He said he faced similar treatment repeatedly during his years being homeless in Concord while police enforced the state’s loitering law. Clark has been arrested and charged at least twice under the loitering law since becoming homeless in Concord in 2012. In court, Barbadoro asked Gonyea directly about the state’s interpretation of the phrase “warrant alarm” in the state loitering law. Between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2023, the 6th Circuit Court District Division dismissed 23 loitering cases brought by the Concord Police Department. Bissonnette called New Hampshire’s loitering law an “outlier.”