Michael Gannon said he has rejected a Nashua Police Department plea deal to reduce the two felony wiretapping charges against him to a misdemeanor wiretapping charge.Police said Gannon broke the all-party consent provision of the state’s wiretapping law. Gannon has argued that the police knew they were being taped because he told them he had a surveillance system in place when they came to investigate his son.
"I’m a card player, and they (police) are trying to tell me they have all the aces when I’m staring at four aces in my hand," Gannon, 39, of 26 Morgan St., said yesterday. "They offered me the deal (before my probable cause hearing), and I know I did nothing wrong so I said, ‘No way am I taking that deal.’"
I am glad that this man has chosen to fight for his rights to enjoy his property peaceably and free from unnecessary government intrusion. In the course of doing so, he is taking a stand for all of us.
Read my initial posting for more details here.
Read about what was said by the police officers here.
How confident are the police in their own case? What do the neighbors think of the police conduct in the matter? Click here.
