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Candidate's arraignment becomes campaign stop
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Oct 05, 2007 02:14pm |
| Category | General |
| News Date | Oct 05, 2007 02:00pm |
| Description | MANCHESTER – Republican presidential candidate Robert Haines was more than two hours late yesterday for his arraignment in Manchester District Court on a disorderly conduct charge.
Haines, 60, of 509 Lake Ave., then had to be escorted from the courtroom, because he was disrupting the court proceedings by loudly announcing his arrival and disparaging the charge against him.
When it was his turn to be arraigned, Haines put his trademark cowboy hat on the table before him and responded to a request for a plea with an emphatic: "Innocent ... innocent."
He several times asked Judge Norman Champagne to throw out the disorderly conduct charge, saying: "It's a waste of taxpayers' money."
The charge alleges he was at the intersection of Elm and Merrimack streets, a little after 6 p.m. on Sept. 19, yelling at people and wouldn't quiet down. Haines said he was just trying to get a stopped motorist to move back out of the crosswalk at the intersection.
"It's a political ploy," said Haines, who alleged he's been targeted by a police department that supports Sen. Hillary Clinton for President. |
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