Concord Sex Offender Used Hammer To Beat Tied Up Man: Cops

CONCORD, NH — Investigators in Concord have issued multiple charges against a sex offender who is accused of beating a bound man during an incident at an apartment complex in July. Jerry S. Roberts, 35, of Concord, but currently incarcerated on a parole violation, was charged Wednesday with first-degree assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping, criminal threatening with a deadly weapon, and criminal liability for the conduct of another, all felonies, as well as resisting arrest or detention. The charges stem from an incident at the Concord Park North apartment complex on July 15, after police were called to the building for a report of a man jumping from an apartment window, potentially escaping and kidnapping incident.

When police arrived, they found a man who had been bound and assaulted in his second-story apartment. The victim reported that the assailants, a man and a juvenile, were still in his apartment.

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Firefighters arrived to treat the victim while officers went up to the apartment and reportedly found Roberts, according to Lt. Sean Ford, the commander of the criminal investigations division for the Concord Police Department.

"(Roberts) tried to flee from officers," Ford stated. "Roberts had unrelated arrest warrants (probation/parole violation) and was taken into custody. Also, inside of the apartment police located a juvenile, who was taken into protective custody."

During a multi-week investigation, police interviewed witnesses, executed search warrants, and collected evidence. They accuse Roberts and the juvenile of entering the victim's apartment, who they knew, "under false pretenses," and once inside, "Roberts, armed with a hammer, began a series of assaults on the victim," Ford said.

Even though the victim was restrained and bound for a period of time, he was able to escape by jumping out of a bedroom window and asked a passerby for help.

Roberts refused bail. He will be arraigned in Merrimack County Superior Court on Thursday.

Roberts was convicted on a sexual assault charge as well as two simple assault charges in October 2004, in Rockingham County and two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault on a victim under 16 in September 2008, in Belknap County, according to state records. Between 2004 and 2017, he has been convicted of violation of terms, possession of drugs, witness tampering, second-degree assault charges, reckless conduct, stalking, domestic violence, and both duty to report and failure to comply. Roberts was a Fugitive of the Week in February 2017, due to a parole violation. He was arrested three months later in Lebanon hiding under a bed in an apartment.

Police are asking for anyone with information about Roberts of this case to Ford at 603-225-8600 or leave an anonymous tip at the Concord Regional Crimeline at 603-226-3100.

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