Court papers indicate dispute that allegedly ended at gun point started with a $70 loan for medicine

LACONIA — Police affidavits show the man who allegedly threatened a second man with a handgun Tuesday night remains in Belknap County Jail on $500 cash bail and $2,500 personal recognizance bail after appearing before a judge yesterday morning.

Police said Ralph C. Alexander, 52, of 189 Sheridan St. went to the victim's home on White Oaks Road and demanded he return the $70 he had allegedly given the victim's daughter so she could buy some prescription medicine.

Alexander is said to have told police he felt the young woman had "ripped him off" and had given the money to her uncle. He said he went to the house to get the money from the uncle but the woman's father "flipped out" and told him to get off his land or he would "knock his (explicative) teeth out."

He told police he got back into his truck and was leaving but the victim was still threatening him so he pulled out a gun and pointed it at him.

A second man who was having dinner with the victim told police Alexander told the victim he "didn't know who he was dealing with" and then threatened verbally to kill him while pointing the gun at his head.

Alexander operates a second hand store and pawn shop in the city. On Jan. 17, 2012 he was convicted of one count of receiving stolen property, a Class A misdemeanor, and was fined $1000 with $750 of it suspended pending six months good behavior. He also was order to pay $100 in restitution to the Laconia Police Department.