By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org
Mark Clermont, the Whitefield man killed during a December gun battle with New Hampshire State Trooper Matthew Merrill, was a felon who was paranoid, known to carry an assault-style rifle and wear a ballistic vest while hunting for alien spacecraft, according to Associate Attorney General Jeffrey Strelzin.
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