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Third Arrest Made In Facebook Cleaning Services Or Sex Sale Gone Bad Stabbing Case In Manchester

Melysia Caron, a Queen City career criminal with several convictions and suspended sentences, faces robbery, kidnapping, and other charges.

Melysia Caron was accused by police of being involved in a kidnapping and robbery in Manchester in mid-February. She was arrested on March 4.
Melysia Caron was accused by police of being involved in a kidnapping and robbery in Manchester in mid-February. She was arrested on March 4. (Manchester Police Department)

MANCHESTER, NH — Police in the Queen City have arrested a third suspect in a robbery and kidnapping case on Rimmon Street on Feb. 15.

Melysia Caron, 38, was arrested on Wednesday on multiple charges, including armed robbery, kidnapping, two counts of felon in possession of a deadly weapon, and two counts of criminal threatening with a deadly weapon, all felonies, as well as theft by unauthorized taking and receiving stolen property. She was accused of assisting Frank Miller of Manchester and Kendra Gokey, a homeless woman now located in Manchester, of robbing a man and stealing his car in what was either an appointment for cleaning services booked on Facebook Marketplace or a sex-for-hire encounter.

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When the man arrived at an apartment on Rimmon Street, he was reportedly robbed and stabbed, and then he gave the suspects his car to get them to leave the apartment so he could flee.

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The stolen vehicle was found on Main Street and Miller and Gokey were arrested on various charges.

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According to superior court records, Caron is no stranger to the police.

Back in September 2017, she was arrested on drug charges in Manchester. About a year later, the charges were nolle prossed.

In between June 2018 and September 2018, she was charged several times, including burglary and credit card fraud charges in Manchester in June 2018 and drug, stolen property, and trespass charges in Manchester. As part of a plea deal in January 2019, Caron received several suspended sentences and fines. She served 39 days in jail. She was found to be in violation of probation or parole in July 2019 and was given 49 days of time served credit.

In January 2020, Caron was charged with burglary and theft in Manchester. In May 2021, she pleaded guilty to the theft charge, and the burglary charge was dropped. She received a 12-month jail sentence, suspended for six years, with $700 in restitution.

Caron was accused of controlled premise where drugs are kept in Manchester in December 2023. She pleaded guilty to the charge in October 2025 and was sentenced to 12 months and a $434 fine, both suspended for 4 years.

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