Boscawen, Franklin Women in a Whole Heap of Trouble

During the past few months, two women suspected by Concord Police to be involved in a number of criminal incidents have been arrested in different parts of the capital city, on various charges.

Breanna Fields, 18, of Franklin, and Casey Lee Welcome, 20, of Boscawen, have been arrested in both June and July.

Back on June 21, Fields was arrested at around 1:30 a.m. and charged with two counts of possession of controlled drugs, one a felony, possession of controlled drugs, driving after revocation or suspension, drivers license prohibitions, and default or breach of bail conditions.

According to an arrest report, an officer was on South Main Street and reportedly saw Fields exit a 2003 Buick in the parking lot of the McDonald’s Restaurant on South Main Street. The officer wrote that he knew that Fields had charges pending and believed she had a suspended license. The officer checked with dispatch to confirm the suspension and dispatch stated that a notice was sent on May 20, and that the license was suspended on June 20.

The vehicle, allegedly with Fields in the driver seat, exited the parking lot onto West Street and the officer pulled the vehicle over.

During interaction with the officer, Fields reportedly stated that she had straightened out the suspension with the DMV but she was arrested and taken into custody.

The vehicle had three passengers in it, including a child, who was not properly seat-belted, the officer alleged. None of the passengers were licensed to drive, so the vehicle was towed from the scene.

Another officer relayed to the arresting officer later that during an inventory of the vehicle, drugs were allegedly found in the car so a search warrant was requested.

The officer allegedly found a pink bag in the front center console with a used syringe, glass crack pipe, and a spoon with burn marks. Later, a consent search was conducted and the officer allegedly found more than a dozen used needles in the glove compartment, three pipes, and numerous spoons with burn marks and heroin residue.

One of the officers followed up with the passengers as well as the mother of the child to check on the wellbeing. Information was passed onto the juvenile division for “proper review,” however the officer noted that there appeared to be “no signs of neglect or abuse” and the other passengers reported were “unaware of any drug activity or unsafe condition in the car,” according to the report.

Fields was held without bail and arraigned on June 21.

Early morning prowling charges

The next day both Fields and Welcome were arrested together, around 4:30 a.m.

While traveling on South Street near Water Street, an officer reportedly noticed Fields and Welcome walking on the street and knew that Fields had been arrested the previous night on drugs charges. The two also have a history of a number of other arrests, according to the report.

While watching the two women, the officer alleged that Fields appeared to be yelling at Welcome, with Welcome appearing to be disheveled and upset. The officer reversed direction to see what was going on and allegedly heard Fields yelling, “Come on, come on.”

The officer parked in the New Hampshire GOP state headquarters on Water Street and reported that the two were in the rear of the building near the railroad tracks. He reportedly heard “crashing” through the woods, and later, caught up to the women and ordered them to stop.

After falling down the embankment, Fields reportedly asked the officer, “What’d we do now?” The officer asked what they were doing and Welcome said they were heading through a path to get home faster.

Fields reportedly said her car broke down and that her mother was going to pick her up. The two wouldn’t tell the officer where the vehicle was though, he alleged, probably since they both had suspended licenses, the officer surmised.

Later, Fields reportedly said the vehicle was in Merrimack and they got a ride from a pickup truck and were attempting to navigate a way to a friend’s house but the officer stated he didn’t think they were going to tell him where they were headed when stopped.

Other officers arrived and reported that both women had scratches, lacerations, and were bleeding from injuries they sustained in the woods. 

Dispatch later revealed that Welcome had bench warrants out for her arrest (breach of bail from June 21, $235 cash to settle, and criminal mischief, $174 nonpayment of fine) and she was taken into custody. Fields was also arrested. During processing, $93 in cash was found in Welcome’s bra, money she reportedly said she earned from raking leaves. Both refused bail and were arraigned on June 24.

Welcome was formerly charged with loitering, default or breach of bail conditions, and two bench warrants. Fields was charged with prowling and default or breach of bail conditions.

Incidents at Irving, Rite Aid

At 11:30 a.m. on July 11, Fields was arrested again and charged with disorderly conduct and theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.

An officer was sent to Concord District Court to arrest Fields on warrants. One warrant was from a theft charge at the Circle K/Irving station on Loudon Road on May 7, reportedly involving a can of Twisted Tea and a Little Debbie Cream Cheese Danish. The conduct charge was from June 12, at the Rite Aid on South Street.

According to court affidavits, an officer was sent to the Circle K/Irving station at 1:30 a.m. on May 7, for a report of a theft. The store clerk was outside of the store and alleged that around 11:30 p.m., two women entered the store, allegedly telling the clerk they didn’t have any money but needed to charge a cellphone. The clerk said he “felt bad” and allowed them to charge their phone. The two women hung around the store for about a half an hour. 

After they left the store, the clerk went into the ladies room to clean it and noticed candy wrappers, snack wrappers, and an empty can of Twisted Tea. The clerk alleged that the two women hadn’t purchased anything in the store and he didn’t give them anything either. The clerk then checked video surveillance and alleged that the women were taking items off the shelves. The officer eyed the video and alleged that it was Welcome and Fields in the video. The officer alleged that in the video Fields approached one of the coolers that had alcoholic beverages, grabbed the can of Twisted Tea from the cooler and then went into the ladies room with the can. Later in the video, Fields was allegedly seen stealing the danish.

On May 20, the officer came in contact with both Fields and Welcome at the Cumberland Farms on North Main Street, where they were arrested on other charges. 

During discussions about the May 7, incident, Fields alleged that the employee allowed her to take the items and said he would pay for them. She allegedly told the officer that the employee “probably did not want to get in trouble” so he blamed them for stealing the items. When asked about the Twisted Tea though, Fields denied taking it. When the officer told her that he had seen the video of her taking the can, she allegedly confessed to stealing it. During questioning with Welcome, she allegedly admitted to taking the candy, stating that she had “hypoglycemia and needed the sugar.”

On May 30, the officer went back to the Circle K/Irving station to document the items. The charges were filed against Fields at the courthouse where she was being arraigned on other charges.

According to another affidavit, the disorderly charge against Fields related to an incident at Rite Aid on South Street on June 12, where a store employee alleged that both Fields and Welcome were creating a disturbance. 

The store manager alleged that she believed that both women had previously been shoplifting at the store. She alleged that they had spent “an unusual amount of time” in the cosmetic department on this particular day. Two employees approached the women and requested that they take their items to the checkout, purchase them, and exit the store. The women, however, allegedly became verbally abusive and very loud, using profanity in front of other customers. The store manager told the women they were loitering in the store and requested that they drop the items and leave, which they later did. The store manager gave an officer information about the car they were in and the officer reportedly connected the incident to Fields and Welcome.

Later, on June 18, when the officer was called to Rite Aid again, both Fields and Welcome were served with no trespass orders, according to the report. After being served with the no trespass order, the officer alleged that Fields said, “This is about when that manager said that we were lottering (sic) in her store.” The officer wrote that when Fields offered, unsolicited, that they were “lottering” in the store, that she meant loitering, and that the two were involved in the previous incident the week before. Based on the information, the officer filed the disorderly charge against Fields.