Pair From Concord Arrested On Stolen Car, Resisting, Other Charges After Incident In Weare

WEARE, NH — Two Concord residents were arrested in Weare on Sunday after a stolen car chase in that town connected to a vehicle stolen from the city's North End on Friday.

Police around the capital region had been looking for a silver Subaru Legacy stolen from Tremont Street Friday morning, as first reported by Patch on Facebook.

Mike McCormack, the owner of the vehicle, told WMUR-TV later that he left the car, with its engine running, in his driveway, as he had done many times before. He ran into his apartment for a second after forgetting an item, and when he went back outside, his car had vanished.

On Sunday, Concord police got a ping from the vehicle and called Weare police.

Officers in Weare found the vehicle and attempted to stop it but accused the driver of refusing to pull over and accelerating.

“The vehicle proceeded down a dead-end road where both the driver and the passenger exited the vehicle and fled on foot,” police said in a statement on Facebook.

A perimeter was set up, and with the help of mutual aid from other agencies, two people were arrested.

Frederick Estes IV, 26, of Concord was charged with receiving stolen property, unauthorized use of a propelled motor vehicle, resisting arrest or detention charges, reckless operation, disobeying a police officer, possession of a controlled drug, operating after suspension, and operating without a valid license. Anna Heine, 40, of Concord was arrested on receiving stolen property and resisting arrest or detention charges.

Both Estes and Heine were involved in a West End car crash on School Street on Tuesday that sent them and a third person to the hospital. Christopher C. Villareal of Somersworth was cited later on driving after revocation or suspension and driving after revocation or suspension-subsequent charges. Estes, who had an active warrant, was also cited by Concord police.

Estes and Heine are no strangers to police in Concord.

Estes is a felon due to drug possession convictions out of Concord when he was 19 in both Merrimack and Rockingham county superior courts. He was convicted in February 2016 on a felony bail-jumping charge out of Salem. Estes was convicted on other drug possession charges in December 2017, July 2018, and May 2019. In December 2017, he was also convicted of a felon possessing a dangerous weapon charge. Estes has violated probation and parole in several of his prior cases.

According to prior posts on Patch, Estes has also been charged with resisting arrest, theft, failing to appear, and warrants.

Estes has active felony drug possession-subsequent and interfering with a fire alarm apparatus charges out of Belknap County Superior Court after an incident in Gilford in February 2021.

Heine, according to posts on Patch, has been arrested several times during the past decade, including warrants as well as assault, obstructing government administration, conduct after an accident, resisting arrest, drunken driving, and criminal trespass charges. She has previously been homeless in Concord on several occasions.

Heine was arrested the same night that Paul Tinkham, 52, another homeless person in the city, was killed underneath the I-393 bridge in August 2013 by Sean Ladd. Tinkham told police, before dying, that Ladd struck him in the head with a rock. Heine was accused of attacking state troopers trying to take custody of Ladd after a melee along the Merrimack River.

Ladd died in December 2014 of a heroin overdose, which led to the closing of the Tinkham homicide case.

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