Report: Armed man takes hostages at/near Hillary NH office; WMUR confirms two being held; Update: Released?; Update: Report - Still two hostages being held?; Three total released, suspect ID’d as conspiracy theorist; Update: hostage situation still “fluid,” police logs added, Update: NBC ID’s different suspect, another hostage reportedly released; Local paper publishes new suspect ID: Leeland Eisenberg; suspect in custody
Update 7:13pm Eastern. Guess which network the hostage-taker was trying to contact?
Starts with a “C” and ends with “N.”
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer reported that Mr. Eisenberg had been calling the cable network’s Washington bureau throughout the afternoon. Mr. Blitzer said that Mr. Eisenberg had been complaining about the mental health care system in the United States.
WMUR: Leeland Eisenberg surrenders
“Eisenberg was scheduled to appear in Strafford County Superior Court at 1:30 p.m. Friday with his wife for a domestic violence hearing.”
Still some confusion over the suspect’s name. More at Classical Values and at Hot Air.
Update 6:23pm Eastern. Last hostage–a male campaign worker–is released. Eisenberg surrenders. WMUR has video.
Update 5:40pm Eastern. Another hostage reportedly released. Foster’s Daily Democrat, a local newspaper, identifies the suspect as Leeland Eisenberg of Somersworth. WMUR adds that Eisenberg had sought “roadside flares” before the incident.
Eisenberg shows up in Rochester police logs for DWI and stalking incidents:
11:13 p.m. - Near Cumberland Farms on Milton Road, Leeland Eisenberg, 46, of 182 Milton Road, 16, is charged with DWI.
Monday, June 11, 2007 With the help of a resident who called to report a suspected drunken driver on Washington Street, police charged Leeland Eisenberg, 46, of 182 Milton Road, Apartment 16, Rochester with driving while intoxicated.
7:51 p.m. –Leeland Eisenberg, 46, of Milton Road, 16, is charged with two counts of stalking.
Foster’s Daily Democrat has learned the suspect who took hostages at the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign headquarters is Leeland Eisenberg of Somersworth, who is well known to police in Rochester.
And here’s a letter published in the FDD on March 20:
Rochester police get slap in the face
To the editor:
The Rochester Police Department was trying to be proactive and help the citizen’s of Rochester from thieves and what they got was a slap in the face.
For every minute that Capt. Dumas has to spend dealing with the antics of Leeland Eisenberg it is one less minute he has to spend helping someone with something important. Mr. Eisenberg is wasting the time and the money of the taxpayers.
Police officers risk their life every day helping people, and to make them question if they should put a piece of paper in a car is just wrong.
Why can’t people focus on the important things?
Melissa Picard
Rochester
Update 5:19pm Eastern. I’m told NBC is identifying a different suspect than FNC ID’d. Allah’s got much more. Two hostages apparently still being held.
Update 5:07pm Eastern. The Manchester Union Leader reports that GOP candidates kept their offices open: “The Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani campaigns kept their offices in Manchester and Portsmouth open, according to their state campaign managers.”
Update 4:51pm Eastern. The Huffington Post attempts to contact Troy Stanley by phone. Wait a minute! Isn’t that “stalking”!
(hat tip - Matt)
FYI, with a hat tip to commenters, when you search “Troy Stanley,” these entries pop up in the Rochester police log:
11:38 a.m. — Troy Alan Stanley, 44, of 15 Strafford Inn, Farmington, is charged with criminal trespass and obstructing government administration.
6:14 p.m. — Troy Alan Stanley, 44, of Rochester Hill Road, is arrested on a bench warrant for disorderly conduct.
10:13 a.m. — Troy Alan Stanley, 44, of 287 Rochester Hill Road, 201, is charged with criminal trespass.
Troy A. Stanley, 44, of 201 Sofield Apartments, Rochester was charged with suspended registration and driving after revocation or suspension at 12:56 p.m. on July 27. He will appear Sept. 14 in Rochester District Court.
WMUR screenshot of second hostage released
Update 4:35pm Eastern. Rochester PD press conference starting shortly. (Update - It’s started, but PD is not giving out much info due to fluid situation of the investigation.) WMUR reports Stanley was in the middle of a divorce, had been drinking for 72 hours, was “not in the right state of mind.”
Update 3:54pm Eastern. ABC - Three total hostages released. Two adults and a baby. Suspect’s weapon described as a pipe bomb.
FNC identifying the suspect as Troy Stanley and describing him as a conspiracy theorizer. Mother reportedly negotiating to get him to surrender.
Question to MSM: If we–or you–start Googling “Troy Stanley,” does that qualify as “stalking,” too?
