Driver who hit Lebanon police officer with car while fleeing gets prison sentence

Published: 03-25-2024 1:32 PM

NORTH HAVERHILL — A Vermont man pleaded guilty to charges of reckless conduct and resisting arrest and has been sentenced to two to four years in New Hampshire state prison, according to court records.

John Cyncar, 53, of Wells River, sped off after he wasn’t able to provide a driver’s license and other documentation when officer’s attempted a traffic stop in Lebanon last July 4, police said.

As his vehicle pulled away it struck one officer, and a second officer had to leap out of the way to avoid getting hit. Police then pursued Cyncar’s vehicle until it got “hung up on a tree stump” near the Baker and Hayes law office on School Street, according to court records.

Cyncar will serve two to four years on the reckless conduct conviction and received credit of 259 days of time served.

He also received a suspended 12-month sentence on the resisting arrest conviction, a misdemeanor.

Cyncar, who at the time of his arrest in Lebanon had been wanted on an extradition warrant out of Colorado on a drug charge, was convicted and sentenced on that offense in February.

The New Hampshire and Colorado sentences will be served concurrently, according to court records.

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