Easton Man Free On Bail

I did a few posts on Gregory Floyd back in April (you can find them here, here and here). He's being released on personal recognizance bail, but still has hearings coming up on the three misdemeanor charges.

HAVERHILL – Held at the county jail since his outburst in Littleton District Court two months ago, Gregory Floyd was released yesterday afternoon on personal recognizance bail.

Floyd, of Easton, was in court yesterday for a bail reduction hearing on three misdemeanor charges stemming from his tirade on April 15, moments after he was convicted on a charge of criminal threatening against his neighbor, Alma Jean Boisvert.

...His public defender, attorney Simon Mayo, argued for reduced bail yesterday, saying that Floyd is not a flight risk. Referring to Floyd's stopping when he saw Kenney shoot McKay in May 2007, he said, "Mr. Floyd is not someone who runs away."

Mayo showed Judge Timothy McKenna a medal and commendation Floyd was given by the National Association of Chiefs of Police for his actions last year. Mayo also said Floyd is in poor health.

Gregory Floyd grins at the start of his criminal threatening trial April 15.

"He intends fully to stay and fight the charges," Mayo said.

Floyd was released yesterday on $80,000 personal recognizance and McKenna issued an order that Floyd's Easton home could be subjected to a lien if conditions of bail are violated.

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Arguing that Floyd does pose a danger to the community, Assistant County Attorney James Vara cited Floyd's May 28, 1998, conviction of attempted simple assault against a police officer. Vara has filed a motion asking that the one- to three-year sentence from that case be imposed. A condition of Floyd's release in 1998 was that he go 10 years without getting into trouble.

McKenna spent several hours deciding whether to reduce Floyd's bail. He was being held in lieu of $20,000 cash bail, but was not able to raise the money. The judge asked several questions about Floyd's financial situation and did not decide on the motion until after 3 p.m. yesterday, more than four hours after the hearing.

Alma Jean Boisvert, the neighbor who obtained a permanent restraining order against Floyd last December, attended the bail hearing yesterday. In the interval before the judge announced his decision on Floyd's release, Boisvert collapsed in the lobby of the courthouse and was taken by ambulance to Cottage Hospital in Woodsville.

There is still some dispute on whether Floyd was an actual hero or not in the McKay/Kenny shooting. Christopher King of Chris King's 1st Amendment Page is naturally outraged that Floyd was released.

The Floyds are indeed the Teflon Dons of North Country, and we have to ask why. Many of us will be asking that of the U.S. House later this summer and I probably won't be riding home from past 116/112/Hummingbird Lane anymore.

Unfortunately, Alma Jean Boisvert still has to live there, right next to Floyd, a man who was recently declared a threat to society by Judge McKenna, who just released him yesterday because now I guess he's not. Truly a Renaissance Man, that Floyd.

I'm kind of shocked, too, considering his history with threatening police officers in the past. He still seems like a bully to me.