Update 3:26pm Eastern. WBZ reporting that there are two more hostages still in the office. WMUR and ABC reporting that the suspect is an older man with a history of mental illness who told his son to watch the news today.
Update 3:15pm Eastern. Hostages released? WMUR reporting that two hostages are safe…
Update 2:29pm Eastern. Unconfirmed reports: Hostage-taker is demanding to talk to Hillary.
Edwards’ office evacuated.
Update 2:15pm Eastern. FNC’s Major Garrett reporting that Hillary Clinton has canceled a speech event in Va. WMUR reports that it has confirmed through law enforcement that two campaign workers are being held.
Several elementary and middle schools are on lockdown.
WMUR reporting…
An armed man has taken people hostage at the Hillary Clinton campaign office in Rochester, police said.
It was not clear how many hostages there were or what weapons the man has. Police have set up a command post near the office on 28 North Main St.
Will monitor it.
Pray that it turns out alright and that no one is hurt.
WDHD is reporting Rochester has been evacuated after a bomb threat.
Take with a grain of salt, but here’s one eyewitness report from WMUR:
“A young woman with a 6-month or 8-month-old infant came rushing into the store just in tears, and she said, ‘You need to call 911. A man has just walked into the Clinton office, opened his coat and showed us a bomb strapped to his chest with duct tape,’” witness Lettie Tzizik said.
Map:
Obama’s Manchester office has been evacuated as a safety precaution.
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geez another nutcase on the loose.
That’s about five miles away..
Concur
I agree. I pray nobody gets hurt - ‘cept the perp - maybe.
I have no sympathy for the perp.
Ten from my house. News9 is looking for pictures. Maybe I’ll go for a drive.
just think of the comments if this were a lefty blog and it happened at one of the reps offices…
Well maybe not. Traffic being re-routed. I’ll never get near it.
Yes, I’ll pray for their safety.
OT: Hey Aj, on the Akon thread I’ve got a nutcase named travis telling me I am not black. He’s absolutely convinced. You want a good laugh…you should check it out.
The man claims to have a bomb:
I bet it’s the snowman from the Youtube debate. Just get a giant heater. But in all seriousness, I hope that everything works out and that this nutcase is taken in and no one gets hurt.
Pray for every bodys safety.
NBC6:
Two workers are hostage.
Carl Cameron speeding down Rte 16. Just passed my exit. Heh.
Hope everyone’s safe and sound and the perpetrator is captured and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
Live coverage here.
#14, I posted something similar and it was pulled. I hope it’s a stunt and that nobody is hurt (like others I don’t include the perp)
“On November 30th, 2007 at 2:13 pm, Defector01 said:
Hope everyone’s safe and sound and the perpetrator is captured and punished to the fullest extent of the law.”
Well if it’s Sharia law then he will get $25,000 from Iran and 72 vigins from Muhamad the teddy.
Why do I keep having a vision of a CNN reporter saying “He’s a Republican”?
I hope everyone comes out ok.
The news kinda goofed up a little here: “A woman and her baby told workers at a neighboring business that she was released by the hostage-taker.” They didn’t have quotes from the baby though.
Now we know what they mean by republican. Hope everyone is safe.
I pray for everyone’s safety.
Now, here’s an idea. How about we get the news media to make a standing offer to these nutjobs? They can have their 3 minutes of fame, they can get their message out, they can get TV coverage, but only if they then follow through and blow themselves up. Tape the interview in some out-of-the-way location, and once the smoke clears, run it.
Maybe I’ve oversimplified it, so somebody help me with the downside.
#14
Good lord, are you serious? A stunt? What’s wrong with you?
It’s all over the kNews.
Shed, what you talkin bout?
Prayers are up for a safe resolution to this disturbed persons behavior and hoping no one gets hurt.
A nut is a nut is a nut, but how long until the MSM identifies the nut a right wing or left wing nutjob? It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the MSM. As soon as demands are identified and released get ready for the fireworks and spin. And regardless of who’s doing this it will be Bush’s fault.
#25
They deleted your comment.
About a stupid comment I deleted.
Don’t be stupid.
I pray nobody gets hurt; except the bomber. Dips like this give anti-Hillary people a bad name.
May God be with them !
Wonder if it is an Islamic Extremist?
A forty year man with salt and pepper hair….
Maybe it is a last ditch effort by the press to get an interview with Hillary.
They’re only evacuating the democrat’s campaign offices?
One more thing…I won’t harbor ideas that it is a setup, until MM tells me it was.
Treat it as a the real deal until we know different.
