PORTSMOUTH — A Seabrook man was intoxicated when he shot two .357 Magnum bullets through the side of his trailer early Tuesday morning, police allege.

PORTSMOUTH — A Seabrook man was intoxicated when he shot two .357 Magnum bullets through the side of his trailer early Tuesday morning, police allege.



James Palladino, 60, of 4 Ash Court, was brought to Portsmouth District Court Tuesday, when he was arraigned on a felony count of reckless conduct.



According to an affidavit by Detective Scott Mendes, police were called to Palladino's home at 1 a.m. Tuesday after neighbors reported hearing gun shots. Palladino initially refused to come out of his residence and when he eventually came to the door, was wearing pajama bottoms with the crotch cut out and revealing his genitalia, according to Mendes' report.



Once inside the trailer, officer found a loaded .357 Magnum revolver on the living room floor, shattered glass near a window that was pieced by a bullet and a hole in a wall, according to police. Officers determined by studying the bullets' trajectory that the revolver was fired from a reclining chair inside Palladino's home, according to court records.



Next to the reclining chair was one empty bottle of a wine and a second bottle that was half-empty, according to police.



Mendes told the court Palladino was “highly intoxicated” at the time of his arrest and asked Judge Sawako Gardner to mandate an evaluation to determine if he is a danger to the community or himself.



“I had an intruder come to the house with a mask on,” Palladino told the judge. “I am not a threat to anyone, or myself.”



The judge ordered Palladino held on $20,000 cash bail and to return to the court for a Dec. 9 probable cause hearing. At that time, she said, his attorney can argue for bail to modified.