A Newmarket man is facing charges after police said he threatened his neighbors with a pitchfork before assaulting a responding officer.Brian Cross, 58, is accused of threatening two neighbors with the gardening tool early Thursday morning while in has yard on Turkey Hill Road.Cross then retreated into his home and barricaded himself inside before officers arrived, police said.Officers were able to coax Cross into exiting his home, but he allegedly grew combative. Police said he assaulted a state trooper who was trying to arrest him.Cross is charged with criminal threatening and resisting arrest. He was ordered held on $20,000 cash bail.Police said Cross' 53-year-old wife, Hillary, was also arrested for interfering with officers at the scene and that drugs were found to be in her possession.She is charged with resisting arrest and possession of a controlled drug. She was released on $1,500 bail.Get the WMUR app12967056

A Newmarket man is facing charges after police said he threatened his neighbors with a pitchfork before assaulting a responding officer.

Brian Cross, 58, is accused of threatening two neighbors with the gardening tool early Thursday morning while in has yard on Turkey Hill Road.


Cross then retreated into his home and barricaded himself inside before officers arrived, police said.

Officers were able to coax Cross into exiting his home, but he allegedly grew combative. Police said he assaulted a state trooper who was trying to arrest him.

Cross is charged with criminal threatening and resisting arrest. He was ordered held on $20,000 cash bail.

Police said Cross' 53-year-old wife, Hillary, was also arrested for interfering with officers at the scene and that drugs were found to be in her possession.

She is charged with resisting arrest and possession of a controlled drug. She was released on $1,500 bail.