He wants to talk to Hillary? Well, that’s not going to happen. My cynical political thinking here is that the Clintons (yes, both of them) will use this horrible situation for their political benefit. I know…it sounds completely horrible, and I hate even mentioning it especially when people’s lives are in danger. I am sure the Clintons are horrified as well, but in the dark recesses of their “war room”, people are plotting already how to make this benefit Mrs. Bill Clinton.
Watching the news stream, the news is being good about not showing “live shots”. Kudos to them if they keep it up, so if swat moves in, the perp doesn’t get a view.
Link from today’s Drudgereport:
“National correspondents increasingly frustrated by lack of access to Clinton…”
Michelle I didn’t think the Anderson Cooper comment was stupid. Maybe silly…no stupid.
30
Disregard comment #38. They just showed a live shot. If they show it and it reveals police personnel, it creates potential danger for them.
Whoops!
It’s hardly past noon. Some people are in such a hurry.
What happened to happy hour first before one goes crazy?
CNN is not even reporting it….CNN is so unreliable…..and not a trusted news source.
Guys, having lived next to Rochester for most of my life, I can tell you there ain’t any such thing as a live shot in Rochester. That place has been dead for years.
I would have hoped this was some kind of elaborate hoax, but right now the best we can hope for is that the bomb isn’t real, and that no one (besides the hostage taker) is hurt when this ends.
FBI’s HRT is probably already on their way. Anyone know if there’s a pic of the hostage taker out there?
Pray for a cool mind and a smooth trigger finger on the sniper that already has that scumbag in his crosshairs and for no one to second guess the sniper when he takes his shot.
$5.00 sniper rifle plus paper work and beers after work vs. all the court costs and appeals and media attention. What would be better?
Sorry, meant sniper rifle bullet.
I was gonna say, where the hell do YOU shop for rifles???
Good call Delos.
No matter the outcome, the Libs will spin it to Hillary’s best and brightest potential, somehow the cops will screw up to the point of distraction in their eyes and as we all know, in the end and final analysis it wil be found out that it is, as always…
Bush’s fault
Evidently a lot of post are getting deleted. Max, #47 is not sierra.caddis. Which makes me wonder why my earlier post was deleted. I did not break any of Michelle’s rules in her terms of use.
Live Feed Video Streaming
local
http://www.wmur.com/video/14738085/index.html
No, he just went to the court house to file some legal papers.
btw: hope his guys are safe to.
You posted a map showing where the campaign office is? Haven’t you learned your lesson about stalking?
/sarc
Just got back from lunch.
This is horrible. I’m hoping and praying for a peaceful resolution.
But my gut is sending up red flags. If this guy is even remotely connected to any Republican or conservative, it’ll be all over the MSM as TYPICAL of the GOP. If it’s a moonbat, it’ll quickly and quietly go away…
Noone deserves this. This is not the way for any one or any side to get their point across. It is easy to see where they got their ideas from, just another minority agent out to make a point, but enryone, even Liberals, deserve to go home to their life-partners or whatever un-oopposed by fellow whakadoos.
Sorry…typing with cat in lap is most difficult on the typos
#52
Posts are being deleted because I am sure Ms. Malkin doesn’t want her website to gain notoriety as the place for people who think this hostage situation is a Clinton stunt. Might not exactly help in the credibility area.
There is nothing anywhere in this matter to make light of.
My prayers go out to the families of these two volunteers held hostage and the police trying to free them. May they all go home safely today.
Maybe I’m stupid, but why exactly is Edwards and Obama evacuating their offices too? Is the one guy at Hillary’s place gonna go to their offices next?
Update: WBZ-1030AM sez Dover, NH SWAT is on the scene…
rwworks,
I expect that the E&O people are figuring on collateral damage and are not particularly keen on enjoying any…
#61
Their offices are literally down the street on the same block. It’s a small town. If there is more than one crazy…etc?
WMUR is reporting on the live stream that the hostages have been released.
A girl in a green sweater
Because it takes a village?
It does’nt matter it is Michelle’s site and she deams what is appropriate or not. If your post was deleted, as mine was it’s no big deal, if you had a quote of someone she deleted then yours will get deleted as well.
Two things:
The chance of this being a coordinated effort to “talk” to the canidates (be the suspect a wingnut or moonbat) is something that you can’t ignore. Best to get everyone out and be on the safe side.
As for comments that the hope this is staged, I would like to take a second to perhaps explain why some might hope that.
If it is staged/a hoax, then the bomb would VERY likely not be real, and the odds of anyone getting hurt would be slim to none.
That’s the only reason I could see hoping it was all a hoax.
