Jonas Pilot
06-26-2010, 05:42 PM
A man was arrested on a Nottingham lake after New Hampshire Fish and Game Department officials said he was speeding and his and officer in the face.
Conservation Officer Christopher McKee and Geoffrey Pushee said they were conducting a patrol by boat on Pawtuckaway Lake when they saw a boat speeding through an area busy with boats, canoes and kayaks on Friday at about 8:45 p.m.
The officers tried to stop the boat, but the NHFGD said when the driver saw the officers, he fled from the area.
The officers tried to pursue the boat, but their patrol boat wasn't able to keep up.
The officers were able to maintain visual contact with the boat by putting one of the officers on shore while the other stayed in the boat.
McKee was able to approach the boat alongside as it passed under the Horseneck Bridge. He ordered the driver to stop and told him he was going to come on board the boat, officials said.
The driver then began to hit McKee repeatedly with his fists in the face and body and attempted to throw him overboard, NHFGD officials said.
McKee said he gained control, pepper-sprayed the driver and arrested him on charges of assaulting a law enforcement officer.
The man was identified as Wayne Dorrance, 47, of Nottingham. He was operating a 1988 Hydrostream vessel with a 200 horsepower outboard motor, officials said.
Dorrance was taken to the Rockingham County Jail and held on a $10,000 cash bail pending a Monday morning arraignment scheduled for Candia District Court.
McKee was taken to Exeter Hospital and treated for injuries that were not life-threatening.
Conservation Officer Christopher McKee and Geoffrey Pushee said they were conducting a patrol by boat on Pawtuckaway Lake when they saw a boat speeding through an area busy with boats, canoes and kayaks on Friday at about 8:45 p.m.
The officers tried to stop the boat, but the NHFGD said when the driver saw the officers, he fled from the area.
The officers tried to pursue the boat, but their patrol boat wasn't able to keep up.
The officers were able to maintain visual contact with the boat by putting one of the officers on shore while the other stayed in the boat.
McKee was able to approach the boat alongside as it passed under the Horseneck Bridge. He ordered the driver to stop and told him he was going to come on board the boat, officials said.
The driver then began to hit McKee repeatedly with his fists in the face and body and attempted to throw him overboard, NHFGD officials said.
McKee said he gained control, pepper-sprayed the driver and arrested him on charges of assaulting a law enforcement officer.
The man was identified as Wayne Dorrance, 47, of Nottingham. He was operating a 1988 Hydrostream vessel with a 200 horsepower outboard motor, officials said.
Dorrance was taken to the Rockingham County Jail and held on a $10,000 cash bail pending a Monday morning arraignment scheduled for Candia District Court.
McKee was taken to Exeter Hospital and treated for injuries that were not life-threatening.