Bartender Arrested for Serving NH DWI Driver

Drunk patron left bar and hit a pedestrian with vehicle.

Dennis Magoon, a bartender of a Portsmouth establishment, was charged with selling an alcoholic drink to an intoxicated customer. The patron left the bar, got behind the wheel of his car and only blocks away struck and seriously injured a pedestrian.

An investigation by local police and the Liquor Commission Bureau of Enforcement determined that the driver had been at Fat Belly’s on Bow Street before the accident near the intersection of Market Street and Bow Street. Based on statements from Fat Belly's staff and physical evidence, police allege that Magoon served the ‘obviously intoxicated’ man.

The 33-year old bartender was charged with prohibited sale of alcohol, a Class A misdemeanor. The drunk customer was charged with felony driving while intoxicated in New Hampshire, along with reckless conduct and vehicular assault. Magoon is scheduled for arraignment on March 16 at Portsmouth District Court.

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