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New Hampshire
Woman, Formerly Of Concord, 2 Manchester Men Face Queen City Kidnapping, Assault Charges
MANCHESTER, NH — Three people are facing kidnapping, assault, and other charges after an incident in Downtown Manchester on Sunday morning.
Around 8:15 a.m., police were sent to the intersection of Union and Pearl streets for a report of a woman who was screaming and appeared to be injured. The woman, Heather Hamel, a public information officer for the department, said the woman had cuts and bruises on her face that were noticed by the first arriving officers.
“She reported that she had been assaulted, threatened, and held against her will inside a nearby apartment building,” she said. “She told police she was eventually able to escape, and she believed the people who held her were still inside.”
A SWAT team and a Medcat — a trauma and medical support vehicle were called in to assist. Officers made several announcements over a loudspeaker requesting the occupants to come out of the apartment. A man, Hamel said, looked out a first-floor window but initially refused to come out.
Around 10 a.m., Scott Frost, 23, and Ashley Zachary, 33, both of no set address in Manchester, exited the building, Hamel said. Officers then cleared the apartment, she said.
Frost was charged with kidnapping, criminal threatening, obstructing the report of a crime, simple assault, and resisting arrest or detention, while Zachary was charged with kidnapping, simple assault, and resisting.
During the course of the investigation, a third person, David Hanson, 42, of Manchester, was identified as having been inside the apartment at the time of the incident but had left before police arrived, Hamel said. He was arrested at a home on Manchester Street later in the day on kidnapping and simple assault charges.
Zachary is no stranger to police, having been arrested and convicted of crimes in the Lakes Region and Concord and the capital region for more than a decade.
She is a felon due to two felony criminal mischief convictions out of Campton in October 2012. After receiving a suspended sentence and being fined more than $15,000 in May 2013, her sentence was amended with one of the fines dropped. The case, though, was reopened in December 2013 after she violated probation after being charged with felony drug possession in Campton. She was sent to drug court and pleaded guilty to the charge in May 2014. Zachary received a four year suspended sentence for both the drug possession charge and probation violation.
In February 2019, when she was living in Concord, she was arrested for conduct after an accident crash. Seven months later, she was accused of trying to run over her boyfriend on Rumford Street and was arrested on felony domestic violence-reckless conduct, reckless operation, and two endangering the welfare of a child charges. She was indicted a few months later.
In Allenstown in June 2022, she was arrested on two felony counts of habitual offender, driving after revocation, disobeying an officer, and a suspension of vehicle registration violation. She pleaded guilty to the habitual offender and disobeying an officer charges two weeks ago and received a 12-month sentence suspended for two years.
In June 2023, she was charged with three felony possession of a controlled drug counts and a controlled drug: controlled premises where drugs were kept after three incidents in Manchester. One of the drug charges was dismissed without prejudice in January; two of the cases are still open. Zachary failed to appear at dispositional conference hearings on Feb. 15. She is due back in court on May 10 for show cause hearings.
Hanson, according to superior court records, was found not guilty by a jury on one of two felony counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault out of Rochester from January 2003. The second count was dismissed. In April 2019, he failed to appear at a show cause hearing for retention of exhibits in the case, court records stated.
In April 2015, Hanson was arrested on two felony aggravated driving under the influence with a collision and serious injury charges in Merrimack. He pleaded guilty to one, received a two year suspended sentence with 15 days time served, was fined $1,240, and lost his license for 18 months in January 2016.
Frost was charged with criminal threatening and criminal mischief in Manchester in July 2019, but both charges were nolle prossed. A year later, he was charged with felony falsifying physical evidence, resisting, and breach of bail in Manchester. The evidence charge was lowered to an obstructing government administration charge as part of a plea deal on a 12-month sentence suspended for three years in July 2022. In September 2023, he was found guilty of violating probation and received a 12-month suspended sentence. In March, he was accused of violating probation again, and the case is still active. Frost is due in court on May 6 for a hearing. In June 2021, he was charged with stalking and two drug possession charges, all felonies. One drug count was knocked down to a misdemeanor controlled premises charge as part of a plea deal in October 2022, along with the stalking charge. Frost was sentenced to two suspended sentences with 24 days time served as credit.
