LACONIA — After deliberating over the span of three days, a Belknap County jury found a Belmont man charged with two counts of criminal threatening and one count of resisting arrest guilty on all three charges.
Brandon Dunn, 31, of 791 Laconia Road was ordered held in the Belknap County House of Corrections until he can be sentenced.
Dunn pointed a commercial grade blow torch at police who came to his house in January of 2012 with a warrant for his arrest on a domestic violence-related matter. When he saw police he picked up a blow torch and came toward the Belmont Police officers.
Dunn hid in the attic until the Belknap County Special Operations Group was activated about 90 minutes later. After deploying tear gas, police found Dunn hiding under some insulation.
Police said at the time it appeared he tried to set his house on fire but was unsuccessful.

DURHAM — Plymouth Regional High School's Granite State Challenge team scored a 325 to 275 victory over Manchester Central in the program broadcast by N.H. Public Television on Sunday night and will now face Hanover in the next week's finale.
The school was represented by captain Kate Brownstein, Jordan Brownstein, Jade McLaughlin, and Aaron Scheinman, and led by coach Jay Fogarty.
The Granite State SuperChallenge match will air on May 19th at 6:30 p.m. All GSC matches are available online to watch anytime.
The popular quiz contest began the season with 16 Granite State high school teams battling toward the coveted SuperChallenge title and brainy bragging rights.
On May 26 at 6:30 p.m., the winner of Granite State SuperChallenge will compete against the winner of WGBH's High School Quiz Show in the first Granite State/Bay State Governor's Cup Challenge match.
It takes a winning combination of knowledge, teamwork, grace under pressure, and a quick buzzer reflex to play Granite State Challenge. The show brings New Hampshire's top high school academic teams head-to-head in lively competition. The game emphasizes quick recall of factual material in all major disciplines - math, science, social studies, language and fine arts - along with a mix of questions about current events, entertainment, sports, and regional topics. Host Jim Jeannotte poses the Challenge questions to the teams; Lori Warriner interviews team members.
Each of the four team members and the alternates of the winning Granite State SuperChallenge team will receive a $1,000 award from the NHHEAF Network/ I Am College Bound.org program. The winning school also receives $1,000 and a trophy, and the runner-up school receives $500.

LACONIA — The City Council last night deferred a decision on resubmitting its bid of $2.16-million to purchase the former Laconia State School property off North Main Street pending more information about the costs associated with ownership.
City Councilor Matt Lahey (Ward 2) told the council that since the property was offered on the open market the state had not received a single bid and the deadline to sell the property passed on May 1. He explained that a bill is before the Legislature that would apply the statutory process for disposing of state property to the site, which could enable those opposed to its sale to withdraw it from the market or significantly increase the asking price. The fate of the legislation is unlikely to be decided before the close of the session in June.
In the meantime, the property remains on the open market. Lahey suggested the city renew its bid in order to secure its interest in the property. Under the current law, the decision to forward the offer to the Governor and Executive Council for approval would rest with the Commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services, who was originally instructed to sell the property.
Councilor Brenda Baer (Ward 4), who has questioned acquiring the property, said "I've never really heard the reason why we want to buy this property." She noted that the cost of addressing environmental hazards at only one of the more than two dozen buildings on the site is estimated at $200,000 and doubted the city could raise the funds to clean-up the property.
City Manager Scott Myers said that there are ways of maximizing funding format the United States Environmental Protection Agency, but acknowledged "it would not happen overnight and could take years." He stressed that if the city acquired the property, it would be required to address the environmental issues within a set period of time.
Mayor Mike Seymour replied that only by owning the site could the city control any development that might occur there. He described the purchase as taking a "defensive posture."
Lahey reminded the council that Risley Field, some 70 acres adjacent to the Robbie Mills Sports Complex, which the city currently leases from the state, is integral to the success of the complex. Cars are currently parked on that lot.
Councilor Henry Lipman (Ward 3) said that by controlling the future of the site, the city could expect to benefit for its redevelopment. However, he also asked for more information about the cost of clean-up and the availability of funding as well as the expenses that would arise from owning the site.