The Telegraph NASHUA&REGION www.nashuatelegraph.com • Newsroom: 603-594-1240 Wednesday, April 8, 2020 • Page A4 NEWS DIGEST Hudson man charged Catering firm gets community recharge amid pandemic By GEORGE PELLETIER the Derryfield School in Manches- after 2-town police chase Milford Bureau Chief ter and Bishop Brady High School LITCHFIELD – An at- in Concord just to name a few. tempt by police Monday MANCHESTER – Celebra- “When this happened, it was evening to pull over a tions Catering, a longtime sta- hard to find things for employ- Ford Crown Victoria they ple in Nashua, still caters to the ees to do and to find business,” he observed “travelling at Gate City, and beyond – all over said. “Nobody was really commu- a high rate of speed” on the state, in fact – even though nicating. People were isolating. Charles Bancroft Highway their main operations are in We went from having all of our triggered a pursuit and Manchester. schools in operation, to closing ended in Londonderry And thanks to longtime corpo- seven schools immediately, all on with the driver’s arrest, rate clients and members of the the same day.” police said. community, Celebrations is seeing Fortunately, the community ral- Donovan Higgins, 18, some much-needed relief. lied around Manheck and his com- of Hudson, allegedly at- With the COVID-19 pandemic, pany. Many of the businesses that tempted to elude pursuing Celebrations owner and president have been regular clients of Cel- officers by speeding off, Fred Manheck wasn’t sure what ebrations for many years began reversing his direction on was going to happen next. Cel- ordering food for their employees St. Francis Way, travel- ebrations was providing school and to donate to various places. ling south on Bancroft lunches for several places of Courtesy photo Highway, then heading for learning such as Nashua Catholic, CATERING | PAGE A5 Celebrations staffers prepare meals at their Manchester facility. Londonderry on Pinecrest and Hillcrest avenues. Litchfield police said Londonderry officers got involved once Higgins crossed into that town. A Belletetes short time later, Higgins pulled over on Wiley Hill Road in Londonderry, at which point he was taken into custody. hardware He was charged with two counts of reckless con- duct, Class B felonies, and two counts of disobeying an officer, Class A misde- sees uptick meanors, police said. By GEORGE PELLETIER Higgins was booked and Milford Bureau Chief later released on bail pend- ing arraignment, which NASHUA – With the governor’s is scheduled for May 14 stay-at-home order in place until May in Hillsborough County 4, and as we enter week 2 of the new Superior Court South in normal, folks are considering painting Nashua. the walls, which seems like a pleasant alternative to climbing them. Some people are using their extra Assault, strangulation time at home to get home improvement projects completed and are running to alleged in domestic incident the local hardware store to pick up sup- LITCHFIELD – Former plies for those do-it-yourself projects. Nashua resident Denzel Mike Shea, president of Belletetes, Moss, 25, is facing one a popular independent hardware felony and two misdemeanor and building product specialist in charges following his arrest New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Monday in Litchfield, police said there’s been an increase in sales said. throughout their locations, especially Moss, who police said is at the Nashua store, located at 80 North- currently living in Litchfield, eastern Blvd. (Other New Hampshire was arrested shortly after 11 locations include Sunapee, Peterbor- a.m. at his residence. ough, Keene and Jaffrey, where their The charges include one corporate headquarters is located.) count of second-degree “We’ve been busy,” he said. “That’s assault – strangulation, a certainly our most urban location. And Class B felony, and two there have been a lot of people coming counts of simple assault – in that we don’t necessarily recognize domestic violence, Class A and that we don’t believe we’ve seen misdemeanors. before. Our guess is that they’re com- Police said they were ing to us because they want to avoid a called to Moss’s resi- more crowded place like the big box dence, the address for stores.” which wasn’t provided, in With a boom in sales, Shea said em- response to a report of a Courtesy photo ployees are being particularly careful domestic disturbance. Owner of King David Coffee Roasters in Nashua Sam Brest is continuing to roast and sell his coffee online during about the person-to-person spread of The incident remains the COVID-19 crisis. COVID-19. under investigation, police “Some of the employees are on said, adding that additional higher alert, and that’s a well-founded charges may be filed. concern,” he said. “But in the last week Moss was booked on the or so there has been a big change in charges and later released on social distancing, where people really personal recognizance bail seemed to be taking it to heart, under- pending arraignment, which standing the concerns and fears of the is scheduled for May 14 in people around them as well as taking Hillsborough County Supe- care of themselves.” rior Court South in Nashua. Perking up Building materials have seen an in- crease in sales, as contractors stock- pile materials for jobsites that they’re Area man charged with currently working on or new ones on Coffee business persists through COVID-19 the horizon. assaulting police By ADAM URQUHART tick in online sales. King Da- up,” Brest said. “I’m taking a “They want to make sure that if we LITCHFIELD – Police Staff Writer vid Coffee Roasters in Nashua hit on the profit, but something either closed or were forced to close, have charged a Manchester roasts a variety of high-end is better than nothing.” that they would have product to be able man with assaulting two NASHUA – Coffee is a ne- coffees that are sold around Brest’s online sales are to continue and complete their jobs,” police officers and resisting cessity for many, whether the United States and up into brewing, reaching as far away Shea said. arrest or detention follow- that be parents at home help- Canada. Owner Sam Brest said as Alaska. While King David Paint is the other big attraction, as ing a confrontation that ing their children with re- his company also does private is not a retail cafe like many customers have been comparing col- stemmed from a reported mote learning or an essential label and wholesale business, of the coffee shops in Nashua, ors and paint swatches. Shea noted that domestic dispute at a local employee showing up to work which are slow right now, his hidden gem of a facility with a spike in sales, there’s pause for residence. during the coronavirus disease leading him to concentrate on is located at 48 Bridge St. on concern. Capt. Thomas Scotti said (COVID-19) crisis. internet sales by offering spe- the second floor of an old mill “Our paint sales have definitely seen Patrick Roy, 22, was intoxi- While many businesses are cials such as free shipping of building near the Nashua Riv- an increase,” he said. “When people cated when police arrived, taking a hit during these chal- three or more bags anywhere er. He also has a commercial realized that they might be home for a and he allegedly ran from lenging times, one local coffee in the country. them when they tried to take roaster is experiencing an up- “Internet sales are definitely COFFEE | PAGE A5 HARDWARE | PAGE A5 him into protective custody. Officers caught up to Roy after a brief foot pursuit, but he allegedly “continued to resist, and while doing Paranoia sets in as we start moving out of danger’s path so, intentionally struck one of the officers in the face,” By STEPHEN KELLEY neighborhoods. At the time I was And about three or four houses on are driven by wind. When a house Scotti said. Main Street Money working as a freelance photo- each block that were completely is burning it throws off sparks and Once they had Roy in journalist, and I was assigned by untouched, looking surreal and embers. And those get caught by custody, police transported I will never forget when I was a magazine to go out and get pic- totally out of place among the the wind and travel from house to him to headquarters for a young man in my late 20s. It tures of the devastation. ruins. And I noticed something. house. Now, if they hit a wall or a booking. There, Scotti said, was November 1980, when what And it was devastation. Whole Every single one of the pristine, window, they bounce off and burn they placed a mask on him became known as the Panorama neighborhoods were leveled. I untouched homes had one thing in out. 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