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Crime
Elijah Allman’s arrest on March 1 was his second in New Hampshire in a matter of days.
A court hearing for Cher’s son Wednesday over allegations he broke into a New Hampshire home this month has been canceled.
Elijah Allman’s arrest on March 1 was his second in New Hampshire in a matter of days. Allman, the 49-year-old son of the iconic singer and actress, was also detained Feb. 27, accused of acting belligerently at a prestigious prep school in Concord.
It is unclear if Allman, of Malibu, California, has any connection to the home in Windham, New Hampshire. He is being held in the Rockingham County Department of Corrections, Superintendent Jonathan Banville said.
The hearing Wednesday was continued until an undetermined date after Allman got an attorney Wednesday morning. The attorney, Sarah Landres, did not respond to a request for comment.
Allman, whose father was the late singer Gregg Allman, is charged with two counts of criminal mischief, one count of burglary and a count of breach of bail for breaking into the home on March 1. Police said in a report that Allman did not have permission to be at the home and forcibly entered it.
Officials at St. Paul’s School said Allman last month identified himself as the parent of a prospective student and slipped into the dining hall as some students were leaving the building. Police responded to reports that he was disturbing people in the building.
He was charged with four misdemeanors in the school incident: two counts of simple assault, criminal trespass and criminal threatening. Allman was also charged with a violation of disorderly conduct, which is illegal in the state but not considered a crime. He was released on bail.
Allman did not respond to an email requesting comment, and a phone number for him was not working.
In December 2023, Cher filed a petition to become a temporary conservator overseeing her son’s money, saying Allman’s struggles with his mental health and addiction have left him unable to manage his assets and potentially put his life in danger.
The petition says the superstar performer’s son is entitled to regular payments from a trust fund. But “given his ongoing mental health and substance abuse issues,” she is “concerned that any funds distributed to Elijah will be immediately spent on drugs, leaving Elijah with no assets to provide for himself and putting Elijah’s life at risk,” the petition says.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jessica Uzcategui denied the request, saying she was not convinced that a conservatorship was urgently needed. Allman was in the courtroom with his attorneys, who acknowledged his previous struggles but argued that he was in a good place, was attending meetings, getting treatment and reconciling with his estranged wife.
The son of Cher is scheduled to be in court Wednesday for a hearing over allegations he broke into a New Hampshire home earlier this month.
It was the second arrest in a matter of days for Elijah Allman, 49, of Malibu, California, who was detained Feb. 27 after allegedly acting belligerently at a prestigious prep school in New Hampshire. It was unclear if Allman had any connection to either St. Paul’s School or the home in Windham, New Hampshire.
Allman remains in the Rockingham County Department of Corrections in what is called preventive detention, Superintendent Jonathan Banville said.
Allman, whose father was the late singer Gregg Allman, faces two counts of criminal mischief, one count of burglary and a count of breach of bail for breaking into the home on March 1. Police said in a report that Allman did not have permission to be at the home and forcibly entered it .
In the incident at the prep school, Allman was charged with four misdemeanors: two counts of simple assault, criminal trespass and criminal threatening. Allman was also charged with a violation of disorderly conduct, which is illegal in the state but not considered a crime.
At about 7 p.m. that day, Concord police responded to reports that Allman was disturbing people in the dining hall of St. Paul’s School. After charging Allman, police said he was released on bail as his case works through the court system.
Allman did not respond to an email requesting comment, and a phone number for him was not working. It was unclear from the court records if Allman has an attorney.
In December 2023, Cher filed a petition to become a temporary conservator overseeing her son’s money, saying Allman struggles with mental health issues and addiction have left him unable to manage his assets and potentially put his life in danger.
The petition from the singer and actress said Elijah Allman is entitled to regular payments from a trust fund. But “given his ongoing mental health and substance abuse issues,” she is “concerned that any funds distributed to Elijah will be immediately spent on drugs, leaving Elijah with no assets to provide for himself and putting Elijah’s life at risk,” the petition says.
A few weeks later, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jessica Uzcategui denied the request, saying she was not convinced that a conservatorship was urgently needed. Allman was in the courtroom with his his attorneys, who acknowledged his previous struggles but argued that he is in a good place now, attending meetings, getting treatment and reconciling with his previously estranged wife.
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