Press Releases

At approximately 6:10 PM, the Portsmouth Police Department Dispatch Center began receiving calls of a person floating in the Piscataqua River in the area of the decks behind Surf restaurant.  Portsmouth Police Officers responded to the area and were assisted by New Hampshire Marine Patrol, the US Coast Guard and the Portsmouth Fire Department, who all responded to the scene with boats. 

Eighteen years after terror attacks on America struck the twin towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington DC, and caused the destruction of Flight 93 in a field in Shanksville, PA, we will again pause and remember the world-changing events of September 11, 2001.

On August 16, 2019, at approximately 1:05AM, the Portsmouth Police Department received a 911 call reporting a female lying in the roadway on Woodbury Avenue. Patrol units responded and located an unconscious female subject evidencing serious injuries. She was transported to the Portsmouth Hospital where she remains in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with life threatening injuries.

On August 1, 2019 the Portsmouth Police Department arrested:

Shu Ping Lin

53 Years of Age

**NO FIXED ADDRESS**

On July 17, 2019, the Portsmouth Police Department notified:

Isaac Brake

Age 46

On Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 2:08pm, the Portsmouth, New Hampshire Police Department and Portsmouth Fire Department responded to Sagamore Avenue near Little Harbor Road for a report of a motor vehicle collision with serious injury.

On June 26, 2019, the Portsmouth Police Department arrested the following individual for Sale of Controlled Narcotics, a Class B Felony.

Ryan Reed

Age:40

Portsmouth, NH

The City of Portsmouth and Wilcox Industries will be sponsoring the annual fireworks display on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at the South Mill Pond across from the Portsmouth City Hall beginning at 9:15 p.m. sharp; the rain date is scheduled for Friday, July 5th at the same time. This celebration is an alcohol-free, family event. 

The Portsmouth Police Department is proud to announce that it will host the United States Police Canine Association Region 4 Police Dog Certification Trials.  The event is free and open to the public.

PLEASE DO NOT BRING PETS!!!

On June 15, 2019, the Portsmouth Police Department arrested the following individual for Aggravated Felonious Sexual Assault:

Jonathan Roberts

DOB 08/31/1955

11 Pickering St

Portsmouth, NH