CONCORD AUTHORITIES PROBE POLICE-DOG BITE CASE

CONCORD - Concord police were at the home of 13-year-old Frances
Burke-Bevis yesterday to gather information for an official report
after the youngster was bitten by a New Hampshire State Police
drug-sniffing dog in her Warren Street neighborhood Thursday morning.

"It's about time," said Kelly Burke, the girl's mother. She said the
police agreed to file the report only after it was suggested by her
husband and Francis' father, Mark Bevis. Bevis is news director for
New Hampshire Public Radio.

On Friday, Maj. Russell Conte of the State Police admitted that a
German shepherd K-9, which was in the area to aid Concord police with
a drug investigation, charged across the road and attacked Burke-Bevis' pet.

The girl, attempting to protect her dog, was bitten several times on
her left arm and hand. Conte said the incident is under investigation
by the department and that State Police have been in touch with the
victim's family.

In related news, Sgt. Jim Berry of the Concord police released
addition information about two people central to the drug
investigation, which came on the heels of a reported accident after
their car ran into a utility pole on Warren Street.

Jessica Caseley, who was identified as the driver, is 26 years old
and a resident of Mansfield, Mass. Berry said she was hospitalized
and later arrested for DWI and multiple other charges.

Berry identified the passenger as Jessica Malin of Concord. She was
not arrested but may face charges after the testing of what appears
to be drugs found at the accident scene is completed at the state's
forensics laboratory, he said.

"That's months away," Berry said. "That's how far the state crime lab
it backed up."