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BOUDIN, Circuit Judge. On February 16, 2005, around eight p.m. Sergeant Duval of the Somersworth, New Hampshire, Police Department responded to a 911 call from the home of Carrie Davis. Davis told Duval that she had been threatened by three men--two black, one white--who had arrived at the apartment looking for her boyfriend, Richard Post. When told that Post was not there, one of the black males, known to Davis as "H," said that she knew what they wanted and exposed a black firearm in his waistband. The white male, whom she knew as "Jose," was holding a tool with a blade which he smacked on his hand. Davis knew the other black male only as "Q."

The defendant, Kendrick Hoskins, is charged with one count of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, one count of possession of crack cocaine, and one count of resisting detention. Presently before the court is the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized as the result of an investigative stop of a vehicle in which he was a passenger. I conclude that the motion must be denied.

The defendant, Shawn Proulx, is charged with one count of possession of a controlled drug with the intent to sell. He moves to suppress evidence obtained from an allegedly unlawful search and seizure, The State objects. The Court held a hearing on this motion on March 10, 2008. The Court heard the testimony of Lieutenant Paul Poirier (`Lieutenant Poirier"), Officer Thomas Prentice (”Officer Prentice"), Detective Scott Park ("Detective Park"), Dispatcher James Connelly ("Dispatcher Connelly") of the Merrimack Police Department as well as Stephanie Hooper ("Hooper") from The Telegraph and the defendant. For the reasons set forth herein, the Motion to Suppress is GRANTED.

The defendant moves to suppress evidence obtained as a result of his seizure, asserting that he was illegally seized in violation of his rights under part I, article 19 of the New Hampshire Constitution and the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Specifically, the defendant contends that the police officers did not have the necessary "reasonable and articulable suspicion" to seize his vehicle and requests that all evidence obtained as a result of that seizure be suppressed. The State objects. The relevant facts are as follows.