Canterbury Town Employee, a Registered Sex Offender, Arrested

New Hampshire State Police arrested a local man earlier today on numerous charges after a more than month-long investigation into a touching allegation at the Canterbury Transfer Station.

Warren Hardy, 63, of Canterbury, was arrested on Feb. 4, 2015, on simple assault warrants at his home.

According to investigators, on Dec. 30, 2014, Troop D troopers in Concord were asked to investigate a claim at that a Canterbury town employee had “inappropriately touched” another town employee, a woman, while working at the community’s transfer station.

They started an investigation into the incident and found that the man who was accused, Hardy, was a registered sex offender. According to online reports, he was adjudicated in May 1983, for felonious sexual assault. The victim was reportedly 13 or older but under 16, with an age difference of more than three years.

“Numerous interviews were conducted and it was determined there was probably cause to arrest Hardy on two counts of simple assault, one from 2008 and one from 2010,” according to Sgt. Ronald Taylor. “The victims were a female Canterbury town employee and a female town volunteer.”

Warrants were taken out against Hardy and he was arrested earlier today. He was released on personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to be in court on March 23.

State police are asking anyone with information about the case to reach out to the investigator, since it is “suspected there may be additional victims yet unidentified.” Contact Trooper First Class Joshua Beauchemin at 603-223-4381, 603-223-8540 or via email at Joshua.beauchemin@dos.nh.gov.

Editor’s note: This post was derived from information supplied by the New Hampshire State Police. It does not indicate a conviction. Click this link to find out how to get a name removed from a New Hampshire Patch police report.