{"id":262158,"date":"2023-03-02T08:28:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T14:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=262158"},"modified":"2023-03-02T11:23:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T17:23:10","slug":"ex-hampton-official-charged-with-indecent-exposure-at-the-brook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-hampton-official-charged-with-indecent-exposure-at-the-brook\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Hampton Beach Official Allegedly Exposed Himself at The Brook Casino, Cops Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former official of the town of Hampton Beach, N.H. is facing charges of indecent exposure, disorderly conduct, simple assault, and pulling a false fire alarm after a night out at The Brook Casino in nearby Seabrook.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_262159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262159\" data-style=\"width: 1173px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-262159 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bryan.jpg\" alt=\"Brian Provencal, The Brook, Hampton Beach\" width=\"1173\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bryan.jpg 1173w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bryan-858x521.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bryan-430x261.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1173px) 100vw, 1173px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-262159\"class=\"text-description\">Bryan Provencal, above, is unable to account for his behavior at The Brook other than that he thinks he may have been drugged. (Image: <em>Yahoo<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bryan Provencal, 46, a local restaurateur, told <em>The Portsmouth Herald<\/em> that his actions on the night of February 13 were completely out of character. He says he has no memory of the night in question and suspects he was drugged.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Provencal told <em>The Herald<\/em> that he met with friends at The Brook, formerly the Seabrook Greyhound Park, to celebrate his birthday. He claimed he only had to drink a single vodka and diet soda all night.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The last thing he remembers is going to the bathroom, where a feeling of intoxication overcame him. He believes he subsequently stumbled out of the toilet, possibly leading to the indecent exposure charge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not my character,\u201d Provencal said. \u201cI can\u2019t explain why that stuff happened. I think somebody attempted to rob me, maybe, put something in my drink, or I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t do drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Exposing the Truth<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Police were called to The Brook around 10:30 p.m. to respond to disturbance reports. According to Lt. Timothy Mone of the Seabrook Police Department, Provencal allegedly became disorderly after being asked to leave, assaulting staff and an unnamed customer.<\/p>\n<p><strong> He allegedly pulled down the front of his pants, exposing himself to casino patrons. Mone said witnesses also saw him pull the fire alarm, which automatically summoned emergency responders.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Provencal said he doesn\u2019t believe he set off the alarm. But he thinks someone in his party may have done so. The assault charge stemmed from him \u201cbrushing past\u201d a security guard, he added.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Memory Lapse<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Provencal is a former member of Hampton Beach\u2019s ZBA. He ran for a seat on the Board of Selectmen in 2020 and owns the town\u2019s Pier restaurant. He is scheduled to be arraigned on April 12.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\"><p><strong>Anybody can get drugged. If this was my behavior, it would be happening all the time,\u201d<\/strong> he told <em>The Herald.<\/em><strong> \u201cI can\u2019t make excuses because I don\u2019t remember being there. All I can say is, this isn\u2019t how I normally act.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Provencal said he has been visiting The Brook for 25 years without trouble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former official of the town of Hampton Beach, N.H. is facing charges of indecent exposure, disorderly conduct, simple assault, and pulling a false fire alarm after a night out at The Brook Casino in nearby Seabrook. Bryan Provencal, 46, a local restaurateur, told The Portsmouth Herald that his actions on the night of February [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":262159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,21,18],"tags":[85299,85301,85300],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ex-Hampton Official Charged with Indecent Exposure at The Brook<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bryan Provencal faces indecent exposure, disorderly conduct, and simple assault charges after a night out at The Brook Casino in Seabrook.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-hampton-official-charged-with-indecent-exposure-at-the-brook\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ex-Hampton Official Charged with Indecent Exposure at The Brook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bryan Provencal faces indecent exposure, disorderly conduct, and simple assault charges after a night out at The Brook Casino in Seabrook.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-hampton-official-charged-with-indecent-exposure-at-the-brook\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-02T14:28:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-02T17:23:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bryan.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1173\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"712\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-hampton-official-charged-with-indecent-exposure-at-the-brook\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-hampton-official-charged-with-indecent-exposure-at-the-brook\/\",\"name\":\"Ex-Hampton Official Charged with Indecent Exposure at The Brook\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-hampton-official-charged-with-indecent-exposure-at-the-brook\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-hampton-official-charged-with-indecent-exposure-at-the-brook\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bryan.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-02T14:28:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-02T17:23:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Bryan Provencal faces indecent exposure, disorderly conduct, and simple assault charges after a night out at The Brook Casino in Seabrook.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-hampton-official-charged-with-indecent-exposure-at-the-brook\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-hampton-official-charged-with-indecent-exposure-at-the-brook\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ex-hampton-official-charged-with-indecent-exposure-at-the-brook\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bryan.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bryan.jpg\",\"width\":1173,\"height\":712,\"caption\":\"Brian Provencal, above, is unable to account for his behavior at The Brook other than that he thinks he may have been drugged. 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