Crime & Safety
Exeter Driver Led Officers On Chase, Assaulted K-9: Police
NH State Police said Andrew Goodchild, of Exeter, led officers on a chase from North Hampton to Portsmouth and assaulted a police dog.

NORTH HAMPTON, NH — An Exeter man who led officers on a chase from North Hampton to Portsmouth was arrested Monday and charged with a host of crimes, according to police. Andrew Goodchild, 48, of Exeter, was intoxicated during the chase and assaulted a K-9 that was unleashed on him in Portsmouth as officers finally took him into custody, police said.
Photo: Andrew Goodchild, pictured on the ground in handcuffs, is taken into custody in Portsmouth on Congress Street after a police chase September 3, 2018, that started in North Hampton. (Credit: Reader-submitted)
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