Page 10 — THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Friday, May 17, 2013
Detective Chris Noyes names Officer of the Year by Laconia Police Department By Gail OBer
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Detective Christopher R. A. Noyes was named Officer of the Year yesterday in a brief ceremony at the Police Commission meeting at Laconia Police Station. Noyes, primarily a drug detective in the Bureau of Criminal Investigations, was commended for his 28 drug arrests in 2012, his previous work with the N.H. Drug Task Force and his ability execute search warrants resulting in the cultivation of informants. So far in 2013 he has made 23 drug purchases and 25 arrests. He began his career in 1997 with the University of New Hampshire Police Department and joined the Laconia Police Department five years later. Before becoming a detective, Noyes was a mountain bike patrol officer, a patrol training officer and an evidence officer. Chief Christopher Adams said he is known for his attention to detail and his work ethic. Dispatcher Marnell Dilorenzo was given the Meritorious Service Award for coordinating a response for a man who called police to report his son was suicidal and in possession of a shotgun. Adams said she not only kept the man on the phone while police responded but managed to alert the detectives and use the telephone to alert officers who were responding to another call. “Dilorenzo did all this while still answering several incoming calls that were unrelated to the incident,” Adams said.
Other recipients of the Meritorious Service Awards were Master Patrol Officer Benjamin Black and Patrol Officer Robert Sedgley. Officer Michael Armstrong was awarded a Wounded in Service Medal. He was assaulted by a person who was a passenger in a car that had been stopped by a different officer for suspicious of driving under the influence. Armstrong was able to bring the person to the ground despite being punched in the face and suffering a broken nose. When he continued to fight, the man was hit with a Taser by the supervisor. While Armstrong was fighting with the suspect, a third passenger who was in his cruiser awaiting transport, began kicking out the car’s windows. He was transported by the Gilford Police van to the Laconia Police station all the while continuing to struggle. Armstrong at one point needed to handcuff the man’s ankles to stop him from kicking the van’s plexiglass windows. Adams said Armstrong followed the Gilford Police van to the Laconia Police station and eventually took the subject to the Belknap County Jail after he refused to cooperate. Armstrong returned to the police station, completed the required paperwork and arrest affidavits and went to the hospital. After being treated and released, he returned to the police station and completed his officer injury report. He has since had reconstructive surgery, is back on duty and both men are serving jail and/or prison sentences for their actions that night.
In a surprise moment, Sgt. Michael Finogle was honored for his 10 years as the Laconia Canine Officer. Adams presented Finogle with a plaque that was etched by the students at the Huot Technical Center and embossed with photos of both his police dogs — “Yago” and “Yogi”. Nobody, including Adams, knows how they managed to lure Finogle, who typically works the midnight shift, to the station yesterday to receive his honor, but Adams quipped he had been holding on to it for about a year but had been unable to get him to a previous commission meeting. “Yago”, who retired last year, was not present and was believed to be curled up on Finogle’s couch while his master was accepting his award. Annual awards are given in May to honor National Police Week that was May 12 to May 18 this year. NEW ORLEANS from page 2 city, police said. Mayor Mitch Landrieu and police Chief Ronal Serpas hailed the police work as proof of officials’ determination to end sporadic violence that mars the image of the tourism-dependent city. “We will not let up,” Landrieu said. “We are demanding that the shooting stop. And we will make sure that we do everything in our power, which I hope people now see is substantial, to make sure that we protect the citizens of New Orleans.” A magistrate judge set bond for Akein Scott at $10 million Thursday morning in the attempted murder case. Another judge ordered him held without bond pending a later hearing on an unrelated gun and weapon charge. Shawn Scott’s court appearances were not yet scheduled. His Thursday morning arrest was announced by Serpas, Landrieu and District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro at a news conference in the middle of the intersection where the shooting took place, off the beaten path for most tourists but less than two miles from the popular French Quarter. Surrounding the officials were dozens of uniformed officers and onlookers from the neighborhood. FIGHT from page one One of Gallos’s relatives said yesterday that Gallos and the rest of his family, except his niece, were away from the home at the time. The relative said Andrews and Gallos know each other, describing Andrews as a “friend of a friend.” The relative said her niece had left the door open so her younger brother could get in when he came home from playing outside so when she heard what she said sounded like someone slamming kitchen cabinet doors she came into the kitchen expecting to find her kid brother and yell at him. Instead, she allegedly found Andrews on top of the counter looking through the family’s stuff and reaching up into the drop ceiling tiles. “Hey, who are you,” the relative said the girl asked of Andrews who allegedly told her he was a friend of “Mike’s” and was told to come to the house to get him something. Andrews allegedly then ran away. His niece told Gallos about Andrews and Gallos chased him to Cumberland Farms where the two fought. Gallos allegedly threw Andrews into one of the displays and caused some damage said Ashley. “(Gallos) is really upset,” said the relative who said police did charge him with four misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct, simple assault, criminal threatening and criminal mischief. “I am fairly confident the police will sort this out,” said the relative who noted the girl is fine and was initially very excited to go to the police station to participate in what she thought would be a “CSI — television-type line-up.” “Yeah,” said Ashley. “Real life isn’t anywhere near as exciting as they make it on television.” He added that picking someone out from a photo array is actually more difficult than a physical police line-up because all of the people in the photos look very similar. “She did a great job,” Ashley said.