CONCORD, NH — A felon with a criminal history dating back more than a decade is lucky to be alive on Sunday morning after reportedly being stabbed by a resident of Broad Cove Drive during a car break-in incident.
At around 4:45 a.m., Concord police were sent to the drive, just off Carter Hill Road, after a woman called 911, reporting her husband and son had a man pinned on the ground outside their home. The man pinned on the ground was attempting to break into one of their vehicles, the dispatcher relayed to officers.
Several cruisers were then sent to the home. Dispatch told officers heading to the scene the suspect was “belligerent.” While still speaking with the woman, the dispatcher told officers the car break-in suspect had been stabbed by one of the men, according to scanner chatter. Dispatch requested firefighters and EMTs to stage. The caller said the cut appeared to be “a superficial wound.”
At just before 5 a.m., police said they had the scene under control and began checking plates and running information about the suspect — a 36-year-old man. Dispatch confirmed the suspect had prior break-in and prowling charges. Firefighters and EMTs then tended to the suspect’s wound.
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As of 9 a.m., several Concord police cruisers, as well as the department’s crime scene response van, were still at the scene.
According to posts on Patch, the suspect, who previously lived in Boscawen, Concord, and Northfield, has been arrested on burglary, prowling, trespass, meth possession, heroin possession, cocaine possession, theft, resisting detention, false report to law enforcement, driving while intoxicated, falsifying physical evidence, and breach of bail conditions charges and had violated of probation or parole several times.
In December 2023, he pleaded guilty to a second DUI charge and a felony count of controlled drug: acts prohibited out of Bow from March 2023. He received a 12-month mandatory minimum sentence, all suspended.
Concord NH Patch is not publishing the name of the suspect since it has not been officially verified and the charges are unknown at post time. We will update this post when more information becomes available.
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WILTON, N.H. (WHDH) – A woman died in a Wilton, New Hampshire, house fire Wednesday morning, according to the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office.
At 9:08 a.m., Wilton firefighters responded to Burns Hill Road after a caller said their home was filling up with smoke. When they arrived, a single-family home was on fire and they found out two people were still inside on the second floor.
A man and a woman were both taken out of the house by firefighters and taken to Elliott Hospital. The woman was pronounced dead and the man is in serious condition.
Officials have not released the name of the victim at this time.
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At this time, investigators are looking into the cause of the fire and are trying to determine if a power outage in the area played a factor. The fire is not currently considered suspicious.
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Diane Durgin, 67, is accused of shooting at a Black man who inadvertently drove to her property after a prearranged truck part sale, prosecutors said.
A New Hampshire woman is accused of violating the state’s Civil Rights Act four times after she allegedly shot at a man because he was Black, prosecutors said.
Diane Durgin, 67, of Weare, N.H. could face up to a $5,000 fine for each violation she is found to have committed, the office of New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said in a press release Tuesday.
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Durgin is also charged with criminal threatening against a person with a deadly weapon and attempted first degree assault with a deadly weapon, Michael Garrity, a media representative for the New Hampshire Attorney General, said in an emailed statement to Boston.com.
Durgin had a final pre-trial conference last week, Garrity said.
In a civil complaint filed Tuesday, Durgin is accused of threatening physical force against the victim, the AG said. Prosecutors asked the court to issue a preliminary injunction barring Durgin from repeating her alleged behavior and from contacting the victim and his family.
During the morning hours of Oct. 20, 2024, the victim claims, he “mistakenly” drove to Durgin’s home after a prearranged purchase of a truck part with a seller online, prosecutors wrote as part of their request for an injunction.
When the man — whom prosecutors identified in court documents as X.G. — arrived, Durgin allegedly stepped out of her home and approached his car with a gun “holstered by her waist,” prosecutors wrote.
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Upon noticing that X.G. was Black, Durgin allegedly “removed her gun and pointed it at X.G.,” prosecutors said in the injunction request.
While X.G. explained that he was lost, Durgin called the victim a “Black mother[expletive],” and threatened to “kill him,” prosecutors allege.
As the victim attempted to drive away, Durgin allegedly took her gun and fired two shots at the fleeing man’s car, missing both times, the AG’s office said.
While on the phone with a dispatcher, Durgin allegedly said she shot the man’s car because the victim is Black, the AG said.
“The guy is Black. And he, he…he says he’s meeting someone here and I think he’s coming here to steal,” Durgin allegedly said.
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Police located X.G. and brought him to the Weare Police Department, stopping along the way at the correct seller’s home to complete the truck part purchase, prosecutors wrote in court documents.
To prove a violation of the New Hampshire Civil Rights Act, the AG must show that Durgin “interfered or attempted to interfere with the rights of the victim to engage in lawful activities by threatening to engage in or actually engage in physical force or violence, when such actual or threatening conduct was motivated by race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, or disability,” prosecutors said.
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