought that anything like this would ever happen.’’
Brittany was a talented softball pitcher, honored as a New Hampshire Gatorade Player of the Year for 2003-2004. She attended the University of Maine for one year, then decided college was not for her. She trained to become a hairdresser and had plans to open her own salon.
Tibbetts last saw Brittany last Sunday night. She gave her grandparents haircuts, and the next day left for Greenland. The decision to help comfort an ex-boyfriend, Tibbetts said, was typical Brittany, who was known as the person to call when you needed an extra set of hands or a ride to the hospital.
“She’s the type of person who’s there for anyone who needs a shoulder,’’ Tibbetts said. “She’s a good listener.’’
Brittany Tibbett’s friends and family plan a candlelight vigil in remembrance of her at 7 p.m. Sunday at Cape Neddick Lighthouse in York, Maine.
Meanwhile, Greenland Police Department released funeral arrangements for Maloney.
A wake will be held Wednesday and a memorial service on Thursday for Maloney, who was killed just over a week before he was due to retire from his post at Greenland Police Department.
The wake will be at Remick & Gendron Funeral Home on Lafayette Road in Hampton, N.H.
Law enforcement officers are invited to come from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and have been asked to bring a patch representing their department to be collected and given to Maloney’s family. The public is invited to attend from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The memorial service is scheduled for noon Thursday at Winnacunnet High Schoolathletic field in Hampton. It will include a march of law enforcement officers, and motorcycle units are encouraged to attend.
On Post Road, where the shooting occurred, the street outside Mutrie’s house was still barricaded by police. Just up the street, more than 200 community members gathered at Greenland Central School Saturday afternoon to ask questions of town administrator Karen Anderson and incoming police chief Tara Laurent, as well as to speak one-on-one with grief counselors.
People leaving the event, which was closed to the press, said residents peppered the officials with queries about their concerns: When will the road outside of the crime scene open? What will happen at school Monday? When will the media leave?
Nicole Burnett, a clinical therapist and volunteer with the New Hampshire Disaster Behavioral Health Response Team, said the gathering helped provide answers and comfort to residents disturbed by Thursday’s events.
“It was very powerful,’’ Burnett said. “It was a chance for the community to come together.’’
The Rev. Robert Fellows of Greenland’s Community Congregational Church said there were about a dozen counselors at the event. They described some of the symptoms townspeople may have in coming weeks because of the tragedy: exhaustion, overeating, loss of appetite, nightmares, inability to concentrate.
The gathering provided residents with confidence that the town, with a new police chief and board of selectmen brought closer by the crisis, would persevere.
“I’d call it a turning point, and a new beginning,’’ Fellows said.
“The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner
Brittany Tibbetts has been officially identified by New Hampshire officials.
http://www.facebook.com/wmtwtv/posts/210474809063370
“The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner
Here comes the spin...
Woman with N.H. gunman in standoff was from Maine
Brittany Tibbetts, 26, of Berwick had dated Cullen Mutrie. Authorities say they died in a murder-suicide Thursday.
By Beth Quimby bquimby@mainetoday.com
Staff Writer
[IMG]http://media.pressherald.com/images/300*400/portland-press-herald_3625512.jpg[/IMG]
BERWICK — When Brittany Tibbetts first started to date Cullen Mutrie, her friends were glad for her.
Mutrie was training to be a firefighter, drove a nice car and owned his own home. In the beginning he seemed perfect for the 26-year-old cosmetologist, said her friend and colleague, Kristen Beevers of Portsmouth, N.H.
But what friends and family described as an on-again, off-again relationship ended Thursday when Tibbetts was shot to death, after a standoff at Mutrie's home that left the popular police chief of Greenland, N.H., dead and four other police officers wounded.
Authorities announced Saturday that Tibbetts and Mutrie, whose bodies were found early Friday by a police robot equipped with a video camera, had both been shot in the head. They said the deaths were ruled a murder-suicide.
Autopsy results released Saturday indicated that Mutrie killed the Berwick native, then shot himself. Mutrie also had a bullet graze wound to his arm.
Tibbetts' parents said they want their daughter to be remembered not for how she died but for how she lived.
