Police: Argument Led To Punches, Threats Outside McGarvey's Bar

MANCHESTER, NH — Police have made an arrest after the investigation of an assault outside of McGarvey’s Bar on Elm Street.

Police responded to a report of an assault on Nov. 9, in a parking lot on Lowell Street. The people reporting the incident had been inside McGarvey’s Bar on Elm Street when one of their friends got into an argument with an unknown man. Police said when the people were preparing to leave, they encountered the same man in the parking lot on Lowell Street.

The man from inside the bar was accused of punching the man and his friend. The victims said another man drove up in a black SUV and assaulted the other person in the group. The victims told police the suspect said he had a gun, according to MPD Spokesperson Heather Hamel.

Through the investigation, police identified the man in the black SUV as Eduardo Lages, 34, of Manchester. He was arrested and charged with felony criminal threatening, second-degree assault, simple assault, and felon in possession of a deadly weapon.