Car buried in Moultonbough

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Anybody else thinks this kind of bizarre having an SUV buried on your property?




Search turns up SUV at Moultonborough attempted murder scene

By ERIN PLUMMER
eplummer@citizen.com


Friday, April 3, 2009
MOULTONBOROUGH - A buried SUV has been found on the property where a man was arrested and charged with assaulting his wife.

On Thursday, the Moultonborough Police Department issued a statement saying police with a spill response investigator from the Department of Environmental Services executed a search warrant on the property at 26 Dufault Road after receiving information that a sports utility vehicle had been buried on the property.

A large excavator brought to the scene by police pulled a 1998 Lincoln Navigator from 15 feet below the ground.

The DES investigator monitored the uncovering of the vehicle and, according to police, determined that there were no environmental concerns with a field meter giving no readings.

Police said the gas tank had been removed from the vehicle before it was buried, resulting in no gas leak, while a minimal transmission fluid leak was investigated.

Charges of failing to obtain a solid waste dumping permit are pending and police continue to investigate the case.

The address is the residence of 34-year-old Michael Salsman who was arraigned Wednesday on a charge of attempted second-degree murder. Police alleged Salsman attacked his wife with a butcher knife the night before.

Also at that address last year, authorities discovered $100,000 worth of heavy equipment that had been reported stolen.

It is unclear what connection, if any, Salsman has to Thursday's search. The property is owned by Andrew Alimonte, who has been charged with receiving stolen property.

Reports also say that court documents indicate it was Alimonte who grabbed the knife away from Salsman during the alleged attack.

Anyone with information on the incident is encouraged to contact the Moultonborough Police Department at 476-2305 or the anonymous crime line at 476-5528.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.