"She was a caring person, but not for her own good," said Donna Tibbetts, her mother.
Family and friends described Tibbetts, a former Noble High School softball star, as a beautiful and helpful person and a gifted athlete, who had a blind side when it came to Mutrie.
"She was just searching for someone to love," said Beevers.
Donna Tibbetts said she and her husband, Lenny, heard about the shooting Thursday from a friend and rushed to the scene.
She said her daughter had had an on-again, off-again relationship with the 6-foot-2, 260-pound Mutrie, whom she dated for about a year.
She said her daughter, who described her status as single on Facebook, had broken off the relationship weeks before, but had gone back to him in the end.
"He was having problems. That was the kind of person she was," said Tibbetts.
Tibbetts said she and her husband had met Mutrie only a few times and did not encourage the relationship.
"He was nice enough to us," she said. "We might have had some concerns, but we just basically thought that Brittany was a big girl and it had to be left up to her. It was her choice."
The Tibbettses, who have another daughter, Lindsay, 28, were sequestered in a room in a local school while events at the shootout continued to unfold at Mutrie's 517 Post Road home in Greenland. They repeatedly tried to reach Brittany Tibbetts by cellphone, but she didn't answer.
They were informed of their younger daughter's death about 4:30 a.m. Friday.
On Saturday, as she held her daughter's miniature Doberman pinscher, Diesel, on a leash, Donna Tibbetts said Brittany was a loving person whose family meant everything to her.
She drove snowmobiles and Jet Skis. She worked as a hairdresser at the Hair Excitement salon at the Fox Run Mall in Newington, N.H., but left recently to concentrate on opening her own salon. She had picked out a location in Greenland, which fell through at the last minute because of an inadequate septic system.
Tibbetts grew up in a farming family whose roots date back to the earliest settlers in Berwick.
She was a star softball pitcher, and was named the 2004 Maine Gatorade Player of the Year. After high school, at her parents' urging, she agreed to try attending the University of Maine. But she dropped out after a year.
"It just wasn't her cup of tea," said her father.
But she was very interested and skilled at cosmetology, her father said.
She was sought after by clients, especially as a makeup stylist, said Beevers.
"She was unbelievably talented," said Beevers.
Many of her friends distanced themselves after she started dating Mutrie, who was known in his neighborhood for playing loud music and working on noisy motorcycles late at night. People were afraid of him, Beevers said. After an arrest on domestic assault charges, officers entered his home to confiscate any guns and found anabolic steroids.
Beevers said Mutrie abused her friend and robbed her of her independence.
"He led her down a very dark, dark path. It had gotten to the point where she lost her sense of self-esteem," said Beevers.
Mutrie was the target of the final drug bust that Greenland's slain police chief, Michael Maloney, was planning before he retired after more than a quarter-century in law enforcement.
Trying to rid a neighborhood of its menace just days before retirement proved to be the 48-year-old chief's final act.
"He died trying to make our community safer," said John Penacho, chairman of the town's Board of Selectmen.
Maloney was killed by a gunshot wound to the head. His death was ruled a homicide, according to Jane Young, associate attorney general. Two of the wounded officers were treated for gunshot wounds and released, and the other two were hospitalized with gunshot wounds to the chest.
Maloney and the four other officers, all detectives from other departments, were part of a drug task force run by the state attorney general's office. They arrived at Mutrie's house at 6 p.m. Thursday, search warrant in hand. Mutrie was ready, authorities said, opening fire as police tried to gain entry.
Meanwhile, the Greenland Police Department said Saturday a wake for Maloney will be held Wednesday.
The wake will be at Remick and Gendron Funeral Home in Hampton. Law enforcement officers will walk through from 1 to 3 p.m. and patches from each department attending will be presented to Maloney's family. The public will be allowed in from 5 to 9 p.m.
A memorial service will be held Thursday at noon at the Winnacunnet High School athletic field in Hampton.
Tibbetts' friends, family and co-workers are planning a candlelight vigil to remember their friend at 7 p.m. today at the Nubble Cove Lighthouse in York.
"It was a place she loved and went to think," said Beevers.
– The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Staff Writer Beth Quimby can be contacted at 791-6363 or at: bquimby@pressherald.com
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