Concord Strangler Arrested Twice in 6 Hours: Cops

CONCORD, NH - A local man was arrested twice in one day two weeks ago after allegedly strangling a woman and then, breaching bail about six hours later, according to reports.

Philip L. Grant, 55, of Manchester Street in Concord, was arrested at 11:12 p.m. on April 29, 2016, for felony second-degree assault, domestic violence-simple assault, criminal threatening, obstructing report of a crime or injury, and felony possession of controlled drugs. At 5:53 a.m. on April 30, he was arrested again for default or breach of bail conditions.

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According to a court affidavit and arrest report, officers were sent to a domestic incident at a manufactured home park on Manchester Street where a woman was heard by neighbors screaming.

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When they arrived, they didn’t hear any noise from the home. They knocked on the door and spoke to a woman who had a raspy voice and “appeared to have been crying and was nervous to speak with me,” the officer alleged. The woman walked out of the home and spoke to police, reportedly stating that her boyfriend, Grant, “got mad because she refused” to give him some of her Xanax pills.

“Grant began to become very agitated and pushed her chest while trying to grab the pills from her,” the officer reported. “(The victim) stated that he pushed her (and) she fell back on the floor.”

After demanding to be left alone, he allegedly got upset, “put both of his hands around her throat” and “was squeezing to the point where she could not breathe and told her that he was going to kill her if she did not give him the Xanax,” according to the report.

“(The victim) stated that Grant said he would bury her in the woods where no one would find her,” the officer reported, while noting that she appeared to have injuries on her neck.

When she tried to call police, he allegedly grabbed the phone from her and threw it, according to the report. The woman reportedly stated that Grant was a felon and had beaten a woman in the past, according to the report.

The officer went to speak to Grant who allegedly was “extremely difficult to talk to as every time I asked him a question he would change the subject,” according to the report. After some back and forth about the incident, he was arrested.

During a pat down search, police allegedly found three pills in his pocket, identified as Xanax, so a felony drug possession charge was added to his docket.

Grant was released on $20,000 personal recognizance bail and was due to appear in court on May 2.

However, at around 5:30 a.m. the next day, officers were sent back to the manufactured home park for a report of a breach of bail incident. Witnesses reported that Grant was back at the home, according to a court affidavit.

Police knocked on the door and spoke with the victim, but she reportedly denied that Grant was inside and stated that she hadn’t seen him. After speaking about the witnesses that called police, the woman reportedly allowed police into the home and allegedly found Grant hiding underneath a blanket in a bedroom, according to the affidavit. He was arrested and held without bail.

At around 3:30 p.m. that day, an officer stopped by to check on the woman and noted in the report that the woman was now showing signs of a black and blue neck. The officer requested to take another picture of the injuries but she reportedly refused stating that she just wanted it to all be over, according to the report. The victim also stated that she was OK and was having a family member come to help her.