NASHUA – A county prosecutor and the attorney for Timothy Leduc, the Hudson man charged with several offenses accusing him of threatening a woman known to him and pushing her around their residence while holding the firearm, agreed Monday that Leduc’s alleged alcohol problem and mental health issues are the roots of his alleged behavior.

Therefore, it would be best for the 30-year-old Leduc to meet as soon as possible with Greater Nashua Mental Health Center’s Mark Durso to be evaluated for a residential treatment program, possibly at a Hudson-based recovery center that his attorney, Tim Bush, said comes highly recommended.

Leduc, 30, of 164 Derry St. in Hudson, grew emotional at times during Monday’s Superior Court Bail hearing on the charges he faces in connection with the late Saturday night incident.

They include one count each of criminal threatening and reckless conduct, both of which are felonies, along with four counts of domestic-related assault, which are Class A misdemeanors.

The alleged victim told police Leduc approached her while he was loading a firearm, and allegedly told her that it’s time she learned how to load a gun, according to police reports.

He allegedly told the woman that if police came, he would “shoot them, and myself,” the reports state.

Assistant County Attorney Brett Harpster at Monday’s hearing recommended Leduc be housed on preventive detention, but bail would convert to personal recognizance upon his entry into a treatment program.

Harpster said the alleged victim asked to have the no-contact order against Leduc lifted, but he suggested it remain in effect pending Leduc’s evaluation.

Bush told Judge Jacalyn Colburn that the Hudson-based program is holding a bed for Leduc, and he’d rather have him in the program “than sitting in jail.”

Colburn ultimately agreed to have Bush schedule a meeting with Durso for Leduc, which Bush was able schedule for today.

Dean Shalhoup may be reached at 594-1256, or at dshalhoup@nashuatelegraph.com.

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