However, I doubt it is, and I do hope it ends with minimal loss of human life (hostage-takers excluded).
Because all the coverage is down the street.
POLICE: Hostages are released
source: WMUR
Remember what they called Bush after 9/11 after Air Force One was diverted to an Air Force Base in flyover country? There were many complaints that by not immediately returning to Washington DC that Bush was not showing leadership. I’m jes’ sayin’.
watershed,
Not all of our loons can fly… To get the flavor of Rochester (tutti frutti) look at the Rochester Police Log
Now be honest…with all that has come out lately, and I am not saying it is staged, but how many people would be that surprised to find out at some later date that it was? Be honest with yourself, and consider who we are talking about.
In the end, it’s gonna be Bush/Cheney’s fault, dontchaknow.
Appears hostages have been released hopefully the disturbed individual gives up willing with no one hurt.
#76 - You see this one below in the police logs?
Besides this unfortunate (and maybe tasty for some) deer incident, this hostage taking is the biggest story ever for this little town.
Let’s hope the hostages have been freed.
If our troops weren’t in Iraq this never would have happened! or maybe global warming got this guy very hot!
They seem to know who the man is….They are reporting he has a history of mental illness
She will claim he worked for Fox News
Anderson Cooper has live coverage on YouTube.
Someone has a sense of humor.
Apparently the man told his son to watch the news….
That was on the banner below the live broadcast on WMUR
I hope this is NOT a sympathy getter for Hillary.
They wouldn’t stoop that low would they?
Hopefully all is safe.
Unfortunately, there are people watching these threads to give Michelle a bad name. See Intoxination for example.
Can’t beat the Rochester Police Log:
Well, now that the hostages are okay, how long does it take until Hillary Clinton comes out with some sort of health care proposal that screens people for mental illness?
Tommorows headline will read:
“Hillary Clinton exhibits unparalled leadership and grace under pressure during this tense situation.”
“I’m more confident than ever that she can handle a psycho with nukes,” says Joe Everyman of Iowa.
In two days the correction will be (on page D32) “Correction- Hillary Clinton not involved in negotiations, was 10 states away yelling at CNN staffers for getting caught planting questions.”
Rochester Residence Syndrome…
It’s President Bush’s fault.
From above.
I hope there isn’t an evil Republican prosecutor there. Rather than warehousing this perp in prison, he should be released into the community where he can be rehabiltated properly.
Oh, and I blame global warming.
http://abcnews.go.com/
They seem to know some scoop….
Someone is delete happy today. Should have left the M word off.
Sorry. I wouldn’t have made a jokeif I knew there were still 2 people inside. But I knowing this now, I’ll pray for their safety.
AJ…41 or 43 or 45 (Jeb)?
My friend just sent me a hilarious instant message mockingly blaming the “Zionist Crusader Alliance For World Domination” for the situation.
He is Jewish (as am I), but so far there does not seem to be anything but one guy going nuts, and nothing more.
This is situation is not funny at all, and I hope the hostages get out alive.
Respectfully,
eric aka the Tygrrrr Express
The Drudge is now reporting too
http://blogs.abcnews.com/rapidreport/2007/11/hostage-situati.html
Taylork,
I think we are both being careful to separate our compassion as human beings from our instinct to be butchered as republicans in the media. The humor is how awful the media treats us, we are not in any way making light of the hostages.
You get it, and so do I. It is a high wire act because we are sitting and waiting.
You’re not insensitive.
Respectfully,
eric aka the Tygrrrr Express
Now they are saying there may have been more hostages than earlier thought.
Press Conference starting……
Live Video Streaming WMUR
http://www.wmur.com/video/14738085/index.html
I hope the hostages get out safely but this drama TV is a bit too much. The media is making this out to be a much bigger event than it is.
We are in this rinky dink town with the volunteer SWAT team running around for 1 nut that has an issue against the world. Then you have the media with their guest analyst trying to figure out whats in this guys head and throwing in every scenerio that they can think of and now the media will get a hold of any town person that may know something about the man or grab anyone that is walking around town
Again I hope the hostages are safe but this media coverage is ridiculas
Anyone care to bet the protagonist is a card-carrying member of the Democrat Party (aka nutroot) who is frustrated that Hillary hasn’t personally defunded the War in Iraq yet? Might even be a member over at Daily Kos?
Tragic for the terrorized staffers… I don’t like Hillary at all but she should be the first person on the phone to the police negotiators there to insist that she WOULD talk by phone to the perp AS SOON AS he releases all the hostages. That WOULD be leadership, and it would bury Obama an Edwards.
It’s a shame she will NEVER do that… no substance, all fluff.