Questions Remain for Frank Guinta!

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"Questions Remain For Guinta, Garrity In Bar Incident: Man Suffers Broken Leg In Incident At Manchester Club"
WMUR.com - July 1, 2009

MANCHESTER, N.H,. -- In the middle of a run for Congress, Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta is trying to explain any possible involvement he may have had in an altercation at a private Manchester social club where a man broke his leg.

Dan Mahoney, manager of the Fish and Game Social Club said the June 18 incident began at about 10 p.m. when there was a call at the bar from Manchester Alderman Mike Garrity.

"He said, 'Is Tommy English there?'" Mahoney said. "I said, 'Yeah, he's here.' I looked around. I didn't see him. I said, 'Why don't you call back in a couple minutes?' And as soon as I hung up the phone, Tom came around corner and started yelling at me. He was angry, saying, 'I said I wasn't here. Why are you answering the phone?'"

Garrity and Guinta later went to the club, according to a statement from Guinta's congressional campaign. Garrity "was trying to help a troubled individual," the statement reads.

Garrity told the Manchester Express that a fight broke out.

"I went to get him out of the club, and in the process, I was attacked by him," Garrity told the Express.

Garrity's brother, state Rep. Pat Garrity, was also at the club. The alderman said his brother stepped in to remove English, and English "took a fall and his leg was broken."

English's mother told News 9 that her son's leg is broken in several places and required more than 30 stitches. She expressed outrage, saying neither Mike Garrity nor the mayor contacted police at the time.

She told the New Hampshire Union Leader that she doesn't believe that sort of injury happens from somebody falling down.

At 10:30 p.m., an ambulance was called to the club for English. The dispatch report reads: "Tripped over chair. Drinking. Man 40-year-old. Broken leg."

The mayor's statement said he "left once the unfortunate situation was under control."

The Manchester Police Department told News 9 it is investigating the events of that night, but it couldn't provide a police report at this time.

Alderman Garrity told the Union Leader that the police weren't contacted because English asked that they not be called. Guinta told the paper that he contacted the police a few days later after he learned of how serious English's injury was.

News 9 could not speak directly to the major. His office said he's on vacation.

Neither of the Garritys returned News 9's phone calls, and English couldn't be located.

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