Concord Teen Faces Burglary, Stolen Vehicle, Property Charges

CONCORD, NH — A Concord teen is facing a slew of charges in Merrimack County Superior Court after incidents in the West End and Massachusetts in 2019. The first incident came to light after after state police in the Bay State found Kyle William Lavallee, 19, of Lyndon Street in Concord wandering along the side of a highway. The second incident, about six months later, involved a vehicle stolen from a neighbor.

Around 3:45 a.m. on Feb. 26, 2019, a state trooper driving on Route 24 in Bridgewater, MA, found Lavallee walking along the site of the highway. The trooper, according to an affidavit by a Concord police officer issued months later, reported Lavallee "was highly intoxicated and didn't know that he was in Massachusetts." The trooper called a relative and transported Lavallee to the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, MA, for treatment.

State troopers later found a pickup truck with New Hampshire plates about a half mile from where Lavallee was found.

Around the same time, a Concord detective on patrol for suspicious activity in the White Park area noticed a truck and men near the recreation department building. As the detective went to investigate, he found open bay doors and a smashed window at the building.

The detective then met with the men, two city employees, who reported a city vehicle missing from the parking lot — a Ford F-250 pickup truck with a plow in the front. Blood on the floor of a tool room and near the smashed window. The employees also stated there was a rake inside the building they didn't recognize and the detective collected the blood as evidence.

Concord dispatch put out a "be-on-the-lookout" (BOLO) call for the missing city pickup truck and later, Massachusetts State Police informed Concord they found the truck on Route 24 — near where they found Lavallee before taking him to the hospital, an affidavit stated.

The Concord detective spoke to the trooper in Massachusetts who said there was blood on the tailgate of the pickup truck and investigators were processing evidence from the vehicle.

On Sept. 19, 2019, the detective applied for a search warrant of Lavallee's DNA.

Four days later, Lavallee was arrested on other charges and the detective spoke to him during processing. Lavallee, an affidavit stated, agreed to be interviewed, admitted to "drinking a lot," hanging out with the wrong crowd, and not knowing exactly what happened that night.

"Lavallee admitted to driving the truck and he said he took (a relative's) rake to break the window and gain access into the building," the detective stated.

The affidavit stated, "Lavallee said he went to a friend's house after stealing the truck and was blackout drunk," and didn't know how he ended up in Massachusetts. The truck, the affidavit stated, ran out of gas, and Lavallee just started walking.

"Lavallee stated that he wouldn't be surprised if we located his DNA in the truck as well as the backpack that was recovered from the truck," the affidavit reported, while he was swabbed by police.

An affidavit was filed on Dec. 6, 2019.

Another Stolen Truck Incident

The second incident, according to reports, involved another stolen pickup truck.

Officers were sent to Beacon Street at 4:30 a.m. on June 11, 2019, to take a complaint about a stolen vehicle. A woman said she got up early, as she normally did, for work, and woke up her boyfriend so they could move their vehicles, as they do every day. However, when she went to the back door of their building, it was "partially ajar," and she found that odd. When she went outside, she noticed her boyfriend's pickup truck, that was parked behind her Subaru the night before, was gone.

The pickup truck owner told police he parked it around 9:15 p.m. the previous night and tossed his keys in the kitchen, "out of habit," like normal.

After completing the investigation of the stolen vehicle, the reporting officer was told by dispatch that New Hampshire State Police troopers had arrested Lavallee on an aggravated driving while intoxicated charge as well as other motor vehicle offenses earlier that evening.

"I was advised that Lavallee was operating (the man's) Chevrolet pickup truck," the officer stated.

As part of the investigation, the officer spoke with two passengers in the stolen pickup and they stated "they were picked up by Lavallee on that evening at Tremont Street in Concord and that he was driving (the man's) pickup truck." An affidavit was issued in late September and Lavallee was arrested a few days later on unauthorized use of vehicle-$1,501+ and receiving stolen property-$1,500+ charges as well as bench warrants.

In October, Lavallee was arrested on a warrant and he was indicted on the receiving stolen property charge in December.

On Dec. 17, 2019, Lavallee was formally charged with felony burglary, felony theft by unauthorized taking-less than $1,501+, and criminal mischief charges. Later that month, he was also indicted in the incident.

On Jan. 2, 2020, Lavallee was released on personal recognizance bail and later that week, was back in court on the receiving stolen property charge for another hearing.

Editor's note: This post was derived from information supplied by the Merrimack County Superior Court and does not indicate a conviction. This link explains the removal request process for New Hampshire Patch police reports.

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