A Massachusetts man was charged with multiple offenses after brandishing a firearm and a steak knife at a Texas Roadhouse in New Hampshire and also threatening staff at a local market earlier the same day. According to reports from NBC Boston, Mark Kidman, 57, from Westford, was at the center of a disturbance at the Texas Roadhouse on South Willow Street in Manchester on Monday morning where he assaulted an employee and threatened others; the staff managed to disarm him before police arrived and when they did, he fought back, this information was corroborated by a social media post from Manchester Information but also an additional incident was reported involving Kidman earlier in the evening at the Caribbean Market on Maple Street, where he is believed to have threatened people with a handgun.
Manchester police arrested Kidman on charges including five counts of felony criminal threatening with a firearm, simple assault, and resisting arrest as stated by Manchester Information on social media. The authorities, upon further investigation, connected him to the Caribbean Market confrontation and tacked on an additional charge of felony criminal threatening with a firearm to his list of offenses.
Kidman is being held on preventative detention and is set to appear in Manchester District Court for arraignment at a later, undefined date, both sources stated this; in the interim, Manchester police are asking for the public's assistance in gathering more information on both incidents and anyone with knowledge can reach out to them directly or through the anonymous Crimeline, which suggests the understanding that there may yet be undisclosed elements to these events still lingering out there in the woven fabric of the community's daily life.
